These include the Grand Canyon, Death Valley and the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah's Red Rock Wilderness. Luckily, Clinton didn't need Congress to approve these decisions. Instead, he used a law called the Antiquities Act of 1906 that allows a President to declare areas of public lands as national monuments. A new bill seeks to stall the designation of the new monument by requiring a scientific study by the National Academy of Sciences. The Heritage Forests Campaign is collecting comments that will be sent to the U.S. Forest Service about Clinton's protection plan for America's 60-million acres of remaining wildlands.
Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.
Stay tuned for next steps for students, including target campaigns focusing on the US Senate and their lack of global warming leadership. Last week, the U'wa won their first victory when a Colombian court ordered Oxy to halt all construction work on their land. The Third Wave Scholarship program is seeking female students under 30 that are activists and artists in the social justice movement. They will announce the winners of the Earth Day 2000 Greenwash Sweepstakes before Earth Day. The Site Info Center lets you post messages for other surfers or for EnviroCitizen staff.