From ???@??? Sun Apr 28 14:57:01 1996 To: views board From: emerald@IslandNet.com (Al Rycroft or Kealey Pringle) Subject: Congratulations on a Super Job! Cc: Bcc: X-Attachments: Another successful Earth Week... If Fiona has an email address, please pass this on to her too. From ???@??? Wed May 01 21:22:25 1996 To: era From: emerald@IslandNet.com (Al Rycroft or Kealey Pringle) Subject: Response to Greg McDade, QC re BCBE Cc: Bcc: X-Attachments: David, >Again, Greg. The budget? The sources of funding? Why not a little >disclosure and light amid all your transparancy. You're right and wrong. Of course people are collaborating and benefitting. But i agree with Greg, they are our allies. I would spend less time attacking our allies, and more time attacking the real culprits, i.e. the greedy individuals and corporations hell bent on destroying planet earth. This whole thing reminds me of the terrible fight between Sierra BC and Sierra Victoria that has gone on for so many years. Such a waste of good energy... Time to talk to the electorate. P.S. I think i'm going to vote Green this time around. Whose the candidate in Gretchen's riding? Regards, Al Rycroft From ???@??? Wed Apr 17 09:58:51 1996 Return-Path: Received: from spartan.ac.BrockU.CA by comm.amtsgi.bc.ca with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #5) id m0u9YYN-000VstC; Wed, 17 Apr 96 07:49 PDT Received: by spartan.ac.BrockU.CA (950911.SGI.8.6.12.PATCH825/940406.SGI) id KAA12236; Wed, 17 Apr 1996 10:36:58 -0400 Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 10:36:58 +0059 (EDT) From: Robert Feagan Subject: Re: alternative lawns To: Howard Breen cc: uri@saltspring.com, sennette@island.net, seaturtles@igc.apc.org, guillem@Mala.BC.CA, rlagasse@cln.etc.bc.ca, jenlash@island.net, ridingto@unixg.ubc.ca, jrussow@uvic.ca, sparker@alternatives.com, ear@cyberstore.ca, bssi@mars.ark.com, stefano@island.net, endarms@web.net, smorin@mars.ark.com, nabbey@alternatives.com, greenpeace.toronto@g2.greenpeace.org, drubin@cln.etc.bc.ca, jkurtz@island.net, boblyons@alternatives.com, martin@Mala.BC.CA, hjruiten@web.apc.org, donna_anderson@mindlink.bc.ca, hstiff@island.net, thacker@island.net, mrogers@island.net, ingkhai@direct.ca, ad207@freenet.carleton.ca, yacinfo@mars.ark.com, pmaxx@island.net, impulse@islandnet.com, gtaylor@islandnet.com, bondf@Mala.BC.CA, bhumphrey@sd68.nanaimo.bc.ca, tpreeve@island.net, sierrabc@cyberstore.ca, at491@freenet.carleton.ca, hargrave@islandnet.com, estewart@island.net, coop@netshop.net, cooling@Mala.BC.CA, dcull@qb.island.net, drogers@island.net, vicy@island.net, skies@islandnet.com, dmorgan@igc.apc.org, sounder@island.net, emerald@islandnet.com, ara@web.apc.org, hbreen@island.net, treeline@mindlink.bc.ca, khudson@alternatives.com, nwwatch@igc.apc.org, dbroten@oberon.ark.com, ckline@unixg.ubc.ca, mspencer@web.apc.org, gdauncey@islandnet.ca, phillip@coc.powell-river.bc.ca, bucksuzuki@ufawu.com, gfbirks@watservl.uwaterloo.ca, uc393@freenet.victoria.bc.ca, pgrignon@island.net, uc393@freenet.victoria.bc.ca, uixote@igc.apc.org, rage@coil.com, wawrzynk@bagneux.fr, mumia@aol.com, aheintzm@sfu.ca, vws@web.net, g3skerr@cdf.toronto.edu, freedom@peg.apc.org, jason@ee.pdx.edu, deke@iww.org, fam0393@commune.bologna.it, clear@ewg.org, 75250.735@compuserve.com, howi@freenet.carleton.ca, thassan@trentu.ca, kfoss@trentu.ca, jmetcalfe@trentu.ca, sforbes@trentu.ca In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII To all, I've taken the liberty of using Howard Breen's e-mail list to ask if anyone can locate the person who is/was working with the group called "Getting Your Lawn Off Drugs" - I think her name is Carole Rubin (Ruben?) and I remember her from some BCEN conferences in the early 90's. If anyone knows of her whereabouts or e-mail address I would appreciate their help finding her. If anyone has ideas, experiences, names concerning changing municipal by-laws to allow for alternative lawns (naturalizing, no-chemical, etc.) I would be grateful for some further leads. Good luck with the demonstration, I can't get there from here. In solidarity, Rob Robert Feagan Dept. of Geography Brock University St. Catharines, Ont. L2S 3A1 (905) 688-5550 ext. 4417 From ???@??? Wed May 08 20:13:20 1996 Return-Path: Received: from pop.ewg.org by comm.amtsgi.bc.ca with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #5) id m0uHIQL-000W2FC; Wed, 8 May 96 16:13 PDT Received: from [199.75.209.156] by pop.ewg.org with SMTP (Apple Internet Mail Server 1.1); Wed, 8 May 1996 18:03:08 -0400 Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Wed, 8 May 1996 18:03:04 -0500 To: mike@ewg.org From: danimal@ewg.org (Dan Barry) Subject: Wise Use monitor publication X-UIDL: 3487e6f6cfabee2b6fe593257f08b8ee The Clearinghouse on Environmental Advocacy and Research (CLEAR) publishes a semi-monthly bulletin on the "wise use" movement. _A CLEAR View_ is the only such publication in the country, covering the comings and goings of over 2,100 "wise use" groups and other organizations affiliated with the environmental backlash. CLEAR would like to invite you to subscribe yourself to our publication, which is distributed every other week through our e-mail list server. Please follow the directions below to subscribe to _A CLEAR View_. If not completely satisfied, you can easily unsubscribe yourself at any time. The "wise use" movement has grown dramatically since its founding in 1988. Local, regional and national "wise use" groups are forming effective networks, often without environmental advocates realizing what is happening. Whether or not you choose to subscribe to CLEAR's "wise use" bulletin, please keep our contact information handy and contact us with any "wise use" related news and leads. We rely on local and state environmental advocates for much of the "on-the-ground" information that we gather in the clearinghouse--you are our eyes and ears. Please feel free to contact me at any time with questions or with information. Thank you, Dan Barry CLEAR Director CLEAR View list manager danimal@ewg.org 202-667-6982 ==================================================== To subscribe to the list: send a message to: clear-view@ewg3.ewg.org Include the single word "subscribe" in the _subject_ line of the message, or in the _body_ of the message. To unsubscribe from the list: send a message to: clear-view@ewg3.ewg.org Include the single word "unsubscribe" in the _subject_ line of the message, or in the _body_ of the message. For further information or assistance, or to provide 'wise use' information for use by CLEAR, send all messages to clear@ewg.org. From ???@??? Mon May 13 21:10:24 1996 Return-Path: Received: from i1-30.islandnet.com by comm.amtsgi.bc.ca with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #5) id m0uII3f-000VsmC; Sat, 11 May 96 10:02 PDT Message-Id: Date: Sat, 11 May 96 10:02 PDT X-Sender: impulse@mail.islandnet.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: emerald@IslandNet.com (Al Rycroft or Kealey Pringle) From: impulse@islandnet.com (Peter Ronald) Subject: Re: bcen homepage? X-UIDL: 913985e1d1dd41de4ce47527274dc012 It is www.earthcare.org/bcen/bcen.html >Does the BCEN have a web site? If so-- what is its address? > >Thanks, >Al ----- Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love. -- Albert Einstein Peter Ronald impulse@islandnet.com Vox: 604.361-2610 Fax: 604-361-3682 From ???@??? Sun May 26 17:21:09 1996 To: dweston@mail.island.net (David Weston) From: emerald@IslandNet.com (Al Rycroft or Kealey Pringle) Subject: Re: Interior Rainforests Cc: Bcc: X-Attachments: David, Thank you for including us in your email. Appreciate getting future writing from the PDA in the environment, peace or justice areas. Regards, Al Rycroft >>Jim - thanks for your emessage re. the Interior Rainforests. >> As Environment Critic for Gordon Wilson's Progressive Democratic >Alliance I am happy to quote from the final parargraph on The Environment of >our Blueprint: >> "The PDA supports the recommendation of the scietific panel on >Clayoquot Sound with respect to the preservation of the Sound, and supports >the preservation of the remaining old growth temperate rainforests in BC." >> Will we be able to keep our commitment? >> Of all the parties running in this election, we are the only one >with any potential for forming government that is not funded by large unions >and corporations. >> >>'He who pays the piper calls the tune.' >> It is generally known that the NDP is and has been, for years, >funded by large corporate agenda oriented unions. It is therefore not >surprising that the NDP plays to their tune. >> What is less understood is why the NDP has been and is, playing the >corporate tune. As documented in a letter dated Oct 23, 1995, from the >President of the NDP to its members, quoting from the Parks Report: >> "Our analysis shows that from 1976 on, substantial donations were >made to the NDP by large Canadian corporations through [accounts at] NCHS >(the Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society)..." >> It is generally understood that one of those corporations was and >is Macmillan Bloedel. So therefore it is of no surprise that the NDP does >not prohibit the asset-stripping and devastation of our old growth >bio-diverse forests. >> May we reiterate: "As government, we will preserve the remaining >old growth temperate rainforests in BC." >> Yours truly, >> David J. Weston, >> Environment Critic, >> Progressive Democratic Alliance. >> >>P.S. Jim - I do not have the email addresses of the other people who >participated in your email re this matter. Would you kindly forward a copy >of my email to them. >> Thanks, DJW. >> >David J.Weston, >H: > > > From ???@??? Fri Jul 19 20:57:13 1996 To: engo canada From: emerald@IslandNet.com (Al Rycroft or Kealey Pringle) Subject: NanooseNet: Insurers' and Bankers' Warning Cc: Bcc: X-Attachments: fyi, Al Rycroft >Return-Path: >Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 14:02:21 -0700 >X-Sender: hbreen@mail.island.net >To: Nanoosenet@island.net >From: hbreen@island.net (Howard Breen) >Subject: NanooseNet: Insurers' and Bankers' Warning >Sender: owner-nanoosenet@island.net >Precedence: bulk >Reply-To: NanooseNet@island.net >X-UIDL: 3d3fbc5fcd70cba50806b7154a734d7e > >>Date: Sat, 13 Jul 96 20:30:27 -0700 >>From: Howard Breen >>To: hbreen@island.net >>Subject: Insurers' and Bankers' Warning >>X-UIDL: 6c9ca660bffa12446c497bffe1317496 >> >>http://www.econet.apc.org/climate/1.c1.insure.html >>> Insurers and bankers sound warning >>> >>> by Eco correspondent >>> >>> At a Greenpeace seminar Sunday chaired by Rolf Gerling of Gerling >>> Group, the German reinsurer, senior figures in the financial sector >>> voiced the growing concerns of insurers and bankers that global >>> warming poses a serious threat to future profitability. >>> >>> Andre Dlugolecki, Chief Manager of Operations at General Accident, >>> and lead author of the IPCC's 1995 chapter on climate change and the >>> financial institutions, told the audience of financial-sector >>> invitees and journalists that "looking forward, I am sure that >>> climate change will speed up, and I'm sure that will have major >>> implications for the industry." >>> >>> Frank Nutter, President of the Reinsurance Association of America, >>> added that "of the 25 largest insured catastrophes in the U.S., 21 >>> have occurred in the last decade and 16 of those 25 involve a >>> combination of wind and water." If global warming meant an increase >>> in natural disasters, Nutter said, that could bankrupt insurance >>> companies. A worried representative of U.S. religious groups with >>> $90 billion of investments under management asked whether insurers >>> were switching their investments away from industries responsible >>> for causing global warming. "I have not seen a change in investment >>> practice yet," Nutter replied, "but I hope that happens." >>> >>> Bankers at the meeting offered the same grim assessments of global >>> warming as the insurers and equally encouraging suggestions for how >>> to deal with it. "Environmental threats, of which climate change is >>> the single biggest, pose an enormous threat," said Sven Hansen, a >>> Vice President of the Union Bank of Switzerland, and head of the >>> bank's environment department. UBS has a target of a 40% reduction >>> in power consumption company-wide by the year 2000, Hansen said. >>> Remarks by Hilary Thompson, head of environment at the National >>> Westminster Bank, caught the attention of solar energy industry >>> leaders present at the seminar. Thompson urged the banking sector to >>> cut emissions in their procurement programs. "We are all large >>> procurers. We should be able to help those markets." >>> >>> Dr. Jeremy Leggett of Greenpeace told the seminar that as the >>> financial sector becomes more aware of the problem of climate >>> change, capital will shift from carbon-fuel technology industries to >>> the solar and other clean-energy industries. Such a process would >>> send very important market signals which might well foreshadow the >>> ultimate end of the oil era, the dawn of the solar era, and the >>> defeat of the global warming threat. However, Leggett said, >>> governments needed to help the process by intervening to correct the >>> imperfections of energy markets. That means targets and timetables >>> for C02 emissions reductions. >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Back to the Contents Page... >> >> >> >> >> > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Nanoose Conversion Campaign >Submissions: NanooseNet@mail.island.net >Subscriptions: NanooseNet-Request@mail.island.net >World-Wide Web: http://nanaimo.ark.com/~convert/ >STOP NUCLEAR SUBMARINE TESTS IN GEORGIA STRAIT >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > From ???@??? Thu May 02 10:08:16 1996 Return-Path: Received: from i2-135.islandnet.com by comm.amtsgi.bc.ca with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #5) id m0uiwkF-000Vw9C; Tue, 23 Jul 96 22:44 PDT Message-Id: Date: Tue, 23 Jul 96 22:44 PDT X-Sender: impulse@mail.islandnet.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: emerald@IslandNet.com (Al Rycroft or Kealey Pringle) From: impulse@islandnet.com (Peter Ronald) Subject: Re: mail failed, returning to sender X-UIDL: d96111cdc83bd1afb1ada6996e00ab46 >Do you know Buck Suzuki Foundation's new email address? > >> >>|------------------------- Failed addresses follow: ---------------------| >> ... unknown host >----------------------------------------------------- I don't have any better. Sorry... ----- Peter Ronald impulse@islandnet.com Vox: 604.361-2610 Fax: 604-361-3682 From ???@??? Sun Jul 28 21:37:42 1996 To: peter From: emerald@islandnet.com (Alan Rycroft or Kealey Pringle) Subject: John Seed in New England August Cc: Bcc: X-Attachments: >Return-Path: >Date: Sat, 27 Jul 1996 09:30:22 -0700 >X-Sender: hbreen@mail.island.net >To: yacinfo@mars.ark.com, emerald@islandnet.com, hstiff@island.net, > convert@nanaimo.ark.com >From: hbreen@island.net (Howard Breen) >Subject: John Seed in New England August >Cc: Laurie@island.net >X-UIDL: d2b189db3f31443d6178b1292b7cfe9f > >>Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 21:53:27 -0400 >>Reply-To: "ECOPSYCHOLOGY: NATURE-COUNSELING COMMUNITY CONNECTION" >> >>Sender: "ECOPSYCHOLOGY: NATURE-COUNSELING COMMUNITY CONNECTION" >> >>From: Ecopsychology News >>Subject: John Seed in New England August >>To: Multiple recipients of list ECOPSYCHOLOGY >> >>X-UIDL: f0473e366ee2aa5f0829cfa4fbc68f68 >> >>Status: R >> >>-------------------------------------------- >> >>JOHN SEED IN NEW ENGLAND THIS AUGUST >> >>Sponsored by the Global Heart Consortium >>"Dedicated to transforming our relationship with the natural world." >>(Center For Psychology & Social Change, Sacred Earth Network, Earthlands, >>Interhelp, Boston EcoPsychology Working Group, EarthSeed). >> >>Co-Sponsored by Antioch New England Environmental Studies Program, >>Interface, and Portland EcoPsychology Group. >> >> >>---An Experiential Evening------------------------------ >> >>"Opening the Global Heart - Nurturing the Ecological Self" >> >>Wednesday, August 7, 1996 >>6:30 - 9:30 PM >> >>Winchester Unitarian Church >>478 Main St. >>Winchester, MA >>617-497-1553 >> >>Donation Requested >> >> >>---A Weekend Event---------------------------------- >> >>"Opening the Global Heart - Empowering Compassionate Action" >> >>August 9 - 11, 1996 >>Earthlands Community >>Petersham, MA >> >>Sliding Scale Fee >>Work Exchange Available >> >>For More Information Contact: >> >>Diane DePuydt, Sacred Earth Network >>267 East Street >>Petersham, MA 01366 >>508-724-3443 >> >>or: >>Center for Psychology and Social Change >>617- 497-1553 >> >> >>----------------------------------------------------- >> >>John Seed, Deep Ecologist and Rainforest Activist (co-author of _Thinking >>Like A Mountain_ with Joanna Macy, Arne Naess and Pat Fleming), returns for >>his first tour of the U.S. in three years. Twenty years ago, John Seed was >>active in protecting some of the remaining rainforests near his home in New >>South Wales, Australia. Since then, he has been a champion for rainforests >>and all other beings throughout the world, teaching that love and >>compassion are empowering forces which can guide our actions and redirect >>human society toward a sustainable future. His Council of All Beings >>workshops have been held world wide. >> >>The weekend event is an opportunity to consciously experience both the pain >>and the power of our interconnection with all life, to deepen our >>relationship with nature, expand our sense of ecological identity and to >>recognize this opening as empowering compassionate action in all aspects of >>our lives. >> >>How do we take our feelings for what is happening right now and find the >>courage and commitment to work for needed change? Examine and rejuvenate >>our collective strength in this all-outdoor convening at the Earthlands >>Community in Petersham, Massachusetts. There will be ample structured and >>unstructured opportunity to explore the 400 acres of mixed hardwood forest >>interspersed with streams and open fields. >> >> > > > From ???@??? Wed May 01 22:27:11 1996 Return-Path: Received: from helix.net by comm.amtsgi.bc.ca with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #5) id m0uYgB9-000VumC; Tue, 25 Jun 96 15:01 PDT Received: from [204.244.111.154] (jockey.helix.net [204.244.111.192]) by helix.net (8.7.1/8.7.1) with SMTP id OAA26135; Tue, 25 Jun 1996 14:54:33 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 14:54:33 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: bcgreens@alternatives.com, era@pinc.com, nabbey@alternatives.com, uri@saltspring.com, guillem@mala.bc.ca, rlagasse@cln.etc.bc.ca, laurie@island.net, martin@mala.bc.ca, ridingto@unixg.ubc.ca, mrogers@island.net, drubin@cln.etc.bc.ca, emerald@islandnet.com, yacinfo@mars.ark.com, Jillian_Ridington@gulfnet.pinc.com, hastings@ocgy.ubc.ca, ckline@unixg.ubc.ca, dmorgan@web.apc.org, goldbergs@mala.bc.ca, jrussow@uvaix3e1.comp.UVic.CA, shinnick@mindlink.bc.ca, impulse@islandnet.com, mspencer@web.apc.org, hansen@www.alternatives.com, gdauncey@islandnet.com, 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jnelson@victoria.net, patrick.anderson@green2.greenpeace.org, bearwtch@asterix.helix.net, carmanah@pacificcoast.net, cpaws_bc@mindlink.bc.ca, visserl@cadvision.com, sschuchat@aol.com, rainforest@ran.org, 76071.1535@compuserve.com, sfsbc@igc.apc.org, soule@zzyx.ussc.edu, scahalan@postoffice.utas.edu.au, gssnyder@ucdavis.edu, trees@igc.apc.org, wall-list@igc.apc.org From: crn@asterix.helix.net (Jill Thomas) Subject: protest camp, Bella Bella X-UIDL: c5311456b9240cf7a0e102c70de31a72 Broadcasting this message on behalf of Mary Vickers & the Ingram-Mooto Lakes Project. PLEASE POST AND CIRCULATE ****************** June 26, 1996 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE URGENT ACTION ALERT From: Ingram-Mooto Lakes Project PO Box 840, Waglisla, B.C. V0T 1Z0 ph (604) 957-2993 fx (604) 957-2515 Contact: Mary or Dan AN URGENT CALL FOR SUPPORT The Vickers family (hereditary family of Heiltsuk First Nations) is asking for supporters to come to Bella Bella, on the Central Coast of British Columbia, and camp with them in a rainforest valley called the Ingram-Mooto. They need support for activities including networking, media, construction, informal wildlife surveys, tree climbing, ecological education and general camp support. Trips from the village of Bella, Bella leave for the Ingram-Mooto every Saturday or whenever there is enough people to make a trip at other times. People who agree to be involved with the camp operations for a couple of weeks will have their travel expenses covered from Bella Bella to camp. Additional travel costs, such as ferry expenses from Port Hardy (on northern tip of Vancouver Island), may be covered for people who are willing to commit to stay at the camp for one month or more. They are in desperate need of support from people outside the community of Bella, Bella in order to stop the destruction of this great rainforest. Donations of money, climbing equipment, large walled tents, canoes, kayaks, VHF radio, lap top computer and outboard motors are also needed. BACKGROUND The ancient rainforests of Ingram, Mooto and Ellerslie Lake, on the Central Coast of British Columbia, are at the heart of one of the largest temperate rainforest ecosystems remaining on Earth. The Ingram-Mooto Lakes Project is currently engaged in a campaign to stop Western Forest Products from clearcut logging in this area. On May 25th, 1996, the construction of a cabin was begun at the head of Spiller channel where Ingram Falls empties into the sea. The cabin is serving as a place for Heiltsuk First Nations families and visitors to come together to learn about the ecology and traditional uses in the area. School groups, teachers, photographers, and families have been making trips to the Lakes weekly to help with the construction of the camp, and enjoy fishing, swimming and exploring. Culturally Modified Tress have been identified on the south side of Polallie Creek where it empties into Ingram Lake. Stone fish traps at the mouth of Ingram Creek also provide testament to the fact that the area has always been an important harvesting area for the Heiltsuk people. The area continues to be used for hunting and trapping. All of this indicates, contrary to Western Forest Products claims, the area is extremely important culturally to the Heiltsuk people. Jill Thomas Coordinator, CRN Box 2241 Main Post Office Vancouver, BC V6B 3W2 ph (604) 669-4303 fx (604) 669-6833 Canadian Rainforest Network From ???@??? Thu May 02 22:18:17 1996 Return-Path: Received: from i1-37.islandnet.com by comm.amtsgi.bc.ca with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #5) id m0uWbMm-000WDDC; Wed, 19 Jun 96 21:29 PDT Message-Id: Date: Wed, 19 Jun 96 21:29 PDT X-Sender: skies@mail.islandnet.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: impulse@islandnet.com From: skies@mail.islandnet.com (Bruce Torrie) Subject: Conference Announcement: From Carbon Cycle to Bicycle X-UIDL: b48072070871c4bd849c4f546b547156 CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM CARBON CYCLE TO BICYCLE: SHARING RESPONSIBILITY FOR GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GLOBAL CHANGE AND THE BIOLOGICAL CARBON CYCLE VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA APRIL 30 - MAY 3, 1997 >From Carbon Cycle to Bicycle: Sharing Responsibility for Global Climate Change, an international conference on global change and the biological carbon cycle, will be held from April 30 to May 3, 1997 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Further details on the conference may be obtained from: The Skies Above Foundation 2701 Seaview Rd Victoria British Columbia, Canada V8N 1K7 Phone: (604) 477-0555; Fax: (604) 472-0700. Email: skies@islandnet.com WWW: http://www.islandnet.com/~skies/ The Skies Above Foundation and its co-sponsoring partners announce that an interdisciplinary conference on the impacts of global change on the biological carbon cycle will be held on beautiful Vancouver Island in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada April 30- May 3, 1997. The conference will focus on the impacts of environmental degradation such as ozone layer depletion, increased ultraviolet radiation, climate change, water and air pollution, urbanization and desertification on the biological carbon cycle including phytoplankton, forests, grasslands and wetlands. The conference will also look at public policy and consumption which effect the global carbon cycle. The emission of carbon from the burning of fossil fuels and biofuels is posing a threat to the stability of global climate. International meetings on global climate change have singled out the need to reduce rate of increase of the carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere. Most discussion has focused on the reduction of the use of carbon-based fuels. However, the concurrent losses of biomass in the sea, forests, grasslands and wetlands reduces the biosphere's ability to absorb and store carbon. The Conference's goal is to bring together experts in many disciplines to present an update on the current state of knowledge on the impacts of global change on the biological carbon cycle and means to protect and enhance them to other scientists, policy makers, environmentalists and concerned citizens. 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Wed Apr 17 09:58:41 1996 Return-Path: Received: from Saturna.islandnet.com by comm.amtsgi.bc.ca with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #5) id m0u9SZE-000VsEC; Wed, 17 Apr 96 01:26 PDT Message-Id: Date: Wed, 17 Apr 96 01:26 PDT X-Sender: impulse@islandnet.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: emerald@islandnet.com From: impulse@islandnet.com (Peter Ronald) Subject: car and the city press release >Return-Path: >Sender: >From: "Northwest Environment Watch" >To: psenez@cyberstore.ca, kendagee@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca, gismap@helix.net, > twebb@helix.net, vws@web.APC.ORG, tindall@unixg.ubc.ca, > Trevor_Jones@mindlink.bc.ca, tamara.stark@green2.greenpeace.org, > ul956@freenet.victoria.bc.ca, wa184@freenet.victoria.bc.ca, > at491@freenet.carleton.ca, bbright@carver.pinc.com, > wcelrf@unixg.ubc.ca, wc2wild@web.APC.ORG, uq473@freenet.victoria.bc.ca, > sierrabc@cyberstore.ca, jeanwade@islandnet.com, mcdonell@helix.net, > bnewman@cyberstore.ca, jnelson@helix.net, > sierra@freenet.vancouver.bc.ca, jb@helix.net, vickyh@helix.net, > taganov@unixg.ubc.ca, sierra@web.APC.ORG, silvafor@web.APC.ORG, > stefano@island.net, LBAILE@prl.pulmonary.ubc.ca, lizbb@nrdc.org, > mpaquet@direct.ca, nlen@web.APC.ORG, mjmcgee@bcsc02.bc.ca, > mike_teachman@pml.com, pgriff@goldrvr.island.net, grissp@cia.com.ca, > peter@mindlink.bc.ca, rjr@web.APC.ORG, hebertjl@pressnet.com, > jgibbs@helix.net, coop@netshop.net, jdixon@ogopogo.educ.sfu.ca, > jwight@islandnet.com, jholmes@helix.net, John_Tabak@mindlink.bc.ca, > jordan.tanz@cyberstore.ca, wcwcab@web.APC.ORG, > kgoldberg@bbs.sd68.nanaimo.bc.ca, robert_phillips@sfu.ca, > lindsayb@sfu.ca, dpatter@web.APC.ORG, ej.hogbin@utoronto.ca, > yacinfo@mars.ark.com, fan@alternatives.com, focs@web.APC.ORG, > george_smith@sunshine.net, grizzly@worldtel.com, IGILL@eworld.com, > impulse@islandnet.com, jervin@igc.apc.org, bcen@alternatives.com, > dneads@awinc.com, lmanches@cyberstore.ca, msegger@chat.carleton.ca, > sidtan@freenet.vancouver.bc.ca, bcspaces@sunshine.net, > anlevesq@mail.awinc.com, bearwtch@helix.net, bparfi@helix.net, > bnixon@lbmf.bc.ca, bevans@unixg.ubc.ca, ub451@freenet.victoria.bc.ca, > ecare@cyberstore.ca, Catherine.Stewart@green2.greenpeace.org, > perc@igc.apc.org, sldf@wimsey.com, sjessen@web.APC.ORG, > robert_moore@sfu.ca, kscott@helix.net, george_smith@sunshine.net, > brett@whistler.net, norma.wilson@deepcove.com, wsawchuk@helix.net, > dleavers@freenet.vancouver.bc.ca, cpaws_bc@mindlink.bc.ca, > steelhd@unixg.ubc.ca, foci@web.APC.ORG, Leversee@wolfenet.com, > chamberf@euds.ucalgary.ca, jeffp@coastnet.com, eis@islandnet.com, > scbcgis@cyberstore.ca, ahillyer@vvv.com, sreid@alternatives.com, > asleeman@alternatives.com, seaturtles@earthisland.org, > jrgriggs@unixg.ubc.ca, mvonmirbach@smtp_gateway.westvicking.nf.ca, > rainforest@ran.org, foxikrj@netshop.net, janag@islandnet.com, > carmanah@pacificcoast.net, kbarclay@eivic.ei.gov.bc.ca, > carmanna@guild.bc.ca, rcolwill@pinc.com, Harmony@islandnet.com, > healing@islandnet.com, randy@raven.bc.ca, vbassoc@guild.bc.ca, > tathrat@uvic.ca, gdauncey@islandnet.com, mkennedy@cln.etc.bc.ca, > trieger@web.APC.ORG, susimmon@cln.etc.bc.ca, george_heyman@bcgeu.bc.ca, > bcwild@mindlink.bc.ca, CARE@pris.bc.ca, jon_darling@mindlink.bc.ca, > sgn-bc@evergreen.ca, fosp@web.APC.ORG, lgillies@cln.etc.bc.ca, > ashaorack@selkirk.bc.ca, feanr722@bcit.bc.ca, mrogers@island.net, > gsa@island.net, dnutini@ciao.trail.bc.ca, sf-pirg@sfu.ca, > jay.macarthur@tc.resonet.com, ufawu@mindlink.bc.ca, > jtabak@mindlink.bc.ca, trevorj@mindlink.bc.ca, skies@islandnet.com, > hay@cariboo.bc.ca, sc-oscom@unixg.ubc.ca, > vdemarch@fwhdept.env.gov.bc.ca, chartwig@uvic.ca, srautio@awinc.com, > impulse@islandnet.com >Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 12:27:01 +0000 >Subject: car and the city press release >Reply-to: nwwatch@igc.apc.org >Priority: normal > > Media Advisory for April 17 through 19, 1996 >Contacts: >Alan Durning 206-447-1880 >Donna Morton 206-447-1880 > > > >CITIES SAFER THAN SUBURBS > >New Study Details Costs of Sprawl, Shows How Northwest Is Leading A Revolution Toward >More Livable Cities > > Cities are safer than suburbs. That is the remarkable conclusion of >The Car and the City, a new study from Northwest Environment Watch. City dwellers have >been migrating to the suburbs for decades, partly from the misguided perception that they >will be safer. But car accidents kill more people -- especially young people -- than >either guns or drugs, according to the Seattle-based group. > >The Car and the City documents this surprising phenomenon, and many other social, >environmental, and economic costs of urban sprawl. But this important book also reviews >how some visionary people in the Pacific Northwest are reversing sprawl and revitalizing >cities. > >Although the Pacific Northwest, like other places, has suffered under the dysfunctional >relationship between cars and cities, the region also has a wealth of solutions. The Car >and the City shows how people in Portland, Seattle and Vancouver are quietly but >radically changing their cities, making the Northwest a laboratory for the reinvention of >urban life. These include: > >  A system of free busses in downtown Portland, with shelters equipped with >television monitors giving >up-to-the-minute bus schedules. > >  A Vancouver neighborhood that has been transformed from a concrete jungle to a >dynamic and livable >urban neighborhood. > >  Washington's Commute Trip Reduction Law took 120,000 cars off the road every >weekday in its first >two years of operation. > >The Car and the City also proposes innovative solutions to the problems engendered by >sprawl, including paying auto insurance and registration fees at the gasoline pump, so >those who drive the most miles pay higher premiums. Another proposal is changing lending >rules so that people with fewer cars -- and thus fewer expenses -- qualify for larger >home mortgages. > > -the end- > > >Press Invitation > > >Please join us at one of the following Press Breakfasts: > >Seattle: Wednesday April 17, Horizon House, 900 University St. - 19th floor, > (Sky Lounge), at 10 a.m. > >Vancouver: Thursday April 18, Coast Plaza hotel at Stanley Park, 1733 Comox St., > (Mountain Room), at 10 a.m. > >Portland: Friday April 19, Atwater's Restaurant, 111 SW Fifth Ave., >(Jefferson Room), at 9:30 a.m. Also available: 74-page book The Car and the City, 2-page >"24 Steps to Safe Streets and Healthy Communities", executive summary, audio feed (30 >second), videofeed (1 minute interview/ 2 minute B-role), British Columbia factsheet, and >outside media contacts sheet. > > 24 Steps to Safe Streets and Healthy Communities > from Alan Durning, The Car and the City > > >1. Read The Car and the City on the bus. What you see depends on where you sit. Good >urban design creates public spaces that are safe and inviting; bad design results in a >menacing public realm. But the difference is hard to see from the driver's seat. > >2. Make streets in a grid. Put in diverters. A grid allows better traffic flow than the >sprawl model of cul-de-sacs, feeder roads, connector roads, and highways. Diverters slow >cars but allow bikes and pedestrians free movement. > >3. Lay out small blocks with small lots. Compact scale creates a diverse but comfortable >environment for foot travelers. > >4. Surround the sidewalk with greenery. Good landscaping makes walking a pleasure. > >5. Mix offices, shops, and homes. Blending these usually compartmentalized land-use >categories allows proximity to replace mobility. > >6. Install bike racks. Lack of bike racks is a major obstacle to bike use. > >7. Build new high rise neighborhoods in depressed industrial zones. Well designed >high-density neighborhoods are the essence of walkable cities. Underused industrial land >is available around many city centers. > >8. Fight urban crime. One-third of low-density dwellers in greater Seattle would be >willing to live in a medium- or high-density neighborhood if they felt safe there. > >9. Factor auto-dependence into mortgage qualification rules. If proximity allows >households to shed their second or third car, they can save an average of $300 a month, >enabling them to make larger loan payments. > >10. Surround downtown with pedestrian voters. If business districts are surrounded by >high-density, pedestrian-oriented communities, a pedestrian voting bloc will emerge to >counter the motor lobby. > >11. Don't exempt gasoline from retail sales tax. Gas taxes are user fees that pay only >for roads. Sales taxes support the general functions of government, yet many states and >provinces exempt gas on the spurious basis that it is already taxed. > >12. Eliminate the mortgage interest deduction. The interest deduction is an incentive to >buy bigger, more expensive houses -- often suburban mansions. It is one of the largest >handouts in the U.S. tax code and a huge indirect subsidy to sprawl. > >13. Calm traffic. Speed bumps, traffic diverters, and street-narrowing curb bubbles all >slow traffic; fast traffic deters pedestrians and cyclists. > >14. Complete the pedestrian infrastructure. One-third of Seattle streets lack sidewalks. >Sidewalks should be wide enough to allow three people to walk abreast comfortably. > >15. Build front porches. Front porches encourage walking and add to the sense of >community in a neighborhood. > >16. Fill in suburban neighborhoods. Raising density is the key to better transit and >more local shops. Residential neighborhoods can begin by allowing "mother-in-law" >apartments. > >17. Hold a community meeting to develop a shared vision of the future. Change is >fiercely resisted when it seems imposed by others. > >18. Sell insurance by the slice. Pay-at-the-pump insurance lets drivers buy only the >insurance they need. It also eliminates uninsured motorists. > >19. Deregulate parking. Americans end 99 percent of auto trips at "free" parking spaces. >But they're not actually free - someone pays for them. Deregulating parking would induce >market pricing for most parking, allowing drivers to only pay for what they used. > >20. Use parking meter proceeds for neighborhood funds. Charging for curbside parking >ensures that drivers pay rent for their use of public rights-of-way. Using the proceeds >for neighborhood improvements keeps the revenue in the community. > >21. Ask your employer to take back your parking space and give you a $2,000 raise. Free >employee parking is a tax-free fringe benefit worth $2,000 a year or more. Non- drivers >get no similar benefit. > >22. Exempt buildings from the property tax. Shifting property taxes off of buildings and >onto land promotes re-development of urban neighborhoods. > >23. Shift taxes off work and onto pollution. Partially replacing income taxes with fuel >and vehicle use taxes helps both the economy and the environment. > >24. Give The Car and the City to the person beside you on the bus. > > > >EXECUTIVE SUMMARY >from The Car and the City > > > Comparison of Portland, Seattle and Vancouver > >Sprawl is not inevitable--it is the result of urban planning, public transportation and >highway construction decisions. > >Suburban Sprawl > >Population growth and suburban development patterns are increasing our dependence on the >automobile : > >* Between 1970 and 1990 greater Seattle's developed land area grew twice as fast as >population. By the end of this period nine square miles of open space was being overtaken >each year and nearly 70% of the tidal wetlands had been lost. Greater Seattle has 400 >square miles of rural land development planned by 2020, despite a statewide growth >management act. > >* Although there is considerable growth taking place outside the city, Greater Vancouver >converted less rural land to urban uses for every additional thousand residents than any >other Canadian metropolis and it was sprawling at 1/3 the rate of Seattle, despite >comparable population growth. > >* Portland's suburbs are hundreds of square miles of low density sprawl, taking over >some of Oregon's most fertile land. > >Urban Design Models > >Sprawl is the problem, but revitalized cities are the solution. There are areas within >the Pacific Northwest which could serve as models for future development, where the car >is one of many convenient transportation modes : > >* The best places in the Pacific Northwest to be a pedestrian are Vancouver's West End, >Victoria and downtown >Portland. > >* Vancouver is a continent-wide leader in arresting sprawl--with inward, rather than >outward growth. The West >End; a tree-lined square mile of residences, offices and shops between downtown Vancouver >and Stanley Park; >is the Northwest's best model of urban livability. Most of North America has sought to >provide access through >greater mobility. The West End has provided it through greater proximity. > >* Downtown Portland is the best case of urban planning in the western United States. >Between 1970 and 1990 the share of downtown workers riding transit rose to more than 40% >: Car traffic stabilized, even though the number of jobs downtown increased by half >during the same time period. These trends are in part due to : Portland's moratorium on >downtown parking growth, the decision to turn an expressway into a riverfront park, and >the conversion of a parking lot into a town square. > >Unique Transportation Ideas > >There are unique ways of dealing with transportation issues : > >* Washington's Commute Trip Reduction Law took 120,000 cars off the road every weekday >in its first two years of operation. Seattle corporations have unique ways of meeting >these requirements. Nordstrom guarantees a ride home to any worker who commutes without a >car and has a family emergency. Key Bank matches workers with the branch closest to their >home, reducing commute lengths by 17% over the first year of the program. > >* Portland has many innovative methods of making transit more attractive and faster: tv >monitors with up-to-the minute bus schedules, trackside wheelchair lifts, ticket vending >machines on the platform and shelters at all stops. > >* To encourage car-less travel, in 1994 Portland put a fleet of 450 community bicycles >on its streets. This inspired Salem, OR and Victoria, BC to follow suit. Boeing has had a >similar system for decades, allowing workers to leave their cars at home, even if they >have to "commute" between buildings in Boeing's giant production facilities. > >Parking > >It is important to consider parking when dealing with transportation issues. Zoning >requirements for parking spaces have resulted in an abundance of free parking and have >further encouraged auto dependence : * In the US, employers may provide parking worth up >to $155/month as an untaxed fringe benefit, compared to only $60/month for transit fares. >Tests of cash-out parking in LA show that as many as 2/5 commuters would take the cash >and leave their cars at home. > >* Offices of government agencies in greater Vancouver encourage auto dependence by >giving away parking worth CAN$26 million/year. > >* Portland recently permitted the construction of a downtown low-income housing project >without any off-street parking, a waiver that likely shaved more than $10,000 off the >cost of each apartment. > >The Car and the City, by Alan Durning > > > Peter Ronald - Impulse Communications impulse@islandnet.com "Romani ite domum" From ???