---------- > From: News from Environmental Defense Fund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: *BP's Pledge *EDF in the News* Packaging* > Date: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 4:46 PM > > EDF DISPATCH: From Environmental Defense Fund > * BP's Pledge * EDF in the News * Reusable Packaging * > Tuesday, September 22, 1998 > More than 300,000 strong > > 1. British Petroleum Announces Plan to Cut Greenhouse Gases > 2. EDF in the News: In Support of BP�s Plan > 3. With EDF's Help, UPS Develops Reusable Packaging > 4. New York Task Force Looks at I-287 Expansion > 5. Risk is Growing that Amazon Will Burn > 6. EDF Attorney Jim Marston Keeps His Eye on the Ball > 7. Make the Powerful Pay Attention. Become an EDF Activist > 8. (To stop receiving this e-mail publication, please send > e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with SIGNOFF* in the > body, not the subject, of the message.) > > ***************************** > 1. BRITISH PETROLEUM PLEDGES GREENHOUSE GAS CUTS > > EDF praised British Petroleum (BP) for voluntarily committing to > reduce its global greenhouse gas emissions to 10% below 1990 > levels by 2010. Developed as a joint project with EDF, the > initiative was announced in a recent speech at Yale University > by John Browne, CEO for BP. > > > http://www.edf.org/pubs/NewsReleases/1998/Sep/c_BPemissions.html > > ****************************** > 2. EDF IN THE NEWS: ON BP�S PLANS TO CUT EMISSIONS > > Developed with help from EDF, British Petroleum announced a plan > to voluntarily cut greenhouse gases. EDF took to the mass media > in support. > > http://www.edf.org/pubs/EDFinTheNews/bp.html > > ****************************** > 3. UPS OFFERS SHIPPING INDUSTRY�S FIRST REUSABLE PACKAGING > > Working with EDF's Alliance for Environmental Innovation, the > United Parcel Service (UPS) has developed a two-use envelope > that will cut express envelope packaging waste and pollution in > half. > > http://www.edf.org/pubs/EDF-Letter/1998/Sep/l_UPS.htmL > > ****************************** > 4. NEW YORK CONSIDERS ALTERNATIVES TO I-287 EXPANSION > > Responding to pressure from EDF and others, New York state has > convened a task force to study alternatives to widening I-287, > one of the region's most congested highways. > > http://www.edf.org/pubs/EDF-Letter/1998/Sep/e_I-287.html > > ***************************** > 5. RISK OF AMAZON RAINFOREST FIRES IS GROWING > > NEWS FROM GREENWIRE: Dry weather conditions in Brazil are > increasing the threat of forest fires in the Amazon.. As > farmers and ranchers set fires to clear the land for > agriculture, the flames can spread easily, and are > already burning out of control in some areas. The question is: > what is the Brazilian government going to do about it? > > http://plaza.edf.org/greenwire.nsf/77860cce121ea837852560e70063f1 > 44/219654B973157E048525668300510386?OpenDocument > > ****************************** > 6. ENVIRONMENTAL HOOPSTER KEEPS HIS EYE ON THE BALL > > In environmental work, as in basketball, Jim Marston has > learned to improvise. > > http://www.edf.org/pubs/EDF-Letter/1998/Sep/n_Marst.html > > ****************************** > 7. MAKE SURE YOUR VOICE IS HEARD. JOIN EDF'S ACTION NETWORK > > As a frequent e-mail user, you can be part of EDF's Member > Action Network, a vital force to influence environmental policy > in your home state, in Washington, DC and around the globe. > > http://www.edf.org/Want2Help/Activism.html > > ****************************** > 8. 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All rights reserved >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Sep 23 07:27:35 1998 From: "Kimberly & Brett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Some Enviro News Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 08:34:01 -0500 Government asks 'frog force' to find frog killers WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The federal government, an environmental group and a children's television show joined forces Tuesday to recruit children to help find out what is killing the nation's frogs. They set up an Internet web site devoted to the search and hope to commission thousands of schoolchildren as a nationwide "frog force" to try to save the disappearing amphibians. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt said numerous studies show that frogs are dying in alarming numbers. Others are turning up with gross deformities. "The real questions are why now and why is this happening in so many places around the world?" Babbitt said at the kick-off of the new program. See full story <http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2556209647-853> Greenpeace unfurls banner in front of Niagara Falls NIAGRA FALLS, Ontario (Reuters) - Members of the environmental group Greenpeace hung on ropes from an observation platform jutting out in front of Niagara Falls Tuesday and unfurled a huge banner to protest the cutting down of rainforests in North America. But the protest was cut short when high winds buffeted the dangling activists and their 20-meter high banner, which read "Save Ancient Forests." Greenpeace spokesman Steve Shallhorn said four activists, from Canada, the United States, Germany and Australia, climbed on to an observation tower on the U.S. side of the falls in New York state early Tuesday morning and waited until after sunrise before releasing the bright yellow banner. See full story <http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2556208515-131> Return To Top <#TOP> | The Environment <#category18>
