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From Knight Ridder Newspapers, by Frank Greve WASHINGTON - Americans are recycling paper at an all-time high, recapturing 300 pounds per person each year. That's about half the paper produced in the United States.

From the Independent, By Robert Pore Growing liability concerns about biotech crops have farmers in Vermont, Montana and North Dakota supporting legislation to make biotechnology companies, not farmers and grain elevators, liable for damages from genetically modified crops, according to the Western Organization of Resource Councils.

Bunge Ltd. (BG.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the world's top oilseed processor, on Tuesday said quarterly profit rose a higher-than-expected 5 percent even as the agribusiness and food company grappled with volatile soybean prices.

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From Reuters via Environmental News Network The Bush administration will ask Congress to increase funding to $867 million in fiscal year 2006 for a plan to help reduce the risk of wildfires in federal forests, a senior administration official said Thursday.

From the Sydney Morning HErald, By Stephanie Peatling Australia faces an ever-shrinking water supply, the extinction of plant and animal species and the loss of billions of dollars from a less productive agriculture sector, says a submission to an international global warming conference.