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September 16th, 2008 5:46 pm by Kelly

Action Alerts

Environmental Defense Fund: Take Action to Urge Global Warming Debate Questions
Global warming is the most serious environmental threat facing the planet today. Americans need to know exactly where the candidates stand. It’s up to the debate moderators to press the candidates for jargon-free, specific answers for how each plans to combat our nation’s energy crisis and stop the effects of global warming.

Greenpeace: Kimberly-Clark: Don’t Blow Ancient Forests on Kleenex
There’s no excuse for destroying ancient forests — especially when the forests are used to make disposable products such as tissues and toilet paper.

Invisible Voices: Gold Butte’s burros need your voice
Gold Butte’s burros need your voice. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has proposed a new Herd Management Area (HMA) Plan for Gold Butte’s burros in Nevada, effective for the next 10-20 years. The Gold Butte HMA is the last of three HMAs in the Lake Mead Conservation Area BLM has not yet zeroed out: the area used to be the third largest concentration of wild burros in the West with an estimated population of 800, with 600 in Gold Butte alone. The plan authorizes round-ups every 4-5 years with a population target of just 22 burros.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA): Tell D’Agostino to Stop Promoting Ringling!
After PETA learned that supermarket chain D’Agostino was giving away coupons for discounted Ringling Bros. & Barnum and Bailey Circus tickets to customers and offering other promotions, we immediately contacted the company to urge executives to end the company’s annual promotion. D’Agostino President Nicholas D’Agostino and Marketing Director Anderson Chung have ignored our e-mails and requests to meet and discuss this important matter.

Public Citizen: Don’t Let Congress Hand the Auto Industry a Blank Check
The auto industry has created a nice little mess for itself. For years Detroit automakers have ignored consumer desires for cleaner, more fuel efficient vehicles and continued churning out massive, gas-guzzling sport utility vehicles to secure handsome profits. They disregarded rising gas prices and lessons learned from the oil embargoes and shortages of the 1970s. Now these corporate giants are descending on Washington hat in hand to request that the taxpayers bail them out. They want as much as $50 billion in loan guarantees so they can continue business as usual.

Public Citizen: Join with the Make it SAFE Coalition and Sign the Citizens’ Whistleblower Petition Today!
When scientific research is altered or suppressed, government contractors waste millions of taxpayer dollars, or national security documents are falsified, witnesses need to know that they can blow the whistle without reprisals endangering their careers and their lives. We are close to ending retaliation against those who speak up – and the unmistakable, chilling message that reprisals against whistleblowers sends to all employees that they should keep quiet, or else.

Campaign Updates

Ecological Internet / EcoEarth.info: RELEASE: Urgent Environmental Action Must Be Maintained in Bad Economic Times
Current economic difficulties are largely caused by failing global ecosystems and resource scarcity, and are not an excuse to reduce environmental commitments, warns Ecological Internet. The bursting of the mortgage and financial bubbles, and food and energy price increases, are the logical and inevitable economic consequences of over-population, inequitable and unreasonable consumption, and unsustainable economic growth. Environmentalism is the solution to economic hardship, not the cause.

United Poultry Concerns (UPC): “Canandaigua Academy students can’t kill chickens without state waiver”
This article, by James Goodman, in the Rochester NY Democrat and Chronicle, ran on Sunday, September 14, 2008. It can be read at: www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20080914/NEWS01/809140363. Opportunities to comment and write a letter to the editor are included on the site.

Newsletters

Animals Australia: eNewsletter, September 2008
Cruelty-Free Giveaway * Lucy Makes Waves * September e-Update

Compassion Over Killing (COK): Compassionate Action, September 16, 2008
eNews: COK on MTV this fall, contest on VegDC.com, and more!

Sierra Club: Club Insider: September 16, 2008
Seaweed and Super Models

Petitions

Animals Matter to Me!

Animal abuse in Greece - Dogs used as scarecrows

Upcoming Events

In Defense of Animals (IDA): World Farm Animals Day Is Almost Here!
It’s World Farm Animals Day on or about October 2nd. And there’s still time to participate!

Miscellaneous

Institute for Critical Animal Studies Blog: From “Dominion” to Domination: The Duplicity and Complicity of Matthew Scully