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From: harelb@math.cornell.edu (misc.activism.progressive co-moderator)
Subject: RESOURCE: "Trade & the Environment"
Originator: daemon@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: misc.activism.progressive on UseNet ; ACTIV-L@UMCVMB
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 18:40:27 GMT

[Via misc.activism.progressive from PeaceNet's trade.strategy]
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Topic 48        EGA/CGBD Trade Briefing Packet 
mstein  Discussion of trade-related topics.      3:02 pm  Sep  1, 1992 
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From: Michael Stein <mstein> 
Subject: EGA/CGBD Trade Briefing Packet 

/* Written  9:58 am  Aug 26, 1992 by econet in cdp:en.announcemen */ 
/* ---------- "EGA/CGBD Trade Briefing Packet" ---------- */ 
The Environmental Grantmakers Association (EGA) and the Consultative Group 
on Biological Diversity (CGBD) have recently published "A Guide to Trade and 
Environment."  Written by Thomas Wathen, an environmental Program Officer at 
the Pew Charitable Trusts, it demystifies the complex nexus between trade 
and the environment.  A chronology of both the GATT and NAFTA proceedings, 
and a directory of NGO's working in this area are included. 

Anyone seeking a readable and informative introduction to this issue will 
find "A Guide to Trade and the Environment" an excellent primer. 

Copies are available from the Environmental Grantmakers Association (EGA), 
1290 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 3450 New York, NY  10104 for $7.50 each, 
or $5.00 each when ordering three or more copies. 

Other EGA publications include "Population and Envrionment: A Grantmakers 
Guide" ($7.50 each or $5.00 each when ordering three or more); 
"Reauthorization of Selected Congressional Environmental Legislation" ($3.00 
each); and the 1992 EGA Directory ($15.00 each-- available in mid-September). 

(ref.: ega Tue Aug 25 20:57:44 1992) 


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From: Blythe Systems <nytransfer%igc.apc.org@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu>
Subject: DEMO vs War: Yugo/Iraq 8/26 NYC
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Originator: daemon@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
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Resent-From: "Rich Winkel" <MATHRICH@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu>
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 20:40:41 GMT


 Via The NY Transfer News Service ^ All the News that Doesn't Fit


              DEMONSTRATE  DEMONSTRATE  DEMONSTRATE


     The same greedy poweers that control the world markets are
carving up Yugoslavia and Iraq. The aim of their " New World
Order" is to break up and partition any country that attempts to
have an independent existence. They must not go unchallenged!!!

     Last week the U.S. Senate and the Un Security Council passed
war resolutions against Yugoslavia that were ominously similar to
the ones that were passed before the bombing of Iraq that killed
250,000 people. On August 26, the U.S., NATO, the UN and the
European Community are meeting in London to plan their military
occupation in expectation of carving up the Balkans among
themselves.

     They are not the only ones meeting that day. The beginings
of a new Anti-War movement will meet that day also. We will meet
to protest this new aggression against Yugoslavia and we will
meet to protest the latest aggresion against Iraq. We need a
united movement in solidarity with all targets of U.S. led
aggresion.

              DEMONSTRATE  DEMONSTRATE  DEMONSTRATE

                    WEDS., AUGUST 26, 5:00 pm

                      at U.S. Mission to UN
                        45 St. & 1st Ave.

                  NATIONALLY COORDINATED ACTION

            SPONSORS: THE INTERNATIONAL ACTION CENTER

    39 West 14 Street #206, New York, NY 10011 (212) 633-6646

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From: EcoNet via Jym Dyer <jym@mica.berkeley.edu>
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive,alt.activism,talk.environment,ca.environment
Subject: INFO: Spraying Plans Accumulate for California National Forests
Followup-To: talk.environment,ca.environment
Date: 1 Sep 1992 23:42:48 GMT
Organization: The Naughty Peahen Party Line
NNTP-Posting-Host: remarque.berkeley.edu
Originator: jym@remarque.berkeley.edu

[From EcoNet ecotopia.news Conference]

Spray Plans Accumulate 
 
by Nurit Licht 
 
Several northern California national forests are proposing
pesticide and herbicide programs for as early as this fall,
a quick reaction to a court ruling in June that favored Forest
Service spraying.
 
