--- SF Moderator <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 16:31:34 -0800
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> From: SF Moderator
> <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: SC-Action, Vol. III, #7, January 22,
> 2001
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> SC-ACTION Vol. III, #7
> DEFENDING THE ENVIRONMENTAL AGENDA
> January 22, 2001
>
> Quote of the Day
>
> "Gale Norton, President Bush's controversial nominee
> for Secretary of the
> Interior told the Senate this week, 'I intend to
> make the conservation of
> America's treasured treasures my highest priority.'
> At the top of her list
> is the American Bald Oil Magnate" Saturday Night
> Live on NBC, 1/20/01.
>
>
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>
> I. TAKE ACTION: FIGHT ANTI-ENVIRONMENTAL NOMINEES
> II. UTAH: LAW SUIT FILED TO CHALLENGE LEGACY
> HIGHWAY
> III. TAKE ACTION ON GLOBAL WARMING ACTION: MEET
> WITH YOUR CONGRESSIONAL
> REPRESENTATIVE
>
>
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> I. TAKE ACTION: OPPOSE GALE NORTON AND JOHN ASHCROFT
>
> Want to do more? The U.S. Senate will vote on these
> nominees this week...
> action is needed.
>
> 1. Keep the pressure on at
> http://getactivehub.com/campaign/gale_norton
>
> 2. Visit the following sites to
> stop Ashcroft:
> http://www.naral.org/actnow/ash_alert.html
> & http://www.opposeashcroft.com
>
> The Sierra Club opposes Bush's selection of Gale
> Norton as Interior
> Secretary. During the Reagan presidency, Norton
> served as associate
> solicitor at the Interior Department under Interior
> Secretary James Watt.
> In that capacity she authored and signed legal
> opinions in support of
> drilling the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and
> provided legal advice on
> the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's controversial
> approval of Two Forks
> Dam.
>
> Watt later hired Norton as a lawyer for the
> arch-conservative Mountain
> States Legal Foundation, which often represents
> loggers, miners, ranchers
> and water developers in fights against environmental
> groups. Norton is
> also the founder and serves on advisory committee of
> the Coalition of
> Republican Environmental Advocates (CREA), which is
> considered by the
> Republicans for Environmental Protection (a
> legitimate GOP environmental
> group) to be "a transparent attempt to fool voters
> who care about
> environmental protection."
>
> The Sierra Club also opposes the appointment of John
> Ashcroft as Attorney
> General. Ashcroft has an exceedingly poor
> environmental voting record and
> is openly hostile to most environmental laws.
> Ashcroft voted against
> additional funding for environmental programs
> including the Clean Water
> Action Plan and toxic waste cleanups at Superfund
> sites. He also voted for
> a bill to roll back clean water protections, to
> prevent the EPA from
> enforcing arsenic standards for drinking water, and
> to allow mining
> companies to dump cyanide and other mining waste on
> large areas of public
> lands next to mining sites.
>
DISTRICT WORK WEEK STARTS ON FEB. 19TH: TELL
> YOUR REPRESENTATIVE TO
> CURB GLOBAL WARMING
>
> District Work Week for members of Congress is taking
> place the week of
> February 19. This is a good opportunity to meet with
> your representatives
> to discuss Global Warming and Energy issues.
>
> Representatives should be aware that:
> -It is more effective to drill under Detroit than
> under the Arctic National
> Wildlife Refuge.
> -Making cars and light trucks go further on a gallon
> of gas is the biggest
> single step to curb global warming. -Representatives
> can sign the Sierra
> Club's Clean Car Letter to express their support for
> raising CAFE
> -The federal government should look to increase
> funding for clean energy
> alternatives, and cut funding into fossil-fuel
> research
> -Raising awareness of Global Warming as a serious
> threat to the
> environment, both locally and globally.
>
> If you are interested in arranging a district office
> visit, or if you would
> like more information, please contact Alex Veitch at
> [log in to unmask] or at 202-547-1141.
>
> DC staff are available to provide assistance with
> arranging visits, and
> will provide talking points and information on the
> issues. We would like to
> keep track of which offices are visited, and how the
> meeting went.
>
> Find out more about steps you can take to help curb
> global warming at our
> website: http://www.sierraclub.org/globalwarming.
>
>
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> Sierra Club Legislative Hotline - 202-675-2394
> Sierra Club National Headquarters - 415-977-5500
> Sierra Club World Wide Web -
> http://www.sierraclub.org
> Sierra Club Vote Watch Website -
> http://www.sierraclub.org/votewatch/
> White House Comment Line - 202-456-1111
> White House Fax Line - 202-456-2461
> George W. Bush's e-mail - [log in to unmask]
> Dick Cheney's e-mail -
> [log in to unmask]
> White House Address - 1600 Pennsylvania Ave,
> Washington, DC 20500
> US Capitol Switchboard - 202-224-3121
> To contact your senators -
> http://www.senate.gov/contacting/index.cfm
> To contact your representative -
> http://www.house.gov/writerep
>
>
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> Take Action: Oppose Secretary-designates Gale Norton
> and John Ashcroft
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