@??? Tue Apr 23 17:56:00 1996 Return-Path: Received: from carver.pinc.com by comm.amtsgi.bc.ca with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #5) id m0uBc7R-000Vt1C; Tue, 23 Apr 96 00:02 PDT Received: from [199.60.118.107] (pinc123.pinc.com [199.60.118.123]) by carver.pinc.com (8.7.1/8.7.3) with SMTP id AAA13537; Tue, 23 Apr 1996 00:03:01 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 00:03:01 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: nabbey@alternatives.com, hbreen@island.net, uri@saltspring.com, guillem@mala.bc.ca, rlagasse@cln.etc.bc.ca, laurie@island.net, martin@mala.bc.ca, ridingto@unixg.ubc.ca, mrogers@island.net, drubin@cln.etc.bc.ca, emerald@islandnet.com, yacinfo@mars.ark.com, Jillian_Ridington@gulfnet.pinc.com, hastings@ocgy.ubc.ca, ckline@unixg.ubc.ca, vws@web.apc.org, vicy@island.net, dmorgan@web.apc.org, goldbergs@mala.bc.ca, jrussow@uvaix3e1.comp.UVic.CA, shinnick@mindlink.bc.ca, impulse@islandnet.com, mspencer@web.apc.org, hansen@www.alternatives.com, sldf@wimsey.com, gdauncey@islandnet.com, fan@alternatives.com, gsa@island.net, rmoorest@direct.ca, dbroten@oberon.ark.com, ub451@freenet.victoria.bc.ca, cnp@web.apc.org, ear@cyberstore.ca, micarr@unixg.ubc.ca, ad207@freenet.carleton.ca, foci@web.apc.org, nolansj@mala.bc.ca, sennette@island.net, at491@freenet.carleton.ca, hjruiten@web.apc.org, ingkhai@direct.ca, hstiff@island.net From: era@pinc.com (David White) Subject: ENGO SELL OUT Cc: Greenpeace.Toronto@green2.greenpeace.org, GP.London@green2.greenpeace.org, Tamara Stark , bcgreens-l@mars.ark.com Dear fellow activist, I am sending you some recent correspondence that I have directed to the Council of Environmental Voters which sponsors "British Columbians for a Better Environment" (BCBE). These groups purport to represent such diverse ENGO's as BC Wild, Greenpeace, Sierra Club, BC Spaces, Earthcare, WWF, Sierra Legal Defence Fund, and Save Georgia Strait Alliance. The purported aim of the organization is to promote the environment, but it is clear that it is working to ensure that the NDP will be re-elected. If this is acceptable to you, then I remind you that the Green Party of British Columbia has been a leader in environmental political action, and received the fourth highest popular vote in the last election. But you may already know this. The Council is extremely well funded., and I am concerned that it is actually a front group for the NDP, or even worse getting its funds from big US oil money (Pew Foundation). I have asked the Council for a financial disclosure, but they have not responded. The Friends of Clayoquot Sound have left BCBE, because they felt that the BCBE's publicity showed NDP bias, and that the BCBE's issues did not reflect their issues. It is surprising, however, that Greenpeace and the Save Georgia Strait Alliance - groups which have until now represented integrity - have remained in the BCBE. I congratulate the Friends, and am asking you to apply pressure upon groups within the BCBE to withdraw their support. I intend to go to the media with this story once the writ has been dropped. Yours sincerely, David White, Green Party of BC Candidate, Victoria Hillside April 21, 1996 Attention BCBE Group members, The BCBE (British Columbians for a Better Environment) has made a large mailout to environmental groups which includes refrigerator magnets, buttons (Don't Make Your Vote A Toxic Waste), and related literature. While somewhat critical of the NDP government, the accompanying documents compares the leadership and policies of the Reform and Liberals in a less than favourable light. There is little discussion in that document of the BC Green Party, despite the fact that the Greens managed to secure the fourth greatest popular vote in the last election. The one time the Greens are mentioned is in an Op-ed Vancouver Sun piece authored by Mahon piece, but the reference to the Greens is no more than offhand remarks. On April 6, I wrote to the BCBE expressing my concern that the organization seemed to be a front group for the NDP. Many of the groups signing on to the BCBE have financially benefited from their association with the NDP, and Greg McDade recently received a QC. The most recent mailout confirms my initial suspicions. I am asking for a complete accounting of the BCBE's and Council of Environmental Voter's source of funding. On April 6th I wrote the BCBC the following, and received no response: >Dear British Columbian for a Better Environment, > > >As a long time activist, and critic of the elite clique of the Pew-funded >BC Wild, I am not surprised to see that BC Wild founders such as Vicky >Husband (Sierra Club of B.C.), Rick Careless (WWF and BC Spaces), Llyod >Manchestor (Earthcare) and Greg McDade (Sierra Legal Defence) are >promoting a compromised environmental platform reminiscent of several >years of institutional collusion between government and industry. > >I am astounded, however, that generally non- compromising activists groups >such as Greenpeace, Friends of Clayoquot Sound and Save Georgia Strait >Alliance would lend their name to the British Columbians for a Better >Environment and the Council of Environmental Voters. > >There are serious divisions within the enivrionmental movement, and to >ignore them is to allow the apologists to move ahead with their >collaboration. Several years ago when I was on the boards of directors of >the Sierra Club of Western Canada and the British Columbia Environmental >Network, I uncovered a secret document; seven individuals were applying >for funding from big American foundations - mainly oil money. These >individuals claimed to represent, not only the individual groups some of >which they had bypassed, but also the whole B.C. environmental movement. >These individuals eventually called themselves B.C. Wild, and their agenda >appears to be set by these US foundations. Their agenda of protecting >more rock and ice appears to be the same as the NDP govenment's. The BC >Wild approach to issues appears to be to ask for not what must be done, >but what is "reasonable" and "doable" - the classic NDP compromise >position. There are many people within the groups making up BC Wild who >actively support or are financially supported by the NDP. > >Groups such as Earthcare have received generous benefits from NDP largess. >Ric Careless is well positioned within the NDP lackey system. Vicky >Husband has been actively endorsing NDP compromised positions as "win-win" >situations. I accused Vicky Husband of being a government collaborator >when she publicly congratulated the NDP for protecting 6% of coastal >rainforests - a position she took without even consulting the Sierra Club. >Sierra Club Chairperson, Pat Moss, is a prominent NDP activist. All of >this is on the public record, no matter how uncomfortable it is for some >people to admit. > >That is why I was so dismayed to see those groups whom I have always >considered to have integrity involved with the BCBE and the Council of >Environmental Voters. Greenpeace? The Friends? Save Georgia? Do you >really think that the Forest Practices Code is actually worthy of support? >Do you believe that Forest Renewal is something more that another subsidy >to the forest industry? Have you forgotten when over 20 TFL's were >secretly renewed? Will you now shrug off the 800 people who were arrested >and prosecuted as criminals by the NDP? Are you willing to turn the other >cheek when a massive freeway is constructed down Vancouver Island. Your >ten questions are set up to make the NDP appear to be the environmental >saviours if only they would proceed a little further with their >milquetoast programs > >I used to be a member of the Green Caucus of the NDP, and then I was on >the executive in Moe Sihota's constitutency. I left the party the day >after the Clayoquot decision was announced. In the coming election, I will >be running as a Green. I will speak plainly. My suspicion is that the >Council of Environmental Voters is a front for the NDP. Where exactly are >funds for the BCBE and Council coming from? > >BC has consistently suffered years of abuse as a result of sympathetic >administrations ignoring the environmental devastation caused by industry. >Concerned citizens must now act to prevent further government - industry - >compromiser collusion. > >Yours sincerely, > >David White From ???@??? Tue Apr 30 18:32:51 1996 Return-Path: Received: from unixg.ubc.ca by comm.amtsgi.bc.ca with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #5) id m0uEPMm-000VtbC; Tue, 30 Apr 96 17:02 PDT Received: from netinfo.ubc.ca (netiback.unixg.ubc.ca [192.168.10.1]) by unixg.ubc.ca (8.7.4/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA24970; Tue, 30 Apr 1996 17:00:13 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1996 17:00:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Amir Attaran X-Sender: attaran@netinfo.ubc.ca To: bcgreens@alternatives.com cc: era@pinc.com, nabbey@alternatives.com, hbreen@island.net, uri@saltspring.com, guillem@mala.bc.ca, rlagasse@cln.etc.bc.ca, laurie@island.net, martin@mala.bc.ca, ridingto@unixg.ubc.ca, mrogers@island.net, drubin@cln.etc.bc.ca, emerald@islandnet.com, yacinfo@mars.ark.com, Jillian_Ridington@gulfnet.pinc.com, hastings@ocgy.ubc.ca, ckline@unixg.ubc.ca, vws@web.apc.org, vicy@island.net, dmorgan@web.apc.org, goldbergs@mala.bc.ca, jrussow@uvaix3e1.comp.UVic.CA, shinnick@mindlink.bc.ca, impulse@islandnet.com, mspencer@web.apc.org, hansen@www.alternatives.com, sldf@wimsey.com, gdauncey@islandnet.com, fan@alternatives.com, gsa@island.net, rmoorest@direct.ca, dbroten@oberon.ark.com, ub451@freenet.victoria.bc.ca, cnp@web.apc.org, ear@cyberstore.ca, micarr@unixg.ubc.ca, ad207@freenet.carleton.ca, foci@web.apc.org, nolansj@mala.bc.ca, sennette@island.net, at491@freenet.carleton.ca, hjruiten@web.apc.org, ingkhai@direct.ca, hstiff@island.net, uri@saltspring.com, sennette@island.net, seaturtles@igc.apc.org, guillem@mala.bc.ca, rlagasse@cln.etc.bc.ca, jenlash@island.net, ridingto@unixg.ubc.ca, jrussow@uvic.ca, sparker@alternatives.com, ear@cyberstore.ca, bssi@mars.ark.com, stefano@island.net, endarms@web.net, smorin@mars.ark.com, nabbey@alternatives.com, greenpeace.toronto@g2.greenpeace.org, drubin@cln.etc.bc.ca, jkurtz@island.net, boblyons@alternatives.com, martin@mala.bc.ca, hjruiten@web.apc.org, donna_anderson@mindlink.bc.ca, hstiff@island.net, thacker@island.net, mrogers@island.net, ingkhai@direct.ca, ad207@freenet.carleton.ca, yacinfo@mars.ark.com, pmaxx@island.net, impulse@islandnet.com, gtaylor@islandnet.com, bondf@mala.bc.ca, bhumphrey@sd68.nanaimo.bc.ca, tpreeve@island.net, sierrabc@cyberstore.ca, at491@freenet.carleton.ca, hargrave@islandnet.com, estewart@island.net, coop@netshop.net, cooling@mala.bc.ca, dcull@qb.island.net, drogers@island.net, vicy@island.net, skies@islandnet.com, dmorgan@igc.apc.org, sounder@island.net, emerald@islandnet.com, ara@web.apc.org, hbreen@island.net, treeline@mindlink.bc.ca, khudson@helix.net, nwwatch@igc.apc.org, dbroten@oberon.ark.com, ckline@unixg.ubc.ca, mspencer@web.apc.org, gdauncey@islandnet.ca, phillip@coc.powell-river.bc.ca, rfeagan@spartan.ac.BrockU.ca, bucksuzuki@ufawu.com, gfbirks@watservl.uwaterloo.ca, uc393@freenet.victoria.bc.ca, pgrignon@island.net, uc393@freenet.victoria.bc.ca, uixote@igc.apc.org, rage@coil.com, wawrzynk@bagneux.fr, mumia@aol.com, aheintzm@sfu.ca, vws@web.net, g3skerr@cdf.toronto.edu, freedom@peg.apc.org, jason@ee.pdx.edu, deke@iww.org, fam0393@commune.bologna.it, clear@ewg.org, 75250.735@compuserve.com, howi@freenet.carleton.ca, thassan@trentu.ca, kfoss@trentu.ca, jmetcalfe@trentu.ca, sforbes@trentu.ca, eoaim@speakeasy.org, bcgreens-l@mars.ark.com, era@pinc.com, rmoorest@direct.ca, sldf@wimsey, cnp@web.apc.org, shinnick@mindlink.bc.ca, bmcguff@island.net, janblack@island.net, dweston@island.net, alikim@island.net, hansen@www.alternatives.com, kotsopou@sfu.ca, jsbender@artsu1.watstar.uwaterloo.ca, jjazz@freenet.hamilton.on.ca, g3skerr@cdf.toronto.edu, cjswfm@acs.ucalgary.ca, ferguson@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca, colbyb@island.net, Tamara.Stark@green2.greenpeace.org, GP.London@green2.greenpeace.org, g.blipton@inforamp.net, holansj@mala.bc.ca, micarr@unixg.ubc.ca, dmorgan@web.apc.org, sources@sources.com, bondf@mala.bc.ca, lizbb@nrdc.org, adcom@netshop.net, wilbur@wilbur.seanet.com, lbaile@prl.pulmonary.ubc.ca, bevans@mail.unixg.ubc.ca, greenpeace.vancouver@green2.greenpeace.org, Soren_Bech@bcgeu.bc.ca, 73437.3247@compuserve.com, tedkendall@aol.com, rainwood@ran.org, crn@helix.net, houligan@helix.net, awilson@island.net Subject: Open letter to Stewart Parker / B.C. for Better Environment Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Open Letter to Stewart Parker Green Party CC: David White Recently, there have been a spate of E-mail letters from some Green Party candidates and supporters criticizing the British Columbians for a Better Environment campaign. Some people want this campaign to outright endorse the Green Party (which as you are aware, a non-partisan group cannot do), and others (although not offering to work on the campaign or assist in its funding) are unhappy with the strategic tone of the campaign, and the failure to more harshly criticize the NDP. While debate and differences of opinion are healthy, the energy level and the over-zealous personal tone of some of this debate is fast becoming counter-productive. Although I hesitate to get into the line of fire, someone needs to speak up. I believe your leadership would be helpful, and you should step into this matter. I sympathize and agree with those in the environmental movement that grow impatient with the pace of change in society. We can argue as to whether its fair to blame this problem on the existing environmental groups, rather than the profit-hungry corporations and comfort-loving middle class. But can that impatience ever justify such attacks on our friends and allies and deflecting our energies away from the real enemies and root problems? Surely we can all accept that most people who devote all of their time and creative energy to working for environmental causes obviously care deeply about making the necessary societal change. I wholeheartedly respect each of them. There will always be some in any social movement who for personal reasons want to be seen to be the 'most radical' and therefore oppose any signs of success. But I believe most environmentalists sincerely want to see society change at the maximum rate possible, without producing bloodshed or a backlash that destroys all we have gained. Assuming we are on the same side of that choice, there will, of course, always be a wide diversity of opinion on how fast society can be persuaded or forced to change. I too become impatient with those in the movement who I think ask for too little, or compromise too much. But equally I think there may sometimes be those who act unwisely, and ask for too much too quickly, and lose touch with the reality of the society we live in. But I respect the role that each has to play (indeed both may be necessary), if they are sincere, and I value them because I know we agree on the ultimate direction. Finding the proper strategy balance is a personal choice, with the awareness that we can be wrong. Surely the "right" decision is not always simply the most radical. There will always be someone who has a wilder, harsher or more off-the-wall idea. But this is not just as a matter of respect. It is also a matter of strategy and proper use of time. There will always be disagreements about degree. Although Martin Luther King had harsh words for moderate white ministers in his classic Letter from a Birmingham Jail: "I must confess that over the last few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizens Councilor or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says, "I agree with you in goal you seek, but I can't agree with your methods of direct action"; who paternalistically feels he can set the timetable for another manUs freedom; who lives by the myth of time and who constantly advised the Negro to wait until a 'more convenient season'. Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection." Those sentiments did not mean he elected to spend his valuable time attacking those ministers -- it simply justified his ignoring their pleas to slow down. Nothing could deflect him from his efforts to attack to his real enemies, and to obtain justice for his people. How do we justify attacking each other? Results are what matters. Who cares about the pure idealism of a Dave White if he accomplishes nothing and inspires nobody. Does he really believe his radicalism is more important to the future of the world than the accomplishments of Greenpeace, the Sierra Club, the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, the Save Georgia Strait Alliance and all the others that he casually dismisses as "compromisers". Respect is to be earned, not demanded. Do your supporters honestly have nothing better to do with their time, their energy, and most importantly, their precious rare media opportunities than to waste them on attacks upon the mainstream environmentalists with whom they disagree? Does this reflect your priorities? Does the Green Party support 'purges' on true environmentalists whose ideals are not judged sufficiently 'pure'? Is there only one correct 'party line'? What extremism this can produce. It reminds me of the endless fine-tuning of dogma of the Trotskyites and Leninists, and it can lead to the undemocratic excesses of a Stalin on the left, or a McCarthy on the right. If so, it doesn't matter how much I agree with your goals and your principles -- Gaia help us if you ever get into power. If your candidates ever hope to lead people they have to show theyUre deserving of it. I have agreed with you (and with David Suzuki) that the Green Party is the only political party that is advocating the type of long-term fundamental change that is necessary if society is to survive in any kind of livable form. But it is not enough to achieve change for you just to be "right". You also have build support, to inspire, and to lead. If your Party hopes to ever succeed in the political process, your whole Party is going to have to learn to build allegiances, and to work with your natural allies. They won't build allies by personal attacks. The actions and efforts of some of your candidates need to be re-directed if this is to work. I hope you'll get involved to bring some common sense and decency to this debate. We agree on the objectives. Let's get on with fighting the real problems. With respect, Greg McDade From ???@??? Mon Apr 29 19:53:24 1996 Return-Path: Received: from carver.pinc.com by comm.amtsgi.bc.ca with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #5) id m0uDm3N-000VxUC; Sun, 28 Apr 96 23:03 PDT Received: from [199.60.118.113] (pinc113.pinc.com [199.60.118.113]) by carver.pinc.com (8.7.1/8.7.3) with SMTP id XAA15808; Sun, 28 Apr 1996 23:01:45 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 28 Apr 1996 23:01:45 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: nabbey@alternatives.com, hbreen@island.net, uri@saltspring.com, guillem@mala.bc.ca, rlagasse@cln.etc.bc.ca, laurie@island.net, martin@mala.bc.ca, ridingto@unixg.ubc.ca, mrogers@island.net, drubin@cln.etc.bc.ca, emerald@islandnet.com, yacinfo@mars.ark.com, Jillian_Ridington@gulfnet.pinc.com, hastings@ocgy.ubc.ca, ckline@unixg.ubc.ca, vws@web.apc.org, vicy@island.net, dmorgan@web.apc.org, goldbergs@mala.bc.ca, jrussow@uvaix3e1.comp.UVic.CA, shinnick@mindlink.bc.ca, impulse@islandnet.com, mspencer@web.apc.org, hansen@www.alternatives.com, sldf@wimsey.com, gdauncey@islandnet.com, fan@alternatives.com, gsa@island.net, rmoorest@direct.ca, dbroten@oberon.ark.com, ub451@freenet.victoria.bc.ca, cnp@web.apc.org, ear@cyberstore.ca, micarr@unixg.ubc.ca, ad207@freenet.carleton.ca, foci@web.apc.org, nolansj@mala.bc.ca, sennette@island.net, at491@freenet.carleton.ca, hjruiten@web.apc.org, ingkhai@direct.ca, hstiff@island.net From: era@pinc.com (David White) Subject: BCBE Oil-funded NDP Front Group Cc: uri@saltspring.com, sennette@island.net, seaturtles@igc.apc.org, guillem@mala.bc.ca, rlagasse@cln.etc.bc.ca, jenlash@island.net, ridingto@unixg.ubc.ca, jrussow@uvic.ca, sparker@alternatives.com, ear@cyberstore.ca, bssi@mars.ark.com, stefano@island.net, endarms@web.net, smorin@mars.ark.com, nabbey@alternatives.com, greenpeace.toronto@g2.greenpeace.org, drubin@cln.etc.bc.ca, jkurtz@island.net, boblyons@alternatives.com, martin@mala.bc.ca, hjruiten@web.apc.org, donna_anderson@mindlink.bc.ca, hstiff@island.net, thacker@island.net, mrogers@island.net, ingkhai@direct.ca, ad207@freenet.carleton.ca, yacinfo@mars.ark.com, pmaxx@island.net, impulse@islandnet.com, gtaylor@islandnet.com, bondf@mala.bc.ca, bhumphrey@sd68.nanaimo.bc.ca, tpreeve@island.net, sierrabc@cyberstore.ca, at491@freenet.carleton.ca, hargrave@islandnet.com, estewart@island.net, coop@netshop.net, cooling@mala.bc.ca, dcull@qb.island.net, drogers@island.net, vicy@island.net, skies@islandnet.com, dmorgan@igc.apc.org, sounder@island.net, emerald@islandnet.com, ara@web.apc.org, hbreen@island.net, treeline@mindlink.bc.ca, khudson@helix.net, nwwatch@igc.apc.org, dbroten@oberon.ark.com, ckline@unixg.ubc.ca, mspencer@web.apc.org, gdauncey@islandnet.ca, phillip@coc.powell-river.bc.ca, rfeagan@spartan.ac.BrockU.ca, bucksuzuki@ufawu.com, gfbirks@watservl.uwaterloo.ca, uc393@freenet.victoria.bc.ca, pgrignon@island.net, uc393@freenet.victoria.bc.ca, uixote@igc.apc.org, rage@coil.com, wawrzynk@bagneux.fr, mumia@aol.com, aheintzm@sfu.ca, vws@web.net, g3skerr@cdf.toronto.edu, freedom@peg.apc.org, jason@ee.pdx.edu, deke@iww.org, fam0393@commune.bologna.it, clear@ewg.org, 75250.735@compuserve.com, howi@freenet.carleton.ca, thassan@trentu.ca, kfoss@trentu.ca, jmetcalfe@trentu.ca, sforbes@trentu.ca, eoaim@speakeasy.org, bcgreens-l@mars.ark.com, era@pinc.com, rmoorest@direct.ca, sldf@wimsey, cnp@web.apc.org, shinnick@mindlink.bc.ca, bmcguff@island.net, janblack@island.net, dweston@island.net, alikim@island.net, hansen@www.alternatives.com, kotsopou@sfu.ca, jsbender@artsu1.watstar.uwaterloo.ca, jjazz@freenet.hamilton.on.ca, g3skerr@cdf.toronto.edu, cjswfm@acs.ucalgary.ca, ferguson@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca, colbyb@island.net, Tamara.Stark@green2.greenpeace.org, GP.London@green2.greenpeace.o, g.blipton@inforamp.net, holansj@mala.bc.ca, micarr@unixg.ubc.ca, dmorgan@web.apc.org, sources@sources.com, bondf@mala.bc.ca, lizbb@nrdc.org, adcom@netshop.net, wilbur@wilbur.seanet.com, lbaile@prl.pulmonary.ubc.ca, bevans@mail.unixg.ubc.ca, greenpeace.vancouver@green2.greenpeace.org, Soren_Bech@bcgeu.bc.ca, 73437.3247@compuserve.com, tedkendall@aol.com, rainwood@ran.org, crn@helix.net, houligan@helix.net, awilson@island.net Colleagues, Last week, my second request for a financial accounting of the BCBE was ignored by the Council of Environmental Voters. Until there is other evidence to the contrary, one must conclude that the BCBE is a front group for the NDP and is financed with American big oil (Pew Foundation) money. I also asked members of Greenpeace, Save Georgia Strait Alliance and the Friends of Clayoquot Sound to apply pressure on these organizations to withdraw from the BCBE and Council. The Friends of Clayoquot Sound has withdrawn from the BCBE. This week, the BCBE mailed a brochure to tens of thousands of homes with the message that the NDP have done a good job, but can do better. Climate Change, Clayoquot Sound, the Island Highway, The Green Party etc. were again ignored. I will make the story public at the BCEN AGM next weekend in Vancouver unless there is complete financial disclosure. David White BACKGROUND SENT April 21, 1996. >The BCBE (British Columbians for a Better Environment) has made a large >mailout to environmental groups which includes refrigerator magnets, >buttons (Don't Make Your Vote A Toxic Waste), and related literature. >While somewhat critical of the NDP government, the accompanying documents >compares the leadership and policies of the Reform and Liberals in a less >than favourable light. There is little discussion in that document of the >BC Green Party, despite the fact that the Greens managed to secure the >fourth greatest popular vote in the last election. >The one time the Greens are mentioned is in an Op-ed Vancouver Sun piece >authored by Mahon piece, but the refernence to the Greens is no more than >offhand remarks. >On April 6, I wrote to the BCBE expressing my concern that the >organization seemed to be a front group for the NDP. Many of the groups >signing on to the BCBE have financially benefited from their association >with the NDP, and Greg McDade recently received a QC. The most recent >mailout confirms my initial suspicions. I am asking for a complete >accounting of the BCBE's and Council of Environmental Voter's source of >funding. > SENT APRIL 6, 1996. >>As a long time activist, and critic of the elite clique of the Pew-funded >>BC Wild, I am not surprised to see that BC Wild founders such as Vicky >>Husband (Sierra Club of B.C.), Rick Careless (WWF and BC Spaces), Llyod >>Manchestor (Earthcare) and Greg McDade (Sierra Legal Defence) are >>promoting a compromised environmental platform reminiscent of several >>years of institutional collusion between government and industry. > >>I am astounded, however, that generally non- compromising activists >>groups such as Greenpeace, Friends of Clayoquot Sound and Save Georgia >>Strait Alliance would lend their name to the British Columbians for a >>Better Environment and the Council of Environmental Voters. > >>There are serious divisions within the enivrionmental movement, and to >>ignore them is to allow the apologists to move ahead with their >>collaboration. Several years ago when I was on the boards of directors >>of the Sierra Club of Western Canada and the British Columbia >>Environmental Network, I uncovered a secret document; seven individuals >>were applying for funding from big American foundations - mainly oil >>money. These individuals claimed to represent, not only the individual >>groups some of which they had bypassed, but also the whole B.C. >>environmental movement. These individuals eventually called themselves >>B.C. Wild, and their agenda appears to be set by these foundations. >>Their agenda of protecting more rock and ice appears to be the same as >>the NDP govenment's. The BC Wild approach to issues appears to be to >>ask for not what must be done, but what is "reasonable" and "doable" - >>the classic NDP compromise position. There are many people within the >>groups making up BC Wild who actively support or are financially >>supported by the NDP. > >>Groups such as Earthcare have received generous benefits from NDP >>largess. Ric Careless is well positioned within the NDP lackey system. >>Vicky Husband has been actively endorsing NDP compromised positions as >>"win-win" situations. I accused Vicky Husband of being a government >>collaborator when she publicly congratulated the NDP for protecting 6% of >>coastal rainforests - a position she took without even consulting the >>Sierra Club. Sierra Club Chairperson, Pat Moss, is a prominent NDP >>activist. All of this is on the public record, no matter how >>uncomfortable it is for some people to admit. > >>That is why I was so dismayed to see those groups whom I have always >>considered to have integrity involved with the BCBE and the Council of >>Environmental Voters. Greenpeace? The Friends? Save Georgia? Do you >>really think that the Forest Practices Code is actually worthy of >>support? Do you believe that Forest Renewal is something more that >>another subsidy to the forest industry? Have you forgotten when over 20 >>TFL's were secretly renewed? Will you now shrug off the 800 people who >>were arrested and prosecuted as criminals by the NDP? Are you willing to >>turn the other cheek when a massive freeway is constructed down Vancouver >>Island. Your ten questions are set up to make the NDP appear to be the >>environmental saviours if only they would proceed a little further with >>their milquetoast programs > >>I used to be a member of the Green Caucus of the NDP, and then I was on >>the executive in Moe Sihota's constitutency. I left the party the day >>after the Clayoquot decision was announced. In the coming election, I >>will be running as a Green. I will speak plainly. My suspicion is that >>the Council of Environmental Voters is a front for the NDP. Where exactly >>are funds for the BCBE and Council coming from? > >>BC has consistently suffered years of abuse as a result of sympathetic >>administrations ignoring the environmental devastation caused by >>industry. Concerned citizens must now act to prevent further government - >>industry - compromiser collusion. > >>Yours sincerely, >> >>David White From ???@??? Mon Apr 29 19:53:35 1996 Return-Path: Received: from i1-23.islandnet.com by comm.amtsgi.bc.ca with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #5) id m0uDmep-000VwOC; Sun, 28 Apr 96 23:42 PDT Message-Id: Date: Sun, 28 Apr 96 23:42 PDT X-Sender: impulse@islandnet.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: uc090@ciao.trail.bc.ca,blyons@alternatives.com,uh919@freenet.victoria.bc.ca,chrisg,focs@web.apc.org (Yvonne Beaudry),chris.hatch@green2.dat.de,karen.mahon@green2.dat.de,macduff@IslandNet.com,rainforest@igc.apc.org,tamara.stark@green2.dat.de,tzeporFrom: impulse@islandnet.com (Peter Ronald) Subject: BCEN AGM 1996 Greetings, As sure as the wet coastal spring, the BCEN AGM once again approaches. I am writing this note to a selected group of allies to remind you of this annual enviro-schmooze and to invite your consideration of the event's importance. This year's event is being held at the UBC Campus on Point Grey, Vancouver, BC, Salish Territory. The BCEN AGM is always intensely interesting, attracting an increasingly sophisticated crowd of "environmentalists:" many full-time volunteers and some full-time paid campaigners; some grassroots radicals, bent on societal transformation; some career eco-crats, working with or even from within government; folks from many nooks and valleys from the Coast to the Rockies. There are some challenging and novel aspects to the AGM agenda this year, such as Bill Moyer giving a Movement Action Planning workshop (Friday) and keynote speech (Saturday night banquet). The AGM theme of "Movement Diversity" is owed, at least in part, to Moyer's specific contribution. A person might be forgiven for being surprised by the theme given the intolerance and fractiousness that often characterize the BC environmental movement. Could this be a golden opportunity to challenge some of the Movement's privileged "stuff?" There will also be, as ever, lots of juicy issue and hot-spot reports, and discussion on a wide range of subjects. In addition to all this, the 1996 BCEN AGM is happening just at the overture of a provincial election campaign. The often difficult relationship between the NDP and the BC enviro community will be in high relief. Passion is sure to be in evidence of people's attachment to one or another strategy for "Electing the Environment." I am interested in your ideas about (and beyond) the upcoming event, i.e., o who else that we know should be alreted to the AGM and encouraged to attend; o what we can or should attempt to achieve during the three days of workshops and meetings; o who should be elected to the Steering Committee to assure proper representation to CEN and other bodies; o how can we make better use of the BCEN to further our specific work, whatever it may be; o what is the state of our evolving analysis of social change in ecological or other terms; o what other events use opportunities like this to prepare for (like the IUCN meeting in Montreal this fall)? If you think you would like to discuss these things before, during or after next weekend's event, please do drop me a line or give me a shout. ----- The story of the universe is a personal one. The story of the universe is a sacred one. - Thomas Berry ----- Peter Ronald impulse@islandnet.com Vox: 604.361-2610 Fax: 604-361-3682 From ???@??? Wed May 01 18:51:49 1996 Return-Path: Received: from norm.island.net by comm.amtsgi.bc.ca with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #5) id m0uElVv-000VzVC; Wed, 1 May 96 16:40 PDT Received: from dyn55.island.net by norm.island.net with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #2) id m0uElFy-0004IgC; Wed, 1 May 96 16:24 PDT Message-Id: Date: Wed, 1 May 96 16:24 PDT X-Sender: dweston@mail.island.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=====================_830949598==_" To: era@pinc.com,nabbey@alternatives.com,hbreen@island.net,uri@saltspring.com,guillem@mala.bc.ca,rlagasse@cln.etc.bc.ca,laurie@island.net,martin@mala.bc.ca,ridingto@unixg.ubc.ca,mrogers@island.net,drubin@cln.etc.bc.ca,emerald@islandnet.com,yacinfo@marFrom: dweston@mail.island.net (David Weston) Subject: Environmental issues co-option X-Attachments: A:\NEWSR01.TXT; >>>>>To: All concerned ecologists and environmentalists in BC >>>>>From: dweston@mail.island.net (David Weston) >>>>>Subject: Environmental issues co-option >>>>>Cc: >>>>>Bcc: >>>>>x-Attachments: PDA News Release >>>>> >>>>>Friends - I am writing as the environmental critic for the Progessive Democratic Alliance (PDA), and now a candidate in the provincial election. >>>>>As a long-time environmentalist and writer on ecological economics, I am concerned that critical environmental and ecological issues are being used as a tool by the BCBE on behalf of the NDP, to the exclusion of other political parties. It stated quite clearly in the Vanc. Sun article of April 6th that "BCBE will be pushing ALL (ed.) political parties to ... etc.". >>>>>As you will note, I am laying this complaint on behalf of an official political party, with two members sitting in the Legislature - the Progessive Democratic Alliance. We are, of course, concerned that the Green Party is also being ignored by the BCBE. >>>>>The PDA's position is laid out in the attached News Release. We need an answer to our complaint. Further, like others, we need to know the source of the BCBE's finances, as "s/he who pays the piper calls the tune". >>>>>We look forward to a early response from the BCBE. >>> >>>>>Yours truly, >>> >>>David J. Weston >>>Environmental critic, >>>Progressive Democratic Alliance >>>Also PDA Candidate for Nanaimo >>>Ref:PDA\env01 960501 >>> >>>> >> > Attachment Converted: C:\AL\DOCUMENT\PENDING\NEWSR01.TXT From ???@??? Wed May 01 18:51:31 1996 Return-Path: Received: from carver.pinc.com by comm.amtsgi.bc.ca with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #5) id m0uEXo2-000VtbC; Wed, 1 May 96 02:02 PDT Received: from [199.60.118.113] (pinc110.pinc.com [199.60.118.110]) by carver.pinc.com (8.7.1/8.7.3) with SMTP id CAA15298; Wed, 1 May 1996 02:00:42 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 1 May 1996 02:00:42 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Amir Attaran From: era@pinc.com (David White) Subject: Response to Greg McDade, QC re BCBE Cc: era@pinc.com, nabbey@alternatives.com, hbreen@island.net, uri@saltspring.com, guillem@mala.bc.ca, rlagasse@cln.etc.bc.ca, laurie@island.net, martin@mala.bc.ca, ridingto@unixg.ubc.ca, mrogers@island.net, drubin@cln.etc.bc.ca, emerald@islandnet.com, yacinfo@mars.ark.com, Jillian_Ridington@gulfnet.pinc.com, hastings@ocgy.ubc.ca, ckline@unixg.ubc.ca, vws@web.apc.org, vicy@island.net, dmorgan@web.apc.org, goldbergs@mala.bc.ca, jrussow@uvaix3e1.comp.UVic.CA, shinnick@mindlink.bc.ca, impulse@islandnet.com, mspencer@web.apc.org, hansen@www.alternatives.com, sldf@wimsey.com, gdauncey@islandnet.com, fan@alternatives.com, gsa@island.net, rmoorest@direct.ca, dbroten@oberon.ark.com, ub451@freenet.victoria.bc.ca, cnp@web.apc.org, ear@cyberstore.ca, micarr@unixg.ubc.ca, ad207@freenet.carleton.ca, foci@web.apc.org, nolansj@mala.bc.ca, sennette@island.net, at491@freenet.carleton.ca, hjruiten@web.apc.org, ingkhai@direct.ca, hstiff@island.net, uri@saltspring.com, sennette@island.net, seaturtles@igc.apc.org, guillem@mala.bc.ca, rlagasse@cln.etc.bc.ca, jenlash@island.net, ridingto@unixg.ubc.ca, jrussow@uvic.ca, sparker@alternatives.com, ear@cyberstore.ca, bssi@mars.ark.com, stefano@island.net, endarms@web.net, smorin@mars.ark.com, nabbey@alternatives.com, greenpeace.toronto@g2.greenpeace.org, drubin@cln.etc.bc.ca, jkurtz@island.net, boblyons@alternatives.com, martin@mala.bc.ca, hjruiten@web.apc.org, donna_anderson@mindlink.bc.ca, hstiff@island.net, thacker@island.net, mrogers@island.net, ingkhai@direct.ca, ad207@freenet.carleton.ca, yacinfo@mars.ark.com, pmaxx@island.net, impulse@islandnet.com, gtaylor@islandnet.com, bondf@mala.bc.ca, bhumphrey@sd68.nanaimo.bc.ca, tpreeve@island.net, sierrabc@cyberstore.ca, at491@freenet.carleton.ca, hargrave@islandnet.com, estewart@island.net, coop@netshop.net, cooling@mala.bc.ca, dcull@qb.island.net, drogers@island.net, vicy@island.net, skies@islandnet.com, dmorgan@igc.apc.org, sounder@island.net, emerald@islandnet.com, ara@web.apc.org, hbreen@island.net, treeline@mindlink.bc.ca, khudson@helix.net, nwwatch@igc.apc.org, dbroten@oberon.ark.com, ckline@unixg.ubc.ca, mspencer@web.apc.org, gdauncey@islandnet.ca, phillip@coc.powell-river.bc.ca, rfeagan@spartan.ac.BrockU.ca, bucksuzuki@ufawu.com, gfbirks@watservl.uwaterloo.ca, uc393@freenet.victoria.bc.ca, pgrignon@island.net, uc393@freenet.victoria.bc.ca, uixote@igc.apc.org, rage@coil.com, wawrzynk@bagneux.fr, mumia@aol.com, aheintzm@sfu.ca, vws@web.net, g3skerr@cdf.toronto.edu, freedom@peg.apc.org, jason@ee.pdx.edu, deke@iww.org, fam0393@commune.bologna.it, clear@ewg.org, 75250.735@compuserve.com, howi@freenet.carleton.ca, thassan@trentu.ca, kfoss@trentu.ca, jmetcalfe@trentu.ca, sforbes@trentu.ca, eoaim@speakeasy.org, bcgreens-l@mars.ark.com, era@pinc.com, rmoorest@direct.ca, sldf@wimsey, cnp@web.apc.org, shinnick@mindlink.bc.ca, bmcguff@island.net, janblack@island.net, dweston@island.net, alikim@island.net, hansen@www.alternatives.com, kotsopou@sfu.ca, jsbender@artsu1.watstar.uwaterloo.ca, jjazz@freenet.hamilton.on.ca, g3skerr@cdf.toronto.edu, cjswfm@acs.ucalgary.ca, ferguson@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca, colbyb@island.net, Tamara.Stark@green2.greenpeace.org, GP.London@green2.greenpeace.org, g.blipton@inforamp.net, holansj@mala.bc.ca, micarr@unixg.ubc.ca, dmorgan@web.apc.org, sources@sources.com, bondf@mala.bc.ca, lizbb@nrdc.org, adcom@netshop.net, wilbur@wilbur.seanet.com, lbaile@prl.pulmonary.ubc.ca, bevans@mail.unixg.ubc.ca, greenpeace.vancouver@green2.greenpeace.org, Soren_Bech@bcgeu.bc.ca, 73437.3247@compuserve.com, tedkendall@aol.com, rainwood@ran.org, crn@helix.net, houligan@helix.net, awilson@island.net Concerning the >Open Letter to Stewart Parker Greg, The question I have asked is very simple. What is the budget of the the so-called Council of Environmental Voters and British Columbians for a Better Environment, and where does it get its funding? Why is it so difficult for you to answer such a simple question? It is correct that I have raised the issue of you and others who are benefiting from NDP largess and American big oil funding; perhaps you feel that you are doing the right thing. It is interesting that you dismiss radicals and idealists, and yet include the example of Martin Luther King. One of the problems is that there have been so little successes. Do you really think that things have become better for the environment in the past five years? Maybe the time has come to move away from compromise and government collaboration which undermines those who seek more profound change. As I have said before, there are serious divisions within the enivrionmental movement, and to ignore them is to allow the apologists to move ahead with their collaboration. I have attempted for years to expose those in the movement who, like Lloyd Manchester of BC Wild, sit on the Shell Environmental Awards Foundation board. Integrity is important, especially in politics. Nobody has asked the BCBE to support the Greens; we only ask for fairplay. I am really astounded by your allusion to Stalin and McCarthy. To equate those who see things differently from you in such terms is revealing. Again, Greg. The budget? The sources of funding? Why not a little disclosure and light amid all your transparancy. David White. From ???