[BCNnet] Fw: [birdwire] URGENT - Endangered Species Act under attack - HELP NOW
Scott Carpenter
Scott Carpenter" <scott_carpenter@sbcglobal.net
Tue, 1 Jun 2004 20:42:00 -0500
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From: American Bird Conservancy=20
To: BirdWire=20
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 4:26 PM
Subject: [birdwire] URGENT - Endangered Species Act under attack - HELP =
NOW
Dear BirdWire Subscriber,
The federal government has proposed new rules for the registration of =
hazardous pesticides that will sharply limit protections for wildlife =
under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). We have an opportunity to oppose =
these rules and urgently need your help to persuade Congress to act. On =
June 5th, members of the House of Representatives will deliver a letter =
to Interior Secretary Gale Norton urging her to rescind the proposed =
rules. Please contact your Congress person TODAY and ask him/her to sign =
on to this letter (sample wording provided below). For information on =
who your U.S. Representative is and how to contact him/her, visit =
http://www.house.gov/writerep/, where you can perform a quick and simple =
search by zip code.
Background
The ESA requires that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) =
consult with scientists at the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service when =
registering a pesticide to determine what protections are needed for =
threatened and endangered wildlife. This interagency consultation =
process is crucial to prevent the EPA from ignoring it's own data and =
favoring the pesticide industry over America's rarest species. =
Pesticides kill millions of birds and other species each year. Bald =
Eagles, Peregrine Falcons, Piping Plovers, and Golden Eagles are just =
some of the species that have suffered from pesticide poisonings in =
recent years.=20
Act Now
A number of legislators are waging a campaign to urge Secretary Norton =
to rescind the new U.S. EPA rules on wildlife consultation. Their =
letter, the Grijalva-Capps-Berman-Solis letter opposing the =
administration's rollbacks of pesticide protections for endangered =
species, has 38 signatures and will go to Secretary Norton on June 5, =
2004. It is vital that your Congress person join this campaign; the last =
day for legislators to sign the letter is June 4, 2004, so act now to =
make sure your Representative gets on the list.
Please call or e-mail your Congressional Representative TODAY. To find =
out who your U.S. Representative is, and how to contact him/her, visit =
http://www.house.gov/writerep/, where you can perform a quick and simple =
search by zip code.
As of May 28, the following legislators have signed on to the letter:
Ra=FAl M. Grijalva, Lois Capps, Howard L. Berman, Hilda L. Solis, Edward =
J. Markey, Chris Van Hollen, John W. Olver, Barney Frank, Maurice D. =
Hinchey,=20
Jay Inslee, John Conyers, Jr., Dale E. Kildee, Michael M. Honda, Barbara =
Lee, George Miller, Sander M. Levin, Grace F. Napolitano, Danny K. =
Davis, Jim=20
McDermott, Neil Abercrombie, Sam Farr, Nick Lampson, Dennis J. Kucinich, =
Adam B. Schiff, Tom Lantos, Rosa L. DeLauro, Ed Case, Jerrold Nadler, =
John Olver, Earl Blumenauer, Maxine Waters, Janice D. Schakowsky, Robert =
Wexler, James P. Moran, Susan A. Davis, Elijah E. Cummings, Bernard =
Sanders, Lloyd Doggett, Betty McCollum, Sherrod Brown.
For more information visit: Protect Wildlife and Farmworkers from =
Pesticides Earthjustice, =
http://ga0.org/earthjusticeaction/alert-description.tcl?alert_id=3D281705=
7=20
Fight Weakening of Rules that Protect Endangered Species from =
Pesticides, Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides, =
http://www.pesticide.org=20
Pesticide Action Network of North America http://www.panna.org=20
Sample Letter:
Dear [Congressperson],
I am a resident of your Congressional District and strongly oppose the =
administration's plan to weaken current protections for endangered =
species. By allowing the Environmental Protection Agency to shut fish =
and wildlife experts out of the process of determining whether certain =
pesticides may detrimentally affect imperiled fish and wildlife, these =
species will be placed at further risk.
