-Caveat Lector- --- "I understand the unicorn's song, And my own is made of owls and flowers; I have made my voice of night and time; My shadow goes before me like a spear." -- from Taliesin and the Dark -----Original Message----- Subject: Environmental Alerts - Care2 I. NEW ALERT: Help Clear the Air in America's National Parks! Many of the U.S. national parks are affected by regional haze -- caused by the emissions of sulfur dioxide from old, inefficient power plants -- that threatens park resources and values, as well as the health of park visitors. The air pollution problem is especially bad in cherished parks such as Grand Canyon in Arizona, Big Bend in Texas, Shenandoah in Virginia, and the Great Smoky Mountains in North Carolina/Tennessee. Right now, our best opportunity to clear the air comes from bipartisan legislation aimed at reducing polluting emissions from electric power plants. To help, please go to http://www.care2.com/go/redirect/2/1918. Coal-fired power plants have jeopardized parks such as Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the nation's most-visited park, with air pollution so heavy that historic mountain vistas are being fogged out of sight. At Great Smokies overlooks where visitors 40 years ago could see mountains 100 miles away, summer views are now reduced by haze to less than 15 miles. Wildlife suffers from this air pollution, too. Researchers at Great Smokies have documented damage from ground-level ozone to 30 different plant species and observed an additional 60 species with ozone-like damage. Encourage your member of Congress to support legislation to require polluting power plants to modernize and reduce emissions of nitrogen oxide, sulfur dioxide, carbon dioxide, and mercury. Click here: http://www.care2.com/go/redirect/2/1918 When you respond to this appeal about clearing the air in America's national parks, Care2's nonprofit partner, the National Parks Conservation Association, will send you periodic email alerts on this and other conservation issues. Please help by clicking here: http://www.care2.com/go/redirect/2/1918 II. ACTIVIST TIPS ** Save money on air conditioning by planting trees around your home. Trees provide shade in summer and can reduce home air conditionning needs by 10 to 50 percent. Well maintained trees will also filter out air pollution for as long as 60 years! ** Read your labels! If what you're throwing away is hazardous, dispose of it properly. Just one drop of oil can contaminate up to 25 litres of water. III. INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE "Something will have gone out of us as a people if we ever let the remaining wilderness be destroyed...We need wilderness preserved...because it was the challenge against which our character as a people was formed." -- Wallace Stegner <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
