---------- > From: News from Environmental Defense Fund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: * Cancer Risk * Rave Reviews * U. S. Town Meeting * > Date: Wednesday, April 21, 1999 8:53 AM > > EDF DISPATCH: From Environmental Defense Fund > * Cancer Risk * Rave Reviews * U.S.Town Meeting * > Wednesday, April 21, 1999 > More than 300,000 strong > > 1. EDF's Scorecard Shows Cancer Risk in Local Air > 2. New Book by EDF Ecologist Wins Rave Reviews > 3. Come to a National Town Meeting on Sustainability > 4. Defender of African Forests Wins Environmental Prize > 5. Maryland Takes A Step Toward Saner Transportation Policy > 6. Now Is the Time for Environmental Bipartisanship > 7. Donate to Environmental Health > 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. CANCER RISK FROM LOCAL AIR HIGHER THAN CONGRESS� GOAL > > Most local air is far from meeting the Clean Air Act goal set a > decade ago. In fact, EDF's Scorecard web site shows that most > Americans live in areas where the cancer risk from toxic chemicals in > the air is more than 100 times that standard. > > http://www.edf.org/pubs/NewsReleases/1999/Apr/d_scorecard.html > > ****************************** > 2. NEW BOOK ON BIODIVERSITY CALLED A �MUST READ� > > EDF senior ecologist David Wilcove's new book, "The Condor's Shadow: > The Loss and Recovery of Wildlife in America," assesses the history > and current status of ecosystems in this country. The reviews are in, > and they're glowing. > > http://www.edf.org/pubs/NewsReleases/1999/Apr/b_condorbook.html > > ****************************** > 3. NATIONAL MEETING TO SHOWCASE SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES > > How can this generation live the good life without compromising the > environmental future of generations to come? A national town meeting > to be held in Detroit next month will focus on just this question. > > http://www.edf.org/issues/sustainable.html > > ****************************** > 4. DEFENDER OF CAMEROON FORESTS WINS GOLDMAN PRIZE > > Samuel-Alain Nguiffo, who heads a grassroots organization to protect > the rainforests of his native Cameroon, has been named a winner of > the 1999 Goldman Environmental Prize. > > http://www.edf.org/issues/goldman_prize.html > > ***************************** > 5. MARYLAND MOVES TOWARDS CHEAPER, SANER COMMUTING > > Want to reduce traffic and pollution in your state while saving > money? A bill that recently passed the Maryland legislature has the > potential to do just that. Could their plan work for you? > > http://www.edf.org/pubs/NewsReleases/1999/Apr/a_maryland.html > > ****************************** > 6. CALL FOR BIPARTISANSHIP FROM EDF�S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR > > How can we speed the slow pace of environmental progress? EDF > Executive Director Fred Krupp discusses the possibilities in this > month's EDF LETTER. > > http://www.edf.org/pubs/EDF-Letter/1999/Apr/h_dirmsg.html > > ****************************** > 7. DONATE TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND > > This web site is now set up to receive credit card contributions via > a secure sever. Help EDF and its Environmental Health Program > continue fighting for a safer world. > > https://www.edf.org/secure/Want2Help/donate_health.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.
