Peter, the message bounced because of the word *ns*bscr*be so I am
forwarding it for you.
Trudy
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 10:56:38 -0800
From: Peter McGrath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dear Bernard
I am frankly annoyed at this forward. This is a limited purpose
discussion group and as such I dont expect to recieve e-mails about
other
issues. It is this sort of behaviour that stops people joining or
causes
them to unsubscribe, and I believe that this discussion group needs
people
as it deals with a very important social problem in Australia.
Dont get me wrong, I am a rabid greenie and boycott most of the fuel
companies in Australia as well as most of the transnational and anyone
else
who doesnt act with integrity, but, those issues belong to other
discussion
lists. Quite frankly I dont believe the boycott is worth losing members
of
this discussion group.
Please desist!!!!!!!
At 02:59 PM 1/11/00 +0200, you wrote:
>Dear Am=E9rican friends. As you know, the french atlantic coast have
>serious ecological problems because of a oil pollution from a boat of
>Total.
>We need your help: we have decided a boycott of Total. You've Total in
>your country. Boycott it, please, and write to it.=20
>Thank's. Bernard Blanc, from France.
>and a PS: please, don't take that message for a spam. It's a fight for
>planet earth =20
>
>
>Dear friends of the world environment:
>
>We are calling for your help in a worldwide e-mail campaign of protest
>against the french oil distribution company TOTAL, responsible for the
>black tide of oil on the coast of Brittany, France.
>The campaign started in France. We launched it in Brazil a few days
>ago and we are now sending e-mail messages worldwide inviting people
>to join us in the protest.
>Thank you for your help in this effort prevent further damage to the
>global environment.
>(Translated by Jaqueline Mitauy - Consultant CTA - Brazil-texte relu
>et corrig=E9 par Bob Eldridge - Canada)=20
>Haut de page
>FROM: Alain Uguen Municipal Advising Uguen of Kemper (Bretagne-France)
>Secretary of FEDEL - <http://www.fedel.org>=20
>
>" Black Tide " in the coast of the Bretagne (France)=20
>On 12/12/99, the oil tanker " ERIKA ", serving the TOTAL
>multinational, broke in two parts, when sailed 31miles off Bretagnes
>coast. Although no Human lives were lost, the oil (approximately
>10.000 tons) spilled into the sea and the unfavorable meteorological
>conditions can generate an ecological catastrophe. On the following
>day, the two parts of the ship had sunk 120m of depth and there they
>remain until today.=20
>In the total there are 28.000 tons of oil (of which a part is still in
>the tanks of the sunken ship) that threaten the marine and coasting
>ecosystem. The meteorological conditions and the nature of the product
>make the attempts of pumping, or dispersion, totally inefficient.=20
>
>For the CEDRE (Center of Documentation and Research and
>Experimentation on the accidental pollution of Waters) the product,
>for its nature of the type ' chewing gum', although ' not very toxic
>', is the highly polluting and 28.000 tons of this product could
>pollute more than the 240.000 tons which " Amoco Cadiz " spilled in
>the same region in 1968.=20
>The shipwreck zone causes a lot of worries to the researchers as it is
>a region of " hibernation " for birds and marine mammals as penguins,
>' guillemots... among others.=20
>For the " Greens ", French environmentalists, the TOTAL Company is
>fully responsible for hiring an old, ' tired ' ship, that does not
>meet the most recent rules of security, sailing under the flag of the
>Island of Malta, known for being the most careless flag of convenience
>as it relates to the security controls and maintenance of the ships.=20
>In short, we reproduce the phrase of the ' Greens ' that translates
>the opinion of the majority of the observers: " This shipwreck is not
>due to the fatality. If " Erika " has broken is not because of the
>sea, or the crew. It is due to the search for the 'cheapest always '
>".=20
>One more time, the victim is the Environment.=20
>In accordance with: " L'actualit=E9 de la Nature " -=20
>Haut de page
>The FEDEL and the " Greens " appeal to everyone who rebel against the
>inertness and the enterprise laissez-faire of the TOTAL to join in a
>fax and e-mail campaign.=20
>HOW TO DO?=20
>Copy and paste the small text between ###############=20
>Sign it=20
>Send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ,[EMAIL PROTECTED],
>[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] ,
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]=20
>It is important to send to all the addresses because TOTAL has already
>closed one of its e-mails with more than 500 messages.=20
>In the ' subject ' line type: Erika Campaign=20
>Send a copy for the secretary of the FEDEL: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in French or, to Lucas Matheron -
>Coordinator of Flora Brasil: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in Portuguese/English. This way
>we will able to evaluate the impact of the campaign.
>Thank you for your cooperation.=20
>Haut de page
>#####################=20
>Sir,=20
>The Erika accident is appearing as one of the most serious ecological
>catastrophes due to the oil transportation.=20
>By transporting the oil in a tired ship, under a careless flag ',
>TOTAL carries the main responsibility for this accident.=20
>As a consumer citizen, please be advised that we will be watching the
>measures that you will take in order to make your activities
>compatible with the economic, social, environmental sustainable
>development.=20
>Therefore, I invite you to compromise yourself in 3 points:=20
>1) Finance the prevention and restoration of the ecological damages of
>this catastrophe;=20
>2) Pump integrally and without waiting, the oil still contained in the
>pieces of the ship,which constitute two time-bombs;=20
>3) Type and sign a ' Letter of Intention ' committing to fitting the
>oil carrier and foreseeing not to use ships under ' careless flag',
>more than 20 years old, without double hull or separate compartments.=20
>Signature=20
>####################=20
>For further information:=20
>FEDEL INFO NET SPECIAL ERIKA,=20
>FEDEL, 107 av. Parmentier, 75011 PARIS=20
>CIELE (Centre d'Information sur l'energie et l'environment) in Rennes
>has opened a forum about the Erika black tide in its site:=20
>site of radio farol: http://www.radiophare.net/erika
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