---------- > From: News from Environmental Defense Fund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: * Hog Farm Threat * Earth IQ * Seaweed Home * > Date: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 3:37 PM > > EDF DISPATCH: From Environmental Defense Fund > * Hog Farm Threat * Earth IQ * Seaweed Home * > Tuesday, May 11, 1999 > More than 300,000 strong > > 1. NC Study Confirms Health Threat from Hog Farms > 2. Test Your Earth IQ With Our Interactive Quiz > 3. Vital Seaweed Habitat Is Protected > 4. Decline of CA Sea Otters Worries Scientists > 5. New Strategy Will Fight Denver's 'Brown Cloud' > 6. Take a Position: Become a Message Board Regular > 7. Support Environmental Alliances > 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. NC STUDY SHOWS THAT HOG FARMS CAN SICKEN NEIGHBORS > > People living near large, factory-style hog farms suffer more > respiratory and gastrointestinal ailments than others, a new study > shows. North Carolina Environmental Defense Fund is demanding > solutions. > > http://www.edf.org/pubs/NewsReleases/1999/May/c_hoghealth.html > > ****************************** > 2. TAKE THE QUIZ THAT TESTS YOUR 'EARTHLY' KNOWLEDGE > > This fun, interactive quiz tests your environmental knowledge. Top > scorers are told, "Wow! We need more people like you!" The less > successful get ribbed, "Hmm...Koko the gorilla needs a playmate. Care > to join her?" > > http://www.edf.org/ads/caremail.html > > ****************************** > 3. SEAWEED HARVEST TO BE PHASED OUT IN TWO YEARS > > Juvenile turtles, fish and seabirds in the South Atlantic need > sargassum seaweed areas as critical habitat. A Fisheries Council vote > will preserve this for them, at least in U.S. waters. > > http://www.edf.org/pubs/EDF-Letter/1999/Apr/u_sargas.html > > ****************************** > 4. CA SEA OTTERS COULD BE APPROACHING EXTINCTION > > NEWS FROM GREENWIRE: Scientists say California's sea otter population > may be dropping so quickly that "it could be approaching extinction." > After growing in number between 1977, the year that sea otters were > listed as a threatened species, and 1995, the California population > has declined 11% over the last four years. The most recent count puts > the population at 1,937. > > http://plaza.edf.org/greenwire.nsf/lookup/19990509 > > ***************************** > 5. FIGHTING DENVER'S INFAMOUS 'BROWN CLOUD' OF POLLUTION > > For "the price of a candy bar a month," Coloradans can help eliminate > Denver's infamous "brown cloud" of downtown air pollution. > > http://www.edf.org/pubs/EDF-Letter/1999/Apr/q_Denver.html > > ****************************** > 6. GET INVOLVED: JOIN OUR MESSAGE BOARD COMMUNITY > > If you're looking for an alternative to what you read in the news, or > you want to express an opinion based on your own experience, take > your pick of our six environmental Message Boards. > > http://plaza.edf.org/discussion.nsf/ > > ****************************** > 7. DONATE TO ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCES > > This web site is now set up to receive credit card contributions via > a secure sever. Help EDF and its Environmental Alliances Program work > directly with businesses, consumers and community leaders to meet > society's needs with less pollution and fewer resources. > > https://www.edf.org/secure/Want2Help/donate_alliances.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.
