Aasian karhutarhaus: HELP RESCUE CAGED MOON BEARS
Please sign this petition to be sent to the Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean Governments

DawnWatch: NY Times Magazine on pet food animal testing 9/2/07
“They Eat What We Are”

DawnWatch: Solomon Islands lifts dolphin export ban — International Herald Tribune 9/2/07
“Plan to export dolphins raising activists’ anger; Solomon Islands has little else to sell”

Environmental Defense (ED): Take Action to Support Transportation Solutions
You can earn “transformation points” for your state while helping decrease your pollution and carbon emissions by taking our Transportation Solutions and Personal Action Pledges.

National Wildlife Federation (NWF): Protect Orcas from Global Warming!
Congress needs to act now and reduce global warming pollution and ensure that wildlife such as orcas are protected from global warming!

National Wildlife Federation (NWF): Support the “No Child Left Inside Act”
Are America’s children environmentally literate?

National Wildlife Federation (NWF): Make Sure the Senate Passes a Strong Farm Bill!
We need your help to make sure Congress passes a Farm Bill that is good for fish and wildlife! [Be sure to edit out the speciesist language if you use the sample letter provided by NWF!]

The Sierra Club: Save Teshekpuk Lake!
“A new plan from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released last month will open this wildlife-rich network of coastal lagoons, deep-water lakes and wet sedge grass to oil and gas drilling.”

The Wilderness Society: Withdraw faulty spotted owl recovery plan now!
The Bush Administration is trying to get away with a plan to roll back more than a decade of wildlife protections.

Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS): Please Help Protect Endangered Great Cats and Rare Canines
Please send your member of Congress a message urging them to cosponsor the Great Cats and Rare Canids Act

Newsletters

Animals Australia e-update: September 2007
Damning Live Export Reports * Egypt’s First Animal Charity * You’re Invited!

Compassion Over Killing (COK): eNews, September 4, 2007
Nat’l Chicken Month, World Veg Fest, and more!

National Wildlife Federation (NWF): EnviroAction: September 2007
Orcas, Farms, Kids and Katrina

The Sierra Club: Club Currents: Volume VI, #79: September 4, 2007
Sierra Club Currents — Save Teshekpuk Lake!

The Sierra Club: Club Insider: September 4, 2007
Our Guide to Green Beer

Petitions

Marcy on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

Your Daily Click-Through Reminders

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What do you think about the SCLC’s plan to honor Falcons player Michael Vick, who has been indicted on dogfighting charges?
Poll and story on AJC.com, 8/3/07

Environmental Defense (ED): Send Congress Their Global Warming To-Do List
We need your help to keep Congress focused on the need to pass strong global warming legislation this year.

National Wildlife Federation (NWF): Last Chance–Help Pass a Renewable Electricity Standard in the House Energy Bill
Urge Your Member of Congress to “Vote YES on RES!”

The Progressive Animal Welfare Society (PAWS): Help End the Omak Suicide Race
It’s “The Deadliest Horse Race in the World” and it’s right here in Washington

Campaign Updates, Press Releases, etc.

Ecological Internet / The Rainforest Portal: VICTORY: Gas Pipeline Through the Amazon Flounders
It is reported that plans to build a massive South American natural gas pipeline through the Amazon rainforest from the Caribbean to Brazil have “cooled off”.

Humane Society of the United States (HSUS): U.S. House Votes to Take Horses Off the Menu
Congress added a provision to the Agriculture spending bill for 2008 that prohibits the use of funds to allow horse slaughter to continue

Humane Society of the United States (HSUS): House of Representatives Tightens Protections for Dogs and Cats in Farm Bill
The House of Reps strengthened the federal protections for pets and laboratory animals

Jane Goodall Institute (JGI): New Chimpanzee Protections in Sierra Leone!
Amidst the many ongoing threats to wild chimpanzees came wonderful news last week: a decree in Sierra Leone making it a crime to capture or kill wild chimpanzees.

Carnivals

Carnival of Hurricane Relief #99 (August 2, 2007 @ Prosthetic Device)

Carnival of Open Records #1 (August 2, 2007 @ State Sunshine and Open Records)

Michael Vick Blog Carnival #2 (August 2, 2007 @ Campaign to Sack Michael Vick)

Newsletters

American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA): News Alert, August 3, 2007
Cat Photo Contest Winners/Summer Health Chat with ASPCA Vet Today

Best Friends Animal Society: eNewsletter, August 3, 2007
Great Kitty Rescue

Defenders of Wildlife: eNews, August 3, 2007
Wildlife eNews: Wild Cat Blues!

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA): PETA2 eNews, August 3, 2007
peta2: Nike Drops Vick and Burton Drops Fur, Thanks to You!

Petitions

Save Romania’s Zoo Animals!

Reverse the decree to lift a ban on the sale and export of shark fins

Saving Dunwoody’s 5 Acres of Woods & Wildlife From the Church Parking Lot Expansion

Tell Canon to help recycle for a greener earth

Tell the EPA: Don’t Pollute our National Parks!