@??? Sun May 05 20:17:49 1996 Return-Path: Received: from i1-24.islandnet.com by comm.amtsgi.bc.ca with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #5) id m0uGE1U-000VxmC; Sun, 5 May 96 17:19 PDT Message-Id: Comments: Authenticated sender is From: artvb@mail.islandnet.com To: BCBE and others Date: Sun, 5 May 1996 17:16:09 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Stuart Parker, BC Green Party leader, responding to BCBE Reply-to: artvb@islandnet.com Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.10) Dear Greg, I'm sure you've seen Charlie Smith's article in the Georgia Strait. I'm sorry things have happened the way they have. I'm sure if we had this to do over again, things would be different right now. I still want to affirm my respect and admiration for the work you have done on behalf of all of us through Sierra Legal Defense; it has been a credit to the movement. I would like to thank you for the advice and info you have given me over the years and the donations you have given the party. Our first-past-the-post political system has helped to set us against eachother in this campaign when we should be working together. I look forward to working with you after the election to repair the rifts in our movement, repairing the personal rifts that have developed between the two of us and with other individuals, helping to bring in a better electoral system and some day working together with you in an election campaign. With genuine respect, Stuart Parker, BC Green Party Leader From ???@??? Mon Aug 12 23:27:04 1996 To: emerald From: emerald@islandnet.com (Alan Rycroft or Kealey Pringle) Subject: ENGO Victoria-- Analysis of Proposed Canadian Endangered Species Act Cc: Bcc: engo victoria X-Attachments: fyi, Al Rycroft >Date: Sun, 11 Aug 1996 21:37:19 -0700 >From: Howard Breen >Subject: NN: Analysis of Proposed Canadian Endangered Species Act > >>Subject: Analysis of Proposed Canadian Endangered Species Act >> >>http://www.web.apc.org/save-species/analys.htm >>> Analysis of Proposed >>> Canadian Endangered Species Act >>> >>> By: Stewart Elgie >>> Staff Counsel, Sierra Legal Defence Fund >>> Assistant Professor of Law, U.B.C. >>> Member, Federal Endangered Species Task Force >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> On August 17, 1995, the Federal Environment Minister released a >>> draft version of the Canadian Endangered Species Protection Act. The >>> following is a distillation of the key points of the Act, along with >>> brief commentary. >>> >>> 1. Where does the Act apply? >>> >>> The Act applies on federal lands and marine areas where wildlife >>> management is the responsibility of the federal government (section >>> 2.6). >>> >>> As defined the Act would apply to species that lived in national >>> parks, national wildlife areas, migratory bird sanctuaries, and >>> military bases, along with assorted other federal lands (such as >>> lands in the Ottawa- Hull area). These lands total only about 4% of >>> the total land base in Canada. Endangered species that live on the >>> other 96% of lands in Canada would not be eligible for protection by >>> the legislation. >>> >>> The Act also applies to species living in Canada's marine waters >>> (i.e. the oceans). As worded, the Act does not appear to apply to >>> freshwater species, even though these are clearly within the federal >>> government's constitutional jurisdiction (e.g. the Fisheries Act). >>> >>> Since it does not apply to 96% of Canada's lands, and probably does >>> not apply to freshwater areas either, the Act will not protect the >>> vast majority of Canada's endangered species. >>> >>> There is little doubt that the legislation could and should apply >>> much more broadly. For example, the federal government clearly has >>> jurisdiction over migratory wildlife species, wherever they live >>> (e.g. the Migratory Birds Convention Act). Canada's leading >>> authority on the constitutional division of powers, professor Dale >>> Gibson of the University of Alberta, has written an article >>> analyzing the federal government's constitutional power to legislate >>> protection for endangered species, and concludes: "The totality of >>> the federal powers are so sweeping, in my opinion, as to leave very >>> few, if any, gaps in the ability of the Government of Canada to act >>> for the protection of all endangered species in Canada." >>> >>> Wild species don't respect political borders: the majority of >>> Canada's terrestrial endangered species range across national or >>> provincial borders. Effective protection of endangered species >>> requires federal leadership. This proposed legislation needs to >>> apply much more broadly, it should protect all endangered species >>> across Canada. The majority of provinces and territories (8 of 12) >>> have no endangered species legislation. >>> >>> 2. The Listing Process >>> >>> The Act requires the appointment of a body of scientists, with >>> expertise relating to wildlife, to make decisions about which >>> species should be listed as endangered. (section 5.1) >>> >>> The legislation proposes that listing decisions be made by >>> scientists, not politicians. This is a significant improvement over >>> the four existing provincial endangered species laws in Canada >>> (N.B., Que., Ont. & Man.), which allow the provincial Cabinet to >>> make listing decisions -- which has resulted in a number of >>> endangered species not getting listed. >>> >>> The proposed listing process is modeled on the current COSEWIC body >>> (Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada), which >>> has acquired a good reputation for objectively listing species at >>> risk. The main difference is that the Committee will now have legal >>> status behind its listing decisions. >>> >>> 3. Protection of Listed Species >>> >>> (a) Response Statements/Recovery Plans >>> >>> The Act sets forth a two stage process. First, it requires >>> preparation of a Response Statement for all "federally managed >>> species" listed by COSEWIC. The Response Statement would state >>> whether or not a Recovery Plan will be prepared for that species. >>> There are no time limits for preparation of a Response Statement. If >>> a decision is made to prepare a Recovery Plan for a species, the >>> Plan would outline the steps the federal government intends to take >>> to bring the species back to healthy status. Recovery Plans must be >>> prepared within 2 years for endangered species. (section 7.1) >>> >>> The legislation leaves the Government with complete discretion to >>> decide whether or not to prepare a recovery plan for a listed >>> species. It is free to choose to simply let the species go extinct. >>> The legislation should require preparation of a recovery plan for >>> all endangered and threatened species, as is the case under >>> legislation in the U.S. and Australia. At most, the legislation >>> should carefully define the circumstances in which the government >>> may decide not to prepare a recovery plan (e.g. species endangered >>> due to natural causes). It should not allow the government complete >>> discretion, as is proposed. >>> >>> (b) Prohibition against Killing, Harming, Possessing Species (ss. >>> 7.3.1. 7.3.2, 7.3.3, 7.3.5) >>> >>> The Act would allow for the regulation of the willful killing, >>> harming, wounding, etc. of federally listed species. >>> >>> The Act will not automatically prohibit killing or harming of an >>> endangered species. This is a significant weakness. All four >>> provincial endangered species acts contain such a prohibition, as >>> does the U.S. Act. The federal endangered species task force >>> unanimously recommended that the Act include an automatic >>> prohibition against killing, harming, etc. an endangered or >>> threatened species. Under the proposed legislation, the federal >>> government will decide on a species-by-species basis whether or not >>> to prohibit killing, etc. of endangered species. It is hard to >>> imagine any valid reason why the federal government would want to >>> leave itself the power to permit killing of endangered species. >>> >>> Also, the proposed Act only allows for the prohibition of the >>> willful killing, harming, etc. of endangered species. This will be >>> extremely difficult to enforce; they will have to prove a deliberate >>> intent to kill an endangered species. Most of the provincial >>> endangered species acts also prohibit killing a species through >>> negligence. >>> >>> (c) Destruction of Critical Habitat >>> >>> The Act will allow for the designation of critical habitat on >>> federal lands for listed species, and require the development of >>> sustainable management plans which could include the regulation of >>> activities affecting that habitat. (ss. 7.3.4, 7.3.5) >>> >>> This is an extremely weak section. First of all, the legislation >>> only applies to habitat found on "federal lands" (as defined above). >>> This covers only about 4% of Canada, and mainly includes lands where >>> habitat is already protected (parks, wildlife areas, etc.). >>> >>> There is no doubt that federal legislation could require protection >>> of endangered species wherever they live. For instance, the federal >>> Migratory Birds Convention Act prohibits disturbance of migratory >>> bird nests wherever they are found. Similarly, the federal Fisheries >>> Act prohibits any actions that affect fish habitat, even if the >>> action occurs on private or provincial land (e.g. logging). >>> >>> The U.S. Endangered Species Act prohibits destruction of any >>> critical habitat of an endangered species. The majority of members >>> of the federal Endangered Species Task Force (8 of 11) recommended >>> that Canada's legislation also prohibit any activities that would >>> destroy the critical habitat of an endangered species. This >>> recommendation has not been followed. >>> >>> The proposed Act would not even require protection of endangered >>> species' critical habitat on federal lands. Instead, decisions about >>> whether to protect critical habitat would be made by politicians on >>> a species-by-species basis. >>> >>> Habitat destruction is number one cause of species decline in >>> Canada. Habitat loss is the main threat for approximately 80% of >>> Canada's endangered species. To effectively protect endangered >>> species, the legislation must effectively protect the habitat which >>> they need to survive. This legislation offers very little protection >>> for endangered species' critical habitat. This is the main weakness >>> of the proposed Act. >>> >>> 4. Exemptions >>> >>> If a decision is made to prohibit killing or harming of an >>> endangered species, or destruction of its critical habitat on >>> federal lands, the legislation would allow exemptions to be granted >>> for a number of reasons, including: lawful activities that >>> incidentally harm a listed species; activities required for human >>> health or safety or the protection of animals or plants; activities >>> undertaken as part of the implementation of other federal >>> legislation. (section 7.3.6) >>> >>> These exemptions are extremely broad. They would allow a wide range >>> of activities that can be harmful to endangered species. For >>> example, the exemption for "lawful activities that incidentally harm >>> a listed species" would allow almost any activity, such as road >>> building, logging or pesticide spraying, to harm endangered species. >>> >>> The Endangered Species Task Force recommended a far narrower list of >>> exceptions. Also, they recommended that exemptions only be granted >>> if two conditions were met: (i) all practicable measures are taken >>> to minimize the impacts of the activity, and (ii) the activity will >>> not threaten the survival of the species. These recommendations have >>> not been followed. >>> >>> 5. Advance Review >>> >>> The legislation does not provide for advance review of projects >>> which will affect an endangered species or its habitat. >>> >>> The Endangered Species Task Force unanimously recommended that the >>> legislation require advance review and approval for any proposed >>> activity which could affect a listed species or its habitat. This >>> recommendation has not been followed. >>> >>> A requirement for advance review and approval is found in the U.S. >>> Endangered Species Act. The experience in the U.S. has been that >>> advance review has been able to resolve almost all potential >>> conflicts between development and endangered species, by identifying >>> acceptable mitigation measures. Over 99.9% of projects have been >>> able to proceed following advance review. >>> >>> Advance review is the key to a preventative approach to endangered >>> species protection. It allows for conflicts to be identified and >>> resolved before development is started, rather than relying solely >>> on after-the-fact punishment. That is why advance review received >>> the support of all members of the Endangered Species Task Force, >>> including representatives of the Canadian Pulp and Paper >>> Association, the Mining Association of Canada, and the Canadian >>> Federation of Agriculture. It is very disappointing that this >>> recommendation has not been adopted in the proposed legislation. >>> >>> It is possible that some projects which affect endangered species >>> will be required to undergo environmental assessment under the >>> Canadian Environmental Assessment Act. This will occur if a federal >>> permit is required under another piece of federal legislation (e.g. >>> construction of a dam). However, the large majority of projects >>> which will affect endangered species will not require any prior >>> environmental assessment. >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: >>> >>> Stewart Elgie, Sierra Legal Defence Fund, 604-685-5618 >>> >>> Francesca Binda, Canadian Endangered Species Coalition, 613-562-3447 >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Protect Endangered Species Now! >>> Home | Just the Facts | Overview | Media/ Updates | Analysis | Links >>> >>> Complete Listing of Endangered Species in Canada >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> >> > > Howard Breen > Environmental Writer > RR1 S27 C14 Gabriola, BC VOR 1X0 > h)Tel. & Fax: +1 (604) 247-7467 > EM: hbreen@island.net > > ......................... > > "If You Don't Like The News, Go Out And Make Your Own." From ???@??? Fri Aug 23 18:58:45 1996 Return-Path: Received: from localhost by comm.amtsgi.bc.ca with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #5) id m0uteMm-000VtrC; Thu, 22 Aug 96 11:20 PDT Message-Id: Date: Thu, 22 Aug 96 11:20 PDT X-Sender: emerald@mail.islandnet.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: emerald@IslandNet.com From: emerald@islandnet.com (Alan Rycroft or Kealey Pringle) Subject: ENGO Victoria-- ONELIST Issue #1 (August 21, 1996) X-UIDL: 0eebece626e0d7eb1ef0f23b5ff66e68 fyi, Al Rycroft >Return-Path: >Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 21:51:08 -0700 >X-Sender: hbreen@mail.island.net >To: convert@nanaimo.ark.com, emerald@islandnet.com, hstiff@island.net, > yacinfo@mars.ark.com, bbright@pinc.com, martin@mala.bc.ca >From: Steve Albertson (by way of Howard Breen ) >Subject: ONELIST Issue #1 (August 21, 1996): ONE/Northwest Web site, > Green Fire Productions >X-UIDL: c9b46baa632fb1cb4963cf041acb9d65 > > >===== A message from the 'onelist' discussion list ===== > > >Greetings! As promised last week, here's the first email (Issue #1) sent >to ONELIST, a broadcast email list intended to keep you up-to-date with >ONE/Northwest and to help you tap into the power of electronic networking >in your work. Members of ONELIST will receive similar messages every other >Wednesday. The next ONELIST message will be sent on *September 4*. We >hope that you find this interesting and useful (or tell us if it isn't!). > >- Steve Albertson (for all of us here at ONE/Northwest) > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >TODAY'S MAIN TOPIC: The ONE/Northwest Web Site (http://www.onenw.org). > >The mission of ONE/Northwest is to help activists in the Northwest region >get "online", and to effectively use email, the Web and other tools to help >protect the environment. We've developed a Web site full of information, >expertise, resources and other content that we think you'll find useful in >your work as electronic activists. Following is a summary of what you'll >find on our site: > >* Online Databases: A searchable database of over 160 (!) Web sites >produced by conservation organizations in the Northwest, along with a >database containing basic contact information for more than 440 >conservation organizations in the region. This is a good resource to help >you find others in the community who are online, what they're doing, and >how you can reach them. > >* Hardware and Software Recommendations: To take the guess-work out of >acquiring new technology, we provide specific purchase recommendations for >new equipment (Mac and Windows computers, modems, software, etc.), >including current costs and where you can get the best deal. > >* "How To" Documents & Other Resources: A growing library of brief >documents to help you become more effective online, covering such topics as >"Sending Email Attachments", "Building an Effective Web Site", "Choosing an >Internet Service Provider", "Writing Effective Action Alerts", "Publicizing >Your Web Site", and "Sending Effective Email". We also provide links to >quality resources for contacting elected officials and regional media >representatives, and tracking legislation. > >* Starting an Email list with ONE/Northwest: ONE/Northwest will host an >email list (often called a "listserv") free-of-charge for your network of >electronic activists, to make it easy for you to share information and >organize. We're already hosting more than 20 lists for hundreds of >activists; our Web site contains all the information you need to get the >ball rolling. > >* Information About ONE/Northwest: Detailed information about us and our >activities, including our staff, advisory board, our 1996 Demonstration >Projects, and information about the services we provide to the Northwest >conservation community. > >Coming Soon: In the next few weeks, we'll add more "How To" documents, >more pointers to useful resources, updates on our Demonstration Projects, >and several "Special Features" (including case studies of effective online >activism, RealAudio interviews with successful electronic activists from >the community, and other unique content). In the meantime, tell us what >*you'd* like to see on our site, and what kind of information you need to >be more effective online. Send your comments and suggestions to >ideas@onew.org. > > >WORTHY WEB SITE: Green Fire Productions > (http://www.teleport.com/~gfmedia/) > >Green Fire Productions (Eugene, OR) has been producing and distributing >video materials about the destructive "salvage logging" rider for the past >year, including their award-winning "Logs, Lies and Videotape". Now, you >can see and *hear* some of their work on the World Wide Web. Earlier this >month, Green Fire launched their web site, which includes a nifty >multimedia presentation of the "Logs" video using still images taken from >the video and audio (!) delivered using RealAudio. You'll need at least a >28.8 modem, the RealAudio player software (free via download from their Web >site), a sound card and a little patience to fully experience this site, >but even without sound it's worth looking at. It's an interesting use of >"bleeding edge" technology to electronically deliver information about the >environment. Check it out! > > >TWO TECHIE TIDBITS: > >- Netscape Navigator 3.0 (the industry-leading Web browser) became >available this week for Windows and Mac machines. Employees of non-profit >organizations may use may use Navigator free of charge. Take a look and >download it from Netscape's web site (http://www.netscape.com. > >- Did you know that many Internet Service Providers (ISPs) now provide as >part of their standard package 5 megabytes or more of disk space for you to >publish your own home page on the World Wide Web? If you have an account >with an ISP, and want to get your organization or issue on the Web, be sure >to ask your ISP if they offer this service. > >----------------------------------------------------- > >>> ONELIST is the broadcast email list of ONE/Northwest. To subscribe (or >unsubscribe) to ONELIST, send an email message to "majordomo@onenw.org", >and type the following in the body of your message (without the >): > > subscribe (or unsubscribe) onelist > >======================== >ONE/Northwest >1601 2nd Avenue, Suite 605 >Seattle, WA 98101 >USA > >Email: info@onwenw.org (general inquiries), or ideas@onenw.org for ONELIST >feedback >Phone: (206)448-1008 >Fax: (206)448-7222 >Web: http://www.onenw.org >======================== > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- Box 8307, Victoria, BC V8W 3R9, CANADA (604) 592-8307 Alan, 595-7955 Kealey, fax available http://www.IslandNet.com/~emerald From ???@??? Fri Aug 23 18:59:50 1996 Return-Path: Date: Fri, 23 Aug 96 13:08 PDT X-Sender: gdauncey@mail.islandnet.com Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: emerald@islandnet.com (Alan Rycroft or Kealey Pringle) From: gdauncey@islandnet.com (Guy Dauncey) Subject: Re: ENGO Victoria-- ONELIST Issue #1 (August 21, 1996) X-UIDL: e64bd65bbcd997c95d78d6743451dc87 Dear Al, This is great. Will you send the stuff over, or should I sign on personally ? Best wishes, Guy Guy Dauncey, 2069 Kings Rd, Victoria, B.C. V8R 2P6, Canada Tel/Fax (604) 592-4473 Editor, EcoNews Author of 'After the Crash : The Emergence of the Rainbow Economy' (Greenprint, London. 3rd Edition Summer 1996) http://www.islandnet.com/~gdauncey/econews/ From ???@??? Fri Aug 23 19:04:11 1996 To: guy From: emerald@islandnet.com (Alan Rycroft or Kealey Pringle) Subject: Re: ENGO Victoria-- ONELIST Issue #1 (August 21, 1996) Cc: Bcc: X-Attachments: >Subject: Re: ENGO Victoria-- ONELIST Issue #1 (August 21, 1996) >X-UIDL: e64bd65bbcd997c95d78d6743451dc87 > >Dear Al, >This is great. Will you send the stuff over, or should I sign on personally ? You should sign up personally. I won't be. Already swamped with peace stuff. Maybe you can forward the best of the pick... ? From ???@??? 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(Steve Gatewood), worldview@igc.apc.org (John Friede), jatan@igc.apc.org (Tadashi Ogura), bcarter@igc.apc.org, can@scn.org, nedc@lclark.edu, lhthwknw@igc.apc.org, nsp@island.net, grizzly@worldtel.com, strieger@nanaimo.ark.com, headwtrs@mind.net (Kendra S.), cserc@sonnet.com (John Buckley), PA@EMF.NET, treeline@mindlink.bc.ca (Zach), mh@onrc.org, bevans@audubon.org, foodfirst@igc.org, dwatkins@redshigt.com, rainfaus@peg.apc.org, klamath@snowcrest.net, 102504.2443@compuserve.com, nspirg@ac.dal.ca, GVanMech@aol.com, relief@igc.apc.org, princess@empnet.com, cela@web.net, CFHS@magi.com, es05112@orion.yorku.ca, jb@helix.net, iangill@ecotrustcan.org, enorse@u.washington.edu, es051441@orion.yorku.ca, mcdonell@helix.net, karen.mahon@green2.greenpeace.org, vws@web.net, essandi@orion.yorku.ca, rainwood@ran.org, clayoquot@igc.apc.org, perccanada@igc.apc.org, mark.evans@green2.greenpeace.org, vickyh@helix.net, fan@alternatives.com, perc@igc.apc.org (Chris Genovali), jholmes@helix.net, twilson@pacificcoast.net, jnelson@victoria.net, patrick.anderson@green2.greenpeace.org, bearwtch@helix.net, carmanah@pacificcoast.net, cpaws_bc@mindlink.bc.ca, visserl@cadvision.com, sschuchat@aol.com, rainforest@ran.org, 76071.1535@compuserve.com, sfsbc@igc.apc.org, soule@zzyx.ussc.edu, scahalan@postoffice.utas.edu.au, gssnyder@ucdavis.edu, trees@igc.apc.org, wall-list@igc.apc.org, higgs@alternatives.com, taiga@nn.apc.org, urg@wald@gn.apc.org, cece@ix.netcom.com, yacinfo@mars.ark.com, focs@web.apc.org, nsen@web.apc.org, rag@ucla.edu From: crn@helix.net (Jill Thomas) Subject: urgent sign-on X-UIDL: 68fd9bacc8e595c8a532554d95f259ec The Western Canadian Wilderness Committee is requesting that groups sign onto a letter to BC Premier Glen Clark. Included in this email is a background information letter from WCWC and a draft of the statement that will go out to Glen Clark. If you could email the response to me I will put it on CRN letterhead (which we now finally have) and send it to the Premier. Please respond as soon as possible with the full name of your group to crn@helix.net. I am going to fax it to the Premier on WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4TH. Thanks a bunch!!!! If any of you want more information or to receive the tabloid that WCWC has published on this subject please let me know and I will forward your request to WCWC. ******************** July 11, 1996 To: Members & Supporters of the Canadian Rainforest Network (CRN) Western Canada Wilderness Committee requests that the member groups of the CRN confirm their commitment calling for an end to new roads and clearcuts in B.C.'s precious remaining temperate rainforest. We are asking the CRN member groups to sign on to a joint statement calling for the preservation of the entire 260,000 hectare Stoltmann Wilderness.The southwest corner of B.C. is 4.2 million hectares in size and is the most populated part of the province. It is known in B.C. government planning documents as the Lower Mainland. In this region there are several hundred large river valleys, but only eight over 5,000 hectares in size remain unlogged. The Stoltmann Wilderness contains four of them: Sims Creek Valley, Upper Elaho Valley, Clendenning Valley and Upper Lillooet Valley. The Stoltmann Wilderness also contains three smaller intact valleys: Salal Creek Valley, North Creek Valley and Boulder Creek Valley. The Stoltmann Wilderness contains the largest cluster of intact rainforest valleys remaining on B.C.'s southern coast. The Stoltmann Wilderness harbours the largest remaining groves of Douglas fir trees on the mainland coast of B.C. as well as the most southerly grizzly bear and moose populations in the Coast Mountains. International Forest Products is blasting a logging road through the Upper Elaho Valley into the wilderness right now. Their road is aimed at the very best groves of Douglas fir with the biggest trees. The B.C. government is currently considering how much of this area it will protect as provincial park. It is very important that they hear from as many organizations as possible as soon as possible calling for the preservation of the entire 260,000 hectare Stoltmann Wilderness Area. Please E-Mail me and let me know if your group can sign on to the following statement. Sincerely yours, Joe Foy Campaign Coordinator To: Premier Glen Clark The southwest corner of B.C., known as the Lower Mainland is 4.2 million hectares in size and is the most populated part of the province. In this region there are several hundred large river valleys, but only eight over 5,000 hectares in size remain unlogged. The Stoltmann Wilderness contains four of them: Sims Creek Valley, Upper Elaho Valley, Clendenning Valley and Upper Lillooet Valley. The Stoltmann Wilderness also contains three smaller intact valleys: Salal Creek Valley, North Creek Valley and Boulder Creek Valley. The Stoltmann Wilderness harbours the largest remaining groves of Douglas fir trees on the mainland coast of B.C. International Forest Products is currently building a logging road through the Upper Elaho Valley. The road building must be halted immediately because it is damaging the ancient rainforest there more every day. We the undersigned environment groups call for the B.C. government to act quickly to grant the entire 260,000 hectare Stoltmann Wilderness Area Class A provincial park protection. signed:___________________________________________________________ Jill Thomas Coordinator, CRN Box 2241 Main Post Office Vancouver, BC V6B 3W2 ph (604) 669-4303 fx (604) 669-6833 Canadian Rainforest Network From ???@??? Wed Sep 04 21:43:35 1996 To: peter,bruce From: emerald@islandnet.com (Alan Rycroft or Kealey Pringle) Subject: NEW STUDY: INFECTIOUS DISEASES RISE Cc: Bcc: X-Attachments: fyi, Al Rycroft >Return-Path: >Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 23:33:54 -0400 >Reply-To: "Hank Roth's Progressive List [& PNEWS CONFERENCES]" > >Sender: "Hank Roth's Progressive List [& PNEWS CONFERENCES]" > >From: PNEWS >Subject: NEW STUDY: INFECTIOUS DISEASES RISE >To: Multiple recipients of list PNEWS-L >X-UIDL: 04d34d30d0dc3034f3605f90ea13ad34 > >[*********PNEWS CONFERENCES************] >via PAIN FORUM................ >/* Written 8:49 AM Apr 19, 1996 by worldwatch in igc:heal.oz */ >/* ---------- "NEW STUDY: INFECTIOUS DISEASES RISE" ---------- */ > >INFECTIOUS DISEASES SURGE: >ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION, POVERTY TO BLAME > > Rates of infectious disease have risen rapidly in many countries >during the past decade, according to a new study released by the >Worldwatch Institute. Illness and death from tuberculosis, malaria, >dengue fever, and AIDS are up sharply; infectious diseases killed 16.5 >million people in 1993, one-third of all deaths worldwide, and slightly >more than cancer and heart disease combined. > The resurgence of diseases once thought to have been conquered >stems from a deadly mix of exploding populations, rampant poverty, >inadequate health care, misuse of antibiotics, and severe environmental >degradation, says the new report, Infecting Ourselves: How Environmental >and Social Disruptions Trigger Disease. Infectious diseases take their >greatest toll in developing countries, where cases of malaria and >tuberculosis are soaring, but even in the United States, infectious >disease deaths rose 58 percent between 1980 and 1992. > Research Associate Anne Platt, author of the report, says, >"Infectious diseases are a basic barometer of the environmental >sustainability of human activity. Recent outbreaks result from a sharp >imbalance between a human population growing by 88 million each year and a >natural resource base that is under increasing stress." > "Water pollution, shrinking forests, and rising temperatures are >driving the upward surge in infections in many countries," the report >says. "Only by adopting a more sustainable path to economic development >can we control them." > "Beyond the number of people who die, the social and economic cost >of infectious diseases is hard to overestimate," Platt says. "It can be a >crushing burden for families, communities, and governments. Some 400 >million people suffer from debilitating malaria, about 200 million have >schistosomiasis, and nine million have tuberculosis." > By the year 2000, AIDS will cost Asian countries over $50 billion a >year just in lost productivity. "Such suffering and economic loss is >doubly tragic," says Platt, "because the cost of these diseases is >astronomical, yet preventing them is not only simple, but inexpensive." > The author notes, "The dramatic resurgence of infectious diseases >is telling us that we are approaching disease and medicine, as well as >economic development, in the wrong way. Governments focus narrowly on >individual cures and not on mass prevention; and we fail to understand >that lifestyle can promote infectious disease just as it can contribute to >heart disease. It is imperative that we bring health considerations into >the equation when we plan for international development, global trade, and >population increases, to prevent disease from spreading and further >undermining economic development." > The report notes that this global resurgence of infectious disease >involves old, familiar diseases like tuberculosis and the plague as well as >new ones like Ebola and Lyme disease. Yet all show the often tragic >consequences of human actions: > # Population increases, leading to human crowding, poverty, and the > growth of mega-cities, are prompting dramatic increases in dengue > fever, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS. > > # Lack of clean water is spreading diseases like cholera, typhoid, and > dysentery. Eighty percent of all disease in developing countries is > related to unsafe drinking water and poor sanitation. > > # Poorly planned development disrupts ecosystems and provides breeding > grounds for mosquitoes, rodents, and snails that spread debilitating > > > # Inadequate vaccinations have led to resurgences in measles and > diphtheria. > > # Misuse of antibiotics has created drug-resistant strains of > pneumonia and malaria. > > # Vastly increased human mobility from air travel can move infectious > agents between continents in hours. > > The report shows that the methods of preventing and treating most >infectious diseases are well known. But the growing pressures of budget cuts >and population growth are overwhelming efforts in many countries to control >epidemics. As a result, many nations lack the money, personnel, and resources >to provide adequate prevention and treatment. Platt agrees with World Health >Organization officials who say that poverty is the deadliest disease. It is >the main reason that babies are not vaccinated, clean water is not provided, >and effective drugs are not available. For example, government-owned water >utilities may provide services only to landowners or homeowners, leaving large >squatter populations, typical of many Third World cities, outside the scope of >the service. > Even the United States often fails in the most obvious ways to >prevent infectious diseases. Only 58 percent of Americans are immunized, far >below the rates in many developing countries, including India, Mexico, >Thailand, and Uganda. An estimated 3 million American children are not >immunized against traditional childhood infections. And although water >quality has improved in the U.S., waterborne infectious diseases such as >giardiasis cost the nation nearly 20 billion dollars each year. > The report recommends a four part plan, to control the spread of >infectious diseases. > >1. Slow population growth and stabilize the world's climate. The world > needs to implement the World Population Plan of Action, as adopted at the > 1994 International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo, and > to allocate more money for family planning and reproductive health > programs, as well as the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases. > Effective implementation of the International Climate Convention is > crucial to address the increasing global emissions of carbon dioxide and > other greenhouse gases. > >2. Improve social and environmental conditions. A combination of measures > to reduce poverty, prevent pollution, and improve living conditions, > particularly in poor urban and rural areas, are needed to address the > underlying causes of infectious disease. More than one-fifth of humanity > lacks regular access to safe drinking water and sanitation. > Environmental protection efforts must be invigorated in developing and > developed countries alike to restore air and water quality, and to > preserve biological diversity and the integrity of ecosystems, which keep > many infectious organisms in check. > >3. Expand coverage of basic public health measures, including vaccines, > antibiotics, and medicines. Supplies of clean syringes, rubber gloves, > and other basic health equipment are sorely needed in developing > countries. Funding for ongoing public health programs, including > outreach, education, and research should be a top priority at local, > national, and international levels of government. Nations also need to > expand access to basic health care and medical services, especially for > women and children, and to raise public awareness. > >4. Establish a global health monitoring system. In 1995, the World Health > Organization General Assembly passed a resolution urging member states to > strengthen surveillance; improve rapid diagnosis, communication, and > response; and conduct routine testing for drug resistance. Policymakers > would do well to integrate environmental, climate, population, and land > use data and information to detect conditions conducive to disease > outbreaks, to provide early warning to health officials, and to create an > efficient response network. > > Today, disease control is crisis driven, with public health agencies and >governments reacting to epidemics, not preventing them; paying larger sums for >treatment of disease rather than pennies a day for preventive measures. In >the long run, prevention is our most effective weapon against infectious >disease: public health measures that improve the health of individuals and >populations, as well as sustainable economic and environmental policies that >control the emergence and spread of infectious diseases and maintain the >natural checks and balances will go a long way toward promoting a healthier >world. 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Tue Aug 20 19:17:35 1996 Return-Path: Received: from norm.island.net by comm.amtsgi.bc.ca with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #5) id m0ut0LS-000VuTa; Tue, 20 Aug 96 16:36 PDT Received: (from root@localhost) by norm.island.net (8.7.5/8.7.5/island.net) id QAA24767 for nanoosenet-outgoing; Tue, 20 Aug 1996 16:34:17 -0700 Received: from dyn10.island.net (dyn8.island.net [204.239.42.18]) by norm.island.net (8.7.5/8.7.5/island.net) with SMTP id QAA24728 for ; Tue, 20 Aug 1996 16:33:26 -0700 Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 16:33:26 -0700 Message-Id: <2.2.16.19960820154915.24ef781c@mail.island.net> X-Sender: hbreen@mail.island.net X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.2 (16) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" To: NanooseNet@island.net From: Howard Breen Subject: NN: CSIS/Environmental Threat to Security->CHINA Sender: owner-nanoosenet@island.