In the Eldorado National Forest, all four ranger districts have
proposed fall herbicide applications, as has the McCloud
district of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest.  The Klamath
National Forest has tentative plans to use poison gopher bait in
four districts, a reminder that the five-year moratorium on
nearly all pesticide use by the Forest Service in the West is
over.
 
While most forests have not planned pesticide or herbicide
programs for this fall, some have proposed use for future years.
The Mendocino National Forest has three such proposals, one
involving herbicide use for a multi-district vegetation
management program.
 
To date the Mendocino proposals are in the earliest phase.
Before implementation, all Forest Service projects must pass
through an environmental analysis process which begins with data
gathering and public involvement, and proceeds to development of
alternative strategies and recommendation of a preferred course
of action.
 
These efforts are documented in scoping letters in the earlier
stages and environmental assessments and/or environmental impact
statements in the latter stages.  The documents are public
information and can be requested from regional and district
Forest Service offices.
 
Public involvement in the initial stages can greatly affect the
fate of a proposal. Because the Forest Service has been awarded
summary judgment in a suit filed by anti-spray activists (see
July ECONEWS), local grassroots efforts are key to discouraging
the Forest Service from implementing programs that threaten the
health and safety of citizens and the environment.
 
Contact the California Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides
for further information and/or assistance at 879 9th St.,
Arcata, CA 95521.
 
(From ECONEWS, Newsletter of the Northcoast Environmental
Center, 879 9th St., Arcata, California 95521, U.S.A., August
1992. Non-profit reprints OK with credit to ECONEWS; we like
to see clips.)
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From: Jym Dyer <jym@mica.berkeley.edu>
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive,alt.activism,ca.politics,ba.politics,ucb.general
Subject: ACTIVISM: Protest Against California Budget
Followup-To: alt.activism.d,ca.politics,ba.politics
Date: 2 Sep 1992 22:35:53 GMT
Organization: The Naughty Peahen Party Line
Distribution: ba
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Originator: jym@remarque.berkeley.edu

=o= The Women's Action Coalition (WAC) has called for a protest
against the newly-passed California state budget.

	When:  Today!  2-Sep-1992 at 5:00
	Where:  The State Building, Van Ness & McAllister,
	        San Francisco.  (Closest BART Station:
	        Civic Center.)
	Why:  Huge cuts in secondary education, aid to families
	      with dependent children, etc., etc.

    <_Jym_>
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive
From: Nigel.Allen@lambada.oit.unc.edu
Subject: Child Passenger Safety (Car Seats)
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: Echo Beach
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 20:00:37 GMT

Here is a press release that may be of interest to readers of this newsgroup.

 News Conference to Kick Off National Public Awareness Campaign to
Improve Child Passenger Safety
 To: Assignment Desk, Daybook Editor, Transportation Writer
 Contact: Stephanie Leontis of Freeman/McCue Public Relations,
          Santa Ana, Calif., 714-557-3663

 News Advisory:

 WHAT:   News conference at the National Press Club to kick off a
national public awareness campaign and safety promotion
designed to improve child passenger safety and increase
vehicle safety inspections.

Safety experts from Monroe Auto Equipment, the National
Safety Belt Coalition, Cosco Inc. and other safety
organizations will discuss the importance of these issues to
prevent needless deaths and injuries of children each year.

 WHERE:  The National Press Club, Murrow Room

 WHEN:   Tuesday, Sept. 1, at 10 a.m.

 WHY:    More than 600 children died and 53,000 were injured in
vehicle crashes last year, many of which could have been
prevented by the correct use of child safety restraint
seats, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration.

In addition, findings released in July by the University of
California, Irvine, suggest that many parents still believe
on-lap riding is safe...a position better referred to by
experts as the "Child Crusher."  Unfortunately, nothing
could be further from the truth.

