STATES ASK SUPREME COURT REVIEW OF GLOBAL WARMING CAR EMISSIONS CASE - WASHINGTON, DC, March 6, 2006 (ENS) - A coalition of 12 states, three major cities, one island government and several environmental groups Friday petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lower court ruling that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency does not have to regulate greenhouse gases as pollutants. The coalition wants review of a 2005 ruling that let stand the EPA's refusal to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles. http://www.ens-newswire.com

BUSH SAYS NO CIVILIAN NUCLEAR PARTNERSHIP WITH PAKISTAN -  ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, March 6, 2006 (ENS) - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf welcomed U.S. President George W. Bush to Islamabad on Saturday and the leaders affirmed the long term, strategic partnership between their two countries, but it will not include nuclear cooperation. While the American President was confirmed a civilian nuclear agreement with India earlier in the week, he is not willing to write a parallel agreement with Pakistan. http://www.ens-newswire.com

ANNAN CHOOSES CANDIDATES FOR NEW UN ENVIRONMENT CHIEF - NEW YORK, New York, March 6, 2006 (ENS) - As of April 1, Klaus Toepfer will step down as head of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) as his second four year term comes to a close. Toepfer, a former German environment minister, has held the top UN environmental post since February 1998. He will be replaced by one of five men chosen by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. http://www.ens-newswire.com

PESTICIDES FOUND IN STREAMS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES - WASHINGTON, DC, March 6, 2006 (ENS) - Pesticides are present throughout the year in most streams in urban and agricultural areas of the United States, according to a new report released by the U.S. Geological Survey on Friday. The report is based on data from 51 major river basins and aquifer systems from Florida to the Pacific Northwest, Hawaii and Alaska, plus a regional study in the High Plains aquifer system. http://www.ens-newswire.com