---------- > From: News from Environmental Defense Fund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: * Year of the Ocean * Transportation Justice * Scorecard * > Date: Tuesday, January 19, 1999 4:40 PM > > EDF DISPATCH: From Environmental Defense Fund > * Year of the Ocean * Transportation Justice * Scorecard * > Tuesday, January 19, 1999 > More than 300,000 strong > > 1. 'Year of the Ocean' Report Sums Up Pros and Cons > 2 Transportation Justice Follows Tradition of Dr. King > 3. EDF 'Scorecard' Hits a Major Home Run > 4. 'From the Ashes' Looks at Amazon 10 Years After Chico > 5. Russian Radioactive Dumps Are Polluting the Arctic > 6. 'Hog Watch' Site Monitors Factory Farm Waste > 7. Do Something About It: Join the Activist Network > 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. THE 'YEAR OF THE OCEAN' COMES TO A CLOSE > > Salmon returned to Washington state, red tides plagued China, and > President Clinton proposed a Clean Water Initiative - only a few of > the events summarized in a new report from EDF. > > http://www.edf.org/pubs/NewsReleases/1999/Jan/a_yoto.html > > ****************************** > 2. FIGHTING FOR TRANSPORTATION JUSTICE IN LOS ANGELES > > Imagine having to take four buses every morning simply to get to > work. In L.A. County, it's not that unusual. Martin Luther King, Jr. > said, "Urban transit systems in most American cities [are] a genuine > civil rights issue . . . " > EDF agrees with him. > > http://www.edf.org/programs/Transportation/Equity/a_aday.html > > ****************************** > 3. CHECK OUT EDF'S CHEMICAL SCORECARD IN ACTION > > Grass roots groups all over the U.S. use the Chemical Scorecard to > learn about chemical emissions from manufacturing facilities and > animal waste from factory farms, as well as potential health effects. > All you need to know is your zip code, and you can use it too. > > http://www.edf.org/pubs/EDF-Letter/1999/Jan/if_healt.html > > ****************************** > 4. READ 'FROM THE ASHES' AND HELP ADVANCE CHICO'S DREAM > > Chico Mendes spent his life defending the rainforests of the Amazon > from development and destruction. Today, 10 years after his death, we > need your help to continue his work. Read "From the Ashes," a series > of articles on Chico and the Amazon. Then follow the links and get > involved. > > http://www.edf.org/programs/International/chico/amazontoday.html > > ***************************** > 5. HIGH RADIATION LEVELS REPORTED IN ARCTIC SEAS > > NEWS FROM GREENWIRE: Radiation levels in Arctic waters are reaching > up to 100 times normal levels in some parts due to leaking > radioactive waste containers left over from the former Soviet Union. > > http://plaza.edf.org/greenwire.nsf/lookup/19990115 > > ****************************** > 6. 'HOG WATCH' FOCUSES SPOTLIGHT ON FACTORY FARMS > > "Hog Watch," a powerful website launched recently by North Carolina > EDF, highlights the serious environmental and public health impacts > of factory hog farms and spearheads a new North Carolina campaign to > clean up the problem. > > http://www.hogwatch.org/ > > ****************************** > 7. MAKE SURE THEY GET THE MESSAGE. JOIN THE 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/ActivistNetwork/BecomeAnActivist.html > > ****************************** > 8. SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES > > To stop receiving this e-mail publication, EDF DISPATCH, please send > e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with > > SIGNOFF * > > in the body (NOT the Subject) of the message. > > To start receiving your own copy of EDF DISPATCH, just fill in this > simple form on the web: > > http://www.edf.org/Join4Free/ > > ****************************** > Don't forget to check out past EDF DISPATCHES in our new archive. > > http://plaza.edf.org/dispatches.nsf > > ****************************** > Thanks for checking in often! More news daily at: > > http://www.edf.org > > Copyright 1999 Environmental Defense Fund. All rights reserved.
