In a message dated 10/07/1999 12:49:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << EARTH ACTION The Bulletin for Environmental Activists October 7, 1999 ==Please note that the alerts in this edition of the bulletin require IMMEDIATE action. ****************************************** Contents 1)Alerts a)ALASKA'S TONGASS RAINFOREST: Send a fax online to protect the Tongass National Forest b)NUCLEAR WEAPONS: Call and urge your senators to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty 2)About Our Bulletins 3)NRDC The information in this bulletin is available on NRDC's website at http://www.nrdc.org/field/acti.html. The web version links to background articles. ****************************************** 1)Alerts 10/7/99 ALASKA'S TONGASS RAINFOREST Send a fax online to protect the Tongass National Forest The Tongass rainforest in Alaska -- the heart of the last great temperate rainforest in the world -- critically needs a minute or two of your time. The Tongass is likely to be excluded from a Clinton administration initiative to protect roadless wildlands in U.S. national forests. If this happens, millions of acres of unprotected Tongass wildlands will be left open to exploitative development. The decision on whether to exclude the Tongass could come almost immediately. == What to do == Using the quick, free service offered by the Alaska Rainforest Campaign (a joint effort among a number of environmental organizations, including NRDC), send an urgent fax to President Clinton's chief of staff, John Podesta, telling him the White House must not leave America's largest, wildest, and most magnificent national forest out of this important initiative. Just fill in your name, email address, and zip code, and the campaign will send the fax, including any individual comments you want to add. Please take action TODAY, as a decision is imminent. == Who to contact == Alaska Rainforest Campaign's Help Protect Tongass Wildlands Alert at http://www.akrain.org/action.asp?news_id=42 ... NUCLEAR WEAPONS Urge your senators to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty After two years of inaction, Senate majority leaders have suddenly called a vote on ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, an international treaty to ban nuclear weapons test explosions, for next Tuesday, October 12th. The last-minute scheduling of this vote, without the expected hearing in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is a clear attempt to defeat the treaty, which President Clinton submitted to the Senate for ratification in 1997. To date, 152 countries have signed the treaty, including Russia, China, Great Britain, and France. Without Senate ratification the treaty cannot enter into force, as all of the 44 nuclear-capable countries must adopt the treaty before it becomes effective. United States leadership is also key in gaining treaty approval from other countries, such as India. The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty would protect human health and the environment, curb nuclear weapons proliferation, and strengthen the existing Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The CTBT is the longest-sought initiative to reduce nuclear weapons, pursued by American presidents since the Eisenhower administration. Furthermore, 82 percent of the American public, across all political divides, supports ratification of the treaty, which is also supported by the Department of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and NATO. == What to do == Call your senators immediately and urge them to vote YES on ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. == Who to contact == Capitol Switchboard (202) 224-3121 If you don't know the names of your senators, ask the switchboard operator. Then ask to be connected to one of your senators. When you've spoken to that senator's office, ask to be transferred to your other senator. ... 2)About Our Bulletins The Natural Resources Defense Council distributes two biweekly bulletins by mailing list: EARTH ACTION, which calls out urgent environmental issues requiring grassroots action, and LEGISLATIVE WATCH, which tracks bills moving through Congress. To subscribe to EARTH ACTION, send a blank email message from the email address at which you wish to receive the bulletin to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For LEGISLATIVE WATCH, send your message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe to EARTH ACTION, send a blank email message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe to LEGISLATIVE WATCH, send your message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3)NRDC The Natural Resources Defense Council is a non-profit environmental organization with 400,000 members nationwide and a staff of scientists, lawyers and environmental experts. Our mission is to protect the world's natural resources and improve the quality of the human environment. For more information about NRDC or how to become a member of NRDC, please contact us at: Natural Resources Defense Council 40 West 20th Street NY, NY 10011 212-727-4511 (voice) / 212-727-1773 (fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>