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From: harelb@math.cornell.edu (misc.activism.progressive co-moderator)
Subject: BUSH: The "Energy President" (I)
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: daemon@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: misc.activism.progressive on UseNet ; ACTIV-L@UMCVMB
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 19:50:34 GMT


Change in federal funding for mass transit 
        from 1981 to 1989:                      -50% <=========== 


Reduction in Department of Energy budget for 
        renewable energy between 1981 and 1989: 90%  <========== 

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cost to build a mile of urban highway:          $100 million; 
cost to build a mile of light rail mass transit:$ 15 million; 
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[Excerpted from "Blood is Thicker than Oil;" 
 From: These Times, Sept. 19-25, 1990] 


                       ======================= 
                       T h e   G u l f   W a r 
                       ======================= 

"Prior to the Gulf crisis, the U.S. imported 290 million barrels of 
oil a year from Iraq and Kuwait. Raising auto-efficiency standards by 
a measly 2.75 mpg, says the Silocon Valley Toxics Coalition, could save 
the U.S. the same 290 million barrels...." 

Source: In These Times, Dec. 12-18, 1990, page 6. 

****************************************************************** 
NOTE: In Bruce Shapiro's book _We're Number One_ there is another 
incredible chart showing oil dependence in the 19 industrial nations 
over the last couple of years -- the change over the years ranges from 
something like -60% to +2% for all the countries except for the U.S. 
which is, as I recall, some 4 times higher than the highest. 

_We're Number One, Where America Stands -- and Falls -- in the New  
World Order_ by Andrew L Shapiro, $10 paperback. 
New York, May 1992, Vintage Books, a division of Random House. 
****************************************************************** 

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From: Christic Institute <christic@igc.apc.org>
Subject: EL SALVADOR - URGENT ACTION
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: daemon@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: ?
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 04:30:56 GMT

/* Written  3:43 pm  Aug 25, 1992 by hrcoord in cdp:carnet.alerts */
/* ---------- "EL SALVADOR - URGENT ACTION" ---------- */
From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: EL SALVADOR - URGENT ACTION

/* Written  3:12 pm  Aug 24, 1992 by gn:geonet in cdp:geo2.its */

Following is from the International Federation of Building and
Wood Workers
(IFBWW).
Following is the text of an Urgent Action appeal.  Geneva, 24
August 1992
EL SALVADOR - POLICE VIOLENCE AGAINST STRIKING WORKERS
The IFBWW calls for international solidarity to protest against
police violence against SOISCES construction workers in San
Salvador on 19 August and the arbitrary detention of 8 trade
unionists.  ARCO SA workers have been on strike since 6 July 1992
(see Fax News 16-07-92 and Urgent Action 30-07-92). On 30 July,
the strike was declared illegal and on 13 July, workers were
violently evicted from the construction site at the Tinetti market
in central San Salvador. A negotiation commission was then formed
with the participation of the UN Peace-keeping Force (ONUSAL). An
agreement was reached whereby ARCO agreed to reinstate the workers
and continue negotiation over their demands.  The following day,
on 19 August, workers returned to the site expecting to be
reinstated and the company refused. A peaceful march was staged to
the ARCO offices. The march was forcibly broken up by the National
Police,and 8 workers, including members of the Negotiating
Commission were arbitrarily detained:  Mauricio Antonio Villalta,
Edgardo Ulises Guillen Villalta, Ruben David Gomez, Cesar Augusto
Ramos Cortes, Eligio Pineda Rivas, Mauricio Jaime Sala Giron,
Francisco Beltran Arevalo y Hugo Armando Velazquez.  The IFBWW
requests that you send messages of protest to the company and
Salvadorean authorities protesting against the police actions,
requesting an investigation of the events and the immediate
liberty of the detained unionists.  Protest Fax Numbers:
1)      Ingeniero GUSTAVO CARTAGENA, Representante Legal, ARCO. 21
Calle Poniente no. 1325, San Salvador. (protests can be
transmitted to the company via SOICSCES fax Number: 00503 / 22 28
49)
2)      Dr. Alfredo Cristiani, Presidente de la Republica de El
Salvador Fax: 00503
/71 09 50 with copies to: Sr. Mauricio Gonzalez Dubon, Ministro de
Trabajo y Prevision Social;  Fax: 00503 /79 08 77

