> RE: Attn Twin Cities: Work Up A Sweat For Global Warming!
>
> Hi Elizabeth, you may want to suggest that the runners bring some tanked
> oxygen with them. The air in the Mpls downtown area is looking -to the eye-
> to be a thick yellow smog. Scorecard.org's stats contend that Hennepin
> County is in the top twenty dirty counties in the nation. If any have
> breathing difficulties, some athletes are asthmatic but use meds before
> events to control symptoms, they really need to be aware of this. St Paul
> looks somewhat better- My husband, Dave, does aerial photography and
> usually brings me back photos to back the site facts. Many times this glop
> affects what he has to photograph and many times the shoot has to be
> scheduled around the air clarity conditions.
Read this carefully, Friends. This is the air our MPCA and present and past
state and local governments have allowed to go the way of Pittsburgh and
Toledo and Camden. We've spent so many years patting ourselves on the back
for our Upper Midwest purity, so many years accepting the big money that
polluters feed our politicians that we may never breathe freely again -
without medical attention.
And still they want to build more power plants. And still the State of
Minnesota, its Pollution Control Agency and local governments refuse to stop
the polluters from killing us. And still they plop down refineries in the
middle of our neighborhoods and refuse to close them when they so clearly
threaten our lives.
Overly dramatic? I submit that it is not.
This air we breathe is slowly but surely destroying our innards, feeding our
lungs the asthma, emphysema, cancer and asbestosis - among other illnesses -
killing us slowly with their corruption of the air and politicians.
And what is their mantra for doing nothing? Nothing to stop this?
Jobs. Always jobs. This chant that business and government sing, that word
that has allowed big labor and big business and politicians to turn their
backs on the health of their own workers and on the very livability of our
communities � those jobs they couldn't care less about otherwise � is
without exaggeration - murdering people as they walk and work and sleep.
We are long past time when the palpable pollution these agencies and trusted
officials choose to ignore must be addressed as a crisis of massive
proportions.
Feeling overwhelmed? As we all must be. As I write this, the sun is out, the
sky blue-ish. It's a deception and a day that can urge us to postpone the
hard work of reversing the entire system of life-sustaining air quality
control.
St. Paul, Minneapolis, Hennepin and Ramsey Counties and the State of
Minnesota must be pushed to the brink � quickly.
Stop the killing.
Andy Driscoll
Saint Paul
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"I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied
corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of
strength, and bid defiance to the laws of the country."
--- Thomas Jefferson,1816
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From: Elizabeth Dickinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi Elizabeth, you may want to suggest that the runners bring some tanked
oxygen with them. The air in the Mpls downtown area is looking -to the eye-
to be a thick yellow smog. Scorecard.org's stats contend that Hennepin
County is in the top twenty dirty counties in the nation. If any have
breathing difficulties, some athletes are asthmatic but use meds before
events to control symptons, they really need to be aware of this. St Paul
looks somewhat better- My husband, Dave, does aerial photography and
usually brings me back photos to back the site facts. Many times this glop
affects what he has to photograph and many times the shoot has to be
scheduled around the air clarity conditons.
From: "Environmental Defense Action Network"
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Action Network from Environmental Defense
finding the ways that work
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The First annual Twin Cities Race to Stop Global Warming
takes place at 8:30am at the Minnehaha Park in Minneapolis
on Saturday, May 18, 2002. The Race is a national Earth
Day-related 8K run and 5K Fitness Walk, which includes
a FREE Children's Fun Run, Diaper Dash, and Toddler
Trot.
Environmental Defense is sponsoring this fun and healthy
family event, which will raise awareness about solutions
to greenhouse gas pollution and global warming, and
the actions we can take to prevent further climate
change.
NOT A RUNNER? Come down anyway to cheer on the others.
Also, stick around after the Race for the Eco Festival,
featuring fun and informative booths and displays on
energy and the environment.
For more information about the Race to Stop Global
Warming, or to register online, visit their website at:
http://actionnetwork.org/ct/kpqsMr51jP-z/racetostopglobalwarming.
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First Annual Twin Cities...
Race to Stop Global Warming
Saturday, May 18th, 8:30am
Minnehaha Park in Minneapolis
To register, visit:
http://actionnetwork.org/ct/kpqsMr51jP-z/racetostopglobalwarming
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The Race to Stop Global Warming will also be held in:
Denver, CO - April 14th
Portland, OR - April 28th
Seattle, WA - September 29th
Boston, MA - tbd
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