At 06:33 PM 3/1/02 -0500, you wrote: >Here are a couple of items you might be interested in from Sierra Club >Currents (online newsletter). > >1. Greens Win Release of Key Energy Documents > >Let the sunshine in! Enviornmentalists yesterday ensured that Americans >will have access to crucial information on the Cheney Energy Task Force's >Enron-influenced energy plan. The Natural Resources Defense Council won >its suit against the Energy Department, forcing the release of thousands of >documents which will help show whether the task force acted on behalf of >its friends in the oil, gas, and energy industries. > >NRDC aren't the only ones seeking more information on the task force. >Sierra Club filed its own suit against the Vice President, and even the >investigative arm of Congress is taking legal action, both seeking >different sets of documents. Looks like alot of people think the Vice >President might be hiding something. We may find out pretty soon! For >more information on this legal victory, go to: > >http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/28/business/28INFO.html?todaysheadlines > >2. Countdown to Cleaner Elections > >Get ready for action, because campaign finance reform is headed for the >Senate! Fresh off their victory in the House, proponents of getting big >money out of politics have high hopes for another huge win. > >But obstacles remain: Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, arch-foe of reform, >is threatening to filibuster the bill, meaning 60 votes are needed to pass >it. Recent statements from swing Senators suggest that the tide is turning >in the right direction, but in politics, anything can happen. Stay tuned! > >To see how your Senators voted on campaign finance legislation last April, >go to: >http://www.sierraclub.org/votewatch/2001/mccainfeingold.asp > >----- > >3. Pope and Podesta Urge Democratic Senators to Protect the Arctic > >The Sierra Club teamed with former White House Chief of Staff John Podesta >Wednesday, urging Democratic Senators to oppose destructive oil drilling in >the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Club Executive Director Carl Pope and >Podesta were an awesome one-two combination as they engaged in a vigorous >dialogue with drilling advocates from the Teamsters at a Senate Democratic >Caucus event. > >As several swing Senators looked on, Pope and Podesta spoke for millions of >Americans, reminding the lawmakers that drilling would destroy America's >last pristine wilderness area while doing nothing to address our energy >needs. It's hard to argue with that! > >5. Join the Movement for a Cleaner, Cheaper, Safer Energy Future > >It's crunch time for the biggest grassroots effort in the history of the >environmental movement, with the Senate beginning debate on the Daschle >energy bill this week. This is the crucial moment to take action to protect >America's last great wilderness and put us on the path to a cleaner, >cheaper, and safer energy future. > >Contact your Senators right now and urge them to vote for three critical >items in the Daschle energy bill: 1. Protection of the Arctic National >Wildlife Refuge 2. A significant raise in fuel economy standards, so that >cars and SUVs go further on a gallon of gas 3. Funding for renewable energy >sources > >Go to the site below to send an email directly to your Senator. There's >even a >draft provided! >http://www.sierraclub.org/action/?alid=68&rf=-68999 > > > >Erin Jordahl >Director, Iowa Chapter Sierra Club >3839 Merle Hay Road, Suite 280 >Des Moines, IA 50310 >515-277-8868 >[log in to unmask] >[log in to unmask] I will be away from campus until Thursday, March 7. I will reply to your message as soon as I can upon my return. Thank you. -Flo Hamrick. Florence A. Hamrick, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Higher Education Iowa State University N232 Lagomarcino Ames, IA 50011 Voice: 515-294-9628 Fax: 515-294-4942 Email: [log in to unmask] Florence A. Hamrick, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Higher Education Iowa State University N232 Lagomarcino Ames, IA 50011 Voice: 515-294-9628 Fax: 515-294-4942 Email: [log in to unmask]