Unquote The International Federation of Building and Wood Workers
(IFBWW) is the International Trade Secretariat, recognised by the
ICFTU and the ITS General Conference, organising workers in free
and democratic unions in the building, wood and forestry sectors.
The IFBWW currently groups 5.6 million members in 159 trade unions
in 79 countries.  IFBWW:   P.O.Box 733, CH-1215 Geneva 15
Aeroport, Switzerland tel.:    (+41-22) 788 08 88 fax:
(+41-22) 788 07 16 e-mail:  GEO2:IFBWW-FITBB President: Konrad
Carl General Secretary: Ulf Asp end
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From: EcoNet via Jym Dyer <jym@mica.berkeley.edu>
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive,alt.activism,alt.save.the.earth,talk.environment
Subject: INFO: How to Avoid Methyl Bromide
Followup-To: alt.save.the.earth
Date: 1 Sep 1992 23:27:02 GMT
Organization: The Naughty Peahen Party Line
NNTP-Posting-Host: remarque.berkeley.edu
Originator: jym@remarque.berkeley.edu

[From EcoNet ecotopia.news Conference]

How To Avoid Methyl Bromide 
 
The only figures publicly available anywhere on methyl bromide
use are from California's Pesticide Use Report for 1990.
 
California accounts for 40% of U.S. methyl bromide use, and the
U.S. consumes one-third of the global total.
 
Structural fumigation (tented and gassed houses): [CA: 5.25
Million lbs.]  Alternatives: Heat and cold, electric shock, and
borates are commercially available. Don't gas your house!
 
Strawberries: [CA:4.3 Million lbs. Florida also high] All
strawberry nursery plants, including organic, must be fumigated.
Conventional strawberries are often fumigated three times.
Alternatives: Don't buy strawberries. Eat only ones from
backyard gardens.
 
Grapes: [CA: 2 Million lbs. for wine, raisins, and table grapes.
Also used on imported Chilean and Mexican grapes.] Alternatives:
Since many farmers gas fields before planting-check your source.
 
Citrus fruits: [CA: 140,000 lbs. Imported or shipped between
states.]  Alternatives: eat locally grown citrus.
 
Grains: [Quantities unknown but high. Stored wheat, corn, rice,
oats, etc.; also packaged cereal.] Alternatives: buy organic
grains only. Skip raisin bran and other packaged cereals and
processed grain products.
 
Almonds: [CA: 315,000 lbs.], Walnuts: [CA: 800,000 lbs.],
Stonefruits: [CA: 180,000 lbs.], Apples: [CA: 1.3 Million lbs.],
Melons: [CA: 160,000 lbs.],Tomatoes & Peppers: [CA: 237,000 lbs.
applied to each. Very high in Florida]. Alternatives: Buy from
certified organic or locally produced/non-fumigated fields.
 
Nursery plants (transplants, potted plants): [CA: 1.8 Million
lbs.]  Alternatives: propagate your own, go wild, or find an
organic or non-fumigated source.
 
Flowers: [CA: 636,000 lbs.] Also imported plants and flowers are
heavily fumigated. Alternatives: grow your own and check your
source.
 
(From ECONEWS, Newsletter of the Northcoast Environmental
Center, 879 9th St., Arcata, California 95521, U.S.A., August
1992. Non-profit reprints OK with credit to ECONEWS; we like
to see clips.)
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive
From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Subject: TAXPAYERS PAY FOR TOXIC MILITARY CLEAN-UP
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: PACH
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 08:23:15 GMT

POSITIVE ALTERNATIVES
A Publication of the CENTER FOR ECONOMIC CONVERSION

Published quarterly. Materials in POSITIVE ALTERNATIVES may be 
reprinted if this publication and the CENTER for ECONOMIC CONVERSION are 
credited and a copy is sent to CEC.

** Written  4:45 pm  Aug 10, 1992 by dwalt in cdp:econconversion **
TAXPAYERS PAY FOR TOXIC MILITARY CLEAN-UP

Representatives Conyers (D-MI) and Boxer (D-CA) revealed on July 10th 
that taxpayers have reimbursed military contractors for $59 million in 
environmental clean-up costs.  This will soon exceed $1 billion, according 
to a General Accounting Office (GAO) report. Incidentally, the Pentagon 
generates more than five times the toxic waste produced by all five major 
U.S. chemical corporations combined.

Conyers points out that "the Department of Defense is not a welfare 
agency.  If these contractors can make billions in profits while polluting, 
they should also pay for the clean-up."

Copies of the report "D.o.D. Environmental Cleanup," (GAO/NSIAD-92-
253FS) are available. Call the GAO distribution center at 202-275-6241.

