---------- > From: News from Environmental Defense Fund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: * Rainforest Campaign * Green Holiday * Buenos Aires * > Date: Tuesday, December 22, 1998 3:35 PM > > EDF DISPATCH: From Environmental Defense Fund > * Rainforest Campaign * Green Holiday * Buenos Aires * > Tuesday, December 22, 1998 > More than 300,000 strong > > 1. EDF Launches Chico Mendes Rainforest Campaign > 2. Make Your Holidays Joyous � and Green > 3. Buenos Aires End As Good News For Global Climate > 4. EDF Works to Curb Overfishing Worldwide > 5. Exxon-Mobil Merger Concerns EDF and Others > 6. Kevin Mills Leads the Pollution Prevention Alliance > 7. Give A Year-End Gift to the Environment > 8. (To stop receiving this e-mail publication, please > send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with SIGNOFF * > in the body, not the subject, of the message.) > > > ****************************** > 1. CONTINUING THE RAINFOREST WORK OF CHICO MENDES > > Ten years ago today, Brazilian union leader Chico Mendes was murdered > for defending the rainforest and its people. In Chico's honor, EDF is > mounting a campaign to continue his work. > > http://www.edf.org/chico/ > > ****************************** > 2. CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS IN AN EARTH-FRIENDLY WAY > > For this Christmas, Chanukah and Kwanzaa, EDF offers some practical > tips for reducing holiday waste without reducing holiday cheer. > > http://www.edf.org/pubs/NewsReleases/1998/Dec/b_holiday.html > > ****************************** > 3. MAJOR STRIDES MADE AT BUENOS AIRES CLIMATE TALKS > > All-night negotiations at the recent Buenos Aires climate talks > brought agreement by 160 nations to take the next steps to curb > global warming. Executive Director Fred Krupp and a 12-member EDF > team were there. > > http://www.edf.org/pubs/EDF-Letter/1999/Jan/a_climat.html > > ****************************** > 4. FISHERIES' REGULATORS TAKE A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION > > Scientists and staff from EDF's Oceans Program are working to reduce > threats to marine ecosystems caused by overfishing. EDF now reports > that the nation's eight fishery advisory councils are making progress > -- but there is still much to be done. > > http://www.edf.org/pubs/EDF-Letter/1999/Jan/c_fisher.html > > ***************************** > 5. FORMATION OF NEW OIL GIANT HAS ENVIROS CONCERNED > > NEWS FROM GREENWIRE: The world�s largest oil company was born when > Exxon recently acquired Mobil in an $81 billion deal. EDF and other > environmental organizations responded with caution. > > http://plaza.edf.org/greenwire.nsf/lookup/19981219 > > ****************************** > 6. ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION > > Thanks to Kevin Mills and the Pollution Prevention Alliance, > businesses in the Great Lakes region are more pollution-conscious, > residents are better educated about the environment, and the > predominantly urban area is cleaner. > > http://www.edf.org/pubs/EDF-Letter/1998/Nov/t_KMills.html > > ****************************** > 7. AS THE SOLSTICE PASSES, GIVE BACK TO THE EARTH > > Start off the new year right! Make a tax-deductible donation to the > Environmental Defense Fund and help make 1999 a year to remember. It� > s the best gift you can give to the Earth. > > https://www.edf.org/secure/Want2Help/Donate.html > > ****************************** > 8. SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES > > To stop receiving this e-mail publication, EDF DISPATCH, please send > e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with > > SIGNOFF * > > in the body (NOT the Subject) of the message. > > To start receiving your own copy of EDF DISPATCH, just fill in this > simple "Join for Free" form on the web: > > http://www.edf.org/Join4Free/ > > ****************************** > Don't forget to check out past EDF DISPATCHES in our archive. > > http://plaza.edf.org/dispatches.nsf > > ****************************** > Thanks for checking in often! More news daily at: > > http://www.edf.org > > Copyright 1998 Environmental Defense Fund. All rights reserved.