Natural Resources Defense Council's EARTH ACTION The Bulletin for Environmental Activists October 7, 1999 ==Please note that the alerts in this edition of the bulletin require IMMEDIATE action. ****************************************** Contents 1)Alerts a)ALASKA'S TONGASS RAINFOREST: Send a fax online to protect the Tongass National Forest b)NUCLEAR WEAPONS: Call and urge your senators to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty 2)About Our Bulletins 3)NRDC The information in this bulletin is available on NRDC's website at http://www.nrdc.org/field/acti.html. The web version links to background articles. ****************************************** 1)Alerts 10/7/99 ALASKA'S TONGASS RAINFOREST Send a fax online to protect the Tongass National Forest The Tongass rainforest in Alaska -- the heart of the last great temperate rainforest in the world -- critically needs a minute or two of your time. The Tongass is likely to be excluded from a Clinton administration initiative to protect roadless wildlands in U.S. national forests. If this happens, millions of acres of unprotected Tongass wildlands will be left open to exploitative development. The decision on whether to exclude the Tongass could come almost immediately. == What to do == Using the quick, free service offered by the Alaska Rainforest Campaign (a joint effort among a number of environmental organizations, including NRDC), send an urgent fax to President Clinton's chief of staff, John Podesta, telling him the White House must not leave America's largest, wildest, and most magnificent national forest out of this important initiative. Just fill in your name, email address, and zip code, and the campaign will send the fax, including any individual comments you want to add. Please take action TODAY, as a decision is imminent. == Who to contact == Alaska Rainforest Campaign's Help Protect Tongass Wildlands Alert at http://www.akrain.org/action.asp?news_id=42 ... NUCLEAR WEAPONS Urge your senators to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty After two years of inaction, Senate majority leaders have suddenly called a vote on ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, an international treaty to ban nuclear weapons test explosions, for next Tuesday, October 12th. The last-minute scheduling of this vote, without the expected hearing in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is a clear attempt to defeat the treaty, which President Clinton submitted to the Senate for ratification in 1997. To date, 152 countries have signed the treaty, including Russia, China, Great Britain, and France. Without Senate ratification the treaty cannot enter into force, as all of the 44 nuclear-capable countries must adopt the treaty before it becomes effective. United States leadership is also key in gaining treaty approval from other countries, such as India. The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty would protect human health and the environment, curb nuclear weapons proliferation, and strengthen the existing Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The CTBT is the longest-sought initiative to reduce nuclear weapons, pursued by American presidents since the Eisenhower administration. Furthermore, 82 percent of the American public, across all political divides, supports ratification of the treaty, which is also supported by the Department of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and NATO. == What to do == Call your senators immediately and urge them to vote YES on ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. == Who to contact == Capitol Switchboard (202) 224-3121 If you don't know the names of your senators, ask the switchboard operator. Then ask to be connected to one of your senators. When you've spoken to that senator's office, ask to be transferred to your other senator. ... 2)About Our Bulletins The Natural Resources Defense Council distributes two biweekly bulletins by mailing list: EARTH ACTION, which calls out urgent environmental issues requiring grassroots action, and LEGISLATIVE WATCH, which tracks bills moving through Congress. To subscribe to EARTH ACTION, send a blank email message from the email address at which you wish to receive the bulletin to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For LEGISLATIVE WATCH, send your message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe to EARTH ACTION, send a blank email message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe to LEGISLATIVE WATCH, send your message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3)NRDC The Natural Resources Defense Council is a non-profit environmental organization with 400,000 members nationwide and a staff of scientists, lawyers and environmental experts. Our mission is to protect the world's natural resources and improve the quality of the human environment. For more information about NRDC or how to become a member of NRDC, please contact us at: Natural Resources Defense Council 40 West 20th Street NY, NY 10011 212-727-4511 (voice) / 212-727-1773 (fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________________________ Planning a vacation? Join the 'Travel Extras' list to receive exclusive travel offers from Topica's partners! To join, visit http://www.topica.com/lists/travel-extras
