And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: o: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: EDF_Action_Network alert: Protecting our National Parks! Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 14:33:26 GMT If you have access to a web browser, you can take action on this alert by going to the following URL: http://actionnetwork.org/take-action.tcl?key=743A444B924359606C3539 Here's what this alert is about: Protecting our National Parks! ---------------------- FROM: Vickie Patton, EDF Air Attorney DATE: April 15, 1999 SUBJECT: Protecting our National Parks!! National Parks such as the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, and Shenandoah, as well as many other treasured wilderness areas are being clouded by pollution from factories and motor vehicles. The EPA has the means to protect these important places from air pollution, but industry lobbyists are aggressively lobbying President Clinton to weaken a key EPA rule. It's time the President heard from you, too!! The EPA rule in question was required under the 1977 Clean Air Act. Twenty years in the making, it provides a well-considered blueprint to guide states as they design plans to clean the air in national parks. The rule also features flexible timetables allowing states considerable leeway to achieve their pollution-reduction goals. Ignoring these facts, representatives of polluting industries have been meeting with the White House Office of Management and Budget over the past several weeks, advocating relaxation of the rule and, in some instances, urging the White House to scrap it altogether and start over.. We need your help to win this long-fought debate for clean air in our national parks. As soon as possible -- and no later than Earth Day, April 22 -- please call or write the White House to let them know you support strong EPA guidelines that rid our national parks and wilderness areas of the haze caused by air pollution. You can use the sample letter provided below, personalize it if you prefer, and send it to the White House by following the enclosed instructions.. Let's work together to ensure that these spectacular areas will be protected for current and future generations. Thank you.. Note: To be removed send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with REMOVE EDF in the Subject line or go to your workspace and remove yourself. Thanks. ---------------------- If you have access to a web browser, you can take action on this alert by going to the following URL: http://actionnetwork.org/take-action.tcl?key=743A444B924359606C3539 If you do not have access to a web browser, you can take still take action by replying to this email. INSTRUCTIONS TO RESPOND VIA EMAIL: Responding via email to this alert is easy. Choose the reply to sender option on your email program and edit the sample message we provide below. We STRONGLY encourage you to make edits directly to our sample letter, putting the alert talking points into your own words. An individualized letter is worth ten computer generated letters. Of course, hundreds of unedited faxes will still create a HUGE impact. So please reply even if you don't have time to personalize the letter. Some additional instructions: If your email program automatically adds your signature to your emails, please turn this feature off before replying. The Action Network program will sign your name to your message, on a piece of fax stationary that also provides your address. If your email program does not have a reply to sender option, you can cut and paste the letter below into a new email message and edit it there. Be sure you capture all the text below, then edit it to express your opinion and mail it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==========DO NOT MODIFY THIS HEADER========== ALERT_KEY: 743A444B924359606C3539 =======YOU MAY EDIT THE LETTER BELOW========= I am writing to urge your support for the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed rule to reduce pollution in our national parks and wilderness areas.. The proposed haze rule has been twenty years in the making. It offers a balanced plan that sets reasonable goals to begin cleaning up some of the most inspiring views in the world. States will be able to craft there own plans to clean up pollution, but are required to have restored the views in national parks by 2064. The rule also targets the most dirty and outdated factories to ensure that they use new technology to curb their emissions. Finally, the rule includes recommendations from western governors, business leaders and environmentalists that help western state address the issues unique to pollution in that region.. EPA's proposed haze rule is a plan that balances the concerns of political, business, and environmental interests alike. More importantly, this plan gets us on the right track to protecting some of America's most beautiful places, &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
