mary,
one place that i would look for women who have been significantly active with
respect to the environment is the book Eco-Heroes by Aubrey Wallace (San
Francisco: Mercury House, 1993) . . . it includes chapters on Wangari Maathi
in Kenya, Christine Jean in France, Catherine Wallace in New Zealand, Eha Kern
in Sweden, Colleen McCrory in Canada, and Medha Patkar in India in addition to
Lois Gibbs whom i mentioned in my previous post . . . all were winners of the
Goldman Environmental prize for grassroots environmental efforts
another place that i would look is the book Confronting Environmental Racism:
Voices from the Grassroots by Robert D. Bullard (Boston: South End Press,
1993) . . . it includes chapters by Dana Alston and Nicole Brown at the Panos
Institute, Cynthia Hamilton and Laura Pulido in Los Angeles, Marion Moses in
San Francisco, Janet Phoenix in D.C., and Dorceta Taylor
cheers,
craig
craig k harris
dept of sociology michigan state university east lansing michigan
48824-1111
tel: 517-355-5048 fax: 517-432-2856
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Nov 1 08:34:43 1995
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 10:33:06 -0500 (EST)
From: Ronnie Hawkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ESA Today Issue #154 (fwd)
Sounds like calling the Clinton administration & strongly urging a veto
might be in order--just to make sure he doesn't "change his mind" on this.
Ronnie
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Date: Mon, 30 Oct 1995 20:54:55 -0500
From: Roger Featherstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ESA Today Issue #154
ESA TODAY, Mon. Oct. 30, 1995, from the Endangered Species Coalition,
for more information call (202)682-9400 or e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
SENATE AGREES TO OPEN ANWR: In a 51-48 vote, the Senate on Friday
defeated an amendment to strip the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
(ANWR) provision from their budget reconciliation bill. The vote took
place despite almost certainty that President Clinton will veto the
budget bill because of the ANWR provision. In a Capitol lawn news
conference Friday, Secretary of Interior, Bruce Babbitt warned that the
administration would not accept congressional language to open Alaska's
Arctic Refuge to oil drilling. Calling Friday's Senate vote
"potentially the most serious breach of public trust" since the Teapot
Dome oil scandal, Babbitt warned that President Clinton "is entirely
committed to protection of the integrity of the Arctic Refuge." On
Saturday, Vice President Gore said Clinton would veto the bill even if
the administration was satisfied with all of the bill's other
provisions. Gore, in remarks to a conference of environmental
journalists stated: "He will veto. Period. It doesn't matter what
else is in the bill...it's just that clear."
SNOOKERED ADMINISTRATION?: On Saturday, President Clinton vowed to seek
legislation that would override a federal court ruling that old-growth
timber sales in Oregon and Washington must be released under the
salvage-logging law Clinton signed this past July. In a written
statement, Clinton said, "my administration will actively pursue a
legislative remedy to correct this extreme result." Clinton said the
salvage-logging rider was intended to hasten only those sales that did
not violate the administration's environmental standards. But Rep.
Peter DeFazio (D-OR), who has been critical of Clinton's Northwest
forest policy, said Clinton knew what he was doing when he signed the
salvage-logging rider. "I don't know how they can say they got
snookered."
STUDDS STEPS DOWN: Rep. Gerry Studds, a Massachusetts Democrat who has
weathered personal and political crises to serve in the U.S. House for
23 years, announced on Saturday that he will not seek a 13th term in
1996, becoming the eighth Democrat to decide to leave the House in '96.
Studds played vital roles in such national environmental issues as the
Endangered Species Act, the Clean Water Act and fisheries protection,
but lost his chairmanship of the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee
when the panel was abolished in the aftermath of the republican takeover
of Congress last year. Studds said he had considered retiring since
1992 and said the decision was more a reflection of his personal wishes
than losing power when the GOP took over Congress last year.
GETTING JUST DESSERTS: Chad McKittrick, 42, of Red Lodge, MT, was found
guilty of killing one of 29 wolves reintroduced into the Greater
Yellowstone ecosystem. A Montana jury found McKittrick guilty on three
misdemeanor counts - killing the wolf, possessing it and transporting an
endangered species. The wolf killed was an alpha wolf that had
successfully mated with a reintroduced female. McKittrick said he shot
the wolf to death because he thought it was a wild dog. McKittrick will
be sentenced in 90 days.
