EU asks Spain for more details on huge water plan: "The European Union is seeking more information from Spain about a controversial $21 billion national water plan for which Madrid is seeking EU financial help, an EU official said on the weekend. The centrepiece of the plan - an ambitious project to transfer water from the country's greener northern regions to the drought-hit south - has come under fire from environmentalists and drawn huge protests."

EPA says US toxic chemical releases fall 9 percent: "The amount of toxic chemicals released in the United States dropped by about 700 million pounds or 9 percent in 2000 from the year before, the Environmental Protection Agency said."

Atlanta's Growing Thirst Creates Water War: "It has all the elements of a classic regional water war, pitting developers against environmentalists and state against state. Yet this battle is gripping not the parched Southwest, but the normally verdant Southeast, in a sign of future clashes around the country over an increasingly limited supply of fresh water."

Musical water drops to urge water conservation: "They won't make the Top 40, but The H2Os -- a dancing, singing trio of animated water drops -- will be playing to Santa Fe cable subscribers, urging them to be careful with New Mexico's precious resource."

Key talks on 'Earth Summit 2' kick off: "The United Nations on Monday opened a vital meeting in Indonesia where 6,000 delegates will try to bridge differences before an August summit that aims to cut poverty while saving the environment."

Researchers see normal pattern in massive iceberg movements: "Icebergs breaking away from Antarctica in recent months - some as big as small states - are part of a process scientists say marks a return to ice conditions of years past. Several ice shelves around the continent have been growing in recent years, a process that has puzzled researchers concerned about possible global warming."

Three million would die in "limited" nuclear war over Kashmir: "A minimum of three million people would be killed and 1.5 million seriously injured if even a "limited" nuclear war broke out between India and Pakistan, warns a new study uncovered by New Scientist."

How we took out the wasp nest:

James sucked them all up into the Eureka Whirlwind vacuum and then let the insects spin around for ten minutes or so. Then he opened the collection chamber and doused the stunned insects with hairspray. After that, it mas just a matter of pouring the wasps out onto the ground and stepping on them.

Chandra Levy's memorial service set for Tuesday: "Yellow ribbons remain on the trees and lampposts outside Chandra Levy's home in Modesto, but her family's hope for their daughter has vanished as they prepare for Tuesday's memorial service."

Chandra not killed in random attack: "Investigators reportedly believe Chandra Levy was lured to her death by someone she knew or killed by a stalker. The New York Post quotes police sources as saying evidence from where her body was found doesn't point to a random attack while she was jogging."