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: NanooseNet@island.net X-UIDL: 18da214438603053c8779405738479b4 > > >http://www.csis-scrs.gc.ca/eng/comment/com67e.html >> [CSIS/SCRS] >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >> A review of unclassified papers available on CSIS's website produces their concern over environmental threats to security i.e. China's plight, animal right activists etc. Nowhere do we find anything about the very real threat to Canadian security due to American environmental [nuclear] threats, i.e. nuclear accident >> ----------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> COMMENTARY No. 67 >> >> a CANADIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE publication >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> THE SECURITY IMPLICATIONS FOR CHINA OF ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION >> >> March 1996 >> >> Unclassified >> >> Editors Note: >> >> This month's Commentary is an extension of an article by the same >> authors, "China: Environmental Stress and National Security", which >> appeared in the Department of Foreign Affairs and International >> Trade's Policy Staff Paper, No. 96/01, February 1996. Authors: >> Nicolino Strizzi and Robert T. Stranks >> >> Disclaimer: Publication of an article in the COMMENTARY series does >> not imply CSIS authentication of the information nor CSIS >> endorsement of the author's views. >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Introduction >> >> In China, the legacy of almost half a century of heavy central >> planning together with massive population pressures, rapid economic >> growth, chronic poverty, subsidized energy prices, widespread coal >> use, outdated industrial machinery and a lax environmental >> protection regime have contributed to serious environmental stress. >> While environmental degradation in itself does not imply violent >> conflict, it can become a basis for confrontation, particularly in >> conjunction with political and social factors. Likewise, because >> many environmental problems are global in scope, China's >> environmental problems are likely to become of greater interest to >> Canada—whether or not they result in a violent intrastate or >> interstate response. >> >> This paper examines the extent and nature of environmental >> degradation in China and assesses whether China's current leadership >> is likely to follow a sustainable development strategy. The >> prospects for increased Canadian trade, investment and technology >> transfers and the security implications for Canadian interests in >> China are also considered. >> >> The Scope of the Problem >> >> The most immediate environmental threat to China arises from the >> degradation of its fresh water supply. Much of China's coastal >> waters and many rivers, such as the Huaihe, the Chaohu, the Liaohe, >> and the Haihe, are badly polluted. Both surface and ground waters in >> many areas are contaminated. The key source of pollution in urban >> areas is industrial waste water. About one- third of industrial >> waste water is treated, but even after treatment some of it fails to >> meet effluent discharge standards. The share of municipal sewage >> receiving treatment is even lower. >> >> As a result, the quality of drinking water in China's cities appears >> increasingly to be at risk. It is estimated that some 85 per cent of >> China's cities lack clean and safe drinking water. The figures are >> no better for rural dwellers, where Chinese official estimates >> indicate that only one in seven has access to safe drinking water. >> Heavy fertilizer use contributes to poor water quality through the >> leaching of nitrates into groundwater and the runoff of surface >> water into streams. China's rapidly expanding township and village >> enterprises (TVEs) further compound rural industrial pollution >> problems. These enterprises are typically small, widely scattered >> and employ outdated technology. Waste from TVEs is rarely treated. >> >> Any drop in the levels of major rivers in China could seriously >> disrupt commercial shipping traffic and hydro-power generation. >> Higher water tariffs would lessen China's chronic water shortages >> and help eventually to encourage more productive water consumption >> and conservation efforts in the country's industrial, transportation >> and commercial sectors and in Chinese households. For the >> foreseeable future, however, limited access to safe drinking water >> and sanitation will continue to pose a serious threat to public >> health in China. >> >> The World Bank has calculated that China's water and sanitation >> investment requirements could reach US $102 billion during the >> 1995-2004 period. But rising rural and urban household and >> industrial water demand is likely further to exacerbate China's >> already strained water resources. If not managed carefully, serious >> water shortages could further jeopardize sustained rapid >> industrialization and modernization in China's major urban centres. >> Water shortages already cost China's economy an estimated US $27 >> billion in economic losses annually and are likely to undermine its >> long-run economic growth potential. >> >> The combination of TVE pollution and the Chinese leadership's >> interest in sustaining rapid economic growth have clear >> environmental implications. TVEs will continue to play a major role >> in job creation, absorbing up to 56 per cent (100 million) of >> China's 180 million surplus rural workers. In turn, this will >> prevent an even larger rural out-migration toward China's booming >> coastal areas. TVEs are also a major source of local tax revenues. >> There is thus strong local pressure for these enterprises to >> prosper, even if engaged in polluting activities. >> >> In addition to industrial- and agricultural-related environmental >> concerns, China's forests and wetlands are under relentless pressure >> from overharvesting as well as from rapid rural and urban >> development. >> >> Energy Mix >> >> Poor air quality in China is largely related to the consumption of >> coal—the country's most abundant fossil fuel. About 80 per cent of >> the coal consumed is uncleaned before combustion and consequently >> has higher emission levels. The environmental impact of burning >> unwashed coal (carbon dioxide emissions and acid deposition) has >> local, regional and global effects. Failure to address these >> problems has the potential to contribute to heightened international >> tensions, especially with such nearby neighbours as Japan and South >> Korea. >> >> China has commercially exploitable coal reserves of around 127 >> billion tons and almost 5 trillion tons in total reserves. At >> present, coal accounts for roughly three-quarters of China's total >> energy consumption and production. With enormous recoverable and >> estimated coal reserves and ageing onshore oil- and gas-producing >> facilities, including those at Daqing, Shengli, Liaohe and Sichuan, >> it is unlikely this percentage will change significantly in the near >> future. Based on current proven reserves, China's coal deposits can >> meet domestic needs for at least another 250 years. >> >> The industrial sector accounts for over one-half of China's total >> coal use, with thermal electricity generation the next largest >> consumer of coal (26%) followed by the commerce sector and >> households (22%). Failure to decontrol energy prices fully will >> discourage improvements in energy efficiency and in conservation >> efforts, particularly in China's iron and steel, cement, fertilizer >> and pulp and paper industries. >> >> In China, population growth, rapid industrialization, urbanization, >> increased motor vehicle ownership, greater use of >> electricity-consuming household appliances and higher per capita >> incomes ensure that domestic energy demand will grow and pollution >> levels inevitably rise. Significant health risks arise from exposure >> to suspended particulate matter like lead and sulphur dioxide. Heart >> disease and respiratory problems in older people, coupled with >> inadequate nutrition, will likely make the Chinese people more prone >> to pollution-related illness. Greater exposure to water and air >> pollutants means increased human suffering and increased health-care >> infrastructure burdens. >> >> In spite of environmental concerns, sustained rapid >> industrialization and modernization in China guarantees the >> continued widespread burning of cheap and abundant quantities of >> coal. China has little scope for fuel diversification. Large-scale >> substitution of less polluting fuels for coal is not an economically >> viable option. >> >> Greater use of natural gas could reduce environmental degradation >> but currently natural gas represents only two per cent of commercial >> consumption, and proven reserves are low. Hydroelectric and nuclear >> power generation have promise, but their development requires huge >> capital outlays and long construction periods. They are also not >> without massive environmental and human costs, as illustrated by >> international concerns over the storage, shipment and disposal of >> radioactive waste and the siting and decommissioning of nuclear >> plants, and by the controversy over resettlement and flooding from >> the Three Gorges dam. Geothermal, wind, solar and other renewable >> sources hold promise but are very costly and, at best, can have only >> a marginal impact on current and future energy needs. >> >> Grain Deficit >> >> China's much-prized goal of food security, and in particular grain >> self-sufficiency, will increase the demands on its environment. >> Chinese officials have ambitious plans to boost grain production >> targets from 465 million tons in 1995 to 500 million tons by the end >> of this decade. Still another estimate suggests that China's grain >> output target should be between 515 to 530 million tons by the year >> 2000. Whatever the objective, China's need to expand grain >> production will heighten competition for water and land resources. >> It will also mean escalating use of chemical fertilizers and >> pesticides to increase grain yields. This will exact a heavy toll on >> China's environment. >> >> If, as seems highly probable, China's grain production target were >> only partly achieved, any shortfall could be covered through >> imports. This should drastically reduce the possibility that many of >> China's millions of desperately poor people may be put at increased >> risk of famine. In 1995, China imported almost 16 million tons of >> grain. >> >> There are no reliable projections of China's future grain output >> shortfalls or volumes of grain imports. For example, a study >> conducted for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and >> Development (OECD) estimates that, at most, China's grain imports >> could reach over 44 million tons by the year 2000, before tapering >> off at 48 million tons by 2010, and likely holding at that level >> until 2020. Meanwhile, an Australian study predicts that China's >> grain imports could increase to as much as 100 million tons by the >> turn of the century. A joint Sino-Japanese study recently calculated >> that China may need to import around 24 million tons by the year >> 2000, 69 million tons by 2005 and 136 million tons by the years 2010 >> and 2020. Still another, less reliable projection by The World Watch >> Institute indicates that China's grain imports may be as great as 81 >> million tons by the end of this decade, 156 million tons by 2010 and >> 260 million tons by 2030. >> >> Whatever the actual figures, a combination of numerous environmental >> and non-environmental factors such as a growing population, rising >> per capita incomes, changing diets, ongoing import liberalization, >> an expanded livestock sector, continued farmland losses and >> pollution imply that China will become more heavily dependent on >> imported grain. This will lead to larger trade deficits in grains, >> resulting in ballooning import bills. That will contribute to >> foreign debt accumulation, rising debt servicing costs and >> decreasing foreign exchange reserves, further compounding China's >> short-term budget and financing problems. >> >> The longer-term danger, however, is that China's expanding >> dependence on grain imports will make it increasingly vulnerable to >> sharp grain price hikes and supply swings. Chinese officials fear >> that this could put China at an economic and geo-strategic >> disadvantage. >> >> Economic Dynamism >> >> Despite their public rhetoric, Chinese authorities have yet fully to >> integrate environmental management into the larger process of >> economic reform and industrial restructuring. Overall, the Chinese >> Communist Party remains committed to implement further economic >> reforms and open up to the outside world. But the top leadership's >> desire to minimize short-term structural adjustment and social costs >> required to maintain political and social stability has led to a >> slowing of the pace and extent of the reform process. Chinese >> officials, for instance, have targeted an average annual real gross >> domestic product (GDP) growth rate of eight per cent during the >> Ninth Five Year Plan (1996-2000) period. This compares with an >> average annual real GDP growth rate of 12 per cent achieved during >> the 1991-1995 Plan period. >> >> If, as expected, this pace is achieved and sustained, such rapid >> industrialization and modernization will require greater fossil-fuel >> consumption. Consequently, this will produce large-scale greenhouse >> gas emissions and effluent discharges, adding to China's pollution >> burden and contributing to global climate change. Moreover, the >> continued increase in emissions which generate acid rain and produce >> greenhouse gases will progressively internationalize China's >> environmental problems. >> >> The current collective leadership in China will continue to struggle >> with the issue of how best to maintain social order. Realizing that >> political legitimacy and stability depend on improving living >> standards, they will continue to debate whether to try to moderate >> growth rates or to maintain them as high as possible while running >> the risk of having to brake suddenly. Policy differences will >> therefore focus not on the need for economic reform, but rather on >> the pace and extent of such reforms. These considerations make the >> achievement of both economic and environmental objectives overly >> ambitious and unrealistic. >> >> In theory, China's pollution levy system is designed to provide an >> incentive for enterprises to reduce pollution. Under the system, >> violators pay a fine for failing to meet emissions standards and, >> should violations persist, enterprises may face additional fines. >> But, in practice, fees and fines are low and do not provide enough >> incentive for guilty enterprises to change their polluting habits. >> Another flaw is that part of the fees collected by local >> environmental agencies goes into their budget, thus creating an >> incentive to tolerate, if not on occasion encourage, pollution to >> maintain their budgets. >> >> Consequently, pending more extensive price and enterprise reforms, >> neither pollution fees and fines nor administrative regulations are >> likely to carry sufficient force or be systematically applied to >> encourage the reduction of environmental degradation. >> >> Loss-Making Enterprises >> >> China's widespread use of obsolescent industrial and electrical >> equipment has raised average energy consumption and waste in Chinese >> plants well above international standards. One recent Japanese >> study, for instance, found that almost 60 per cent of China's >> current plant, equipment and technology was outdated; only 20 per >> cent was described as modern, while the remainder lay somewhere >> between. >> >> The willingness and capacity of Chinese industry to install new, >> cleaner, energy-efficient capital stock is constrained by mounting >> inter-enterprise debts of over US $80 billion, ongoing social and >> employment burdens, and chronic operational losses. Delays in state >> enterprise reform will persist. In the absence of massive industrial >> upgrading and restructuring, there will be little significant >> reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and effluent discharges over >> the next decade. >> >> In the longer term, the installation of modern capital equipment >> together with the introduction of market-oriented corporate >> governance and the establishment of a national social safety net is >> likely to improve enterprise performance. This will eventually >> contribute to future enterprise reductions of greenhouse gas >> emissions and effluent discharges. >> >> Political Uncertainty >> >> China is undergoing a major transformation in leadership. With the >> succession, control will pass to a post-revolutionary generation. >> But it is highly doubtful that Deng Xiaoping will be succeeded >> immediately by a more powerful leader. Political and social >> stability, not sound environmental stewardship, are the key >> priorities for China's top leadership—and this is not about to >> change soon. One-party communist rule will remain unchallenged for >> the foreseeable future. A collapse or disintegration of the country >> into regional fiefdoms is unlikely, although the ability of Beijing >> to exercise tight central control over subordinate jurisdictions may >> further decrease. More realistically, China may well find itself in >> a state of policy uncertainty and paralysis until a dominant faction >> in the communist party emerges. Should a prolonged internal party >> power struggle ensue, massive economic and environmental costs would >> result. >> >> Social Progress >> >> Most Chinese remain unaware of the nature and extent of their >> country's environmental degradation. Although urban dwellers are >> acutely conscious of increased land, air and water pollution, the >> majority grudgingly accept this as the necessary cost of rapid >> economic development, social progress and improved living standards. >> As Chinese attitudes evolve, Chinese policy makers will need to >> consider citizens' demands for a higher quality of life. Meeting >> these demands will be a long-term endeavour. >> >> Before environmental degradation and scarcity turn socially violent, >> certain conditions are needed. First, there must be broad >> dissatisfaction with environmental conditions. Given the choices >> facing the average Chinese between concern for environmental >> degradation and demands for better living conditions, there is >> little to suggest there is widespread dissatisfaction with the state >> of the environment. Neither Chinese peasants nor urban workers are >> altruistic consumers concerned with inter-generational equity. Where >> environmental discontent exists, or may most readily develop, it is >> with local conditions and not global issues. >> >> Second, there must be obstacles to the public's ability to express >> preferences on environmental issues in a peaceful manner, or a >> complete lack of governmental response to environmental problems. >> There is no question but that China has a poor record of tolerating >> public expressions of concern. However, while the government could >> do more for the environment, it has taken some action to address >> environmental damage. The question is whether the government's >> actions are in keeping with the public view of what constitutes a >> sufficient and appropriate environmental response. >> >> Moreover, before serious challenges to authority arise, public >> disenchantment needs to be organized. Currently, there is no strong, >> well-organized interest group in China supportive of environmental >> issues. Nor does it appear that the entrepreneurial class is eager >> to become one of environmental activists and assume a leadership >> role in this area. These newly emerging business people are focused >> on making money, not promoting broader social causes, such as income >> redistribution, equity, and environmental protection. This >> entrepreneurial class is also absorbing cadres and intellectuals who >> might otherwise take leadership roles. >> >> An illustrative case of how the Chinese regime has recently >> responded to public views on environmental issues is the Three >> Gorges dam construction project, scheduled for completion in 2009 at >> a cost of approximately US $30 billion. This project will create a >> reservoir stretching 385 miles up the Yangtze River, resulting in >> flooding, the loss of farmland and the destruction of archeological >> and historic treasures. It will also lead to the resettlement of >> more than one million people. Even more disturbing, it is speculated >> that were the dam to collapse, the lives of ten million Chinese >> could be endangered. Despite the project's massive environmental and >> human costs, the government stresses the view that the megadam will >> provide electricity, improve river navigation, contribute to rapid >> economic growth and control potential floods. Ignoring general >> expert opinion, the Chinese leadership has put unchecked development >> ahead of environmental interests. >> >> The Population Bomb >> >> China's large and growing population is a major contributor to >> environmental degradation. Even the geographic distribution of the >> population influences the environment and can generate potentially >> serious environmental stress. Growth rates, and the relative rise in >> percentages of urban vis-à-vis rural dwellers will place increasing >> pressure on China's socioeconomic infrastructure. Demographic >> projections suggest that China's population could increase from >> about 1.22 billion currently to around 1.39 billion by the year >> 2010, 1.53 billion by 2025 and 1.61 billion by 2050. If these >> projections are correct, there will be enormous pressure on China's >> food, land, water, housing, health-care, infrastructure and energy >> resources. >> >> China is expected to become substantially more urbanized. A United >> Nations' study shows that China's urban population could increase by >> more than one third from over 300 million to over 450 million people >> by the end of this decade. The number of Chinese city dwellers could >> balloon to about 840 million people (55% of the population) by 2025. >> Projections indicate that the populations of Beijing and Shanghai >> could swell to 19 million and 23 million inhabitants, respectively, >> over the next few decades. >> >> If such rapid urban population growth occurs, it will put immense >> strain on the land and water resources of these "megacities". It is >> also likely to overwhelm their respective infrastructure and social >> service delivery systems. Railway and road traffic congestion, power >> shortages, water and sanitation problems are all likely to mount. >> This augurs ill for China's environment. >> >> Migration Pressures >> >> The recent mass movement of Chinese rural workers to urban centres >> is essentially in response to rapid and sustained economic >> development and improved job opportunities in the coastal region. Up >> to now, there has been little to suggest that environmental factors >> have been significant in prompting this large-scale migration to the >> cities. Rather, "pushed" by lack of new agricultural lands and >> falling demand for agricultural workers, and "pulled" by the hope of >> a better life in a major urban centre, millions of rural labourers >> will continue to be drawn to the booming coastal areas in the next >> decade. >> >> The eventual demise of China's household registration system will >> accelerate rural to urban migration, especially towards such >> favoured destinations as Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Tianjin. >> With a "floating population" of rural migrant workers estimated at >> 80 million to 120 million people at present (and expected to grow to >> around 200 million by the year 2000), it is extremely unlikely that >> this surplus labour will soon be fully absorbed into China's more >> industrialized areas, even given the most optimistic economic growth >> forecast. >> >> Reducing inter-regional growth rate disparities and per capita >> income gaps is one of China's top five priorities under its Ninth >> Five Year Plan. Despite this, central authorities will be hard >> pressed to raise sufficient investment development funds for its >> poorer inland and border areas. Not only will this exacerbate >> already large and growing regional disparities, it will trigger >> further migration toward the high-income, high-growth coastal >> regions. This means that overcrowding and pollution will worsen in >> migrant-receiving areas. Newcomers living in extremely poor >> conditions are likely to become more vulnerable to highly >> communicable diseases, including tuberculosis, cholera and >> dysentery. This could easily overwhelm China's health-care >> infrastructure, placing public health at increased risk. >> >> Equally worrying, the mass movement of people within China is likely >> to pose a serious challenge to the ability of police and civil >> authorities in the major migrant-receiving centres to maintain law >> and order. This will make public administration and governance in >> China extremely difficult. Public safety may be endangered. >> >> At the very least, domestic migrants are perceived to pose a threat >> to China's public security. Numerous Chinese media reports and >> Chinese authorities claim that migrants, particularly unemployed >> ones, account for as much as 70 per cent of all criminal activity in >> major urban centres, including murder, robbery, assault, theft, >> fraud, drug trafficking and prostitution. >> >> From an economic standpoint, however, migrants represent a huge pool >> of cheap, unskilled and semi-skilled workers for the fast-growing >> industrial, construction and service sectors in China's major cities >> and coastal areas. Of equal significance, these migrants represent a >> major source of remittances and entrepreneurial know-how for China's >> labour-exporting provinces, such as Anhui and Sichuan. In 1995, for >> example, remittances reached seven per cent (or over US $2 billion) >> of Sichuan's GDP. Not only does this contribute to household >> earnings, it also helps to lessen regional growth disparities and >> per capita income differences. >> >> There is no denying that future large-scale population movements >> could be environmentally- motivated, fostered by acute environmental >> degradation. For example, scientific evidence indicates that ongoing >> burning of fossil fuels is likely to lead to the buildup of >> greenhouse gases in the earth's atmosphere, contributing to climate >> change and global warming, and resulting in sea level rise and land >> erosion. According to one estimate, a 50cm rise in sea levels would >> pose a threat to over 90 million people worldwide. >> >> If the sea level were to rise as projected, China's densely >> populated coastal region, especially Shanghai and Guangzhou, would >> be at greatest risk of flooding. That would force millions of people >> to flee coastal cities and disrupt both industrial and agricultural >> production. Environmentally motivated migrants would cause enormous >> political, economic and social difficulties for areas, both domestic >> and foreign, that were forced to receive them. Southeast Asia, >> Japan, Russia and western countries with sizeable ethnic Chinese >> communities, such as the United States and Canada, could become the >> main destination of Chinese migrants. >> >> Environmental Strategy >> >> In response to the call of the United Nations Conference on the >> Environment and Development (UNCED) for all countries to develop >> sustainable development policies, China's State Council approved in >> early 1994 its "White Paper on China's Population, Environment, and >> Development in the 21st Century". This document (China's "Agenda >> 21") contains the right rhetoric and seems to be well intentioned. >> Like UNCED, it recognizes environmental problems, but is short on >> practical approaches and the political will to resolve them. The >> prescriptions of China's Agenda 21 are more of a wish list than a >> long-term vision to guide sustainable development. Lack of real >> public participation and, more importantly, inadequate funding will >> impede implementation efforts. >> >> Since 1979, China has enacted a large number of laws and regulations >> dealing with environmental protection, the implementation of which >> is mainly at the subnational level. Unfortunately, under the current >> system, the government is, in many situations, both the principal >> polluter and the environmental manager/regulator. As a result, it is >> often difficult for regulators to carry out objective reviews or >> assessments of the actions of state entities, or to take contrary >> positions from them. It has also been reported that Chinese >> environmental officials accord higher priority to large-scale >> polluters, which are often large state-run enterprises. Lack of >> qualified staff and financial resources hinder action against >> smaller enterprises, which may use older, less environmentally-sound >> technologies and often lack pollution control equipment. >> >> At present, China does not need new environmental legislation. What >> is required is tougher and more effective enforcement of relevant >> existing laws and regulations. Poor administration of penalties and >> spotty collection of fines and fees levied against emissions and >> effluent discharges imply that polluting enterprises in China have >> little incentive to change significantly their polluting behaviour. >> >> Similarly, although China is party to many international agreements >> on the environment, including the UN Framework Convention on Climate >> Change and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the >> Ozone Layer, there s > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NANOOSE CONVERSION CAMPAIGN Submissions: NanooseNet@mail.island.net Subscriptions: NanooseNet-Request@mail.island.net World-Wide Web: http://nanaimo.ark.com/~convert/ STOP NUCLEAR SUBMARINE WEAPONS TESTS IN GEORGIA STRAIT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From ???@??? Fri May 03 22:16:57 1996 Return-Path: Received: from maelstrom.stjohns.edu [149.68.1.24] by comm.amtsgi.bc.ca (Smail3.1.29.1) with smtp id m0v3tMk-000VsEC for ; Thu, 19 Sep 96 17:22 PDT Message-Id: Received: from maelstrom.stjohns.edu by maelstrom.stjohns.edu (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id C5200FE4 ; Thu, 19 Sep 1996 20:22:40 -1300 Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 17:22:23 -0400 Reply-To: "Hank Roth's Progressive List [& PNEWS CONFERENCES]" Sender: "Hank Roth's Progressive List [& PNEWS CONFERENCES]" From: PNEWS Subject: GAIA'S ALBEDO 0.39 To: Multiple recipients of list PNEWS-L X-UIDL: df8516d0d603f6c7847a2ce6dcf925e6 [*********PNEWS CONFERENCES************] From: Raleigh Myers PLANET ENERGY GAIA'S ALBEDO 0.39 Contrary to some popular beliefs, the Planet operates on the energy from the sun. This energy is fixed at the rate at which sunlight is reflected away from the planet. This reflection is called Albedo and the Albedo of Gaia is 0.39 as any Van Gellis fan would know. This means that the planet is designed to operate efficiently with sixty one percent of the available sunlight and reflects 39 % (.39) back out to space. This delicate balance is regulated and affected by what is floating around in the atmosphere such as clouds, but is also affected by forest fires and released CO2 from fossil fuel combustion etc.. Gasses put into the atmosphere by Forest fires(Proscribed fires), volcanoes etc. and other natural occurrences are part of the Albedo regulation process of the planet along with the systematic burial of dead plants and distant relatives to regulate CO2. On the other hand exhuming all that stored CO2 and fossil fat for sudden oxidation is an insult to the whole planet and not much higher on the morality scale than the British using Egyptian Mummies to heat their homes and fire the boilers of their trains at the turn of the century. Almost everything creates a ripple effect that can disrupt the Albedo balance, even wood burning for cooking creates micro-climate changes not just from pollution but cutting the trees down in hillside areas like the Himalayas causes soil destabilization and floods. And most agree that destroying large quantities of living vegetation like half the forests on Earth and the rain forests as you read, compromises the overall CO2 sink(absorbing surplus CO2). But perhaps switching back to Solar Energy strategies would soften the insult along with sacrificing our ancestors in more benign altered states such as Albedo friendly non biodegradable building materials. In other words why release the Albedo sensitive CO2 of these stored prehistoric calories(fossil fat) to heat the house and run the car, when a year or two's supply of these former carbon based units can become non-biodegradable building materials to actually build the house and car. This in turn can put a little Jurassic park into every house and car with 'bottled water and sunshine'(Hydrogen) providing the utilities. Welcome to the Hydrogen economy. We began in the fifties in our Folksay days to recognize that some design science was in order to help us operate within the .39 Albedo range ie. as Robert Frost said "We'll be all right if nothing goes wrong with the lighting!" Of course as artists we saw the basic 'what can you do for your planet' strategies as sustainability, anti-fascism and pollution control etc. and we played our trade(multi-media) to get people to see the light(pun intended). Early on we began with direct democracy (getting out the vote) through song with Woodie's "We won't study war no more" to cleanse ourselves spiritually(anti fascism) as well as the air, to "This land is Your land, This land is my land, This land is made for you and me" as the global village anthem-referenda, a new twist in citizen advice and consent, to Hair's "Let the Sun shine in" heralding the dawning of a sun powered age of Aquarius etc.. We also combined theater, TV and film along with concerts and road shows as part of our attitude adjustment synergy. (see worksheet-bio). In the early seventies we formed the 'Ra Energy Fdn. to investigate the life support equation by putting together an unusual cast of artists teamed with rocket scientists rescued from the space program which was being politically scuttled along with the Hydrogen Economy. This forty year living movie depicting artists and scientists tweaking the envelope, is presented as our think tank report-interactive script detailing our down to "Earth" premise ie. How to kickstart a compromised planet with faulty lighting or if we procrastinate much longer "How to kickstart a dead planet". Catch it on our web site. http://www.igc.apc.org/raenergy/raenergy.html In Solidarity Raleigh Ps. At the dedication of the Frost Memorial in San Francisco in 1978 Will Geer left this message and quoted Robert Frost as we did in our shows "An Evenings' Frost" and our "Americana Bus Tour" that we toured in the sixties and seventies. "We can no longer live on coal and oil from dead plants" Our play seems out for an almost infinite run. Don't mind a little thing like the actors fighting. The only thing I worry about is the sun. We'll be all right if nothing goes wrong with the lighting! RALEIGH MYERS GEER........................ ramyers@igc.apc.org RA ENERGY FDN............. http://www.igc.apc.org/raenergy/raenergy.html .........................................FOLKSAY(people say) .............THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND, THIS LAND IS MY LAND ......................THIS LAND IS MADE FOR YOU AND ME ...................................The Global Village anthem .............sung by those who already voted for citizen empowerment ...... now let's get it officially on record with electronic direct democracy THE DAWNING OF THE AGE OF AQUARIUS ..is the reality at hand! The children of the universe, the right to be here generation ie. the meek taking their prophetic inheritance out of probate is not a conspiracy. From ???@??? Wed Jul 31 22:16:50 1996 Return-Path: Received: from norm.island.net by comm.amtsgi.bc.ca with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #5) id m0ulge3-000Vt4a; Wed, 31 Jul 96 12:09 PDT Received: (from root@localhost) by norm.island.net (8.7.5/8.7.5/island.net) id MAA17850 for nanoosenet-outgoing; Wed, 31 Jul 1996 12:07:28 -0700 Received: from dyn3.island.net (dyn22.island.net [204.239.42.32]) by norm.island.net (8.7.5/8.7.5/island.net) with SMTP id MAA17814 for ; Wed, 31 Jul 1996 12:06:57 -0700 Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 12:06:57 -0700 Message-Id: <2.2.16.19960731112143.22675e60@mail.island.net> X-Sender: hbreen@mail.island.net X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.2 (16) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Nanoosenet@island.net From: Howard Breen Subject: NanooseNet: EM Animal Disturbances from Sub ELF Signals? Sender: owner-nanoosenet@island.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: NanooseNet@island.net X-UIDL: a20e60d8fa0d42be9663fdfe3f931bca >From: Howard Breen >>Status: RO >> >> The Buzz >> Jane Beckman, June 28, 1996 >> >>While it is true bees are not native, neither are most crops they >>pollinate [sigh]. You might consider that Native American diet (and >>garden) is particularily desirable as the crop situation continues to >>worsen. Grains, at least, are wind-pollinated, but a wheat disease is >>starting to spread through America. I believe I read it originated in >>Pakistan; how it got here isn't clear. Corn is definitely the way to >>go. >> >>This bee die-off is nearly unprecedented. I've hung out on the bee >>biologist list for a long time, and there has been no time recorded >>where a die-off of bees of this magnitude has been recorded. One also >>can't attribute it to mite resistance from miticide use. The first >>folks to experience near-100% die-off were those with untreated hives. >>After two years, alarms started to sound, and use of miticide was the >>*only* way that most beekeepers have been able to survive at all. And >>now, even that doesn't look like it's going to work, with PMS popping up >>to "supplement" the mites. (BTW, law requires Apistan can only be used >>when no honey is being brought into the hive -- in winter -- and all >>miticide must be removed from the hive before the spring honey flow >>begins.) >> >>My own bees, who are normally gentle enough that I work them without >>any protective gear at all, were *very* grouchy last year. They'd try >>to run me off if I came anywhere near the hive, and I had to wear >>protective clothing for the first time! This year, they seem to be back >>to being their sweet and gentle selves. So, what was it about last >>year? >> >>I read somewhere, once, that some believe that bees are somehow tuned >>in to the electromagnetics of the planet, and it's one of the systems >>they use to navigate by. So, if the bees are grouchy, or dying, what >>does this say about the electromagnetics of the planet? >> >> >> David Yarrow, July 8, 1996 >> >>Earlier discussion of the rapid, sharp decline in North American bee >>populations stated this is a critical indicator of crisis in the >>biosphere. >> >>In part, this is because bees pollinate flowers. Grasses and legumes >>self pollinate; many other angiosperms (flowering plants) are wind >>pollinated. But a great number need insects -- mainly bees -- to >>transfer male pollen to female ovaries. In gardens these include >>curcurbits (squash, melon, cucumber), brassicas (cabbage, broccoli, >>turnip, kale, radish, mustard, brussels sprout, etc.) and nightshades >>(tomato, pepper, potato, eggplant). Without bees, the reproductive >>cycle of these plant families is broken -- or at least severely >>weakened. >> >>Actually, the bee population crash isn't sudden. Bee mites -- usually >>blamed as the plague decimating hives -- have been a serious and growing >>threat to bees for more than a decade. But like HIV in AIDS, bee mites >>are an "opportunistic infection" and only a symptom -- not a cause. >> >>Some writers noted bees are magnetically sensitive and wondered if >>collapsing bee colonies indicate changing geomagnetism. Wise words -- a >>peek into a dark mystery. Earth's magnetic field is indeed undergoing >>rapid changes in intensity, polarity, frequency, phase, and topography. >> >>My own encounters with bees convinced me they deteact, react, and >>navigate magnetic flux. The idea of a "beeline" contains the notion of >>a magetic, straightline compass bearing. I've seen bees deflected from >>their straight flight lines by magnetic fields from ballast transformers >>in fluourescent light fixtures. From dowsing, I know bees normally >>locate their hives at magnetically active spots on the ground. You can >>bet abnormal bee-havior -- including population drops -- indicates >>disturbed magnetic flux. >> >>In 1990 I wrote: >> Return of the Dragon: Hazards of Man-Made Magnetism >> Part 2: Spin the Tale on the Dragon >>to review: the newly emerging understanding of magnetism in biology and >>ecology shows mounting evidence that man-made electromagnetism pollutes >>our airwaves and brainwaves, jams cell-to-cell communications, scrambles >>primary geomagnetic oscillations. Here's a snip on magnetism, in bees >>specifically, biology in general. [Note: EM = electromagnetism] >> >> Sing the Body Magnetic >> >>To understand magnetism's role in life, a first step is to show that >>organisms have intrinsic EM fields. In the 1940s, Harold Burr of Yale >>University devised the first electronic voltmeter able to measure as >>little as .001 volt. Burr used his new extra-sensitive tool to map >>electric fields in living organisms. Burr's work with DC electric >>potentials was ignored by most biologists, but some went on to develop >>EEG, EKG, and EMG which measure the body's pulsating AC electricity. >> >>A second step is to show organisms can sense EM. In the 1950s, Frank >>Brown, endocrinologist at Northwestern, found snails have two antennae >>to detect magnetic direction which they use to navigate. Most >>scientists dismissed this as impossible, yet Brown went on to show >>geomagnetism affects all organisms he tested, including mice, bees, >>fruit flies, potatoes, and humans. >> >>In 1960, Andus discovered magnetotrophism -- magnetic effects on >>growth: oat shoots and cress roots grow oriented to magnetic fields. >>Later, scientists found corn pollen tubes grow oriented to magnetic >>fields, maybe due to changes in intercellular calcium ion flow. >>Magnetism is known to alter biochemical reactions by influencing >>electron spin states in reacting molecules, such as electrons in >>photosynthetic bacteria. >> >>In 1971, naturalist Richard Blakemore of Woods Hole Marine Biology Lab >>noticed that bacteria collected from Cape Cod marshes crowded to the >>north side of culture dishes. He rotated the plates, and bacteria >>migrated back to north. Using a new tool -- an electron microscope -- >>he found tiny micro-crystals chains of magnetite in bacteria are a >>compass. These were unit cell crystals -- smallest a magnetite crystal >>can be. >> >>He then took north-seeking bacteria to the southern hemisphere. They >>continued to swim north a few weeks, then "turned tail" and began >>swimming south. Electron microscopy revealed they'd disassembled and >>rebuilt the magnetite crystals to adapt to a changed magnetic pole. >>Bacteria don't "think" north; they become a compass. >> >>Also in the 70s, Bill Keeton at Cornell University reported homing >>pigeons with magnets on the back of their heads lost their navigational >>ability on cloudy days. Further study of pigeons with Helmholtz EM >>coils on their heads showed they use magnetic north as their reference >>point. Beehives, too, were enclosed by Helmholtz coils -- and bees >>became disoriented in their navigational dances. >> >>Without question birds and bees derive directional data from magnetic >>sensing of geomagnetism. The question now was: how? >> >> Follow Your Nose >> >>Another breakthrough came in 1971, when Brian Josephson invented a new >>crystal semiconductor to make possible superconducting quantum >>interference detectors (SQUID) -- which are extremely sensitive to >>magnetism. This new tool led to a scientific revolution: >>Bioelectromagnetics. One of the first things found by SQUID was >>delicate magnetic fields about our head. Whole bees were found to be >>magnetic. >> >>SQUIDs can locate where magnetic material is in an organism. >>Magnetite was found in all species studied. Bee magnetism seems to be >>in their abdomen. Pigeons have a magnetite crystal cluster wrapped in >>nerves on the brain surface between the left lobe and skull. Magnetic >>sensing has been found in whales, tuna, dolphins, butterflies, frogs, >>worms, and migrating birds. Labs train animals to detect minute >>magnetic fields. Organisms from algae to man use this inner sense to >>orient and navigate. >> >>Dr. Robin Baker of England's Manchester University has shown humans >>have their own magnetic compass. With minimal training, people display >>innate ability to locate magnetic north. Further, in various >>experiments, Baker has shown human homing ability -- people easily learn >>to choose the correct direction home from any location. Most >>intriguing, direction sensing is lost if a magnet is held on the >>forehead 15 minutes. >> >>In primates and humans, this newfound magnetic organ is sited behind >>the ethmoid sinus in front of the pituitary gland. It can detect less >>than .001 gauss within a second of arc -- far more sensitive than our >>best compass. This gives new meaning to the traditional common sense >>advice to "follow your nose." >> >>In pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey, a blindfolded child is spun around, >>then tries to stick a tail on a paper donkey. This age-old game is no >>child's amusement but training exercise in magnetic sensing. >>Blindfolded, a child learns to orient and home to successfully tack a >>tail on a donkey's derriere. >> >>It's been shown organisms respond to magnetism far below levels once >>thought theoretically possible. Man's power and communications systems >>use extensive portions of the EM spectrum. Effects of this on humans is >>virtually unknown. Is modern man lost in his own thick EM fog? His >>cells choking in noisy EM smog? Slowly drowning in ELF waves from >>transformers? >> >>~~ turtle >> >> Howard Breen Environmental Writer RR1 S27 C14 Gabriola, BC VOR 1X0 h)Tel. & Fax: +1 (604) 247-7467 EM: hbreen@island.net ......................... 