Your Daily Click-Through Reminders

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Amnesty International: Demand safety for environmental activists in Ecuador

DawnWatch: Outstanding veggie coverage on DC NBC affiliate 7/31/07

National Wildlife Federation: Pass a Wildlife-Friendly “Energy Independence Package”

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC): Urge Your Representative to Vote YES on a Stronger Energy Bill!

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS): Who will your representative listen to? You or corporate interests? [Talking points]

United Poultry Concerns (UPC): Protest Orthodox Union Event

Newsletters

VegCooking.com: Recipe of the Week: Crepes With ‘Cream’ Filling and Tart Cherry Sauce

Your Daily Click-Through Reminders

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Ecological Internet / The Rainforest Portal: Action Alert: FSC and Big Green “Certified” Ancient Forest Logging Tragedy Worsens

National Wildlife Federation (NWF): Make the call for global warming solutions

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA): Undercover at Rubashkin’s… Again

Found on Flickr: Help “Bobo” (“Scruffy”) the Bear, via DonBaird

Campaign Updates, Press Releases, etc.

Campaign to Sack Michael Vick

Carnivals

Michael Vick Blog Carnival #1 (July 28, 2007 @ Campaign to Sack Michael Vick)

Newsletters

Best Friends Animal Society: Miracles at “Area 51″!

Petitions

Officers Find Dead, Sick Horses In N. Texas Field

Tell the Alameda Animal Shelter there MUST be a dog volunteer program!

Kill the 90-day policy at the Bergen County Animal Shelter (BCAS)

Citizens Against the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA)

Your Daily Click-Through Reminders

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** Note: I’ve rolled the weekly Petition Site Digest into today’s Link Sanctuary, and will probably continue to do so (although on a daily basis, for shorter individual roundups).

*** Link Sanctuary!?! WTF!#$@?

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Action Alerts

DawnWatch: “Warning on red meat and greenhouse gases” Australian, (and Vick update) Friday July 20

DawnWatch: “Save the Planet with a Vegetarian Diet” needs five stars ratings — Baltimore Sun — 7/19/07

National Wildlife Federation (NWF): Stop the Florida Panther Death “Toll”

National Wildlife Federation (NWF): Thank Scholastic for Helping Harry Potter Go Green!

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC): Save America’s Redrock Wilderness

Carnivals

Carnival of the Green #86 (July 16, 2007 ed.)

Carnival of Hurricane Relief (July 19, 2007 ed.)

Newsletters

American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA): Weekly eNews – July 20, 2007

National Wildlife Federation (NWF): EnviroAction, July 2007

Petitions

from The Petition Site:

Suspend NFL Quarterback Michael Vick for Dogfighting!

Petition to let the NFL know how stupid they look

Find Maximus’s Killer-Chained, Doused With Gasoline, Set Afire

Shut Down the The Resita Zoo

Stop torturing bulls in Tordesillas!

Dog sacrifice in the name of the sport manifestation!

STOP FUR TRADE IN CHINA

Don’t Exempt Manatees from The Marine Mammal Protection Act!

Thank Representative Sam Farr for his dedication to the oceans!

Clean My Ride – Make Flex Fuels Available

Liquid Coal is a Bad Deal for Global Warming

Stop the New York Regional Interconnection (NYRI) Power Line

Soil: The Secret Global Warming Solution (World)

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…and the Sierra Club weighs in….

Take Action: Support Energy Efficiency Standards!

Incandescent Light BulbIn order to achieve energy independence and curb global warming we must increase energy efficiency. We need an energy efficiency standard that will move America toward the 80% reductions in greenhouse gases that scientists say are necessary to avoid the worst consequences of global warming. By making better use of the electricity we already produce, we can not only save 300 million metric tons of global warming causing carbon dioxide by 2020, but consumers can also save a total of $26 billion.

Urge your Senators to support Energy Efficiency Standards!

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I’m running late, so I though I might take a shortcut and consolidate all of today’s climate change/fuel efficiency/general enviro alerts into one big link farm post.

(In fact, climate change is such a “hot” topic* right now that I may even do a link roundup post every day or two.)

So, yeehaw.

Act for Change / Working Assets: Give Clean Cars the Green Light!

Specifically, California and 11 other states have adopted tailpipe standards to reduce global warming pollution from cars and SUVs, amounting to one-third of the U.S. auto market. However, in order to implement the standards, California — and the other states — need a stamp of approval (called a Clean Air Act “waiver”) from the EPA, and the Bush EPA has been sitting on the decision for nearly a year and a half.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling last month -– in which the Court found that carbon dioxide and other global warming pollutants are indeed “air pollutants” and can be regulated under the Clean Air Act –- compelled the Bush EPA to move forward in its decision on the state clean cars standards.

You can help by telling the EPA to stop dragging its feet and give the states the green light to put clean cars on the road.

League of Conservation Voters: Vote YES on the Bingaman RES Amendment Today!

