Sierra Club Responsible Trade Program
URGENT ACTION ALERT
May 14, 2002
                     Stop NAFTA's Corporate Lawsuits!
             Urge your Senators to Support the Kerry Amendment
                         to Fast-Track Legislation
                        Dial 877-611-0063 toll-free

In the next few days, the Senate will vote on "fast track" trade
legislation that would jeopardize all the hard-won laws that protect our
land, water, and air.  This fast-track bill denies Congress its
constitutional power to strike anti-environmental provisions from trade
agreements made by the President. But the Bush administration plans to use
it to expand provisions in NAFTA that allow foreign corporations to sue
taxpayers for billions if our environmental laws interfere with business.

TAKE ACTION

                     Please call your US Senators NOW!
          Urge them to support the Kerry Amendment to Fast Track!
          Dial 877-611-0063 toll-free (courtesy of the AFL-CIO).

TALKING POINTS

I am calling to urge the Senator to support the Kerry Amendment to fast
track.
The Bush administration plans to use this fast track bill to expand
provisions in NAFTA that allow foreign corporations to sue US taxpayers for
billions if our environmental laws interfere with their businesses.

If fast track passes in its current form, Congress will be virtually
helpless to stop the expansion of NAFTA's corporate lawsuits to many more
countries.    Lawsuits against our own environmental laws and costs to
taxpayers will skyrocket if this happens.

Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) is sponsoring an amendment to help fix these
dangerous fast-track corporate lawsuit provisions.  His amendment would
ensure that foreign corporations never have greater rights than those
provided to US citizens under US law.  That standard will both protect
legitimate property rights and safeguard our environment.

FOR MORE INFO

visit www.sierraclub.org/trade


Erin Jordahl
Director, Iowa Chapter Sierra Club
3839 Merle Hay Road, Suite 280
Des Moines, IA 50310
515-277-8868
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