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Subject: FRIDAY NIGHT VIDEOS: The Environment -- Energy (Nuclear Issues) To: Multiple recipients of list ACTIV-L X-UIDL: 9107a566ea9115eed50ac58b85645e17 X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 FRIDAY NIGHT VIDEOS: The Environment -- Energy (Nuclear Issues) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - FOR MORE INFO: videoproject@igc.org Phone: 1-800-4-PLANET or (510) 655-9050 Fax (510) 655-9115 More on Video Project by anonymous ftp: "video.project" from "pencil.cs.missouri.edu" [Do "cd pub/map" after login] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIII THE ENVIRONMENT IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIII ENERGY--NUCLEAR ISSUES Topic 10 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Programs in this section: *indicates Order number 1. FUELING THE FUTURE: RUNNING ON EMPTY *291 2. FUELING THE FUTURE: HOT WIRING AMERICA'S FARMS *292 3. FUELING THE FUTURE: NO DEPOSIT, NO RETURN *293 4. FUELING THE FUTURE: NO PLACE LIKE HOME *294 ***Programs 5-10 concern NUCLEAR POWER ISSUES: 5. BOUND BY THE WIND *296 6. CHERNOBYL: CHRONICLE OF DIFFICULT WEEKS *224 7. CHERNOBYL & THREE MILE ISLAND *360 8. A QUESTION OF POWER *333 9. DEAFSMITH, A NUCLEAR FOLKTALE *259 10. THE WIPP TRAIL *214 11. THE RIVER THAT HARMS *365 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIII FUELING THE FUTURE: A 4-PART SERIES IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Produced by KBDI-TV, Denver 1988 58 Min. Each. >INSTITUTIONS: VHS Sale Each $85., Rent $45. Series $299. >INDIVIDUALS/LOW-INCOME GROUPS: VHS Sale Each $45. Rent $25. Series $159. Energy is one of the most powerful forces shaping our lives and our nations's security. FUELING THE FUTURE, produced for national PBS broadcast and now widely available for the first time on video, may be the most comprehensive series ever created on our energy practices. Each of these highly-watchable, infor- mative programs covers a different area of energy use: transpor- tation, farming, housing, and disposable products. These timelly programs delve beneath the more technical discussions to lead viewers on a historical journey that illuminates how our values and dreams shaped current energy usage, without regard for future costs. Ultimately, each of these programs asks how we can create a more energy secure future, surveying people who are working to implement alternatives. *Hosted by Hodding Carter. "Thoughtful...eye-opening...ambitious series...offers insights into the much discussed subject of energy on the local and national levels." ---Rocky Mountain News "FUELING THE FUTURE...focuses on the potential for an energy secure future. Each hour surveys energy use and misuse." ---TV Guide Closeup IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII (1.) Order number *291 ____________________________________ FUELING THE FUTURE: RUNNING ON EMPTY ------------------------------------ Americans have a love affair with the automobile, a symbol of our personal freedom. But the automobile has made us dependent on a highly vulnerable and non-renewable energy source: oil. Through a lively sequence of archival film footage, RUNNING ON EMPTY traces how the automobile became the mainstay of our trans- portation system. While provideing no simple solutions, the pro- gram also examines the viability of alternative fuels and of re- vitalizing public transportation. **FINALIST, New York International Film and TV Festival **HONORABLE MENTION, Nat. Educational Film & Video Fest. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII (2.) Order number *292 ______________________________________________ FUELING THE FUTURE: HOT WIRING AMERICA'S FARMS ---------------------------------------------- An abundance of food appears in our stores and on our tables. But at wahat energy and environmental cost? Heavy use of fossil fuels to run farm machinery and to make agricultural chemicals has enabled American farmers to become highly productive. But it also may be sowing the seeds of our own destruction. HOT WIRING AMERICA'S FARMS examines the impact of energy-intensive farming, and explores more efficient alternatives. **FIRST PLACE, CPB, Local Program Awards IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII (3.) Order number *293 _________________________________________ FUELING THE FUTURE: NO DEPOSIT, NO RETURN ----------------------------------------- America has become a "throw-away society", a lifestyle that has provided many conveniences. But how much energy are we throwing out with the trash? NO DEPOSIT, NO RETURN investigates how our wastefulness carries with it an enormous energy cost, depleting precious resources and increasing pollution. The pro- gram examines why we create so much garbage in the first place and how we can get to the root of the waste problem. **GOLD APPLE, Nat. Educational Film & Video Festival IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII (4.) Order number *293 ______________________________________ FUELING THE FUTURE: NO PLACE LIKE HOME -------------------------------------- What are the energy demands of our homes and our communities? The design of suburban communites keeps residents or commuters constantly on the go, consuming enourmous quantities of fuel and human energy--traveling to shop, work, school, and entertainment. NO PLACE LIKE HOME examines how communities evolved in an era of cheap energy, and highlights how some communities and planners are working to develop a more energy efficient approach. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIII NUCLEAR ISSUES SECTION IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII (5.) Order number *296 _________________ BOUND BY THE WIND 1991 * 40 Min ----------------- Produced by David Brown >INSTITUTIONS: VHS Sale $75. Rent $45. >INDIVIDUALS/LOW-INCOME GROUPS: VHS Sale $35. Rent $20. Since 1945,more than 1900 nuclear weapons have been detonated worldwide in tests above and below ground. BOUND BY THE WIND presents the dramatic, international impact of nuclear testing on the people who live downwind from the U.S., Soviet and French test sites and have suffered high rates of cancer. Glasnost in the USSR enabled Soviet nuclear testing victims to tell their tragic stories and for "downwinders" worldwide to come together and share their ordeals. Literally "bound by the wind", these vic- tims are beginning to build a worldwide effort to halt all nuclear testing. Along with their poignant stories, the video features a variety of experts who look at the politics behind continued nuclear testing and the related dangers of nuclear proliferation. Among them are the late Soviet Physicist Andrei Sakharov, Liver- more Lab senior physicist Ray Kidder, Soviet test ban leader Olzhas Suleimenov, American test ban organizer Carolyn Cottom, and Soviet and American government officials who defend nuclear testing. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII (6.) Order number: *224 _______________________________________ CHERNOBYL: CHRONICLE OF DIFFICULT WEEKS 1986 * 54 min. --------------------------------------- Russian with English Subtitles Directed by Vladimir Shevchenko from the Glasnost Film Festival >VHS Sale $59.95 Rent $35. (includes 2nd program THE BAM ZONE) Shevchenko's film crew was the first in the disaster zone following the meltdown of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986. For more than two weeks they fought for the right to film. Then they shot continuously for more than three months, document- ing both the disaster and the heroic and horrifying attempts to clean up. Portions of the film itself show strange white blotches--a result of exposure to radiation. After filming, the crew had to bury their camera because it couldn't be decontaminated. While editing, the director was already fatally ill. Various agencies blocked the film's release. One demanded 152 changes. The film lay on the shelf for months. Filmgoers in the Soviet Union saw it only after the director's death. **SPECIAL PRIZE, International Film Festival, Cracow **SPECIAL JURY PRIZE, 3rd International Film Festival, Pantelleria, Italy **U.S. Environmental Film Festival "Riveting...compelling...a critical document of a low- point in ecological welfare." --Safe Planet Film Guide Tape also contains the following program: ____________ THE BAM ZONE 1987 * 19 min. * Russian with English subtitles ------------ Directed by Mikhail Pavlov Portrays the harsh human and environmental realities behind a disastrous public works project of the Brezhnev era. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII (7.) Order number: *360 _____________________________ CHERNOBYL & THREE MILE ISLAND 1987 * 29 min. ----------------------------- Produced by Search for Common Ground >VHS Sale $39.95 Rent $25. A "Spacebridge" linked leading Soviet and American scientists in 10 cities for a unique public discussion of the nuclear acci- dents at Chernobyl and Three Mile Island. This extraordinary interchange explored the dangers of nuclear power as well as possible alternative energy policies. These scientists clearly demonstrated the potential for working together to solve mutual environmental problems. Includes Dr. Robert Gale, the U.S. can- cer specialist who treated Chernobyl victims, and Yevgeny Velikov, Gorbachev's science advisor, plus Soviet footage inside the damaged Chernobyl reactor. *Hosted by Hedrick Smith, NY Times Moscow Bureau Chief IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII (8.) Order number: *333 ___________________ A QUESTION OF POWER 1986 * 58 min. ------------------- Produced by David L. Brown, Jane Kinzler, Tom Anderson >VHS Sale $45. Rent $30. A QUESTION OF POWER is the only in-depth chronicle of one of the most important struggles over nuclear power--the many-year effort to prevent the Diablo Canyon plant in California from operating. The information in this film is vital today as the nuclear power industry presses for reconsideration of nuclear energy. Hard-hitting investigative reporting reveals the many safety problems and provides an overview of the problems which are common to many nuclear plants. The film also provides intimate portraits of commited opponents, including local farm- ers, attorneys, senior citizens and others, who are fighting against powerful government and corporate interests. *Narrated by actor Peter Coyote "A QUESTION OF POWER is one of the best and most defin- itive media histories of the antinuclear movement..." --John Gofman, Ph.D., Prof. Emeritus of Medical Physics, U.C. Berkeley "Well-crafted, well-researched and informative." --San Francisco Examiner IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII (9.) Order number: *259 _____________________________ DEAFSMITH, A NUCLEAR FOLKTALE 1990 * 43 min. ----------------------------- Produced by Andrea Swift >INSTITUTIONS: VHS Sale $85. Rent $45. >INDIVIDUALS/LOW-INCOME GROUPS: VHS Sale $39.95 Rent $25. One day Texas farmer John Smith returned home to find a mys- terious crew of people placing seismographic cables on his land. That was the start of Deafsmith County's struggle to prevent all of the nation's high-level nuclear waste from being buried be- neath their farms. With homespun wisdom Smith and other local farmers tell their tales of government arrogance and local out- rage. Filmmaker Swift illustrates the story with Department of Energy footage, local scenes, animated graphics, and interviews with D.O.E. officials. While D.O.E. representatives maintain that everything is "safe" and "under control," Deafsmith resi- dents fight back with a healthy dose of informed skepticism and grassroots activism in defense of the land they love. **SILVER PLAQUE, Chicago International Film Festival **RIENA ENVIRONMENT AND NATURE FILM FESTIVAL, France **Mill Valley Film Festival "An astonishing portrayal of the U.S. Department of Energy's efforts to "persuade" residents of Deafsmith County to think of nuclear waste as their friend...A heartening story in the best tradition of American grassroots activism..." --J. Jordan, Mill Valley Film Festival IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII (10.) Order number: *214 ______________ THE WIPP TRAIL 1989 * 54 min -------------- Produced by Penelope Place and Gay Dillingham >INSTITUTIONS: VHS Sale $85. Rent $35. >INDIVIDUALS/LOW-INCOME GROUPS: VHS Sale $29.95 Tons of radioactive waste generated by the nation's nuclear weapons production facilities are being readied for cross-country travel to the first "permanent" nuclear waste disposal site, located near Carlsbad, New Mexico. Regular nuclear shipments will pass through 28 states for the next 25 years on the way to the controversial WIPP Site (Waste Isolation Pilot Plant). THE WIPP TRAIL is the first program to explore the problems this waste will pose to the millions of people in communities along the transportation route and near the dump site. It also shows why citizens groups are concerned that political considerations are preventing the resolution of major health and safety issues. 30 scientists, health officials, citizens and politicians provide a wide range of opinions. *Narrated by Robert Redford "A fascinating, frightening scenario...raises serious questions about the safety not only of transporting hazardous waste to the site...but of storing it at the facility." --Kathryn Bernheimer, Denver Sunday Camera IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII (11.) Order number: *365 ____________________ THE RIVER THAT HARMS 1987 * 45 min. -------------------- Produced by Colleen Keane Sponsored by USC School of Journalism >VHS Sale $39.95 Rent $25. THE RIVER THAT HARMS documents the largest radioactive waste spill in U.S. history--a national tragedy that has received little media attention. With the sound of a thunderclap, 94 million gallons of water contaminated with uranium mining waste broke through a United Nuclear Corporation storage dam in 1979. The water poured into the Puerco River in New Mexico--the main water supply for the Navajo Indians that live along the river, and a tributary of the major source of water for L.A. Navajo ranchers, their children, and farm animals waded through the river unaware of the danger. This film tells the story of this tragedy and the toll it continues to take on the Navajos, who have lost the use of their water. To the Navajos this event is also a prophetic warning for all humanity. **SPECIAL JURY AWARD, Houstan Int'l Film Festival **CINDY AWARD, Special Achievement, Association of Visual Communication "An important resource...looks at the concerns of non- white people, presenting the problem in the context of Navajo history and culture." --Safe Planet Film Guide "...An examination of human tragedy resulting from technological and government deficiencies. Recommended." --Science Books and Films Review IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIII End of ENERGY section IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII From ???@??? Thu Oct 10 10:44:15 1996 Return-Path: Received: from norm.island.net [199.60.19.4] by island.amtsgi.bc.ca (Smail3.1.29.1) with smtp id m0vB5lI-000FbNa for ; Wed, 9 Oct 96 14:01 PDT Received: (from root@localhost) by norm.island.net (8.7.5/8.7.5/island.net) id OAA07722 for nanoosenet-outgoing; Wed, 9 Oct 1996 14:00:49 -0700 Received: from dyn7.island.net (dyn7.island.net [204.239.42.17]) by norm.island.net (8.8.0/8.7.5/island.net) with SMTP id OAA07696; Wed, 9 Oct 1996 14:00:36 -0700 Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 14:00:36 -0700 Message-Id: <2.2.16.19961009131652.18df1f54@mail.island.net> X-Sender: hbreen@mail.island.net X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.2 (16) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: micec@onenw.org From: Howard Breen Subject: NN: Re: Unplug America (fwd) Cc: NanooseNet@island.net Sender: owner-nanoosenet@island.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: NanooseNet@island.net X-UIDL: 0ab30a83251de20dca9253a9499c375e > >>>Give Mother Earth a Rest Day >>> >>>The "Unplug America - Give Mother Earth a Rest Day" campaign was >>>introduced in 1992 by Indigenous Peoples, to invite all people, to show >>>our love and respect for our Mother Earth and all the sacred Life >>>Circles by challenging unhealthy patterns of consumption and the >>>continued production of poions that destroy our enviroment. October 13 >>>is a day to "UNPLUG", turn off the T.V. and radio, take a walk and leave >>>the fossil-fuel burning vehicles at home. It is only one day but it is >>>the first step toward restoring our land and resources. Also reflect on >>>how much we as Americans really do consume each day >>> >>>In the last 200 years we have lost * 50% of our wetlands * 90% of our >>>Northwestern old-growth forests * 99% of our tall grass prarie * 490 of >>>our Native plants & animals and 9000 Native plants and animals are at >>>risk. >>>Amount of motoroil sent to landfills or poured down drains each year : >>>180 million gallons-- equal to 16 Exxon Valdez Spills. >>>The Brazilain Rainforest is cut at the rate of one acre every 9 seconds, >>>Canada's Forests are cut at the rate of one acre every 11 seconds. >>> >>>Accept the challenge to UNPLUG on October 13 and Honor Mother Earth. >>> >>>For more info please contact >>>Winona LaDuke >>>Indigenous Women's Network (IWN) >>>7th Generation Fund >>>Rt.1 Box 308 >>>Ponsford, MN 56575 >>> >>>Dee Reid >>>Northern Wyo. Coordinator >>>Wyoming People's Campaign for the Presidency >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NANOOSE CONVERSION CAMPAIGN Submissions: NanooseNet@mail.island.net Subscriptions: NanooseNet-Request@mail.island.net World-Wide Web: http://nanaimo.ark.com/~convert/ STOP NUCLEAR SUBMARINE WEAPONS TESTS IN GEORGIA STRAIT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From ???@??? Fri Oct 18 08:57:23 1996 Return-Path: Received: from norm.island.net [199.60.19.4] by island.amtsgi.bc.ca (Smail3.1.29.1) with smtp id m0vE1KM-000FeZC for ; Thu, 17 Oct 96 15:54 PDT Received: from Laurie (dyn15.island.net [204.239.42.25]) by norm.island.net (8.8.0/8.7.5/island.net) with SMTP id PAA11155; Thu, 17 Oct 1996 15:54:28 -0700 Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 15:54:28 -0700 Message-Id: <2.2.16.19961017155645.21df3524@mail.island.net> X-Sender: laurie@mail.island.net X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.2 (16) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: dbroten@oberon.ark.com, jenlash@island.net, emerald@IslandNet.com, vaseux@tnet.net, dmorrell@saltspring.com, nfiguero@clark.net, kovalenc@faculty.mala.bc.ca, carl@marge.cyber-dyne.com, bcgreens@IslandNet.com, drubin@cln.etc.bc.ca, yacinfo@mars.ark.com, greenpeace.vancouver@green2.greenpeace.org, hbreen@island.net, hstiff@island.net, roger_lagasse@sunshine.net, mrogers@island.net, convert@nanaimo.ark.com, uri@saltspring.com, awilson@island.net, gdauncey@IslandNet.com, at491@freenet.carleton.ca, outrec_council@sport.bc.ca, fisherman@ufawu.org From: Laurie MacBride Subject: lighthouse demo X-UIDL: 33c90a0e33180a636cc887315e8f10a2 Please pass the word on to any fishers, kayakers, mariners you know, or any interested people in the Campbell River area: There will be a demonstration against lighthouse de-staffing and Coast Guard cuts on Monday, Oct. 21 at Cape Mudge lighthouse. This date has been chosen because it is the day that the Coast Guard is scheduled to come to Cape Mudge to begin installing the automated equipment prior to de-staffing. The demo is at noon; to get there on time, take the 10:30 am ferry from Campbell River. Bring banners, placards, coffins to float on the water, or whatever appropriate. NB: organizers ask that you spread the word quickly, but caution that you not alert the media or anyone who would alert Coast Guard - or else they fear that Coast Guard will re-schedule its visit, thus making the demo fizzle. (Coastal Communities Network is handling media.) Laurie MacBride Georgia Strait Alliance #201 - 195 Commercial St. Nanaimo, BC V9R 5G5 Phone: 604-753-3459 Fax: 604-753-2567 laurie@island.net From ???@??? Tue Oct 22 20:16:02 1996 Return-Path: Received: from i2-96.islandnet.com [198.53.172.144] by island.amtsgi.bc.ca (Smail3.1.29.1) with smtp id m0vFvVl-000FarC for ; Tue, 22 Oct 96 22:05 PDT Message-Id: Date: Tue, 22 Oct 96 22:05 PDT X-Sender: emerald@mail.islandnet.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: emerald@IslandNet.com From: emerald@islandnet.com (Alan Rycroft or Kealey Pringle) Subject: ENGO BC-- Clayoquot Defender's Fund--Green Party X-UIDL: c1c482f475bb11d75c9e8cfef2a45ae0 fyi, Al Rycroft >Date: Sun, 20 Oct 96 16:01 PDT >From: viclets@IslandNet.com (Stephen DeMeulenaere) >Subject: Clayoquot Defender's Fund--Green Party >Please freely redistribute: > >Calling All Summer of `93 Clayoquot Defenders! > >Have you paid your fine? Do you want to have your outstanding fine paid? > >There is still some money remaining in the Green Party's Clayoquot >Defender's Fund, a fund setup to receive donations to the Green Party to be >used to pay for fines handed out as a result of non-violent blockading in >Clayoquot Sound. > >A mailout was sent out last year to those whose fines were still >outstanding, but many of these addresses are no longer current. For this >reason, this and similar notices will be placed in appropriate publications >as the final notice that the Green Party Clayoquot Defender's Fund will be >winding down as of February 28, 1997. > >Anyone wishing to have their find paid should write to: > > Green Party Clayoquot Defender's Fund > 515-620 View St. > Victoria, BC > V8W 1J6 > > Fax: (250) 382-8378 > >Fines will be paid as requests are received, in the order they are received, >until either the money is gone or the deadline is reached. > >Donations may still be made to the fund, to pay for a specific fine or as a >contribution to this successful fund. Of course the Green Party is always >happy to receive political contributions to continue their ecological >efforts in the political realm. Make cheques payable to the "Green Party of >Canada--Clayoquot Defender's Fund" or to the "Green Party of BC--Victoria >Region" and send to the above address. > >Contributions are 75% tax deductible, so a $100 contribution only costs you >$25. >The Clayoquot Defender's Fund, established by the Victoria Greens in 1993, >generated $55,000 of support from contributors all across Canada. > >We thank you for supporting the Clayoquot Defenders, and the Green Party. > > In Ecological Solidarity, > > > Stephen DeMeulenaere > Coordinator, Clayoquot Defender's Fund > Coordinator, Victoria Regional Association > Green Party of BC -------------------------------------------------------------------- Box 8307, Victoria, BC V8W 3R9, CANADA Fax available: (250) 592-8307 Alan, 595-7955 Kealey Email -- emerald@IslandNet.com Web site -- http://www.IslandNet.com/~emerald From ???@??? Tue Oct 22 20:18:02 1996 Return-Path: Received: from i2-117.islandnet.com [198.53.172.117] by island.amtsgi.bc.ca (Smail3.1.29.1) with smtp id m0vGFoP-000FaLC for ; Wed, 23 Oct 96 19:46 PDT Message-Id: Date: Wed, 23 Oct 96 19:46 PDT X-Sender: viclets@mail.islandnet.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: emerald@islandnet.com (Alan Rycroft or Kealey Pringle) From: viclets@IslandNet.com (Stephen DeMeulenaere) Subject: Re: Clayoquot Defender's Fund--Green Party X-UIDL: ce12c21b290e92f115bdd91996ef73a8 Alan, Thank You very much for forwarding this into the far corners of the internet environmental community. Tree-Free electrons, as Ernie Yacub calls them. I hope it generates a good response. Stephen >Stephen, > >Thanks for forwarding me this email. I have passed it on to a small list of >BC environmentalists. > >Regards, > >Al Rycroft >-------------------------------------------------------------------- >Box 8307, Victoria, BC V8W 3R9, CANADA >Fax available: (250) 592-8307 Alan, 595-7955 Kealey >Email -- emerald@IslandNet.com >Web site -- http://www.IslandNet.com/~emerald > > > From ???@??? Tue Oct 22 20:17:25 1996 Return-Path: Received: from norm.island.net [199.60.19.4] by island.amtsgi.bc.ca (Smail3.1.29.1) with smtp id m0vGAG1-000Fb3C for ; Wed, 23 Oct 96 13:50 PDT Received: from dyn19.island.net (dyn32.island.net [204.239.42.42]) by norm.island.net (8.8.0/8.7.5/island.net) with SMTP id NAA00261; Wed, 23 Oct 1996 13:51:03 -0700 Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 13:51:03 -0700 Message-Id: <2.2.16.19961023130633.2637edd8@mail.island.net> X-Sender: hbreen@mail.island.net X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.2 (16) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: emerald@islandnet.com From: Howard Breen Subject: Media Lists Cc: impulse@islandnet.com X-UIDL: d10cc0072201bf4b608359791a573ccd Al/Peter: Greetings! I am currently about to put out press releases on behalf of the Salmon Aquaculture Review environmental, labour & 1st Nations reps which I sit alongside at the SAR table with. I'd greatly appreciate any culled (can expect few bounce-backs) media lists (Cdn. & US NW) which you might be able to forward ASAP. Thank you very much in advance for your respective replys. Individual journalist eddresses would be most helpful where obtained. Keep fighting the good fight! Howard HOWARD BREEN ~~ Freelance Researcher/Writer ~~ SM: RR1 S27 C14 Gabriola, BC VOR 1X0 VM: 250.247-7467 FAX:250.247-9902 EM: hbreen@island.net From ???@??? Mon Oct 21 21:58:12 1996 To: emerald From: emerald@islandnet.com (Alan Rycroft or Kealey Pringle) Subject: ENGO BC-- Clayoquot Defender's Fund--Green Party Cc: Bcc: engo bc X-Attachments: fyi, Al Rycroft >Date: Sun, 20 Oct 96 16:01 PDT >From: viclets@IslandNet.com (Stephen DeMeulenaere) >Subject: Clayoquot Defender's Fund--Green Party >Please freely redistribute: > >Calling All Summer of `93 Clayoquot Defenders! > >Have you paid your fine? Do you want to have your outstanding fine paid? > >There is still some money remaining in the Green Party's Clayoquot >Defender's Fund, a fund setup to receive donations to the Green Party to be >used to pay for fines handed out as a result of non-violent blockading in >Clayoquot Sound. > >A mailout was sent out last year to those whose fines were still >outstanding, but many of these addresses are no longer current. For this >reason, this and similar notices will be placed in appropriate publications >as the final notice that the Green Party Clayoquot Defender's Fund will be >winding down as of February 28, 1997. > >Anyone wishing to have their find paid should write to: > > Green Party Clayoquot Defender's Fund > 515-620 View St. > Victoria, BC > V8W 1J6 > > Fax: (250) 382-8378 > >Fines will be paid as requests are received, in the order they are received, >until either the money is gone or the deadline is reached. > >Donations may still be made to the fund, to pay for a specific fine or as a >contribution to this successful fund. Of course the Green Party is always >happy to receive political contributions to continue their ecological >efforts in the political realm. Make cheques payable to the "Green Party of >Canada--Clayoquot Defender's Fund" or to the "Green Party of BC--Victoria >Region" and send to the above address. > >Contributions are 75% tax deductible, so a $100 contribution only costs you >$25. >The Clayoquot Defender's Fund, established by the Victoria Greens in 1993, >generated $55,000 of support from contributors all across Canada. > >We thank you for supporting the Clayoquot Defenders, and the Green Party. > > In Ecological Solidarity, > > > Stephen DeMeulenaere > Coordinator, Clayoquot Defender's Fund > Coordinator, Victoria Regional Association > Green Party of BC From ???@??? Mon Oct 21 22:00:37 1996 To: viclets@IslandNet.com (Stephen DeMeulenaere) From: emerald@islandnet.com (Alan Rycroft or Kealey Pringle) Subject: Re: Clayoquot Defender's Fund--Green Party Cc: Bcc: X-Attachments: Stephen, Thanks for forwarding me this email. I have passed it on to a small list of BC environmentalists. Regards, Al Rycroft From ???@??? Mon Oct 28 01:24:18 1996 Return-Path: Received: from i2-77.islandnet.com [198.53.172.77] by island.amtsgi.bc.ca (Smail3.1.29.1) with smtp id m0vHmK1-000FdcC for ; Sun, 27 Oct 96 23:41 PST Message-Id: Date: Sun, 27 Oct 96 23:41 PST X-Sender: emerald@mail.islandnet.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: emerald@IslandNet.com From: emerald@islandnet.com (Alan Rycroft or Kealey Pringle) Subject: ENGO Victoria-- BC Shell Oil Protest X-UIDL: 1ecf2e8747892360fb2c951e6bec71d7 fyi, Al Rycroft >Date: Sun, 27 Oct 1996 00:08:02 -0700 (PDT) >To: bcgreens-l@ark.com >From: era@pinc.com (David White) >Subject: BC Shell Oil Protest > >Victoria, Sept 26, 1996 > >The Green Party and Greenpeace organized a successful picket of Shell >Canada holding in Victoria, BC today. Two separate Shell Canada holdings >in the city were targeted. The event was covered by CHEK-TV and the >Victoria Times-Colonist. There was considerable support for the event by >passing motorists. > >Dr Wiwa, an Ogoni activist, later addressed over 200 people at the >University of Victoria. Dr. Wiwa presented a history of Shell's >involvement in Nigeria since the early 1960's. The environmental >degradation in the Niger delta is profound. Dr. Wiwa presented vivid >evidence that the corporation has regularly: >* allowed gas flares which emit toxic gases to be escape into the >atmosphere directly adjacent to communities, >* spilled oil residues onto Ogoni farmlands >* built above-ground pipelines through traditional Ogoni farmlands >* supported the military dictatorship in their violent campaign against the >non-violent Ogoni resistance. > >Many of the leaders of the Ogoni were either murdered or executed by the >dictatorship. A large number of Ogoni people have been massacred. > >Dr. Ogoni documented the non-violent campaign of the Ogoni peoples in >response to the degradation of their homeland. He described Shell's >activities as being "environmental racism". He provided evidence which >proves that the military dictatorship in Nigeria is directly supported by >Shell. > >At the conclusion of his presentation, those attending spontaneously agreed >to join the Greens on the anniversary of Ken Sara-Wiwa's execution to >picket local Shell stations (Nov 10). > >Shell is secretive about their subsidiaries in B.C. In Victoria, we know >that Payless is wholly owned by the Shell Canada. In addition, they own a >company called Columbia Fuels which supplies a huge local market in home >heating. It is likely that Shell controls a large share of the home oil >market in Canada, but more research is needed here. The company will not >providing information on their subsidiaries. > >Shell Canada's earnings in 1995 were $523 million. Shell Investments Ltd. >contols about 78% of the shares of Shell Canada Ltd. Much of this money >went to Royal/Dutch Shell Oil Company which is active in Nigeria. Shell's >environmental record in countries other than Nigeria is not much better. >In Canada, however, it is a major contributor to many "environmental >organizations". A list of "environmental groups" which have received funds >from Shell in the past five years is available on request. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Box 8307, Victoria, BC V8W 3R9, CANADA Fax available: (250) 592-8307 Alan, 595-7955 Kealey Email -- emerald@IslandNet.com Web site -- http://www.IslandNet.com/~emerald From ???@??? Mon Oct 28 00:37:04 1996 To: emerald From: emerald@islandnet.com (Alan Rycroft or Kealey Pringle) Subject: ENGO Victoria-- BC Shell Oil Protest Cc: Bcc: engo victoria X-Attachments: fyi, Al Rycroft >Date: Sun, 27 Oct 1996 00:08:02 -0700 (PDT) >To: bcgreens-l@ark.com >From: era@pinc.com (David White) >Subject: BC Shell Oil Protest > >Victoria, Sept 26, 1996 > >The Green Party and Greenpeace organized a successful picket of Shell >Canada holding in Victoria, BC today. Two separate Shell Canada holdings >in the city were targeted. The event was covered by CHEK-TV and the >Victoria Times-Colonist. There was considerable support for the event by >passing motorists. > >Dr Wiwa, an Ogoni activist, later addressed over 200 people at the >University of Victoria. Dr. Wiwa presented a history of Shell's >involvement in Nigeria since the early 1960's. The environmental >degradation in the Niger delta is profound. Dr. Wiwa presented vivid >evidence that the corporation has regularly: >* allowed gas flares which emit toxic gases to be escape into the >atmosphere directly adjacent to communities, >* spilled oil residues onto Ogoni farmlands >* built above-ground pipelines through traditional Ogoni farmlands >* supported the military dictatorship in their violent campaign against the >non-violent Ogoni resistance. > >Many of the leaders of the Ogoni were either murdered or executed by the >dictatorship. A large number of Ogoni people have been massacred. > >Dr. Ogoni documented the non-violent campaign of the Ogoni peoples in >response to the degradation of their homeland. He described Shell's >activities as being "environmental racism". He provided evidence which >proves that the military dictatorship in Nigeria is directly supported by >Shell. > >At the conclusion of his presentation, those attending spontaneously agreed >to join the Greens on the anniversary of Ken Sara-Wiwa's execution to >picket local Shell stations (Nov 10). > >Shell is secretive about their subsidiaries in B.C. In Victoria, we know >that Payless is wholly owned by the Shell Canada. In addition, they own a >company called Columbia Fuels which supplies a huge local market in home >heating. It is likely that Shell controls a large share of the home oil >market in Canada, but more research is needed here. The company will not >providing information on their subsidiaries. > >Shell Canada's earnings in 1995 were $523 million. Shell Investments Ltd. >contols about 78% of the shares of Shell Canada Ltd. Much of this money >went to Royal/Dutch Shell Oil Company which is active in Nigeria. Shell's >environmental record in countries other than Nigeria is not much better. >In Canada, however, it is a major contributor to many "environmental >organizations". A list of "environmental groups" which have received funds >from Shell in the past five years is available on request. From ???