sust-mar: enviro news briefs for 7 Jan 02

Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 20:58:07 -0400 (AST)
From: Paul A Falvo <pfalvo@chebucto.ns.ca>
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Happy New Year from sust-mar ...
... here are your CBC enviro newsbriefs for today.

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FUNDY TIDES COULD BECOME 'UNIMAGINABLE'
A new report warns that global warming could make the tides of the Bay of
Fundy devastating.
FULL STORY
http://novascotia.cbc.ca/editorServlets/View?filename=ns_tides070102

TITANIUM MINING ON THE SHUBENACADIE?
A Toronto-based mining company wants to start mining the sands of the
Shubenacadie River for Titanium.
FULL STORY
http://novascotia.cbc.ca/editorServlets/View?filename=titanium_020105

NS POWER GETS BAD CREDIT RATING
A New York credit agency has cut the credit rating of Nova Scotia Power
because it is more than $1-billion in debt.
FULL STORY
http://novascotia.cbc.ca/editorServlets/View?filename=ns_nsprates020104

A MOVE TO SAVE OUR COASTLINE ENVIRONMENT
Marine scientists and conservation groups say the federal government isn't
moving fast enough to protect unique ocean habitats, especially with all the
development offshore.
FULL STORY
http://novascotia.cbc.ca/editorServlets/View?filename=ns_offshres020103

NORTH AMERICA HEADED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER: REPORT
Free trade across North America is not only affecting the air, water and 
forests of the continent, but is creating a \"looming threat\" to the 
survival of certain plant and animal species, says a report from a NAFTA 
agency. 
FULL STORY:
http://cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/2002/01/07/enviro_report010207

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