I support strong protections for endangered species. Please sign the =
Grijalva-Capps-Berman-Solis letter urging Secretary Norton to withdraw =
this dangerous proposal.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
[Your Name]
[Your Address]=20
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----=20
<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A=20
title=3Dabc@abcbirds.org href=3D"mailto:abc@abcbirds.org">American Bird=20
Conservancy</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=3Dbirdwire@lists.abcbirds.org=20
href=3D"mailto:birdwire@lists.abcbirds.org">BirdWire</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, June 01, 2004 4:26 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [birdwire] URGENT - Endangered Species Act under =
attack -=20
HELP NOW</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dear <EM>BirdWire</EM>=20
Subscriber,</FONT></DIV><FONT face=3DArial>
<DIV><BR><FONT size=3D2>The federal government has proposed new rules =
for the=20
registration of hazardous pesticides that will sharply limit protections =
for=20
wildlife under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). We have an opportunity =
to=20
oppose these rules and urgently need your help to persuade Congress to =
act.=20
<STRONG>On June 5th</STRONG>, members of the House of Representatives =
will=20
deliver a letter to Interior Secretary Gale Norton urging her to rescind =
the=20
proposed rules. </FONT><STRONG><FONT size=3D2>Please contact your =
Congress person=20
<U>TODAY</U> and ask him/her to sign on to this letter (sample wording =
provided=20
below). For information on who your U.S. Representative is and how to =
contact=20
him/her, visit </FONT><A href=3D"http://www.house.gov/writerep/"><FONT=20
size=3D2>http://www.house.gov/writerep/</FONT></A><FONT size=3D2>, where =
you can=20
perform a quick and simple search by zip =
code.<BR></FONT></STRONG><BR><FONT=20
size=3D2><STRONG>Background</STRONG><BR>The ESA requires that the U.S.=20
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) consult with scientists at the =
U.S. Fish=20
& Wildlife Service when registering a pesticide to determine what=20
protections are needed for threatened and endangered wildlife. This =
interagency=20
consultation process is crucial to prevent the EPA from ignoring it=92s =
own data=20
and favoring the pesticide industry over America=92s rarest species. =
Pesticides=20
kill millions of birds and other species each year. Bald Eagles, =
Peregrine=20
Falcons, Piping Plovers, and Golden Eagles are just some of the species =
that=20
have suffered from pesticide poisonings in recent years. =
<BR><BR><STRONG>Act=20
Now</STRONG><BR>A number of legislators are waging a campaign to urge =
Secretary=20
Norton to rescind the new U.S. EPA rules on wildlife consultation. Their =
letter,=20
the Grijalva-Capps-Berman-Solis letter opposing the administration's =
rollbacks=20
of pesticide protections for endangered species, has 38 signatures and =
will go=20
to Secretary Norton on June 5, 2004. <STRONG>It is vital that your =
Congress=20
person join this campaign; the last day for legislators to sign the =
letter is=20
June 4, 2004, so act now to make sure your Representative gets on the=20
list.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR><FONT size=3D2>Please call or e-mail your Congressional =
Representative=20
TODAY. To find out who your U.S. Representative is, and how to contact =
him/her,=20
visit </FONT><A href=3D"http://www.house.gov/writerep/"><FONT=20
size=3D2>http://www.house.gov/writerep/</FONT></A><FONT size=3D2>, where =
you can=20
perform a quick and simple search by zip code.<BR><BR>As of May 28, the=20
following legislators have signed on to the letter:<BR>Ra=FAl M. =
Grijalva, Lois=20
Capps, Howard L. Berman, Hilda L. Solis, Edward J. Markey, Chris Van =
Hollen,=20
John W. Olver, Barney Frank, Maurice D. Hinchey, <BR>Jay Inslee, John =
Conyers,=20
Jr., Dale E. Kildee, Michael M. Honda, Barbara Lee, George Miller, =
Sander M.=20
Levin, Grace F. Napolitano, Danny K. Davis, Jim <BR>McDermott, Neil =
Abercrombie,=20
Sam Farr, Nick Lampson, Dennis J. Kucinich, Adam B. Schiff, Tom Lantos, =
Rosa L.=20
DeLauro, Ed Case, Jerrold Nadler, John Olver, Earl Blumenauer, Maxine =
Waters,=20
Janice D. Schakowsky, Robert Wexler, James P. Moran, Susan A. Davis, =
Elijah E.=20
Cummings, Bernard Sanders, Lloyd Doggett, Betty McCollum, Sherrod=20
Brown.<BR><BR>For more information visit: Protect Wildlife and =
Farmworkers from=20
Pesticides Earthjustice, <A=20
href=3D"http://ga0.org/earthjusticeaction/alert-description.tcl?alert_id=3D=
2817057">http://ga0.org/earthjusticeaction/alert-description.tcl?alert_id=
=3D2817057</A>=20
<BR>Fight Weakening of Rules that Protect Endangered Species from =
Pesticides,=20
Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides, <A=20
href=3D"http://www.pesticide.org">http://www.pesticide.org</A> =
<BR>Pesticide=20
Action Network of North America <A=20
href=3D"http://www.panna.org">http://www.panna.org</A> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><BR><BR>Sample Letter:<BR><BR>Dear =
[Congressperson],<BR><BR>I=20
am a resident of your Congressional District and strongly oppose the=20
administration=92s plan to weaken current protections for endangered=20
species. By allowing the Environmental Protection Agency to shut =
fish and=20
wildlife experts out of the process of determining whether certain =
pesticides=20
may detrimentally affect imperiled fish and wildlife, these species will =
be=20
placed at further risk.<BR><BR>I support strong protections for =
endangered=20
species. Please sign the Grijalva-Capps-Berman-Solis letter urging =
Secretary=20
Norton to withdraw this dangerous proposal.<BR><BR>Thank you for your=20
consideration.<BR><BR>Sincerely,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR><FONT size=3D2>[Your Name]<BR>[Your Address] </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana><FONT size=3D1><EM>BirdWire </EM>is an =
information and=20
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