@??? Tue Oct 29 00:12:05 1996 To: emerald From: emerald@islandnet.com (Alan Rycroft or Kealey Pringle) Subject: ENGO Victoria-- Fishfarming Threatens BC Marine Life Cc: Bcc: X-Attachments: fyi, Al Rycroft >Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 14:43:35 -0800 >To: MARMAM@UVVM.UVIC.ca >From: Howard Breen >Subject: NN: Fishfarming Threatens BC Marine Life >> >>Salmon Farming Industry Threatens B.C.’s Wild Fish Stocks >> >>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 24, 1996 >> >>VANCOUVER - Open netcages, unregulated drug use, and imported Atlantic >>salmon eggs threaten wild fish stocks, according to a David Suzuki >>Foundation report released today. >> >>“The way it operates today, B.C.’s salmon netcage industry threatens the >>survival of fragile wild fish stocks, such as the Fraser River salmon, and >>may even put human health at risk. To manage these hazards we must >>immediately stop importing Atlantic salmon eggs, monitor drug use, and >>change the open fish cages, which release sewage and diseases, into closed >>pens,” says the Foundation’s Executive Director Jim Fulton. >> >>The Suzuki Foundation says B.C’s industry stands in sharp contrast to the >>sound practices followed in 85% of the world’s fish farming, which is >>carried out on land and closely tied to agriculture. Fish wastes in Asia are >>used as crop fertilizer, but in B.C. become sewage. >> >>“The unsurpassed wild environment along the B.C. coast supports a >>multi-billion dollar commercial and sport fishery and tourism business. It >>is the foundation of Native culture, and it provides a home and recreation >>for hundreds of thousands of people. We appreciate the jobs salmon farming >>can bring. But this study tells us we stand to lose far more than we gain. >>We need to set this industry on a course which helps us, not hurts us,” >>explained Fulton. >> >>The major risk is that wild fish could be decimated by the spread of >>virulent diseases. The problem starts with the netcage system itself. These >>cages float in the ocean, and are filled with high densities of farm fish. >>The jammed and stressful conditions of the netcages mean they can become >>breeding grounds for disease epidemics. The use of fish grown from imported >>Atlantic salmon eggs compounds this danger. Atlantic salmon are preferred by >>the industry because they grow more rapidly, and they are more docile. The >>trouble is, the imported fish can bring new diseases with them which can >>spread like wildfire among our native fish. To combat these threats, the >>industry injects fish with drugs and regularly mixes drugs with the feed. >> >>These measures don’t always work. In Norway the industry uses similar >>netcage systems to those in B.C. There, eggs imported from Scotland brought >>epidemics of such diseases as furunculosis, which spread rapidly among wild >>fish which had little resistance to the new pathogens. In fruitless efforts >>to control the spread of disease, the Norwegian government spent, in one >>instance, $100 million of taxpayers’ funds. In an earlier attempt to >>eradicate an epidemic, the government completely poisoned 20 rivers. >> >>The fundamental problem is that the netcages are open to the ocean >>environment. Escapes of farm fish are inevitable, leading to genetic and >>other harmful interactions with wild fish. Sewage from fish feces and other >>wastes builds up in the areas around the netcages, sewage which contains >>disease pathogens and drugs. In total the sewage is equivalent to the amount >>produced by a half million people. This refuse is deposited right into the >>food chain along the B.C. coast, to be picked up by fish such as black cod, >>herring and salmon. >> >>Eight disease outbreaks have already occurred, and many scientists report >>that a large-scale epidemic will eventually happen among both wild and >>farmed fish. The netcages are typically located in sheltered bays such as >>Clayoquot Sound, areas with rich marine life. Close to fifty of the cages >>are found among the islands and bays along Johnstone Strait, right in the >>path of most Fraser River spawning salmon. >> >>“At least 140 distinct salmon stocks in B.C. are already extinct. To help >>rebuild salmon stocks, commercial, native and sport fishermen made big >>sacrifices this year. We need to make sure this sacrifice is not in vain,” >>says Fulton. >> >>The netcage industry’s use of drugs has been targeted by the Foundation >>because of its possible effects on human health. The repeated use of drugs >>to hold the fish diseases at bay has already led to diseases fully resistant >>to three types of antibiotics. This cavalier and largely unregulated overuse >>of drugs concerns scientists because it reduces the pool of antibiotics >>available for human medicine. >> >>The drugs also leave residues in the fish and shellfish in the areas around >>net cages which are used for food by local communities, particularly First >>Nations. There is no government monitoring of these health effects, or those >>on fish farm workers who are frequently exposed to antibiotics and other drugs. >> >>The David Suzuki Foundation makes 12 recommendations. They include using: >>· only native salmon, >>· closed containment systems which fully treat sewage and prevent contact >>with wild fish >>· mandatory industry insurance covering full ecological restoration of >>catastrophic events >>· government monitoring of drug use and the spread of drug-resistant diseases. >> >>The Foundation is submitting its report to the Salmon Aquaculture Review >>which is currently being conducted by B.C.’s Environmental Assessment Office. >> >>-30- >> >>For more information please contact: >>David Hocking >>Communications Director, The David Suzuki Foundation >>(604) 732-4228 >> >> >> >>Executive Summary >> >>Salmon aquaculture in British Columbia follows an intensive, industrial >>model, with detrimental effects on the pristine environment in which it is >>situated. This stands in sharp contrast to the way fish farming is practiced >>in most of the world. Eighty-five percent of global aquaculture production >>involves non-carnivorous species produced in land-based ponds for domestic >>markets. Most ponds are ecologically integrated into the agricultural, >>industrial, and community fabric; wastes, for instance, become fertilizers >>rather than pollutants. >> >>The infant B.C. salmon netcage industry is part of a much smaller and more >>lucrative component of aquaculture, where publicly owned fresh and saltwater >>environments are used to subsidize intensive private feedlot operations that >>raise carnivorous species for export. >> >>The industry has been encouraged by governments because it provides new >>economic opportunities in coastal areas. However, these benefits are more >>than offset by a wide array of environmental and social costs. The costs >>include: >>· Risks of disease transfer from netcage fish to wild stocks, such as black >>cod, herring, and salmon, and in particular to large numbers of migrating >>Fraser River salmon >>· Risks of introduction of exotic diseases from the continued importation of >>Atlantic salmon >>· Pollution from fish sewage, similar in magnitude to the sewage from a city >>of about half a million people, with associated disease risks, contamination >>of shellfish, and loss of habitat >>· Death, wounding, and harassment of mammal and bird populations due to >>shootings, net entanglements, and acoustic deterrent devices >>· Loss of access to traditional fisheries for First Nations people, with >>increased risks to their health from exposure to drug residues from food >>collected near netcage operations >>· Competition for spawning beds and genetic interaction between wild and >>escaped salmon in fresh and salt water >>· Lost access to anchorages and pristine scenery for sportfishing, >>recreation, and tourism >>· Loss of revenue for commercial fishermen due to lower salmon prices, and >>risks to future revenue for commercial and sportfisheries because of >>potential declines in wild stocks >>· Potential health problems for fish farm workers from the handling of drugs >>· Losses in quality of access for foreshore users from odours, visual >>pollution, and danger from gunfire >>· Costs to taxpayers from government regulatory costs and an array of cash >>subsidies to the industry >>· Losses of wild fish, such as herring and juvenile salmon, consumed by >>netcage fish >>· Endangered human health from the increased use of antibiotics and other >>drugs, which have already led to the spread of fish diseases that are fully >>resistant to three types of antibiotics >>· The net loss of food (four pounds of fish protein are consumed for every >>pound of netcage salmon produced) >> >>These costs are the subject of the illustrations on pages v and vi. >> >>The combination of public subsidies, human health issues, pollution, threats >>to native stocks from disease and habitat damage, and net consumption rather >>than production of protein demonstrates that the existing salmon netcage >>industry in B.C. is not sustainable. The David Suzuki Foundation therefore >>recommends the following policy changes: >>· Replace open cages with closed containment systems. >>· Use native salmon only; prohibit the use of exotic species. >>· Eliminate discharge of fish sewage (zero discharge). >>· Fully monitor drug use and the spread of drug-resistant diseases. >>· Require systematic testing by communities for diseases among farmed and >>wild fish, to be fully funded by industry. >>· Institute mandatory insurance for operators to cover full ecological >>restoration costs of disease epidemics, escapes, genetic pollution, and >>other catastrophic events. >>· Require industry-developed and funded site reclamation plans. >>· Introduce a resource-use rent (royalty) for salmon farmers. >>· Introduce single-window access to public funds, which will be audited and >>made public. >>· Develop and use a process for gaining the agreement of coastal communities >>and First Nations regarding the siting of all existing or proposed >>aquaculture operations. >>· Prohibit the use of firearms and acoustic deterrent devices that harass >>marine mammals, and require the use of technologies that safely separate >>local wildlife from salmon farming operations. >>· Eliminate the use of fish that could be used as human food as the primary >>feed for farmed salmon. >> >>- 30 - >> >> >> >>FULL RECOMMENDATIONS >> >>· Veterinary prescriptions and the use of medicated feed should be monitored >>to determine what drugs are used and in what amounts. >>· Monitoring of drug residues in fish should include the drugs that are >>actually used, not just the ones that are “approved” for use in fish. >>· The present monitoring program conducted by MELP should be compiled in a >>single database, with results presented in an annual summary report. >>· There should be a program to monitor the biota surrounding netcage sites >>for antibiotic residues, particularly in areas of traditional food gathering >>by First Nations people. >>· The health of fish farm workers should be monitored. Fish farm workers >>should be educated in the proper handling of drugs and chemicals, and a >>record of the way drugs are handled should be kept on farms. >>· As there is no innocuous treatment for sea lice, siting criteria should >>include “a sea lice risk assessment” that may result in restrictions on the >>farming of the highly vulnerable Atlantic salmon. >>· There should be a review of the products used as antifoulants, boat hull >>paints, and wood preservatives on fish farm structures. >>· Government and industry must make every effort to minimize the use of all >>drugs and chemicals, and to minimize their movement into the environment. >> >>- 30 - >Georgia Strait Alliance (GSA) WEBSITE: >http://www.island.net/~gsa >GSA Fish Farm Discussion List: >send to: majordomo@onenw.org >message: subscribe fishfarm >ACT NOW FOR A BLUE REVOLUTION!! >MICEC Discussion List: >send to: majordomo@onenw.org >message: subscribe micec From ???@??? Wed May 01 01:15:12 1996 Return-Path: Received: from i2-23.islandnet.com [198.53.172.76] by island.amtsgi.bc.ca (Smail3.1.29.1) with smtp id m0vI8NS-000FfGC for ; Mon, 28 Oct 96 23:14 PST Message-Id: Date: Mon, 28 Oct 96 23:14 PST X-Sender: emerald@mail.islandnet.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" To: emerald@IslandNet.com From: emerald@islandnet.com (Alan Rycroft or Kealey Pringle) Subject: ENGO Victoria-- Fishfarming Threatens BC Marine Life X-UIDL: 8ea2c843c5faa56684f3719e5c10f26b fyi, Al Rycroft >Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 14:43:35 -0800 >To: MARMAM@UVVM.UVIC.ca >From: Howard Breen >Subject: NN: Fishfarming Threatens BC Marine Life >> >>Salmon Farming Industry Threatens B.C.’s Wild Fish Stocks >> >>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 24, 1996 >> >>VANCOUVER - Open netcages, unregulated drug use, and imported Atlantic >>salmon eggs threaten wild fish stocks, according to a David Suzuki >>Foundation report released today. >> >>“The way it operates today, B.C.’s salmon netcage industry threatens the >>survival of fragile wild fish stocks, such as the Fraser River salmon, and >>may even put human health at risk. To manage these hazards we must >>immediately stop importing Atlantic salmon eggs, monitor drug use, and >>change the open fish cages, which release sewage and diseases, into closed >>pens,” says the Foundation’s Executive Director Jim Fulton. >> >>The Suzuki Foundation says B.C’s industry stands in sharp contrast to the >>sound practices followed in 85% of the world’s fish farming, which is >>carried out on land and closely tied to agriculture. Fish wastes in Asia are >>used as crop fertilizer, but in B.C. become sewage. >> >>“The unsurpassed wild environment along the B.C. coast supports a >>multi-billion dollar commercial and sport fishery and tourism business. It >>is the foundation of Native culture, and it provides a home and recreation >>for hundreds of thousands of people. We appreciate the jobs salmon farming >>can bring. But this study tells us we stand to lose far more than we gain. >>We need to set this industry on a course which helps us, not hurts us,” >>explained Fulton. >> >>The major risk is that wild fish could be decimated by the spread of >>virulent diseases. The problem starts with the netcage system itself. These >>cages float in the ocean, and are filled with high densities of farm fish. >>The jammed and stressful conditions of the netcages mean they can become >>breeding grounds for disease epidemics. The use of fish grown from imported >>Atlantic salmon eggs compounds this danger. Atlantic salmon are preferred by >>the industry because they grow more rapidly, and they are more docile. The >>trouble is, the imported fish can bring new diseases with them which can >>spread like wildfire among our native fish. To combat these threats, the >>industry injects fish with drugs and regularly mixes drugs with the feed. >> >>These measures don’t always work. In Norway the industry uses similar >>netcage systems to those in B.C. There, eggs imported from Scotland brought >>epidemics of such diseases as furunculosis, which spread rapidly among wild >>fish which had little resistance to the new pathogens. In fruitless efforts >>to control the spread of disease, the Norwegian government spent, in one >>instance, $100 million of taxpayers’ funds. In an earlier attempt to >>eradicate an epidemic, the government completely poisoned 20 rivers. >> >>The fundamental problem is that the netcages are open to the ocean >>environment. Escapes of farm fish are inevitable, leading to genetic and >>other harmful interactions with wild fish. Sewage from fish feces and other >>wastes builds up in the areas around the netcages, sewage which contains >>disease pathogens and drugs. In total the sewage is equivalent to the amount >>produced by a half million people. This refuse is deposited right into the >>food chain along the B.C. coast, to be picked up by fish such as black cod, >>herring and salmon. >> >>Eight disease outbreaks have already occurred, and many scientists report >>that a large-scale epidemic will eventually happen among both wild and >>farmed fish. The netcages are typically located in sheltered bays such as >>Clayoquot Sound, areas with rich marine life. Close to fifty of the cages >>are found among the islands and bays along Johnstone Strait, right in the >>path of most Fraser River spawning salmon. >> >>“At least 140 distinct salmon stocks in B.C. are already extinct. To help >>rebuild salmon stocks, commercial, native and sport fishermen made big >>sacrifices this year. We need to make sure this sacrifice is not in vain,” >>says Fulton. >> >>The netcage industry’s use of drugs has been targeted by the Foundation >>because of its possible effects on human health. The repeated use of drugs >>to hold the fish diseases at bay has already led to diseases fully resistant >>to three types of antibiotics. This cavalier and largely unregulated overuse >>of drugs concerns scientists because it reduces the pool of antibiotics >>available for human medicine. >> >>The drugs also leave residues in the fish and shellfish in the areas around >>net cages which are used for food by local communities, particularly First >>Nations. There is no government monitoring of these health effects, or those >>on fish farm workers who are frequently exposed to antibiotics and other drugs. >> >>The David Suzuki Foundation makes 12 recommendations. They include using: >>· only native salmon, >>· closed containment systems which fully treat sewage and prevent contact >>with wild fish >>· mandatory industry insurance covering full ecological restoration of >>catastrophic events >>· government monitoring of drug use and the spread of drug-resistant diseases. >> >>The Foundation is submitting its report to the Salmon Aquaculture Review >>which is currently being conducted by B.C.’s Environmental Assessment Office. >> >>-30- >> >>For more information please contact: >>David Hocking >>Communications Director, The David Suzuki Foundation >>(604) 732-4228 >> >> >> >>Executive Summary >> >>Salmon aquaculture in British Columbia follows an intensive, industrial >>model, with detrimental effects on the pristine environment in which it is >>situated. This stands in sharp contrast to the way fish farming is practiced >>in most of the world. Eighty-five percent of global aquaculture production >>involves non-carnivorous species produced in land-based ponds for domestic >>markets. Most ponds are ecologically integrated into the agricultural, >>industrial, and community fabric; wastes, for instance, become fertilizers >>rather than pollutants. >> >>The infant B.C. salmon netcage industry is part of a much smaller and more >>lucrative component of aquaculture, where publicly owned fresh and saltwater >>environments are used to subsidize intensive private feedlot operations that >>raise carnivorous species for export. >> >>The industry has been encouraged by governments because it provides new >>economic opportunities in coastal areas. However, these benefits are more >>than offset by a wide array of environmental and social costs. The costs >>include: >>· Risks of disease transfer from netcage fish to wild stocks, such as black >>cod, herring, and salmon, and in particular to large numbers of migrating >>Fraser River salmon >>· Risks of introduction of exotic diseases from the continued importation of >>Atlantic salmon >>· Pollution from fish sewage, similar in magnitude to the sewage from a city >>of about half a million people, with associated disease risks, contamination >>of shellfish, and loss of habitat >>· Death, wounding, and harassment of mammal and bird populations due to >>shootings, net entanglements, and acoustic deterrent devices >>· Loss of access to traditional fisheries for First Nations people, with >>increased risks to their health from exposure to drug residues from food >>collected near netcage operations >>· Competition for spawning beds and genetic interaction between wild and >>escaped salmon in fresh and salt water >>· Lost access to anchorages and pristine scenery for sportfishing, >>recreation, and tourism >>· Loss of revenue for commercial fishermen due to lower salmon prices, and >>risks to future revenue for commercial and sportfisheries because of >>potential declines in wild stocks >>· Potential health problems for fish farm workers from the handling of drugs >>· Losses in quality of access for foreshore users from odours, visual >>pollution, and danger from gunfire >>· Costs to taxpayers from government regulatory costs and an array of cash >>subsidies to the industry >>· Losses of wild fish, such as herring and juvenile salmon, consumed by >>netcage fish >>· Endangered human health from the increased use of antibiotics and other >>drugs, which have already led to the spread of fish diseases that are fully >>resistant to three types of antibiotics >>· The net loss of food (four pounds of fish protein are consumed for every >>pound of netcage salmon produced) >> >>These costs are the subject of the illustrations on pages v and vi. >> >>The combination of public subsidies, human health issues, pollution, threats >>to native stocks from disease and habitat damage, and net consumption rather >>than production of protein demonstrates that the existing salmon netcage >>industry in B.C. is not sustainable. The David Suzuki Foundation therefore >>recommends the following policy changes: >>· Replace open cages with closed containment systems. >>· Use native salmon only; prohibit the use of exotic species. >>· Eliminate discharge of fish sewage (zero discharge). >>· Fully monitor drug use and the spread of drug-resistant diseases. >>· Require systematic testing by communities for diseases among farmed and >>wild fish, to be fully funded by industry. >>· Institute mandatory insurance for operators to cover full ecological >>restoration costs of disease epidemics, escapes, genetic pollution, and >>other catastrophic events. >>· Require industry-developed and funded site reclamation plans. >>· Introduce a resource-use rent (royalty) for salmon farmers. >>· Introduce single-window access to public funds, which will be audited and >>made public. >>· Develop and use a process for gaining the agreement of coastal communities >>and First Nations regarding the siting of all existing or proposed >>aquaculture operations. >>· Prohibit the use of firearms and acoustic deterrent devices that harass >>marine mammals, and require the use of technologies that safely separate >>local wildlife from salmon farming operations. >>· Eliminate the use of fish that could be used as human food as the primary >>feed for farmed salmon. >> >>- 30 - >> >> >> >>FULL RECOMMENDATIONS >> >>· Veterinary prescriptions and the use of medicated feed should be monitored >>to determine what drugs are used and in what amounts. >>· Monitoring of drug residues in fish should include the drugs that are >>actually used, not just the ones that are “approved” for use in fish. >>· The present monitoring program conducted by MELP should be compiled in a >>single database, with results presented in an annual summary report. >>· There should be a program to monitor the biota surrounding netcage sites >>for antibiotic residues, particularly in areas of traditional food gathering >>by First Nations people. >>· The health of fish farm workers should be monitored. Fish farm workers >>should be educated in the proper handling of drugs and chemicals, and a >>record of the way drugs are handled should be kept on farms. >>· As there is no innocuous treatment for sea lice, siting criteria should >>include “a sea lice risk assessment” that may result in restrictions on the >>farming of the highly vulnerable Atlantic salmon. >>· There should be a review of the products used as antifoulants, boat hull >>paints, and wood preservatives on fish farm structures. >>· Government and industry must make every effort to minimize the use of all >>drugs and chemicals, and to minimize their movement into the environment. >> >>- 30 - >Georgia Strait Alliance (GSA) WEBSITE: >http://www.island.net/~gsa >GSA Fish Farm Discussion List: >send to: majordomo@onenw.org >message: subscribe fishfarm >ACT NOW FOR A BLUE REVOLUTION!! >MICEC Discussion List: >send to: majordomo@onenw.org >message: subscribe micec -------------------------------------------------------------------- Box 8307, Victoria, BC V8W 3R9, CANADA Fax available: (250) 592-8307 Alan, 595-7955 Kealey Email -- emerald@IslandNet.com Web site -- http://www.IslandNet.com/~emerald From ???@??? Wed May 01 01:15:30 1996 Return-Path: Received: from norm.island.net [199.60.19.4] by island.amtsgi.bc.ca (Smail3.1.29.1) with smtp id m0vI9EL-000FdOa for ; Tue, 29 Oct 96 00:09 PST Received: (from root@localhost) by norm.island.net (8.7.5/8.7.5/island.net) id AAA16083 for nanoosenet-outgoing; Tue, 29 Oct 1996 00:08:28 -0800 Received: from mars.ark.com (root@mars.ark.com [204.50.2.2]) by norm.island.net (8.8.0/8.7.5/island.net) with SMTP id AAA16079 for ; Tue, 29 Oct 1996 00:08:25 -0800 Received: from io2p16.ark.com (io2p16.ark.com [204.50.21.113]) by mars.ark.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id AAA06573; Tue, 29 Oct 1996 00:08:14 -0800 Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 00:08:14 -0800 Message-Id: <199610290808.AAA06573@mars.ark.com> X-Sender: yacinfo@mars.ark.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: ark-misc@mars.ark.com, NanooseNet@island.net From: yacinfo@mars.ark.com (ernie yacub) Subject: NN: nuclear lemons..salem #1, washington state #2 (fwd) Sender: owner-nanoosenet@island.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: NanooseNet@island.net X-UIDL: 2e163baebcdace0f0f68f04bffbc4b4e /** headlines: 127.0 **/ ** Topic: Report On Worst Nuclear Reactors In The Nation ** ** Written 9:30 PM Oct 16, 1996 by econet in cdp:headlines ** /* Written 11:11 AM Oct 15, 1996 by gain@cdp.UUCP in gain.toxics */ /* ---------- "Worst Nuclear Reactors in Nation" ---------- */ ========REPPORT ON WORST NUCLEAR REACTORS IN THE NATION========== * * * GLOBAL ACTION AND INFORMATION NETWORK * * * 740 Front Street, Suite 355 Santa Cruz, CA 95060 phone: 408-457-0130 email: gain@gain.org * * * * October 11, 1996 * * * * The Critical Mass Energy Project has charged the Nuclear Regulatory Commission with disregarding public heath and safety by failing to improve the most troubled nuclear reactors in the nation. The CMEP Nuclear Lemmons report lists the twenty-five worst commercial nuclear reactors in the nation based on twelve safety, economic, and performance indicators such as safety system failures, violations, and worker exposure. The problem, says CMEP, is that the NRC identifies problem plants but has no established standards by which to judge when a plant should be shut down. A summary of the report and a list of the twenty-five most troubled plants follows. PUBLIC CITIZEN SAYS NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION SLACK ON SAFETY; IDENTIFIES WORST NUCLEAR REACTORS IN NATION New Jersey's Salem -1 Tops List of Nuclear Lemons Washington, DC, Oct. 9 -- Public Citizen's Critical Mass Energy Project (CMEP) today charged the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) with callous disregard for public health and safety. The advocacy group says the NRC has failed to identify many of the most troubled nuclear reactors in the nation, and has failed to improve the performance of those problem reactors it has identified. The charges are detailed in Nuclear Lemons, a new CMEP report which lists the twenty-five worst nuclear reactors in the nation. "The NRC's attempts to improve performance at troubled nuclear reactors have been an abysmal failure," said James Riccio, staff attorney for Public Citizen and primary author of the study. "Although NRC Chair Shirley Jackson has tried to toughen enforcement, the agency's old guard is still unwilling to crack down on the worst reactors." Nuclear Lemons determines the worst commercial nuclear reactors based on twelve safety, economic and performance indicators. The rankings, which are being co-released with citizens groups across the country, are based entirely on statistics garnered from government and industry documents. While the NRC keeps a "watch list" of problem plants, the agency has never explained the criteria used to create the list, or spelled out conditions to indicate when a reactor should be permanently closed. "The NRC identifies its problem plants'," said Joan Claybrook, President of Public Citizen, "but the Commission has no established standards by which to judge when a nuclear reactor should be shut down. With so many aging, deteriorating nuclear facilities threatening public health and safety, the NRC should be closing the most dangerous plants and moving aggressively to improve the remaining reactors. " "Increasing competition in the electric power industry threatens the survival of many nuclear plants that are far more expensive to operate and maintain than other sources of power," said Bill Magavern, Director of Public Citizen's Critical Mass Energy Project. "Instead of looking the other way, the NRC needs to keep a much closer watch on nuclear utilities, which will be tempted to shortchange safety in their efforts to cut costs. And these nuclear lemons deserve the most scrutiny." 25 WORST REACTORS OVERALL RANK REACTOR ST UTILITY 1 Salem-1 NJ Public Service Electric & Gas 2 Wash. 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Fri May 03 00:16:28 1996 Return-Path: Received: from fw.greenpeace.org [193.67.176.7] by island.amtsgi.bc.ca (Smail3.1.29.1) with smtp id m0vIQzv-000FcWC for ; Tue, 29 Oct 96 19:07 PST Received: (from fwmaster@localhost) by fw.greenpeace.org (8.7.1/8.6.12) id EAA24463 for ; Wed, 30 Oct 1996 04:06:56 +0100 (MET) Received: from bb.nli.gl3(192.168.31.1) by fw.greenpeace.org via smap (V1.3) id sma024419; Wed Oct 30 04:06:29 1996 Received: from green2.greenpeace.org (uugreen2@localhost) by bb.nli.gl3 (8.6.12/8.6.12) with UUCP id EAA01769 for EMERALD@ISLANDNET.COM; Wed, 30 Oct 1996 04:09:47 +0100 From: catherine.stewart@green2.greenpeace.org To: EMERALD@ISLANDNET.COM Message-ID: <30056007@green2.greenpeace.org> X-mailer: SANCHO-X COMET<->UUCP by antenna.nl (1.94) Wed, 30 Oct 96 03:30:05 CET Subject: delisting an endangered brain Date: Tue, 29 OCT 96 19:47:52 GMT X-UIDL: c33bd63cbf63cf1d5b049d2b488ad71c ---------- Original-TO: EMERALD@ISLANDNET.COM ---------- Hi Al: Congrats on all your good work. I wish I could be more involved in ongoing peace and nuke issues, but I'm up to my eyeballs in fisheries and oceans work. So deluged, in fact, that returning from the IUCN I found 218 e- mail messages, a full voice mail box, a 2 foot high stack of paper mail and more to do than any human could handle. But not nukes. As the fisheries campaigner it's just not my baby. So Al, could you please take me off your e-mail distribution list? I'd suggest you keep sending notices to the GP Vancouver office, but NOT to individuals (ie: me). As critical as the issues are, I don't have time to deal with them. Right now, I'm not even reading the peace/nukes e-mail. It's all I can do in a day to keep up with the oceans/fisheries mail I HAVE TO read. Thanks Al. Keep up the good work. Cheers, Cath ---------- From ???@??? Fri May 03 00:16:54 1996 Return-Path: Received: from carver.pinc.com [199.60.118.2] by island.amtsgi.bc.ca (Smail3.1.29.1) with smtp id m0vIVxh-000FbNC for ; Wed, 30 Oct 96 00:25 PST Received: from [199.60.118.111] (pinc111.pinc.com [199.60.118.111]) by carver.pinc.com (8.8.0/8.8.0) with SMTP id AAA20260; Wed, 30 Oct 1996 00:22:17 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 00:22:17 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: bcgreens-l@ark.com From: era@pinc.com (David White) Subject: Shell Canada research X-UIDL: b6e91bdbb47c3ba431bacfa608e4c5ff Shell Canada's earnings in 1995 were $523 million. Shell Investments Ltd. contols about 78% of the shares of Shell Canada Ltd. Shell Investments is wholly owned by Shell Petroleum NV of the Netherlands, which in turn is owned 40% by The Shell Transport and Trading Company (of GB) and 60% by the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company of the Netherlands. *Environmental Record 1994 (last year records were available) Shell Canada had 101 operating licence contraventions and 46 reportable spills. In the summer of 1995, they were involved in a major spill at a Trenton, Ontario gas station, which resulted in contamination of local water supply. They were fined $430K *Environment Fund established 1990, $600K '94, (same in '95 w/ 272 projects in Canada,) - $4 M since inception, 1700 projects total (I will report more on this in a future posting) *Social Policy Shell Canada is presently involved in what they describe as a major "rationalizing" strategy, eg/ 50 Turbo - Payless stations have been closed in BC since Sept 93, and over 900 of 3,450 Shell stations have been shut down between 1990-4, despite an increase in sales of 44% in that same period. Employment has decreased from 7,108 in 1990 to 4,391 in 1994 Board Peter JC Bentley, BC (Canfor Corp) Fernand Bibeau, PQ (Beauward Shopping Centers) John Fraser, Man(Federal Industries, Russel Metals) Cornelius Herkstoter, Holland (Royal Dutch) Lorne Lodge (IBM Canada) John D. McNeil, Ont (Sun Life Assurance) Margaret Southern, Alta Robert Stewart BC (Scott Paper) Robert Taylor, Alta Charles W Wilson, Alta president Salary $604K; bonus, etc $323K John S. Jennings, (Shell Transport) Lorne K Lodge, Ont Executive Officers CW Wilson, R. Taylor, GB Darou, RP Cej, HW Lemieux Gasolene makes up $1,705 million revenue, but other distillates (jet fuel, heating oil, etc) made up $1,231 million in 1994 *Reserves and Production Active in natural gas exploration Monkman Pass, BC - estimated 11 year reserve based at current production of 222 billion cu ft. (ie reserve of 2494 bcf '95 Crude oil production is 14 million brls about 9% of remaining reserves (est reserve of 155 mbrls 1995) Ethane, Propane, etc 135 mbrls est '95 reserves, negligible production *CORRECTION: In a past posting I suggested that Columbia Fuels is owned by Shell Canada. This is not true; Columbia was, however, a part of the Shell-Payless deal. Shell gave the former owner of Payless and the current Columbia owner, the Shell and Payless home oil customers accounts list. Columbia has no refinery, and currently purchases "about 5%" of their oil needs from Shell Canada. A spokesperson for another home heating company strongly disputes the 5% estimate. David White From ???@??? Fri Nov 15 22:11:59 1996 Return-Path: Received: from norm.island.net [199.60.19.4] by mail (Smail3.2) with smtp id m0vOAIp-0006b4a for ; Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:30:31 -0800 (PST) Received: (from root@localhost) by norm.island.net (8.7.5/8.7.5/island.net) id OAA08699 for nanoosenet-outgoing; Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:29:48 -0800 Received: from Default (dyn25.island.net [204.239.42.35]) by norm.island.net (8.8.0/8.7.5/island.net) with SMTP id OAA08672; Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:29:31 -0800 Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:29:31 -0800 Message-Id: <2.2.16.19961114143317.109fc09c@mail.island.net> X-Sender: hbreen@mail.island.net X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.2 (16) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: fishfarm@onenw.org From: Howard Breen Subject: NN: Toxics in water, fish, harm people, study, Cc: MARINELIFE@onenw.org Sender: owner-nanoosenet@island.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: NanooseNet@island.net X-UIDL: 7fe50a48ae367c886ef59932bef8be5d >>IN THE REAL WORLD >> >>Researchers Deliver a Wake Up Call To the Public and Legislators: >> >>Today (10/30) at a Chicago Sierra Club forum, researchers sounded >>a call for public concern and government action to protect >>America's environment and our health. Scientists pointed to a >>disturbing pattern of human health and wildlife impacts from >>toxic pollution. >> >>The conference featured the results of the Oswego Newborn and >>Infant Development Project -- an ongoing study that represents >>the first replication and extension of the key study which found >>that exposure before birth to PCB-contaminated Lake Michigan fish >>can result in long lasting IQ loss in children. That study had >>been published in this September's issue of the New England >>Journal of Medicine. >> >>The Oswego study confirmed these results in newborn infants of >>mothers who consumed Lake Ontario fish contaminated with a wide >>range of persistent toxic chemicals. >> >>The single largest source of toxic chemical pollution to fish and >>people are the muds at the bottom of many of our waters -- small >>farm ponds to large industrial harbors. The muds store dangerous >>chemicals that were released to our waters in the past and those >>still being released by industry today. The chemicals stored in >>the muds can then build up in the fish, frogs, and other animals >>that live in those waters. >> >>"We protect our lab rats better than we do our children. In order >>to expose lab animals to what our children are being exposed to >>on a daily basis, I need to receive permission," said Dr. Warren >>Porter, chair of the Department of Zoology at the University of >>Wisconsin. [PD NOTE: I love this quote!!] >> >>The conferees stressed that we can take concrete steps to protect >>our families and reduce pollution. >> >>1. Vote for pro-environment, pro-health candidates on election day. >> >>2. Don't drink from, swim, or eat fish from polluted waters. >> >>3. Urge state and national representatives to expand our >>families' right to know about pollution in our neighborhood. >> >>4. Buy green products like chlorine free-paper and clothing. >> >>5. Urge Congress to make polluters responsible for the release of >>dangerous chemicals out of your waterways. >> >> >Miranda Holmes >Georgia Strait Alliance >Toxics Campaign Office >1726 Commercial Drive >Vancouver, BC >Canada V5N 4A3 >Tel: 604-251-4953 >Fax: 604-253-0114 > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NANOOSE CONVERSION CAMPAIGN Submissions: NanooseNet@mail.island.net Subscriptions: NanooseNet-Request@mail.island.net World-Wide Web: http://nanaimo.ark.com/~convert/ STOP NUCLEAR SUBMARINE WEAPONS TESTS IN GEORGIA STRAIT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From ???@??? Fri May 03 23:17:00 1996 Return-Path: Received: from i2-33.islandnet.com [198.53.172.26] by island.amtsgi.bc.ca (Smail3.1.29.1) with smtp id m0vL8xN-000FqkC for ; Wed, 6 Nov 96 06:27 PST Message-Id: Date: Wed, 6 Nov 96 06:27 PST X-Sender: litman@mail.Islandnet.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: emerald@islandnet.com (Alan Rycroft or Kealey Pringle) From: litman@IslandNet.com (Todd Litman) Subject: Re: alternative transport sites X-UIDL: df800800361a2165b1181dd88324b710 Status: U Dear Al Rycroft, The Victoria Transport Policy Institute is dedicated to innovative research and analysis. Our goal is to develop practical tools for incorporating social and environmental values into transportation decision making. Sincerely, Todd Litman, Director Victoria Transport Policy Institute "Efficiency - Equity - Clarity" 1250 Rudlin Street Victoria, BC, V8V 3R7, Canada Phone & Fax: (250) 360-1560 http://www.islandnet.com/~litman >>>Do you know of any eco-transport web sites, particularly local ones? >> >>Yes - Todd Litman's page, Victoria Transport Institute (email him for >>details at litman@islandnet.com > >Please send me info. Thank you! > >Al Rycroft >-------------------------------------------------------------------- >Box 8307, Victoria, BC V8W 3R9, CANADA >Fax available: (250) 592-8307 Alan, 595-7955 Kealey >Email -- emerald@IslandNet.com >Web site -- http://www.IslandNet.com/~emerald > > > From ???@??? Tue Nov 19 18:16:53 1996 Return-Path: Received: from maelstrom.stjohns.edu [149.68.1.24] by mail (Smail3.2) with esmtp id m0vPqaD-0006bBC for ; Tue, 19 Nov 1996 05:51:25 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: Received: from maelstrom.stjohns.edu by maelstrom.stjohns.edu (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id 44D781EE ; Tue, 19 Nov 1996 8:51:08 -1300 Date: Sun, 17 Nov 1996 00:48:13 -0500 Reply-To: "Hank Roth's Progressive List [& PNEWS CONFERENCES]" Sender: "Hank Roth's Progressive List [& PNEWS CONFERENCES]" From: GOLEM Subject: ESSAY: Social Responsibility essay To: Multiple recipients of list PNEWS-L X-UIDL: 15a58fd556a0bf04aea5e165cfdf6503 [*********PNEWS CONFERENCES************] From: Steven C Diamond I've been thinking lately about how environmentalism can often be taken to a new plane of silliness, obsessing over the small environmental battles while ignoring the bigger ones... and even worse... ignoring the even greater evils of our society. Before, I had dismissed environmentalism as a peripheral way of occupying the attention of us "bleeding hearts". Now I seek to relate it more to the real issues, as I see them. SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY The production of styrofoam (as an example) consumes petroleum, harms the ozone layer, and will never decompose. Clearly, the use of styrofoam should be avoided. This is a VERY MINOR first step to being environmentally friendly, while environmentalism is a minor first step towards being socially responsible. If non-renewable resources are really a major concern (which they are) then everyone should seek to limit their gasoline consumption, using bikes and vigorously encouraging public transportation, then using it. Take brief showers, preferably with a friend. Turn off the lights when you leave a room. Just think how many styrofoam trays are made from just one gallon of gasoline... equal to driving your car across town and back. If the ozone layer and global warming is really a major concern (which it is) then everyone should stop eating beef, considering that the IMF forces the Third World to pay back their high-interest loans, and they do so by burning down the rainforests to graze cows, a process that produces carbon dioxide and leaves deserts in its wake within a few years. Old refrigerators and CFC aerosols should be disposed of properly. Wear organic clothing like cotton or wool as much as possible while limiting your use of synthetic fibers like nylon, propylene, goretex, etc. Have your car, lawnmower, snowblower, and every other major power tool emissions tested, and repaired as necessary. Lobby for mass transit. If the piles of garbage we produce (much of which is plastic and won't deteriorate) is really a problem (which it is) then we should limit our consumption as much as possible, while using things with minimal packaging. Prevent the distribution of advertising, which both wastes paper and encourages unnecessary consumption. Get off mailing lists, write "return to sender" on all US junk mail, and post "no ads" signs on your doors and mailboxes if ads tend to appear there as well. Refuse fliers. Use e-mail. Recycle. Patch your own clothes. Avoid using disposable cups and utensils. Assuming you can find unpolluted dirt, water, and air, organically grow your own garden, and eat nothing else. Only being concerned about the tray you use and not noticing the food that's in it is like not seeing the forest because of the trees. Some scientists have predicted that our generation will be the last to have fertility. Reproduction in the future will be artificial or impossible. Not only is American produce treated with considerable pesticides, but often American made DDT is sprayed on foods grown in the Third World for export to the United States. Assuming you care enough to do all this, you are now quite environmentally friendly. Unfortunately, you are still paying for murder and oppression through tax dollars and purchases. For instance, in the Gulf Wars, we invaded Iraq to protect our access to the same gasoline that Americans feed their cars with and eat off of. If defending the Kurds were the reason, we would have attacked Turkey. If we really objected to aggression against a defenseless neighbor, we wouldn't have invaded Panama and Grenada. About one quarter of every federal tax dollar is spent on weapons that attack to "defend our interests" and maintain our standard of living by taking non-renewable resources from other countries. Nike and Disney are two of the many companies that oppress labor or have abysmal human rights records. 