** End of text from cdp:econconversion **


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From: jym@mica.berkeley.edu (EcoNet via Jym Dyer)
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive,alt.activism,alt.save.the.earth,talk.environment,ca.environment
Subject: NEWS & ACTIVISM: Energy-Efficient Refrigerator Makers Excluded
Date: 1 Sep 92 23:08:45 GMT
Followup-To: alt.save.the.earth,talk.environment,ca.environment
Organization: The Naughty Peahen Party Line
NNTP-Posting-Host: remarque.berkeley.edu
Originator: jym@remarque.berkeley.edu

[From EcoNet ecotopia.news Conference]

Arcata Firm Left In The Cold 
 
by Ron Glick 
 
Sun Frost of Arcata, maker of the world's most energy-efficient
refrigerator, has been frozen out of a national competition to
find an energy-efficient refrigerator.
 
The contest, organized by a nationwide consortium of utilities
led by PG&E, is so designed that a manufacturer must have
produced 100,000 refrigerators a year for the last four years to
qualify--or have the financial wherewithal and the distribution
network to do so.
 
This cuts out all but a handful of large American manufacturers,
who already control about 98% of the market and who probably
would not be interested in a $30 million incentive if it means
changing over a $200 million production line.
 
Ironically enough, Sun Frost already meets the competition
standard for energy efficiency. It also is the only refrigerator
producer in California--and California utilities are providing
the majority of the competition prize, out of ratepayer money.
 
Refrigerators consume about 7% of the nation's electricity. A
typical 18- cubic-foot model built before the Arab oil embargo
of 1973 consumed upwards of 1,500 kilowatt hours (Kw-H) a year.
 
Little Juice 
 
Today's models average 900 Kw-H or less. Sun Frost's comparable
machine consumes only 220 Kw-H a year.
 
California utilities will get to keep 15 cents out of every
dollar's worth of electricity saved by the contest winner.
 
That's because the state Public Utilities Commission (PUC)
allows them to collect from ratepayers 15% of the money they
lose from decreased demand due to increased efficiency.
 
While $30 million means little to a company like General
Electric, which made a $4.4 billion profit last year, to a young
18-employee company like Sun Frost it would mean a new plant and
equipment, wide distribution, a reduction in unit cost--and many
local jobs.
 
Innovation and incentives used to be what got small companies
started and kept them going. But PG&E and the other utilities
seem to have forgotten about the spirit of American competition.
 
To let the PUC know how you feel, write to California Public
Utilities Commission, 350 McAllister St.,San Francisco, CA.
 
(From ECONEWS, Newsletter of the Northcoast Environmental
Center, 879 9th St., Arcata, California 95521, U.S.A., August
1992. Non-profit reprints OK with credit to ECONEWS; we like
to see clips.)
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive
From: Ron Buckmire <buckmr%rpi.edu@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu>
Subject: American Family Association *LOSES*! Bush signs PBS,NPR Bill
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: daemon@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: ?
Resent-From: "Rich Winkel" <MATHRICH@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 20:08:49 GMT

Thanks to all those who responded to yesterday's ACTION ALERT.

President Bush signed the funding Bill for the Corporation for Public
Broadcasting yesterday. It is a sweet victory because the bill authorises the
budget for the CPB from FY 1993 through 1996 so that should reduce the effect
of conservative politician attempting to censor freedom of expression.

However, the Bill does include a probably unconstitutional rider added by
President Pro Tem of the Senate,Robert  Byrd of Virginia. This says that the
money will not be used to air ``indecent'' material before midnight. Basically
Byrd tried to change the safe harbour hours of the FCC. The Supreme Court has
ruled similar attempt by Jesse Helms to change the safe harbour hours of the
FCC as unconstitutional and hopefully this attempt wil be struck down as well.

But the most delicious news, is that despite a major mobilisation by the odious
American Family Association, incluing a mailing to 500 000 of it's members
and full page ads in Washington Newspapers, the Looney Fringe of the Religious
Right *LOST*! The White House Comment Line [202 456 1111] actually reported
that more calls FOR Public Broadcasting were tabulated.

Thank  you all.
---
RON BUCKMIRE, 11 Colvin Circle, Troy, NY 12180-3735.  ``D.C., April 25 1993''
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"We are gay, we are black. We are often asked to choose between one or the
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