Author: postMigrator

Op-Ed: Climate Change-The View From Turkey

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Interesting to note how much foreign journalists address ecosystem health/biodiversity as well as water/food security-sovereignty issues-vs. how little U.S. journalists say about them.

ASW

… 85 percent of the land area in Turkey is
“highly vulnerable to desertification.”

“We should assume our responsibility to reduce
our carbon footprint and kick the habit. It is
the only way out.”
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This person-like many foreign journalists-says alot about food security & ecosystem
protectection…unlike U.S. journalists-who generally say very little about those subjects
Today’s Zaman
June 5, 2008

Op-Ed

Kick the CO2 habit: toward a low- carbon economy
by MAHMOOD AYUB*
<http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=143867&bolum=109>

It has already begun. The chain reaction of
events related to climate change affects us all.
More than ever, extreme weather conditions are
causing severe natural disasters.

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Baca NWR (CO) Makes PEER List: U.S. Top 10 Most Imperiled Refuges

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No joke folx…want to survive & mitigate climate change? Then PROTECT
WILDERNESS AND WILDLIFE!! No exceptions…

ASW

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Subject: BACA NWR MAKES PEER LIST OF AMERICA’S TEN MOST IMPERILED WILDLIFE
REFUGES
From:    “winter ross” <winterross@yahoo.com>
Date:    Wed, June 4, 2008 7:36 pm
To:      “Storm Waters” <stormf5@riseup.net>
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Christine Canaly <slvwater@fairpoint.net> wrote: Date: Sun, 25 May 2008
18:03:20 -0600
To: (Recipient list suppressed)
From: Christine Canaly <slvwater@fairpoint.net>
Subject:
Fwd: BACA NWR MAKES PEER LIST OF AMERICA’S
TEN MOST IMPERILED WILDLIFE REFUGES

Hi folks,

The Baca was recognized by PEER as one of the Nation’s top 10 imperiled
wildlife refuges (see story below).  While this reaffirms the important
work we still have ahead of us, the listing will help us get important
national attention.

Watch for an update on the results of our latest FOIA request in the June
Crestone Eagle.

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Comment on Black Mesa Environmental Impact Statement Until July 7, 2008

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Our records indicate that you have expressed interest in the U.S. Office of
Surface Mining and Reclamation and Enforcement’s (OSM’s) environmental impact
statement (EIS) for the Black Mesa Project.

OSM is resuming work on the Final EIS.

If you are interested, click here ( http://www.wrcc.osmre.gov/WR/BlackMesaEIS.htm)
to be directed to the project website where a current project newsletter is
available for review.  The newsletter explains how you may submit comments on the
Draft EIS until July 7, 2008.  If you previously submitted comments on the Draft
EIS, please do not resubmit them.  OSM is already considering them in preparing
the Final EIS.

If you wish to change your email address on OSM’s list of persons that are
interested in this EIS, please follow the “preferences” link at the bottom of this
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Got Clean Water? Protect Wilderness Headwaters in the West!

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From WildEarth Guardians in Santa Fe, NM

Dear Guardian,

What do you think is one of the most outstanding qualities of a
wild forest?

Though there are many outstanding values of wild forests –
wildlife habitat, natural beauty, solitude and silence – I
believe that the single greatest thing about a wild forest is
its clean water. Our wild forests are our watersheds: they
capture, purify and store water unlike any other ecosystem.

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