---------- > From: News from Environmental Defense Fund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: * Amazon at Risk * Smart Testing * Contact Us * > Date: Tuesday, March 23, 1999 4:14 PM > > EDF DISPATCH: From Environmental Defense Fund > * Amazon at Risk * Smart Testing * Contact Us * > Tuesday, March 23, 1999 > More than 300,000 strong > > 1. IMF Plan for Brazil Is Disaster for Amazon > 2. Setting the Record Straight on Animal Testing > 3. Want to Contact EDF? Find Out How. > 4. Michigan Mussels May Alter Food Chain > 5. White House Veteran Dirk Forrister Joins EDF > 6. Global Warming May End Spring Skiing in NH > 7. Support EDF's International Program > 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. IMF PLAN CALLED 'TIME BOMB' FOR THE AMAZON > > Expanses of degraded, abandoned pasture are all that remain of Amazon > rainforest cleared and burned for short-term profit. Yet an > International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan package for Brazil would only > drive more urban poor to the Amazon to clear, log, and mine the > forest for survival. > > http://www.edf.org/pubs/NewsReleases/1999/Mar/f_amazon.html > > ****************************** > 2. INITIATIVE SEEKS TO END UNECESSARY ANIMAL TESTING > > Responding to a misleading quote in a Washington Times article, EDF > Executive Director Fred Krupp sets the record straight on the > chemical testing policy of the High Production Volume chemical > challenge. > > http://www.edf.org/issues/peta_response.html > > ****************************** > 3. CONTACTING US JUST GOT EASIER > > Want to write to us, e-mail us, order a report, download a banner? > We've gathered all the 'Contact EDF' information on a single > convenient page of addresses and links. Find what you're seeking > without wasting time. > > http://www.edf.org/AboutEDF/contact.html > > ****************************** > 4. INVASIVE MUSSELS CONTINUE TO THREATEN MICHIGAN ECOSYSTEM > > NEWS FROM GREENWIRE: Non-native zebra mussels that have spread > through the Great Lakes are winning the competition with native > species for food. > > http://plaza.edf.org/greenwire.nsf/lookup/19990316 > > ***************************** > 5. EDF WELCOMES WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL > > The current chairman of the White House Climate Change Task Force, > Dirk Forrister, will become the director of EDF's national Energy > Program in April. > > http://www.edf.org/pubs/NewsReleases/1999/Mar/g_edf.html > > ****************************** > 6. CLIMATE CHANGE COULD WARM WHITE MOUNTAINS > > Winter warming in the White Mountains region of New Hampshire could > mean less skiing, less maple syrup, and less vibrant fall foliage. A > report from EDF scientists examines potential effects of warmer > temperatures on the area. > > http://www.edf.org/pubs/Reports/GWWhtMtns/a_execsum.html > > ****************************** > 7. LEARN MORE ABOUT EDF�S INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM > > Interested in learning more about the Amazon rainforest? Water > resources in Africa? Dams around the world? EDF�s International > Program needs your support. > > https://www.edf.org/secure/Want2Help/donate_international.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 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.
