"The bottom line continues to be we are talking about destroying the largest remaining desert grasslands in America for at best a few days worth of oil and gas. That is shortsighted."
      -Stephen Capra
       New Mexico Wilderness Alliance
 

ACTION ALERT!
Global Warming at Critical Point
Global warming is rapidly approaching the point of no return, after which widespread drought, crop failure and rising sea levels will be irreversible. Halting warming and reversing it within the next ten years is a must. Take action today! First, sign the petition urging our lawmakers to pass the McCain-Lieberman Climate Stewardship Act and then write to your Congresspersons, Senators, State Legislators, Local Officials and the President to express your concerns. You can locate their contact info at: http://www.congress.org/congressorg/home/.

Make sure to include the following points in your letters:

1. At the moment there is no government plan to solve these problems, only more of the same rhetoric and policies that have
increased energy prices almost 50% in many areas this past winter -- costing billions in excess expense for transportation and utilities. It is time to find real solutions to these real problems.

2. The U.S. should sign on to the Kyoto Protocols (to cut back on fossil fuel emissions dramatically and immediately).

3. Congress needs to make alternative energy resources attractive and provide incentives for use -- such as offering tax credits for those people in the U.S. that install solar energy for their home needs, like hot water and lighting.

4. Reduce dependence on oil and other fossil fuels -- particularly foreign oil such as that from Iraq -- thereby reducing global warming and pollution problems and increasing our security and safety here at home. Wind power and home solar power could be brought online within 3 years (the technology is available). Municipal and industrial solar power (central boiler farms)
could be brought online within 5 years. Hybrid automobiles (gas/electric) must be made readily available (until hydrogen fuel for automobiles and trucks and can become a reality). Continue to promote methane gas technology for powering livestock industries. Not only would these alternative energy sources reduce global warming and pollution but they would create huge new industries (like solar cell manufacturing, solar mirror construction, solar farms, etc.) providing a vast array of jobs and economic benefits. These have the potential to be huge industries and the U.S. should take the lead NOW.

5. Seedling trees should be planted in all the national forests -- thereby reducing CO₂ loading in the atmosphere and increasing oxygen. More info on tree planting.

6. Make sure and mention your support for the reintroduction and passage of the McCain-Lieberman Climate Stewardship Act of 2003.

"We've lost a battle today, but we'll win over time because climate change is real. And we will overcome the influence of the special interests over time. You can only win by marshaling public opinion."
      -John McCain
       United States Senator

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ACTION ALERT!
Despite Known Human Health & Environmental Risks, Safeway Continues to Sell Farmed Salmon
Safeway has been under pressure from consumers recently to stop selling farmed salmon due to the known human health and environmental risks this product poses. But despite marketing claims that they are an environmentally responsible business, Safeway continues to sell farmed salmon. Take action and sign the petition asking them to stop this misguided practice.

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