This week, the U.S. Senate is expected to vote on Senator Bingaman’s (D-NM) Renewable Electricity Standards amendment that would help curb global warming, strengthen our economy, and make us more secure.

The Bingaman RES amendment would increase our use of wind, solar, geothermal, and biomass to 15% of America’s electricity by 2020. It’s all homegrown energy, which means more jobs and cheaper electric and gas bills. And it’s all renewable, which puts us on the right path towards breaking our dangerous dependence on fossil fuels.

National Environmental Trust: Urgent: Tell Congress to Increase Gas Mileage Standards

Tell Congress to support the Senate Commerce Committee bill that will increase fuel efficiency standards and save American families money at the pump and to oppose any amendment, such as the Levin-Stabenow proposal, that would weaken the mileage targets in the bill. By sending the letter below and following up with a phone call you will send a strong message to your member of Congress that increasing fuel efficiency is important.

National Wildlife Federation: Stop Global Warming with the Energy Bill

Global warming is the greatest moral challenge of our time–and the single most urgent threat to the future of wildlife. Right now, the U.S. Senate has the chance to pass an Energy Bill that turns America’s energy future in a new direction and helps change the forecast for wildlife.

Natural Resources Defense Council: Tell your senators to pass a strong, clean energy bill

The Senate is debating energy legislation that must be strengthened to ensure progress on important issues like global warming, increased fuel economy standards and clean, renewable energy sources. Urge your senators to support amendments that would strengthen the energy bill and oppose amendments that would weaken the legislation.

SaveOurEnvironment.org: Tell the EPA to Let States Fight Global Warming

Twelve states want to tackle global warming by mandating tougher emissions standards that would drastically reduce pollution from cars and SUVs. But the Environmental Protection Agency won’t let them cut emissions without a special “waiver.” Worse yet, more than a year and a half has passed and the EPA has not even approved the “waivers” needed.

Union of Concerned Scientists: Keep Nuclear and Fossil Fuels out of the Renewable Electricity Standard

To reduce global warming pollution and increase America’s energy independence and security, we must boost our use of clean, renewable energy. Today, Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) introduced a renewable electricity standard bill that would require utilities to acquire 15 percent of their energy from renewable sources like the wind and sun by 2020. Unfortunately, the bill is threatened by an amendment that would include the use of nuclear, coal, and other dirty, non-renewable energy sources.

* Get it? Hot! Because our planet’s warming! Such a card, I am.

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Check Your Senators First Global Warming Vote!

The U.S. Senate voted May 15, 2007 against Amendment No. 1094 to the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA). The amendment–offered by Senators Kerry, Feingold, Collins, Sanders, Carper, Biden, Reed and Whitehouse–triggered the first global warming vote in the Senate this year and would have directed the Army Corps of Engineers to make sure it considers the impacts of global warming when it designs levees and other projects.

The good news is a majority of the Senate voted for the amendment, 51-42. Unfortunately the amendment required 60 votes to pass, so despite the majority support, it was defeated.

Find out how your senators voted below and send a quick message with your thanks or disappointment.

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Support Fair Funding and Incentives for Endangered Species

Congress is RIGHT NOW making important decisions about how America treats our endangered species. Please contact your senators and representative, and urge them to:

* Co-sponsor the Endangered Species Recovery Act (S. 700/H.R. 1422), which will put in place financial incentives for private landowners to help save endangered plants and animals. The bill provides $400 million annually in new tax credits and deductions for landowners who take steps to help wildlife on their property.

* Provide fair funding for endangered species management. The current Endangered Species Act is chronically under funded when it comes to species listing and recovery planning to habitat restoration and beyond. Ask your lawmakers to provide $470 million in 2008 for the two key agencies that implement the Act–the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service.

You can read more and take action here.

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Stop the Habitat Poisoning of America’s Most Endangered Mammal–the Black-Footed Ferret.

The U.S. Forest Service is proposing to poison the essential habitat (prairie dogs) for black-footed ferrets on public lands in South Dakota.

If adopted, this habitat poisoning plan could spell disaster for America’s most endangered mammal, the black-footed ferret in the area where ferret recovery efforts have been most successful. About half of the wild ferrets in the world live on 26,000 acres of prairie dog colonies in the Conata Basin on the Buffalo Gap National Grasslands in South Dakota where the prairie dog poisoning campaign is being proposed.

Click here to learn more and take action.

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See also: Let’s Create America’s Newest Conservation System, from the National Wildlife Federation.

This sample letter comes with a Tiny Violin alert, though; if you use it, be sure to edit out the part about how parks provide “recreation such as hunting” and all that jazz.

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Via Campaign for America’s Wilderness:

Assure Lasting Protection for Our National Landscape Conservation System

We now have an historic opportunity to grant permanent protection to the treasured public lands in the National Landscape Conservation System. Although the stunning landscapes in this system are currently administered by the Bureau of Land Management for conservation, this could be reversed at a moment’s notice merely by administrative decision. Urge your Members of Congress to cosponsor legislation to preserve these lands forever from mining, drilling, and other threats.

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