80 hour work weeks, 25 cents an hour wages, dangerous conditions, intimidation and sexual harassment are all routine in many of the third world sweathouses where the products we consume are made. Many of these workers are children, young women (easier to control than men) and malnourished. Used workers are thrown away when they grow too old or get injured in the machinery, which typically doesn't take too long to happen. Labor rights activists disappear, and companies frequently call in government troops (that the US helped to arm) to forcibly break up demonstrations. The only way to be completely socially responsible as a US citizen is to become a subsistence farmer, producing everything you need yourself and refusing to pay federal taxes. If this is too drastic for you and you still want to consider yourself someone who actually cares about the World we live in, then there are a few things you can do to ease your conscience at being an American and a human being. Be an environmentalist to save your children. Militantly demonstrate against our government's military spending and invasions to save people's lives. Don't buy products from the companies with the worst labor rights records to ease people's suffering and protect their basic rights. Anyone with enough conscience and caring to be an environmentalist for the sake of the next generation should also care enough about the people suffering and dying throughout the world right now. Being socially responsible requires an understanding of politics, a commitment to seek out the truth, however obscure, and a willingness to do anything possible and moral to correct these injustices. From ???@??? Tue Nov 19 23:07:22 1996 To: guy dauncey From: emerald@islandnet.com (Alan Rycroft or Kealey Pringle) Subject: Thanks for your great work. And by the way... Cc: Bcc: X-Attachments: Have you broached the possibility of interest-free government loans and/or loand guarantees for the car coop? I found your "social inventions" by accident one night searching for something else. Excellent encyclopedia. Thanks Guy. Regards, AL From ???@??? Tue Nov 19 23:23:47 1996 To: peter ronald,bruce torrie From: emerald@islandnet.com (Alan Rycroft or Kealey Pringle) Subject: ESSAY: Social Responsibility essay Cc: Bcc: X-Attachments: fyi, AL >Return-Path: >Date: Sun, 17 Nov 1996 00:48:13 -0500 >Reply-To: "Hank Roth's Progressive List [& PNEWS CONFERENCES]" > >Sender: "Hank Roth's Progressive List [& PNEWS CONFERENCES]" > >From: GOLEM >Subject: ESSAY: Social Responsibility essay >To: Multiple recipients of list PNEWS-L >X-UIDL: 15a58fd556a0bf04aea5e165cfdf6503 > >[*********PNEWS CONFERENCES************] >From: Steven C Diamond > >I've been thinking lately about how environmentalism can often be taken >to a new plane of silliness, obsessing over the small environmental >battles while ignoring the bigger ones... and even worse... ignoring the >even greater evils of our society. Before, I had dismissed >environmentalism as a peripheral way of occupying the attention of us >"bleeding hearts". Now I seek to relate it more to the real issues, as I >see them. > > SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY > > The production of styrofoam (as an example) consumes >petroleum, harms the ozone layer, and will never decompose. >Clearly, the use of styrofoam should be avoided. This is a >VERY MINOR first step to being environmentally friendly, >while environmentalism is a minor first step towards being >socially responsible. > > If non-renewable resources are really a major concern >(which they are) then everyone should seek to limit their >gasoline consumption, using bikes and vigorously encouraging >public transportation, then using it. Take brief showers, >preferably with a friend. Turn off the lights when you leave >a room. Just think how many styrofoam trays are made from >just one gallon of gasoline... equal to driving your car >across town and back. > > If the ozone layer and global warming is really a major >concern (which it is) then everyone should stop eating beef, >considering that the IMF forces the Third World to pay back >their high-interest loans, and they do so by burning down the >rainforests to graze cows, a process that produces carbon >dioxide and leaves deserts in its wake within a few years. >Old refrigerators and CFC aerosols should be disposed of >properly. Wear organic clothing like cotton or wool as much >as possible while limiting your use of synthetic fibers like >nylon, propylene, goretex, etc. Have your car, lawnmower, >snowblower, and every other major power tool emissions >tested, and repaired as necessary. Lobby for mass transit. > > If the piles of garbage we produce (much of which is >plastic and won't deteriorate) is really a problem (which it >is) then we should limit our consumption as much as possible, >while using things with minimal packaging. Prevent the >distribution of advertising, which both wastes paper and >encourages unnecessary consumption. Get off mailing lists, >write "return to sender" on all US junk mail, and post "no >ads" signs on your doors and mailboxes if ads tend to appear >there as well. Refuse fliers. Use e-mail. Recycle. Patch >your own clothes. Avoid using disposable cups and utensils. > > Assuming you can find unpolluted dirt, water, and air, >organically grow your own garden, and eat nothing else. Only >being concerned about the tray you use and not noticing the >food that's in it is like not seeing the forest because of >the trees. Some scientists have predicted that our >generation will be the last to have fertility. Reproduction >in the future will be artificial or impossible. Not only is >American produce treated with considerable pesticides, but >often American made DDT is sprayed on foods grown in the >Third World for export to the United States. > > Assuming you care enough to do all this, you are now >quite environmentally friendly. Unfortunately, you are still >paying for murder and oppression through tax dollars and >purchases. For instance, in the Gulf Wars, we invaded Iraq >to protect our access to the same gasoline that Americans >feed their cars with and eat off of. If defending the Kurds >were the reason, we would have attacked Turkey. If we really >objected to aggression against a defenseless neighbor, we >wouldn't have invaded Panama and Grenada. About one quarter >of every federal tax dollar is spent on weapons that attack >to "defend our interests" and maintain our standard of living >by taking non-renewable resources from other countries. > > Nike and Disney are two of the many companies that >oppress labor or have abysmal human rights records. 80 hour >work weeks, 25 cents an hour wages, dangerous conditions, >intimidation and sexual harassment are all routine in many of >the third world sweathouses where the products we consume are >made. Many of these workers are children, young women >(easier to control than men) and malnourished. Used workers >are thrown away when they grow too old or get injured in the >machinery, which typically doesn't take too long to happen. >Labor rights activists disappear, and companies frequently >call in government troops (that the US helped to arm) to >forcibly break up demonstrations. > > The only way to be completely socially responsible as a >US citizen is to become a subsistence farmer, producing >everything you need yourself and refusing to pay federal >taxes. If this is too drastic for you and you still want to >consider yourself someone who actually cares about the World >we live in, then there are a few things you can do to ease >your conscience at being an American and a human being. Be >an environmentalist to save your children. Militantly >demonstrate against our government's military spending and >invasions to save people's lives. Don't buy products from >the companies with the worst labor rights records to ease >people's suffering and protect their basic rights. > >Anyone with enough conscience and caring to be an >environmentalist for the sake of the next generation should >also care enough about the people suffering and dying >throughout the world right now. Being socially responsible >requires an understanding of politics, a commitment to seek >out the truth, however obscure, and a willingness to do >anything possible and moral to correct these injustices. > > From ???@??? Wed Nov 20 21:40:20 1996 Return-Path: Received: from [198.53.172.68] [198.53.172.29] by mail (Smail3.2) with smtp id m0vQLFd-0006dYC for ; Wed, 20 Nov 1996 14:36:13 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 14:36:13 -0800 (PST) X-Sender: gdauncey@mail.islandnet.com Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: emerald@islandnet.com (Alan Rycroft or Kealey Pringle) From: gdauncey@islandnet.com (Guy Dauncey) Subject: Re: Thanks for your great work. And by the way... X-UIDL: 4477e9ffc55496539bb8ebb58bba8d90 Thanks ! We've got our commercial loans lined up with Pacific Coast Savings. What we're chasing now is not loans, but cash - just $3 - 4,000 to let us pay Kathryn for part-time managing in the run-up to launchday, on Feb 14th. I'm going to put you on the carshare minutes list from now on, so that you can keep in close touch ! Under our new arrangement, local pods outside James Bay will be able to start organizing as soon as someone steps forward to form a local steering committee, and we'll spoonfeed you (25 easy steps) with all the work to get 40 members, and you'll piggyback onto everythiung we've done, as part of the same coop. So we could have ten more pods going by summer ! Love, Guy Guy Dauncey, 2069 Kings Rd, Victoria, B.C. V8R 2P6, Canada Tel/Fax (250) 592-4473 Author of 'After the Crash : The Emergence of the Rainbow Economy' (Greenprint, London, 1996) Victoria Car Share Co-operative Editor, EcoNews http://www.islandnet.com/~gdauncey/econews/ Author of '2015 : A Journey into the Future' (still being written) "The best way to predict the future is to invent it" From ???@??? Wed Nov 20 21:40:26 1996 Return-Path: Received: from [198.53.172.68] [198.53.172.29] by mail (Smail3.2) with smtp id m0vQLFu-0006cWC for ; Wed, 20 Nov 1996 14:36:30 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 14:36:30 -0800 (PST) X-Sender: gdauncey@mail.islandnet.com Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: emerald@islandnet.com From: gdauncey@islandnet.com (Guy Dauncey) Subject: Car Share Minutes Nov 20th X-UIDL: 2e1e87f616c9d17fdb1f9d74b35f782b VICTORIA CAR SHARE CO-OPERATIVE STEERING COMMITTEE MINUTES, Wednesday Nov 20th 1996 Present : Kathryn, Yasha, Theresa, Anne, Doug, John, Guy 1. Christmas Party at Kathryn's, Sunday Dec 8th - Core group please to bring finger foods ! Yasha will approach Thrifty Foods Newsletter to everyone is underway, to go out next week. AGM Planning, re nominations : future attention Share Certificates : Yasha to get legal clone Questionnaires still coming in 3. Member Liaison. Four new members, three for the James Bay pod, one for View Royal pod. 4. Fundraising. Raffle - There are still 18 days to sell tickets.If you don't have any, call John 360-0938 Go Green Committee - waiting to hear. Transport Financing Authority - Guy talking to Rosemary Abrams this afternoon Victoria Foundation 381-5532. Can only give to registered charities Guy will ask Bo re approaching the Sierra Club Foundation, to "carry" us ACTION 21 - Deadline Feb 1st. Anne, Kathryn & Guy had a good meeting with Gretchen Harlow. We need to form a separate association or society, to make our application for the educational and policy development aspects. Toyota Canada - letter off today. Anne will track down the PR addresses for Honda, Mazda, + Pacific Coast Foundation. Application this week to marketing dept. Main deadline end of Jan. Guy will call Laura Porcher re greenhouse gas money Doug will call into the Volunteer Bureau at 602 View St, re their $$ Directories Kathryn will find out how to apply to the Aveda 'Give to the Earth' Foundation BC Tel - Doug will track down the procedures. Mike Williams, Swans, Garde Gardom, Victoria Real Estate Board, Paddy Stewart Guy's EcoNews donors list, Mark Scott Owner/President of Budget Car Rentals - all after the $$ weekend 5. Downtown/Government workers. Awaiting feedback from Veronica Barlee 6. Publicity. Web Site - Guy will call Rick Kool PR Kit - Kathryn will approach Kealey to do this. Alan Perry, CFAX, re afternoon show story. Kathryn will call Gem Mortimore ran a good story in the TC on Tuesday - generated two new members already. Martlet, UVic Monday Mag - Doug has talked to James McKinnon, and he wants to become a member ! James Bay Beacon - no story; we'll place an ad with Ernie Pounder in the January edition. Deborah Pearce future feature on Kathryn Doug will approach the Vancouver Island Safety Council Guy will call re Sierra Club newsletter deadline Kathryn will send out PSAs to Shaw Cable, et al. Yasha will check out Camosun radio S.o. needs to check out CFUV radio. 7. Brochures & posters : So will drop fliers off at the library. Guy will do Lifestyles. 8. Development of other Pods. Guy will write a simple 25-Step Package 9. Membership Agreement etc Benoit/Quebec report : Benoit wants us to pay for paperwork, and then sign a confidentiality agreement that we'll not share it with anyone. We have therefore decided not to use any of their paperwork, but to build our own, so that we are free to give it away on our Web Site. Yasha and Kathryn to visit Vancouver next Friday, to talk with Tracey. Elke is translating the short German contract Guy will pursue RAIN magazine for news of the Eugene co-op Car Share Manual, Booking process - our Portland conact will hopefull be back soon with a bundle of stuff. No word from Germany. Directors' liability insurance - Yasha and Kathryn to discuss with Tracey, re Cooperators. 10. Next Meeting : Friday, November 29th, 2pm, at Kathryn's, 137 Michigan St. (Sorry, Elke ! Kathryn could not make the Thurssday next week.) Guy Dauncey, 2069 Kings Rd, Victoria, B.C. V8R 2P6, Canada Tel/Fax (250) 592-4473 Author of 'After the Crash : The Emergence of the Rainbow Economy' (Greenprint, London, 1996) Victoria Car Share Co-operative Editor, EcoNews http://www.islandnet.com/~gdauncey/econews/ Author of '2015 : A Journey into the Future' (still being written) "The best way to predict the future is to invent it" From ???@??? Thu Nov 21 19:14:34 1996 Return-Path: Received: from i2-22.islandnet.com [198.53.172.22] by mail (Smail3.2) with smtp id m0vQTvh-0006bmC for ; Wed, 20 Nov 1996 23:52:13 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 23:52:13 -0800 (PST) X-Sender: emerald@mail.islandnet.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: emerald@IslandNet.com From: emerald@islandnet.com (Alan Rycroft or Kealey Pringle) Subject: ENGO BC-- The cost of transportation Cc: impulse@islandnet.com X-UIDL: b34c8b91a13b87898ab21ae21b1050aa Thanks to Peter Ronald for bringing this to my attention. Al Rycroft > From: Sjubar@transact.org > Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 18:56:11 -0500 > Subject: STPP Transfer 11/15 > > ================================ > TRANSFER > November 15, 1996 > VOLUME 2, ISSUE 44 > Electronic Edition > ================================ > > ... > > New Transportation Resources Available: > > - -A report just released by the Puget Sound Regional Council has found out > how much transportation is costing Seattle. The report, The Costs of > Transportation, calculated what residents in the three county area pay for > use of cars, buses, ferries and other modes. Among its findings: Residents of > the Puget Sound region spend over 25% of personal income on transportation; > and auto expenditures, excluding license and other fees, represent 62% of a > total transportation budget of $21.1 billion. > > Bruce Kendall, vice president of the Economic Development Council of Seattle > and King County, addressed the report's findings: "We are spending more and > more of our personal income through taxes on a road system that does not > appear to be giving us the mobility that one would expect from that kind of > expenditure." > > - -The Federal Highway Administration recently published several booklets on > transportation. Leaving a Place Better Than We Found It documents a number of > successful ISTEA enhancement projects. > > Community Impact Assessment: A quick Reference for Transportation includes > strategies, techniques, laws and key resources for assessing impacts of > transportation projects. > > Transportation Air Quality: Selected Facts and Figures is a concise reference > guide on common air pollutants, their points of origin and non-attainment > areas across the country. > > For a copy of the Seattle study, contact the Puget Sound Regional Council at > 206.464.7532, for the Federal Highway pamphlets contact their public affairs > office at 202.366.0660. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Box 8307, Victoria, BC V8W 3R9, CANADA (250) 592-8307 Alan Rycroft (fax available) (250) 595-7955 Kealey Pringle Email -- emerald@IslandNet.com Web site -- http://www.IslandNet.com/~emerald From ???@??? Thu Nov 21 19:14:46 1996 Return-Path: Received: from i2-22.islandnet.com [198.53.172.22] by mail (Smail3.2) with smtp id m0vQTw2-0006cBC for ; Wed, 20 Nov 1996 23:52:34 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 23:52:34 -0800 (PST) X-Sender: emerald@mail.islandnet.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: emerald@IslandNet.com From: emerald@islandnet.com (Alan Rycroft or Kealey Pringle) Subject: ENGO Victoria-- Ecological economics X-UIDL: 947615cc177aee6d5bde14c3dc09caa2 fyi, Al Rycroft >Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 09:09:24 -0500 >Subject: ESSAY: Limits to Growth [fwd] >To: Multiple recipients of list PNEWS-L >From: Jay Hanson > >The Ecological Society of America >NEWS >2010 Massachusetts Avenue, NW * Suite 400 * Washington, DC >20036 * Phone: (202) 833-8773 > >MEDIA ADVISORY > >Current Economic Growth Cannot Last Forever >Re-thinking Economic Growth > >Throughout the 1996 [US] election year, politicians have >overwhelmingly campaigned on platforms touting economic growth as the >main source of a healthy economy. Now, however, many well-known >economists and ecologists argue that policies focused mainly on growth >will undermine the well-being of both economic and ecological systems. > >A special feature in the November issue of Ecological >Applications, "Ecological Economics and Sustainability," addresses the >fundamental interdependence of economic and ecological systems through >the bold new trans-disciplinary field of ecological economics. > >Robert Costanza of the Institute for Ecological Economics at the >University of Maryland believes the entire concept of economic growth >must be re-thought as society moves closer to the limits of the >earth's ability to support the human population. > >"It is essential that humans realize the enormous impact they have on >the environment and learn to live sustainably and well within the >finite limits of our planet", declares Costanza. Ecological economics >strives to help people reach the goal of minimized growth while >improving the quality of life. > >Costanza argues that, "When focusing on the sustainability of >human activity as a goal, some of the basic assumptions of both >conventional economics and ecology are ineffective". Ecology, he >claims, has become "the study of the economy of that part of nature >that does not include humans" while economics largely ignores the >dependence of economic systems on the earth's ecosystems. By >transcending the traditional confines of each discipline, new >strategies to reach sustainable and viable social and economic systems >can be explored. > >Human needs are given priority by Carl Folke of The Royal >Swedish Academy of Sciences, et al. who assert that the maintenance of >biological diversity is crucial to the ability of an ecosystem to >provide necessary life-support. However, they contend that species >diversity should be maintained with the goal of improving the >resilience of a natural system against change; a shift in management >strategies toward a focus on diversity as a means of sustaining the >human impact on an ecosystem. > >Gretchen Daily and Paul Ehrlich of Stanford University focus their >attention on the relationship between the equity of resource >allocation and the earth's carrying capacity - the ability to sustain >the world's population. They contend that "increasing the equality of >opportunity can help to increase food production and lower fertility >rates", thus transitioning toward a sustainable society. > >The feature includes other scientific papers which address other >equally complex questions posed by this emerging field. > >Despite the immediate and celebrated benefits of economic >growth, ecological economists have found that infinite, conventional >economic growth is not compatible with the finite resources of the >earth. A better quality of life and sustainability will come from >qualitative improvement, not continued growth. > > ##### > >Reprints of, *Ecological Economics and Sustainability* are available for $9.00 > by contacting the Ecological >Society of America, 2010 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 400, >Washington, DC 20036; (202) 833-8773; esahq@esa.org. > >The Ecological Society of America is the nation*s leading professional >society of ecologists, representing over 7,000 ecological researchers >in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and 62 other nations. Founded >in 1915, ESA seeks to promote the responsible application of >ecological data and principles to the solution of environmental >problems through ESA reports, journals, research, and expert testimony >to Congress. Visit ESA's Homepage at: >http://www.sdsc.edu/~ESA/ESA.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ Box 8307, Victoria, BC V8W 3R9, CANADA (250) 592-8307 Alan Rycroft (fax available) (250) 595-7955 Kealey Pringle Email -- emerald@IslandNet.com Web site -- http://www.IslandNet.com/~emerald From ???@??? Wed Nov 27 23:46:04 1996 To: emerald From: emerald@islandnet.com (Alan Rycroft or Kealey Pringle) Subject: ENGO Int'l: No More Ozone Over Antarctic Left To Destroy Cc: Bcc: engo intl X-Attachments: fyi, Al Rycroft >Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 17:01:44 -0500 >Subject: ENVIRONMENT: No More Ozone Over Antarctic Left To Destroy >To: Multiple recipients of list PNEWS-L >Authorized posting to PNEWS and related conferences >/* Written 3:13 PM Nov 11, 1996 by newsdesk in igc:ips.english */ >/* ---------- "ENVIRONMENT: No More Ozone Over Ant" ---------- */ > Copyright 1996 InterPress Service, all rights reserved. > Worldwide distribution via the APC networks. > > *** 08-Nov-96 *** > >Title: ENVIRONMENT: No More Ozone Over Antarctic Left To Destroy /RELATE/ > >By Gustavo Capdevila and Judith Perera > >ATTN EDITORS: Please relate the following item to 'ENVIRONMENT: >Rich Nations Must Keep Cash Pledges To Save Ozone Layer' moved from >San Jose earlier. > >GENEVA, Nov 8 (IPS) -- This year the ozone hole over the Antarctic >was less than the record size set last year of 7.7 million square >miles, but this is no reason for complacency, warns Dr Rumen >Bojkov, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) top adviser on >ozone. > >The seasonal hole in the ozone layer, first observed over the >Antarctic in the 1980s, has reappeared each year since then. This >year's ozone loss is ''comparable to the previous record-setting >years,'' he says. > >''We have reached the bottom,'' Bojkov says. ''All the ozone >contained within the polar vortex area between nine miles and 14 >miles is destroyed. That's it. We cannot have lower values than >that. There is no more ozone (over the Antarctic) to be >destroyed.'' > >This season's hole over the Antarctic actually shrunk to 7.2 >million square miles this year, but it stayed this big for 50 days, >a duration only previously observed on this scale in 1993 and 1995, >he adds. > >Ozone is a naturally occurring form of oxygen found in the >stratosphere which acts as a protective shield to life on Earth by >absorbing most of the sun's cancer-causing ultraviolet radiation. > >The United Nations WMO says sustained surges in radiation reaching >the Earth could lead to a rise in cancer in humans and animals, >lower crop yields and damage the marine food chain, starting with >microscopic plankton in the world's oceans. > >'Holes' in the ozone layer appear each year over the Arctic and >Antarctic and the layer has become generally thinner because of the >effect of ozone depleting chemicals. > >WMO studies show a one percent drop in ozone levels causes an >average 1.3 percent rise in ultraviolet radiation. > >Ozone loss is expected to peak between 2001 and 2005 provided that >countries abide by the 1987 Montreal Protocol aimed at reducing the >use of certain chemicals. The pact calls for a 50 percent reduction >in volume of chloroflurocarbons (CFCs) by 2000. > >This year's ozone depletion was detected by the U.S. built Total >Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) system, carried on board the U.S. >Earth Probe satellite and the Japanese Advanced Earth-Observing >Satellite (ADEOS) satellite. The data were confirmed by ground- >based instruments and other satellite-based instruments. > >The average size of the Antarctic ozone hole during 1996 has been >almost as large as in the peak year of 1993, although ozone values >are higher than the record lows seen in September 1994, according >to preliminary analysis of satellite data by scientists at NASA's >Goddard Space Flight Centre in Greenbelt, Maryland. > >This year the hole covered a surface area over the South Pole >roughly equal in size to the North American continent. > >''Although its area climbed briefly over that of the previous >peak, that is not as great a concern as the average size, because >meteorological conditions can cause large day-to-day >fluctuations,'' explains Dr Paul Newman, research scientist in the >Laboratory for Atmospheres at Goddard. > >Each year the region covered by low total ozone begins to grow in >early August reaching a maximum in September, while the lowest >ozone values are typically seen in late September and early >October. The ozone hole usually disappears by early December. > >Scientists at the South Pole from the National Oceanic and >Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), working with balloon-borne >measurements, say the measurements are similar to last year when >ozone depletion was more severe than in the past. > >Dr Dave Hofmann of the NOAA Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Lab >in Boulder, Colorado says last year's measurements showed complete >destruction of ozone at an altitude of 10 miles between Sep. 24- >Oct. 14. > >''These deep and large ozone holes are likely to continue to form >annually until the stratospheric chlorine amount drops to its pre- >ozone hole values,'' says Dr Richard Stolarski, also at Goddard. > >Bojkov warns that world should now watch out for potentially more >life-threatening depletion over Europe and America. He told a media >briefing in Geneva this week that up to 10 percent of the ozone had >been depleted over Europe and North America by man-made chemicals >in the past 20 years. > >''Over Geneva, for example, we have lost nearly eight to 10 >percent of the ozone compared to the 1960s,'' he said. ''Within the >next 10 or 15 years, we may expect a stronger ozone depletion. >We'll always have a little bit of ozone left over our heads but it >may not be sufficient to protect biological species.'' > >Reducing the use of ozone depleting chemicals, however, still >faces problems. CFCs once used universally as refrigerants have >been replaced largely by hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) which are >less harmful to the ozone layer but still destructive. > >The Montreal Protocol signatories agreed last December that the >developed world would phase out production by 2020 and the >developing world by 2040. But so far there is no suitable >substitute for HCFCs. Another problem is methyl bromide, a >pesticide used mainly as a soil fumigant, which is even more >damaging than CFCs. > >In 1985, the world produced about 1.1 million tonnes of CFCs. By >the end of 1995 it was less than 400,000 tonnes. Most of the >remaining production is being used in Russia and the newly >independent states of the former Soviet Union. > >Developing nations, which account for a smaller share, have >another decade to phase out CFCs. But their use is predicted to >grow enormously as countries like China continue to develop >economically. > >To help poorer countries with the phasing out of these chemicals, >the Montreal Protocol allowed for a special Multilateral Fund, to >be paid for by the industrialised world. So far the Fund has >financed more than 1,000 projects at a total cost of 440 million >dollars. > >These are supposed to allow the elimination of 30 percent of all >ozone depleters used in the developing world by the turn of the >century. But the Fund has received about 20 percent less money than >was pledged for 1996. (END/IPS/PC/JMP/RJ/96) > > >Origin: Amsterdam/ENVIRONMENT/ > ---- > > [c] 1996, InterPress Third World News Agency (IPS) > All rights reserved > > May not be reproduced, reprinted or posted to any system or > service outside of the APC networks, without specific > permission from IPS. This limitation includes distribution > via Usenet News, bulletin board systems, mailing lists, > print media and broadcast. For information about cross- > posting, send a message to . For > information about print or broadcast reproduction please > contact the IPS coordinator at . > > From ???@??? Wed Nov 27 23:46:36 1996 To: peter ronald,bruce torrie From: emerald@islandnet.com (Alan Rycroft or Kealey Pringle) Subject: ENVIRONMENT: Rich Nations Must Keep Cash Pledges To Save Ozone Cc: Bcc: X-Attachments: >Return-Path: >Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 17:00:24 -0500 >Reply-To: "Hank Roth's Progressive List [& PNEWS CONFERENCES]" > >Sender: "Hank Roth's Progressive List [& PNEWS CONFERENCES]" > >From: GOLEM >Subject: ENVIRONMENT: Rich Nations Must Keep Cash Pledges To Save Ozone >To: Multiple recipients of list PNEWS-L >X-UIDL: 53944c8e77f94aea431f095ca6f96f9c > >[*********PNEWS CONFERENCES************] >Authorized for posting to PNEWS and related conferences. > >/* Written 3:11 PM Nov 11, 1996 by newsdesk in igc:ips.english */ >/* ---------- "ENVIRONMENT: Rich Nations Must Keep" ---------- */ > Copyright 1996 InterPress Service, all rights reserved. > Worldwide distribution via the APC networks. > > *** 08-Nov-96 *** > >Title: ENVIRONMENT: Rich Nations Must Keep Cash Pledges To Save Ozone >Layer > >By IPS Correspondents > >SAN JOSE, Nov 8 (IPS) -- Some 800 delegates from around the world >meet Nov. 19-28 in Costa Rica to discuss new priorities in the >fight to control chemicals that deplete the ozone layer -- and >challenge the developed world to keep their pledges to fund the >programme. > >The Eighth Conference of the Partners of the Montreal Protocol >will culminate with a two day summit involving an expected 157 >environment ministers from the signatory states. > >The meeting comes as U.N. meteorological experts confirmed this >week that the hole in the ozone layer, the natural atmospheric >blanket that shields the Earth from the worst of the sun's harmful >ultraviolet rays, is as big as it will ever be over the Antarctic, >and that holes over northern industrial areas were widening. > >The conference will focus on the funding provided by >industrialised nations to the developing world to tackle the >elimination of toxic gases. > >It will also consider timeframes for the elimination of products >that contain methyl bromide, a chemical substance that is more >damaging to the ozone layer than chlorine and its derivatives. > >The meeting will also be attended by representatives of some 300 >companies currently developing innovative technology offering >alternatives to use of ozone depleting chemicals. Several >environmental NGOs will also attend. > >Negotiations will concentrate on the reassignment of the developed >world's contribution to the multilateral fund of the Montreal >Protocol, which finances monitoring and supports national >initiatives, including programmes for converting industries now >using ozone-depleting chemicals, says Costa Rican environment >minister Rene Castro. > >To help poorer countries with the phasing out of these chemicals, >the Montreal Protocol allowed for a special Multilateral Fund, to >be paid for by the industrialised world. So far the Fund has >financed more than 1,000 projects at a total cost of 440 million >dollars. > >These are intended to eliminate 30 percent of all ozone depleters >used in the developing world by the turn of the century. > >Much of the investment has been used to finance suitable >alternatives to the use of chloroflurocarbons (CFCs) especially as >coolants, solvents, and degreasers. In Costa Rica, the fund has >already helped finance new technology for the Atlas Electrica >company, which manufactures electric household products for >countries across Central America. > >But the Fund has received about 20 percent less money than was >actually pledged for 1996. Italy alone owes 19 million dollars for >1996 but has paid nothing at all. The U.S. Congress has authorised >payment of only 23 million of the 38 million dollars it has >promised. > >''In 1995, we approved 205 million dollars worth of projects to >phase out 22,000 tonnes of these chemicals in Third World >countries,'' says Omar el-Arini, head of the Fund. > >''If we kept that up, we could replace all the chemicals the >developing countries are committed to phase out by 2010, if they >continue their current rate of consumption.'' > >But on present evidence of funding support it seems unlikely that >this will be possible. > >The meeting will also consider a technical report that is expected >to recommend a timetable for ending the use of methyl bromide, said >Costa Rican deputy environment minister Marcos Gonzalez. > >Methyl bromide, a pesticide used extensively as a soil fumigant, >is even more damaging than CFCs. The U.S. has delayed its phase-out >by a year to 2001, under pressure from agricultural industry >lobbyists. The rest of the industrialised world will not phase it >out until 2010. The developing world has promised only to freeze >its use by 2002. > >The Vienna Convention, signed in 1985, and the Montreal Protocol, >signed in 1987, were a response of governments and scientists all >over the world to the deterioration of the ozone layer. The >thinning of the ozone level was discovered and measured in 1980 as >a hole over Antarctica, and recurs periodically. > >Reducing the use of ozone depleting chemicals, however, still >faces problems. For instance, CFCs once used universally as >refrigerants have been replaced largely by hydrochlorofluorocarbons >(HCFCs) which are less harmful to the ozone layer, though in large >quantities they are still destructive. > >The Montreal Protocol signatories agreed last December that the >developed world would phase out production by 2020 and the >developing world by 2040. But so far there is no suitable >substitute for HCFCs. > >However, the major obstacle is the need to square economic >development with environmental issues in the developing world and >Russia. > >In 1985, the world produced about 1.1 million tonnes of CFCs. By >the end of 1995 it was less than 400,000 tonnes. Most of the >remaining production is being used in Russia and the newly >independent states of the former Soviet Union. > >Developing world countries, which account for a smaller share, >have another decade to phase out CFCs. And their use is predicted >to grow enormously as countries like China continue to develop >their economies. > >A single factory near the Chinese city of Shanghai is currently >producing close to one million refrigerators a year, all using CFCs >or HCFCs as coolants. (END/IPS/MSO/FF/JMP/RJ/96) > > >Origin: Amsterdam/ENVIRONMENT/ > ---- > > [c] 1996, InterPress Third World News Agency (IPS) > All rights reserved > > May not be reproduced, reprinted or posted to any system or > service outside of the APC networks, without specific > permission from IPS. This limitation includes distribution > via Usenet News, bulletin board systems, mailing lists, > print media and broadcast. For information about cross- > posting, send a message to . For > information about print or broadcast reproduction please > contact the IPS coordinator at . > > From ???@??? Thu Nov 28 21:07:39 1996 Return-Path: Received: from i2-114.islandnet.com [198.53.172.114] by mail (Smail3.2) with smtp id m0vTL1c-0006b1C for ; Thu, 28 Nov 1996 20:58:08 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 20:58:08 -0800 (PST) X-Sender: emerald@mail.islandnet.com (Unverified) X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: emerald@IslandNet.com From: emerald@islandnet.com (Alan Rycroft or Kealey Pringle) Subject: ENGO Int'l: No More Ozone Over Antarctic Left To Destroy X-UIDL: 467cfc0d42a1897b77bdd53f1bad9813 fyi, Al Rycroft >Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 17:01:44 -0500 >Subject: ENVIRONMENT: No More Ozone Over Antarctic Left To Destroy >To: Multiple recipients of list PNEWS-L >Authorized posting to PNEWS and related conferences >/* Written 3:13 PM Nov 11, 1996 by newsdesk in igc:ips.english */ >/* ---------- "ENVIRONMENT: No More Ozone Over Ant" ---------- */ > Copyright 1996 InterPress Service, all rights reserved. > Worldwide distribution via the APC networks. > > *** 08-Nov-96 *** > >Title: ENVIRONMENT: No More Ozone Over Antarctic Left To Destroy /RELATE/ > >By Gustavo Capdevila and Judith Perera > >ATTN EDITORS: Please relate the following item to 'ENVIRONMENT: >Rich Nations Must Keep Cash Pledges To Save Ozone Layer' moved from >San Jose earlier. > >GENEVA, Nov 8 (IPS) -- This year the ozone hole over the Antarctic >was less than the record size set last year of 7.7 million square >miles, but this is no reason for complacency, warns Dr Rumen >Bojkov, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) top adviser on >ozone. > >The seasonal hole in the ozone layer, first observed over the >Antarctic in the 1980s, has reappeared each year since then. This >year's ozone loss is ''comparable to the previous record-setting >years,'' he says. > >''We have reached the bottom,'' Bojkov says. ''All the ozone >contained within the polar vortex area between nine miles and 14 >miles is destroyed. That's it. We cannot have lower values than >that. There is no more ozone (over the Antarctic) to be >destroyed.'' > >This season's hole over the Antarctic actually shrunk to 7.2 >million square miles this year, but it stayed this big for 50 days, >a duration only previously observed on this scale in 1993 and 1995, >he adds. > >Ozone is a naturally occurring form of oxygen found in the >stratosphere which acts as a protective shield to life on Earth by >absorbing most of the sun's cancer-causing ultraviolet radiation. > >The United Nations WMO says sustained surges in radiation reaching >the Earth could lead to a rise in cancer in humans and animals, >lower crop yields and damage the marine food chain, starting with >microscopic plankton in the world's oceans. > >'Holes' in the ozone layer appear each year over the Arctic and >Antarctic and the layer has become generally thinner because of the >effect of ozone depleting chemicals. > >WMO studies show a one percent drop in ozone levels causes an >average 1.3 percent rise in ultraviolet radiation. > >Ozone loss is expected to peak between 2001 and 2005 provided that >countries abide by the 1987 Montreal Protocol aimed at reducing the >use of certain chemicals. The pact calls for a 50 percent reduction >in volume of chloroflurocarbons (CFCs) by 2000. > >This year's ozone depletion was detected by the U.S. built Total >Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) system, carried on board the U.S. >Earth Probe satellite and the Japanese Advanced Earth-Observing >Satellite (ADEOS) satellite. The data were confirmed by ground- >based instruments and other satellite-based instruments. > >The average size of the Antarctic ozone hole during 1996 has been >almost as large as in the peak year of 1993, although ozone values >are higher than the record lows seen in September 1994, according >to preliminary analysis of satellite data by scientists at NASA's >Goddard Space Flight Centre in Greenbelt, Maryland. > >This year the hole covered a surface area over the South Pole >roughly equal in size to the North American continent. > >''Although its area climbed briefly over that of the previous >peak, that is not as great a concern as the average size, because >meteorological conditions can cause large day-to-day >fluctuations,'' explains Dr Paul Newman, research scientist in the >Laboratory for Atmospheres at Goddard. > >Each year the region covered by low total ozone begins to grow in >early August reaching a maximum in September, while the lowest >ozone values are typically seen in late September and early >October. The ozone hole usually disappears by early December. > >Scientists at the South Pole from the National Oceanic and >Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), working with balloon-borne >measurements, say the measurements are similar to last year when >ozone depletion was more severe than in the past. > >Dr Dave Hofmann of the NOAA Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Lab >in Boulder, Colorado says last year's measurements showed complete >destruction of ozone at an altitude of 10 miles between Sep. 24- >Oct. 14. > >''These deep and large ozone holes are likely to continue to form >annually until the stratospheric chlorine amount drops to its pre- >ozone hole values,'' says Dr Richard Stolarski, also at Goddard. > >Bojkov warns that world should now watch out for potentially more >life-threatening depletion over Europe and America. He told a media >briefing in Geneva this week that up to 10 percent of the ozone had >been depleted over Europe and North America by man-made chemicals >in the past 20 years. > >''Over Geneva, for example, we have lost nearly eight to 10 >percent of the ozone compared to the 1960s,'' he said. ''Within the >next 10 or 15 years, we may expect a stronger ozone depletion. >We'll always have a little bit of ozone left over our heads but it >may not be sufficient to protect biological species.'' > >Reducing the use of ozone depleting chemicals, however, still >faces problems. CFCs once used universally as refrigerants have >been replaced largely by hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) which are >less harmful to the ozone layer but still destructive. > >The Montreal Protocol signatories agreed last December that the >developed world would phase out production by 2020 and the >developing world by 2040. But so far there is no suitable >substitute for HCFCs. Another problem is methyl bromide, a >pesticide used mainly as a soil fumigant, which is even more >damaging than CFCs. > >In 1985, the world produced about 1.1 million tonnes of CFCs. By >the end of 1995 it was less than 400,000 tonnes. Most of the >remaining production is being used in Russia and the newly >independent states of the former Soviet Union. > >Developing nations, which account for a smaller share, have >another decade to phase out CFCs. But their use is predicted to >grow enormously as countries like China continue to develop >economically. > >To help poorer countries with the phasing out of these chemicals, >the Montreal Protocol allowed for a special Multilateral Fund, to >be paid for by the industrialised world. So far the Fund has >financed more than 1,000 projects at a total cost of 440 million >dollars. > >These are supposed to allow the elimination of 30 percent of all >ozone depleters used in the developing world by the turn of the >century. But the Fund has received about 20 percent less money than >was pledged for 1996. (END/IPS/PC/JMP/RJ/96) > > >Origin: Amsterdam/ENVIRONMENT/ > ---- > > [c] 1996, InterPress Third World News Agency (IPS) > All rights reserved > > May not be reproduced, reprinted or posted to any system or > service outside of the APC networks, without specific > permission from IPS. This limitation includes distribution > via Usenet News, bulletin board systems, mailing lists, > print media and broadcast. For information about cross- > posting, send a message to . For > information about print or broadcast reproduction please > contact the IPS coordinator at . > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ Box 8307, Victoria, BC V8W 3R9, CANADA (250) 592-8307 Alan Rycroft (fax available) (250) 595-7955 Kealey Pringle Email -- emerald@IslandNet.com Web site -- http://www.IslandNet.com/~emerald From ???