---------- > From: News from Environmental Defense Fund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: * Recovery Road * Healthier Schools * Alien Hitchhikers * > Date: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 7:32 PM > > From: Tim Connor on 06/08/99 03:32 PM > To: Ned Bade/EDF, Brian Seirup, Joel Plagenz > cc: > Subject: Dispatch 104 > > EDF DISPATCH: From Environmental Defense Fund > * Recovery Road * Healthier Schools * Alien Hitchhikers * > Tuesday, June 8, 1999 > More than 300,000 strong > > 1. Some Key Endangered Species Are Steadily Recovering > 2. Take the Twelve Steps to Healthier Schools > 3. Alien 'Hitchhikers' Take An Environmental Toll > 4. Updated Scorecard Reveals Local Air Pollution > 5. Court Rules Highways Must Meet Clean Air Standards > 6. Urban Brownfields Seen As Valuable Resource > 7. Support Sustainable Fishing. Donate to our Oceans 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. KEY ENDANGERED SPECIES ARE ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY > > Despite overall decreases in biodiversity, this report shows that > many endangered species have reversed their decline and are steadily > increasing in population. > > http://www.edf.org/pubs/NewsReleases/1999/June/b_endangered.html > > ****************************** > 2. LEARN THE TWELVE STEPS TO HEALTHIER SCHOOLS > > Most school children are small and vulnerable, and it's important > that the places they spend so much time be environmentally safe. Here > are 12 areas of special concern. > > http://www.edf.org/links/ehhi/ > > ****************************** > 3. EXOTIC 'HITCHHIKERS' ARE MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL THREAT > > Each year increased international trade and travel brings non-native > plants and animals into the U.S. While most are harmless, a small > percentage of these exotic visitors harm the environment and threaten > native species. > > http://www.edf.org/pubs/EDF-Letter/1999/Jun/c_exotic.html > > ****************************** > 4. UPDATED SCORECARD INFORMS CITIZENS ABOUT LOCAL AIR > > Increasingly, activists and other concerned citizens have used the > newly expanded Scorecard web site to find out about pollution in > their local area. > > http://www.edf.org/pubs/EDF-Letter/1999/Jun/b_score.html > > ***************************** > 5. COURT SAYS ROADS MUST COMPLY WITH CLEAN AIR RULES > > Highways in metropolitan areas throughout the U.S. may not be funded > until transportation plans conform with state air-pollution plans > under the Clean Air Act, a Federal court has ruled. > > http://www.edf.org/pubs/EDF-Letter/1999/Jun/a_air.html > > ****************************** > 6. REDEVELOPING ABANDONED URBAN BROWNFIELDS > > Contaminated former industrial areas, often located near convenient > transportation, are a city resource that shouldn't be wasted. > > http://www.edf.org/pubs/EDF-Letter/1999/Jun/g_brown.html > > ****************************** > 7. SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE FISHING THROUGH OUR OCEANS PROGRAM > > Contributing online is the fastest way to support the Environmental > Defense Fund and its Oceans Program. You can also contribute by > phone, fax, or mail. Please Help! > > https://www.edf.org/secure/Want2Help/donate_oceans.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.
