---------- > From: News from Environmental Defense Fund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: * www.democracy.com * Go Fish * NY Trash * > Date: Wednesday, April 14, 1999 9:00 AM > > EDF DISPATCH: From Environmental Defense Fund > * www.democracy.com * Go Fish * NY Trash * > Wednesday, April 14, 1999 > More than 300,000 strong > > 1. Looking for an Equalizer? Try www.democracy.com > 2. Scientific Panel Backs Individualized Fishing Quotas > 3. New York Trash Plan Needs Adjustment > 4. Minority Communities Bear Brunt of NC Hog Farms > 5. Destructive Highway Expansion Blocked in Florida Keys > 6. Texans Overwhelmingly Prefer Clean Electricity > 7. Help Protect Endangered Species - Donate to EDF > 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. EDF'S SCORECARD CONTINUES TO MAKE HEADLINES > > A recent article in "The Economist" begins: "There is a lot of > blather about how the Internet interfaces with democracy, but some > things make it all seem real. Www.scorecard.org is as real as > hotdogs." > > http://www.edf.org/pubs/EDFintheNews/economist.html > > ****************************** > 2. INDIVIDUAL QUOTAS WOULD BENEFIT FISHERMEN > > The National Academy of Sciences and the Environmental Defense Fund > are calling on Congress to lift a moratorium on individual fishing > quotas. Quotas permit "a total allowable catch" to be divided more > evenly among fishermen. > > http://www.edf.org/pubs/EDF-Letter/1999/Apr/a_fish.html > > ****************************** > 3. WHAT DO YOU DO WITH 12,000 TONS OF TRASH A DAY? > > In 2002, New York City's massive Fresh Kills Landfill will close, > leaving 12,000 tons of city trash daily without a place to go. > Current plans to truck garbage away will mean more noise, odor, and > traffic danger. EDF and others are pressing the city to come up with > a solid plan. > > http://www.edf.org/pubs/EDF-Letter/1999/Apr/f_trash.html > > ****************************** > 4. STUDY SHOWS HOG FARMS MORE LIKELY TO BE IN MINORITY AREAS > > NEWS FROM GREENWIRE: A study released last week by a professor at the > University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, shows the state's hog > farms are "several times more likely" to be in minority communities. > > http://plaza.edf.org/greenwire.nsf/lookup/19990408 > > ***************************** > 5. SOUTH FLORIDA WETLANDS SPARED. FOR NOW. > > Florida's proposal to widen an 18-mile road connecting the Florida > Keys to the mainland would have wiped out wetlands and damaged an > already-threatened coral reef. But local and national activists > managed to block the plan. > > http://www.edf.org/pubs/EDF-Letter/1999/Apr/v_Keys.html > > ****************************** > 6. TEXANS SUPPORT CLEAN ENERGY OPTIONS > > EDF's efforts to bring clean electricity options to Texans appear to > be supported by the public. The state's recently built wind-power > plant is extremely popular, although it serves only a small portion > of the state's power needs. > > http://www.edf.org/pubs/EDF-Letter/1999/Apr/o_TXener.html > > ****************************** > 7. DONATE TO EDF'S ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION PROGRAM > > This web site is now set up to receive credit card contributions via > a secure server. Learn how EDF's Ecosystems Restoration Program works > to protect endangered species, then decide if you'd like to make a > donation. > > https://www.edf.org/secure/Want2Help/donate_ecosystems.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.