@??? Thu Nov 28 23:11:53 1996 Return-Path: Received: from i2-68.islandnet.com [198.53.172.68] by mail (Smail3.2) with smtp id m0vTMyG-0006b0C for ; Thu, 28 Nov 1996 23:02:48 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 23:02:48 -0800 (PST) X-Sender: emerald@mail.islandnet.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: emerald@IslandNet.com From: emerald@islandnet.com (Alan Rycroft or Kealey Pringle) Subject: ENGO Int'l: No More Ozone Over Antarctic Left To Destroy X-UIDL: 57ea20654039a4717f4ca405e0d94f52 fyi, Al Rycroft >Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 17:01:44 -0500 >Subject: ENVIRONMENT: No More Ozone Over Antarctic Left To Destroy >To: Multiple recipients of list PNEWS-L >Authorized posting to PNEWS and related conferences >/* Written 3:13 PM Nov 11, 1996 by newsdesk in igc:ips.english */ >/* ---------- "ENVIRONMENT: No More Ozone Over Ant" ---------- */ > Copyright 1996 InterPress Service, all rights reserved. > Worldwide distribution via the APC networks. > > *** 08-Nov-96 *** > >Title: ENVIRONMENT: No More Ozone Over Antarctic Left To Destroy /RELATE/ > >By Gustavo Capdevila and Judith Perera > >ATTN EDITORS: Please relate the following item to 'ENVIRONMENT: >Rich Nations Must Keep Cash Pledges To Save Ozone Layer' moved from >San Jose earlier. > >GENEVA, Nov 8 (IPS) -- This year the ozone hole over the Antarctic >was less than the record size set last year of 7.7 million square >miles, but this is no reason for complacency, warns Dr Rumen >Bojkov, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) top adviser on >ozone. > >The seasonal hole in the ozone layer, first observed over the >Antarctic in the 1980s, has reappeared each year since then. This >year's ozone loss is ''comparable to the previous record-setting >years,'' he says. > >''We have reached the bottom,'' Bojkov says. ''All the ozone >contained within the polar vortex area between nine miles and 14 >miles is destroyed. That's it. We cannot have lower values than >that. There is no more ozone (over the Antarctic) to be >destroyed.'' > >This season's hole over the Antarctic actually shrunk to 7.2 >million square miles this year, but it stayed this big for 50 days, >a duration only previously observed on this scale in 1993 and 1995, >he adds. > >Ozone is a naturally occurring form of oxygen found in the >stratosphere which acts as a protective shield to life on Earth by >absorbing most of the sun's cancer-causing ultraviolet radiation. > >The United Nations WMO says sustained surges in radiation reaching >the Earth could lead to a rise in cancer in humans and animals, >lower crop yields and damage the marine food chain, starting with >microscopic plankton in the world's oceans. > >'Holes' in the ozone layer appear each year over the Arctic and >Antarctic and the layer has become generally thinner because of the >effect of ozone depleting chemicals. > >WMO studies show a one percent drop in ozone levels causes an >average 1.3 percent rise in ultraviolet radiation. > >Ozone loss is expected to peak between 2001 and 2005 provided that >countries abide by the 1987 Montreal Protocol aimed at reducing the >use of certain chemicals. The pact calls for a 50 percent reduction >in volume of chloroflurocarbons (CFCs) by 2000. > >This year's ozone depletion was detected by the U.S. built Total >Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) system, carried on board the U.S. >Earth Probe satellite and the Japanese Advanced Earth-Observing >Satellite (ADEOS) satellite. The data were confirmed by ground- >based instruments and other satellite-based instruments. > >The average size of the Antarctic ozone hole during 1996 has been >almost as large as in the peak year of 1993, although ozone values >are higher than the record lows seen in September 1994, according >to preliminary analysis of satellite data by scientists at NASA's >Goddard Space Flight Centre in Greenbelt, Maryland. > >This year the hole covered a surface area over the South Pole >roughly equal in size to the North American continent. > >''Although its area climbed briefly over that of the previous >peak, that is not as great a concern as the average size, because >meteorological conditions can cause large day-to-day >fluctuations,'' explains Dr Paul Newman, research scientist in the >Laboratory for Atmospheres at Goddard. > >Each year the region covered by low total ozone begins to grow in >early August reaching a maximum in September, while the lowest >ozone values are typically seen in late September and early >October. The ozone hole usually disappears by early December. > >Scientists at the South Pole from the National Oceanic and >Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), working with balloon-borne >measurements, say the measurements are similar to last year when >ozone depletion was more severe than in the past. > >Dr Dave Hofmann of the NOAA Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Lab >in Boulder, Colorado says last year's measurements showed complete >destruction of ozone at an altitude of 10 miles between Sep. 24- >Oct. 14. > >''These deep and large ozone holes are likely to continue to form >annually until the stratospheric chlorine amount drops to its pre- >ozone hole values,'' says Dr Richard Stolarski, also at Goddard. > >Bojkov warns that world should now watch out for potentially more >life-threatening depletion over Europe and America. He told a media >briefing in Geneva this week that up to 10 percent of the ozone had >been depleted over Europe and North America by man-made chemicals >in the past 20 years. > >''Over Geneva, for example, we have lost nearly eight to 10 >percent of the ozone compared to the 1960s,'' he said. ''Within the >next 10 or 15 years, we may expect a stronger ozone depletion. >We'll always have a little bit of ozone left over our heads but it >may not be sufficient to protect biological species.'' > >Reducing the use of ozone depleting chemicals, however, still >faces problems. CFCs once used universally as refrigerants have >been replaced largely by hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) which are >less harmful to the ozone layer but still destructive. > >The Montreal Protocol signatories agreed last December that the >developed world would phase out production by 2020 and the >developing world by 2040. But so far there is no suitable >substitute for HCFCs. Another problem is methyl bromide, a >pesticide used mainly as a soil fumigant, which is even more >damaging than CFCs. > >In 1985, the world produced about 1.1 million tonnes of CFCs. By >the end of 1995 it was less than 400,000 tonnes. Most of the >remaining production is being used in Russia and the newly >independent states of the former Soviet Union. > >Developing nations, which account for a smaller share, have >another decade to phase out CFCs. But their use is predicted to >grow enormously as countries like China continue to develop >economically. > >To help poorer countries with the phasing out of these chemicals, >the Montreal Protocol allowed for a special Multilateral Fund, to >be paid for by the industrialised world. So far the Fund has >financed more than 1,000 projects at a total cost of 440 million >dollars. > >These are supposed to allow the elimination of 30 percent of all >ozone depleters used in the developing world by the turn of the >century. But the Fund has received about 20 percent less money than >was pledged for 1996. (END/IPS/PC/JMP/RJ/96) > > >Origin: Amsterdam/ENVIRONMENT/ > ---- > > [c] 1996, InterPress Third World News Agency (IPS) > All rights reserved > > May not be reproduced, reprinted or posted to any system or > service outside of the APC networks, without specific > permission from IPS. This limitation includes distribution > via Usenet News, bulletin board systems, mailing lists, > print media and broadcast. For information about cross- > posting, send a message to . For > information about print or broadcast reproduction please > contact the IPS coordinator at . ------------------------------------------------------------------ Box 8307, Victoria, BC V8W 3R9, CANADA (250) 592-8307 Alan Rycroft (fax available) (250) 595-7955 Kealey Pringle Email -- emerald@IslandNet.com Web site -- http://www.IslandNet.com/~emerald From ???@??? Sat Nov 30 00:29:17 1996 To: guy dauncey From: emerald@islandnet.com (Alan Rycroft or Kealey Pringle) Subject: NEWS Cc: Bcc: X-Attachments: fyi, AL >Date: Fri, 29 Nov 96 09:07:33 PST >CBC TV this evening will carry a feature on the concept of car sharing. Seems >like the people behind this program in Vancouver are on a media blitz. There >was coverage in the West End Times and the Georgia Straight recently. From ???@??? Wed Nov 27 21:28:45 1996 Return-Path: Received: from [198.53.172.157] [198.53.172.157] by mail (Smail3.2) with smtp id m0vSpBf-0006bUC for ; Wed, 27 Nov 1996 10:58:23 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 10:58:23 -0800 (PST) X-Sender: gdauncey@mail.islandnet.com Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: gdauncey@islandnet.com From: gdauncey@islandnet.com (Guy Dauncey) Subject: EcoNews December '96 X-UIDL: ce9f72d10f74910a0c38ec07a4866ce9 ECONEWS No. 56 Serving Vancouver Island's Environmental Community DECEMBER 1996 ON THE ECOLOGY OF ANTIBIOTICS One reason why we're in such a mess, ecologically, is that we're working from a place of almost total ignorance about ecological issues. When we started ploughing and irrigating the land, many thousand years ago, we had no idea it would lead to soil erosion, and eventual desertification. When we invented CFCs back in 1930, we had no idea they would attack the planet's ozone layer. But a problem we do not often think of as 'ecological' lies much closer - within our own bodies. The human body is an ecosystem, as much as a rainforest or prairie. Millions of cells, micro-organisms and microbiological systems work night and day to maintain stability, healing our wounds and fighting off hostile bacteria. This ecosystem has evolved over millions of years. When it fails, it fails to pass on the genes that allowed the failure, so the one we inherit from our parents has a very long and proven track record. Not infallible, as so many natives discovered when their ecosystems met the smallpox virus in the 1860s, and as 40 million discovered to their cost in the flu pandemic of 1918, but still pretty smart - and we mess with it at our peril. So what is the problem ? In a word - antibiotics, or rather, our misuse of them. The first antibiotic, penicillin, was discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1929, and brought into mass production after the war. Like CFCs, they have been miraculous, but like CFCs, they are an interference in the ecosystem they work within, and are brewing enormous problems. Bacteria, like all species, evolve by natural selection. When we attack them with antibiotics, the survivors pass on their resistance. It is this problem, essentially one of ecological interference, which is causing the miracle to rebound on us. A recent item on CTV's W5 told of research in which 1,300 children in Toronto daycare centres had nose-swabs taken. A full 50% were carrying pneumococcus, a bacteria causing middle ear infection and meningitis, and almost a third were taking antibiotics. 40% were carrying resistant strains. Resistance to penicillin is growing rapidly. In the spring of 1996, 15% of the children were resistant. By fall, this had increased to 20%. Over the same period, resistance to erythromycin increased from 8% to 16%. The more doctors prescribe antibiotics, the more they speed up the assault on the bacteria, and the faster the bacteria evolve resistant strains. Last year, doctors wrote out 25 million prescriptions for antibiotics in Canada. Colds and flu are caused by viruses, not bacteria, and no antibiotic on earth can cure them, yet in the flu epidemic of 1993, an additional 3 million doses of antibiotics were prescribed by doctors who were clearly ignorant of the problem facing us. Farmers routinely mix antibiotics with animal feed, since it apparently increases the yields. We are treating antibiotics as we did CFCs - and the consequences are coming back to haunt us. The problem gets worse in hospitals. The same W5 program told of a bug called Vancomycin resistant enteritis (VRE) which is active in Oshawa General Hospital, where the staff use double rubber gloves, and a patient has required five months of isolation. VRE has outsmarted all our antibiotics. In February, it showed up in Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, where staff engaged in 'terminal cleaning', since VRE can survive on equipment. In Britain, the BBC's Panorama reported on similar occurrences last January with a bug called MRSA. and a young man who died from the bug after going into hospital with a minor leg fracture from a motorbike accident. MRSA can produce 48 generations in 24 hours - 2,000 times faster than the body can produce defenses. Worldwide, the problem is enormous. Infectious diseases which were once thought to be history are making a comeback. Drug-resistant tuberculosis kills 10,000 people in India every week, and is now appearing in North America. There are no easy answers. The drug companies are working on new approaches, but the fundamental solutions must lie with public health policy, where strict new codes are needed to control the misuse of antibiotics, and with a change in our whole attitude to disease. Our bodies have been designed with immune systems, which work to their best when we have healthy food and water, healthy work and healthy attitudes. Traditional herbal medicines such as echinacea work with the immune system, not in spite of it. Our own minds are part of the system, designed to heal when we receive and give healing energy. As this particular ecological crisis unfolds, the next decade will see much suffering - but it will also see much wider acceptance of holistic approaches to health and medicine, as we learn to appreciate the wisdom of our own bodies. And so, the human story continues, as we slowly muddle our way towards love. Guy Dauncey The Great EcoNews $$$ Christmas Quiz !!! EcoNews is : (1) A government PR initiative, funded by the Connie Munro Generosity Fund (2) A clever business venture, financed by the Vancouver Stock Exchange (3) A voluntary kitchen-table production, supported by readers' donations Full marks if you chose Number 3 ! Now move on. The best way to keep EcoNews going is : (1) Compost it and feed it to the tomatoes (2) Roll it up and smoke it (3) Get your cheque book out and send a Christmas donation (because the bank is almost empty !) Congratulations if you chose Number 3 again ! Yes, I'd love to help keep EcoNews going. Here's a cheque for $_____ My name is ______________________________________________________ Please make cheques out to 'EcoNews', 2069 Kings Rd, Victoria, B.C. V8R 2P6 Thankyou, and Happy Christmas !!! ECONEWS EcoNews is published every month as a service to the Vancouver Island community, funded by readers' donations. If you'd like to receive EcoNews regularly, just call 592-4473. To make a donation, send a cheque to EcoNews, 2069 Kings Rd, Victoria V8R 2P6. Oct Nov Dec Circulation: 2000 2000 2000 Cost: $700 $700 $750 Donations: $395 $405 ? ? ? Advertising $165 $25 Balance: $483 $213 Development Fund: $240 Many thanks to this month's Guardian Angels, namely Stuart Wulff, Anne Brander, Patricia Lane, David Wolsk, Daryl Brown, Gail Schultz, Roger Colwill, Ellie Roelofsen, Marya Nyland, Nancy McMinn, Claude Maurice, Margaret-Mary Thompson, David Stott and Suzanne Clary - and of course, all the volunteers who come and stuff it all together ! The next issue will be a week late in January, due to the holidays ! LIVING GENTLY QUARTERLY A new journal, published by Victoria's Keith Heidorn, devoted to sharing ways to live a good life that is environmentally gentle and inexpensive, is full of articles on everything from 'Preserving the Harvest' (Salmon Chowder for a Year) to 'The Art of EcoFrugality'. Send $5 for the Premier Issue to Living Gently, #304-3220 Quadra St, Victoria BC V8X 1G3. VOLUNTARY SIMPLICITY Learn how to live more simply, exchanging quantity for quality. Call Andrew Hunter 595-5460 for information on Voluntary Simplicity Study Circles. CBC - KEEP THE PROMISE ! We all know the government is making cuts - but the CBC is taking far more than its fair share. Even Morningside is on the chopping block, and Peter Gzowsky used less than kind words about Perrin Beatty in a recent issue of MacLeans. The Liberals promised 'stable multiyear financing' in their Red Book, but then proceeded to slash $400 million from the CBC - a 33% reduction, compared to an overall spending reduction of 19%. 30% of CBC radio will become repeat broadcasting next September under the current plan, and 50% of the regional television budgets will be cut. Tens of thousands of Canadians are sad and angry about the cuts. To stop them, the Friends of Canadian Broadcasting have launched a 36-day lawn-sign campaign in key federal ridings, including David Anderson's Victoria riding. If you live in the area and would like a lawn sign, call Friends of Canadian Broadcasting and leave a message at 1-800-616-9495. THE 1997 EARTHWALK - CALLING ALL GOOD SPIRITS Everyone so often, someone calls looking for advice on what they can do locally, to help build a better Earth. If you are reading this, and want to put your energies to good use, the 1997 Earth Walk, which takes place in Victoria every April in Earthweek, is looking for volunteers to help make next year's walk a reality. If you can give a hand, call Peter Ronald at 361-2610, and save Wed Dec 4th for the first get-together (see Green Diary). SQUARE LOG TECHNOLOGY This story is for real, from the Australian TV series 'Beyond 2000'. Instead of wasting the curved edges, the Japanese have developed a square log technology which microwaves the log, and then squeezes it into a square shape. Water pours out, and the resulting square log needs only 7 hours to cure instead of several weeks, while leaving no wastes. It also has a tighter grain, resembling hardwood, so it sells for more. Don't phone me - I'm just reporting what I saw ! CIVIC ELECTION RESULTS In the recent civic elections, several EcoNews endorsed candidates were elected - Bob McMinn in the Highlands, David Cubberley in Saanich, and Helen Hughes, Pam Madoff and Jane Lunt in Victoria. So was Chris Coleman (on Bob Cross's slate), who I forgot to endorse. Six of the Victoria School Board endorsees were also elected. The overall figures are important, and have a very important lesson for all of us who count ourselves as socially and environmentally progressive. The candidates who gained seats on Council won around 4,000 votes each. The 15 progressive candidates who did not win were given 26,312 votes between them. If you include elected councillors, progressive candidates won 63% of the vote (49,420 out of 78,131), although you can argue with my definition of progressive. The lesson is stunningly clear - dividing the vote like this is not a very smart move. Next time, the socially and environmentally progressive candidates should all get together in a room, make their pitch to each other, and vote on who should stand. The others should then stand down and lend their support to the chosen. It's more or less what Bob Cross does - maybe we should do it ourselves. Let's face it - 20 candidates for 8 seats is pretty dumb ! SEASONAL SNIPPETS For the best winter mulch, Gonzales Bay is still full of seaweed, after the storm. For damaged firewood pallets, recycled pallet composters ($55) or food-grade 5 gallon white plastic buckets ($1), call Susan (642-6496). For Xmas, EcoSource is providing Eco-21 tree-free wrapping paper, printed in colour with a lovely Phyllis Serota design, along with vegetable dyed ribbon, available (from Dec 4th) from the Sierra Club (386-5255) and the University Bookstore in a limited edition. Once gone - no more ! If you want to explore the deeper realms of changing the world before the holiday season begins, Jackie Robson is running another of her successful Sacred Ecology Workshops (see diary). And after Christmas, Chris Mowat (642-3530) will recycle two bags of plastics for $3 each (all except No 3) ! GREAT GIFT IDEA ! Seeds of Victoria Theme Seed Collections $7.50 each Wildflower Scatter Mix Wild Garden Collection Shady Garden Collection Old Fashioned Flower Collection Exotic Garden Greens Heritage Tomato Collection Organically grown - locally harvested - attractively packaged To order these or view all 1997 seeds call Carolyn (250) 592-4472 YUM, YUM, URBAN MUM Over the spring and summer, a group of 14 young people on welfare, mostly single mothers, have been taking part in an urban farming initiative, planning, growing and harvesting a garden at the St Vincent de Paul's Oznam centre on West Saanich Road. The project was financed by the Social Services Ministry, and put together by six local organizations to teach food-growing skills, while building self-esteem. By the end of October, the 14 had harvested some 450 kilograms of food, donating 70% to local food banks and soup kitchens. The project is now over for thie year, and all 14 are either going on to jobs, further training or doing volunteer work in the community. For details, call David Stott, Capital Families Association 478-1122. WATCH OUT - IT'S AG-PAPER ! Here in Canada, we have a problem. All around the province, our pulp mills depend on oldgrowth rainforest timber to turn into newsprint, packaging, diapers and toilet tissue. Down in California, the rice farmers have a problem, which is that they have no acceptable way to dispose of the stems once the rice is harvested. Ploughing them in leads to an alarming rise in stem rot, and burning pollutes the air. Then along comes a Canadian chemical engineer called Al Wong who was part of "the needless plundering of the forests" before he started agitating for alternatives. Getting nowhere, he set up Arbokem Inc in Vancouver to perfect the technology for turning wheat and rice straw into ag-paper - with a by-product that can be ploughed back as fertilizer. Al sold his car and liquidated his assets to build a small pilot mill, and made his debut at a 1994 printing symposium in Brisbane, attended by staff from the San Francisco offices of Greenpeace, the Rainforest Action Network and Earth Island. They had been struggling to find a solution to save the oldgrowth forests. They looked at hemp, but turned away because of the cost of importing the fibres. They looked at kenaf, but found it too expensive. Al Wong avoids those hurdles by using an existing waste product. The strategy is to finance a string of community-based pulp mills in the Sacramento Valley, and begin mass production. Daily newspapers are interested, and the City of Berkeley likes the way it performs. Transforming the $130bn a year paper industry will be a big hurdle, since they have a vested interest in upholding the status quo, but Al has strong allies in the environmental movement. The San Francisco Materials for the Future Foundation is helping with his business plan, while Greenpeace, the Wood Reduction Clearinghouse and Earth Island's ReThink Paper project are promoting use of the paper. So far Pacific Bell, big users of Clayoquot Sound timber for their phone books, have refused to test the paper unless it is blended with oldgrowth fibers. I'll try to keep you posted. Source : 'The New Paper Chase' San Francisco Focus. AFTER THE CRASH : THE EMERGENCE OF THE RAINBOW ECONOMY, by Guy Dauncey Out of print for three years, back now in an updated 3rd Edition. First published 1988 'A classic' - New Economics Foundation 'More than any book I've seen, it is a systematic treatment of the new emerging economy, ranging effortlessly from lifestyles to currency systems, from personal creativity to local self-reliance strategies, from the concept of ecologically sustainable development to hopeful trends in business and finance' - New Options Two new chapters revisit the book's many initiatives, and explore what is needed to build an ecologically sustainable economy. Not in bookshops yet. Available by mail or in person from the author at 2069 Kings Rd, Victoria V8R 2P6, 592-4473 Price $20 CAN + GST + p & p SANTA MONICA'S SUSTAINABLE GUIDELINES The City of Santa Monica hopes its Sustainable Development Guidelines will be a model for environmentally sound communities. Sheltair Scientific Limited of Vancouver completed a draft in September and presented it to the planning commission and the public for comment. The guidelines apply to office, retail, hotel and multi-family residences and address efficient and renewable energy; resource conservation including water, land and materials; healthy indoor environments; local urban ecology and soil, air, and water pollution. The final guidelines are due in the spring of 1997. For information, email Dean Kubani, dkubani@pen.ci.santa-monica.ca.us. FLEXIBLE REGULATIONS FOR GREENER DEVELOPMENT Rigid land use regulations and regulators often stymie innovative developers who would otherwise protect the environment. But flexible regulations that holistically consider land use issues can benefit the environment, reduce costs and help create compact, mixed-use, pedestrian friendly communities. So argues land use planner and attorney Edward McMahon who suggests these changes to regulations : Street standards: Allow narrower residential streets. Oversized streets mean more paving, runoff, and tree removal. Wetlands: Permit common sense mitigation measures. Destroying a lot of one natural feature to save a little of another often doesn't make sense. Parking lots: Allow them to meet typical flow instead of peak demand. Smaller parking lots reduce stormwater runoff, soil erosion, nonpoint source pollution and impact on wildlife habitat. Stormwater management: Allow grassy swales or gravel-packed trenches instead of higher-cost systems with curbs, gutters & storm sewers. Zoning: Devise flexible ordinances that allow clustering and open space. 'Achieving Environmentally Sensitive Design Through Flexible and Innovative Regulations' costs $2 from Barbara Wise, Maryland Office of Planning, 301 W. Preston Street, Baltimore MD 21201. Source for both the above - Greenclips http://solstice.crest.org/environment/index.html GreenClips@aol.com NANOOSE BAY Congratulations to members of the Nanoose Conversion Campaign for blocking the entrance to the military base for several days during November, in their campaign to end all visits by nuclear submarines, end the current US/Canadian agreement, and conduct a full review of the military test range's purpose. To help, call Norman Abbey, (250) 741-1662. ACTION OF THE MONTH : SOOKE HILLS & THE DAM If we all pull together, we can make a difference. Part I : This month's Action is the Perry Commission report on the future of the Greater Victoria Water District, and the Sooke Hills. The report has reflected what people have been saying, and recommends a separate Water Commission, and the permanent protection of the Sooke Hills. But the Minister of Environment (Paul Ramsey, Fax 387-1356) and the Minister for Municipal Affairs (Dan Miller, Fax 387-1334) both need to hear from us, with strong encouragement to act on the Commissioner's recommendations. The letters count. While you are at it, you might question the logic of spending what could amount to $300 million to raise the Sooke Lake dam, when the evidence that there is any need is dubious at best. The Commissioner made some very pointed remarks questioning the need for the dam, but otherwise, he left it out of his final recommendations. You can either fax the Ministers, or write to them at Legislative Assembly, Victoria V8V 1X4. Part II : Early December, we will learn which of the new councillors will be sitting on the Water District Board. As soon as you hear, write to the Chair of the Board questioning the need for the dam, and asking that all activities around the dam be put on hold until a proper water conservation strategy has been conducted, as recommended in the Perry Report. Write to : The Chair, Greater Victoria Water District Board, 479 Island Highway, Victoria V9V 1H7, Fax 474-4012. THE GREEN DIARY DECEMBER 1996 Sun 1st LAST WEEK for signing the anti-bear hunting referendum petition ! Call Liora 388-9292 Sun 1st East Vancouver Island Sierra Club hike to the Nanaimo Lakes country. Call Dan, 752-0629 Sun 1st, 9-3pm Mount Tolmie Broom Bash, rain or shine (or snow!). Follow the flagging tape to the work area. 595-7270 Mon 2nd,10pm 'The Human Race' - Gwynne Dyer on the end of tribalism. TV 4 KNOW Tue 3rd, 2pm onwards. Nisga'a Agreement in Principle : Public Meeting on the Treaty Negotiations process with the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs. Salon A, Victoria Conference Centre, 720 Douglas St. If you want to speak, send a written submission to the Clerk of Committees, Rm 224, Parliament Buildings, Victoria V8V 1X4,fax (250) 356-8172.There will also be an open mike at the end of the day. Tue 3rd, 7pm 'Island of Whales' in the waters around Vancouver Island. TV 4 KNOW Wed 4th, 8pm Live TV Debate 'Is Bear-Hunting Really Necessary ?' between Anthony Marr (WC2) and Doug Walker, B.C. Wildlife Federation, moderated by Guy Dauncey. Shaw Cable 11. Public phone-in. Wed 4th, 7:30pm 1997 Earth Walk Open Meeting, 558 Cornwall St. Call Peter Ronald, 361-2610. Everyone welcome ! Thur 5th, noon 'Peaceful Toys' - Thursdays in Black silent vigil protesting violent toys and promoting peaceful toys, outside Victoria City Hall. Voice of Women, 595-7955 Thur 5th, 4-7pm Public launch of new VIDEA curriculum resource : An Exploration of Global Issues : An Integrated Resource for Intermediate Teachers and Students. VIDEA, 1923 Fernwood. Fri 6th & Sat 7th Sacred Ecology Workshop with Jackie Robson, Northwest Earth Institute. For details, call 361-9446 Sat 7th Deadline for applying to join the CRD Round Table on the Environment, which advises the CRD on many environmental issues. Call Gerry Hayward at the CRD, 360-3000 for details, then send a resume. Sat 7th, 10am - 12 Fungus - fact & fiction. Explore, learn, taste ! Francis King Regional Pk, Munn Rd, Saanich. $5 per adult Sat 7th 11 - 3pm Victoria Clean Clothes Campaign : Launch at Government Street entrance to Bastion Square Organized by Shopping for Justice and many others, 386-2874 Sun 8th, 10am Natural History Society, Goldstream River Birding amid the spawning salmon. Meet at the Nature House. Sun 8th East Vancouver Island Sierra Club hike to Maple Mountain (from north). Call Inge, 246-9184 Sun 8th, 9-3pm Mount Tolmie Broom Bash, rain or shine (or snow !). Follow the flagging tape to the work area. 595-7270 Sun 8th, 4-6pm Victoria Car Share Co-op Christmas Party. Call Kathryn for details, 995-0265. PS Launch Feb 14th ! Mon 9th, 7pm Voluntary Simplicity Study Circle, Introductory Meeting. Call Andrew for details, 595-5460 Mon 9th, 8pm Nightime Marine Exploration at Willows Beach, Oak Bay. Bring boots, flashlight. Natural History Society Mon 9th,10pm The Human Race - Gwynne Dyer on history of patriarchy. TV 4 KNOW Tue 10th, 7:30pm Natural History Society members night, variety of presentations. UVic A240 Human/Soc Dev't Building. Tue 10th, 7.30pm 'Manufacturing Consent : Naom Chomsky and the Media'. Cinecenta, UVic Tue 10th, 3:30-7:30 'Corporations in a Global Economy : Towards a New Standard of Accountability in Business'. Presentation by David Korten, author of When Corporations Rule the World. Simon Fraser Harbour Centre, Vancouver, $35. Details, World Business Academy, 878-0623. David Korten is superb on this issue. Wed 11th, 7:30pm Merran Smith - 'The New Crisis in the Forests'. Sierra Club Monthly Meeting, 1923 Fernwood. Sat 14th East Vanc Island Sierra Club hike to Morell Sanctuary & Westwood Lake. Potluck. Call Janet 758-6384 Sat 14th, 10am - 12 'Frozen Goose' - Family hike along Galloping Goose. Meet Atkins Rd entrance just off Highway 14. Sun 15th, 8am Martindale Flats birding, with the Natural History Society. Meet Farmers Market,with rubber boots ! Sun 15th, 9-3pm Mount Tolmie Broom Bash, rain or shine (or snow!). Follow the flagging tape to the work area. 595-7270 Sun 15th, 1pm Solstice Stroll in Devonian Forest, with CRD Parks. Meet parking lot, off William Head Rd, Metchosin. Sun 15th, 7-11pm A Christmas Party for Mother Earth, A gift to the activist and non-profit community, organized by Wally du Temple & Victoria Esperanto Club, 656-7012. Kaleidoscope, 520 Herald Street. See you there !! Mon 16th, 10pm 'The Human Race' - Gwynne Dyer on the effects of industrialization on Mexico. TV 4 KNOW Wed 18th 'Resting the Mind' workshop, evening talk with Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. Details Shambhala 383-9108 Thur 19th, 7:30pm South Oak Bay Neighbourhood Christmas Celebration, Central & Patrick. Call Roger 598-0077 for details Thur 26th, 10am East Vancouver Island Sierra Club Boxing Day hike to Harewood Plains. Call Dan, 753-0629. Thur 26th, 11am - 1 Winter Vista summit hike, at Horth Hill, with CRD Parks. Meet parking lot, Tatlow Rd, North Saanich. Fri 27th, 10am 'Turkey Trot Around the Lake' - naturalist-led bird-watching, Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary Fri 27th, 1:30pm 'Fantastic bird-feeding - make your own bird-feeder. Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary, $3 Sat 28th, 1pm 'Forest Snoop' at Witty's Lagoon, family fun with CRD Parks. Meet Nature House off Metchosin Rd. Sun 29th East Vancouver Island Sierra Club hike along the Mt Prevost Trails. Call Diana, 746-6659. Mon 30th, 1pm 'Tree ID' in winter, CRD Parks at Coles Bay Regional Park. Meet parking lot, Inverness Rd, North Saanich Tue 31st, 10:30am 'Seasonal Stories' with guest presenter Joy Paquin. All ages. Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary Tue 31st, 7pm 'Pacific Rim National Park' - keeping the park both usable and ecologically sound. TV 4 KNOW Wed 1st, 11 - 2pm Matheson Lake New Year's Hike with CRD Parks. Bring picnic lunch, meet Matheson Lake parking lot Thur 2nd, 1-3pm 'Christmas Hill Turkey Trot' with Willie McGillivray. Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary. Hot refreshments ! Fri 3rd, 11, 1, 2:30 'Who's that Hooting ?' Owls - good for ages 6 and up. Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary. $5 family group. Tue Jan 7th 7:30 EcoNews Dessert Potluck Mailout Party, 2069 Kings Rd Oak Bay. Everyone welcome ! 592-4473 Guy Dauncey, 2069 Kings Rd, Victoria, B.C. V8R 2P6, Canada Tel/Fax (250) 592-4473 Author of 'After the Crash : The Emergence of the Rainbow Economy' (Greenprint, London, 1996) Victoria Car Share Co-operative Editor, EcoNews http://www.islandnet.com/~gdauncey/econews/ Author of '2015 : A Journey into the Future' (still being written) "The best way to predict the future is to invent it" From ???@??? Sun Dec 01 15:33:54 1996 Return-Path: Received: from [198.53.172.21] [198.53.172.21] by mail (Smail3.2) with smtp id m0vUIgC-0006bzC for ; Sun, 1 Dec 1996 12:40:00 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 1 Dec 1996 12:40:00 -0800 (PST) X-Sender: gdauncey@mail.islandnet.com Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: emerald@islandnet.com From: gdauncey@islandnet.com (Guy Dauncey) Subject: Car Share Party X-UIDL: 553504d25133cdd716d02521b3415101 Dear Kealey, Thanks for agreeing to help. The Party is next Sunday, December 8th, from 4-6pm, at Kathryn Molloy's place, 137 Michigan St, James Bay. People don't need to bring anything; it is a child-friendly set-up; there will be a Question and Answer session from 5-5.30pm; and we encourage people to come along and meet the others. It's not a "Christmas" Party - it's a Midwinter Party, Seasonal Party, etc. These people are all in our 'B' list, meaning that they have not yet committed themselves to joining, for various reasons. But they're one higher than the C list, which is those who are interested but have actually said No. We're also going to be explaining the system for local groups to get going to start up the other pods, on a v.easy hand-holding, 25-Step Basis Ian Barclay, 321 Linden Ave, Victoria V8V 4E3 360-0819 Fairfield B Leon Goudsmid, 226-964 Heywood Ave, V8V 2Y5 385-5871 Fairfield B Lisa Harnois, #406, 180 Croft St, V8V 4R4 361-4732hm 356-2436wk James Bay Inger Kronseth, 19-250 Russell St, Victoria V9A 3X2 386-9549 Vic West B Carla Ode, Chris Ritchie, 665 Harbinger Ave, Victoria, V8V 4H9, 383-9913 Fairfield B Ken & Coke Pedersen, 622 Marifield Ave, V8V 1N6 384-7297 James Bay B - Janet Hawkesley, 128 Government St, 383-7086 James Bay B Anne Glenn, 203, 2136 Ridge Road, 388-6637, V8T 3E9 Fernwood B Mary-Anne Montgomery, 133B Government St, V8V 2K6 380-7152 James Bay B Audrey Tucker, 566 Simcoe St, 380-7153 James Bay B Scott MacKenzie, #518, 425 Simcoe St. 995-2433 (hm) 388-4452 (wk) James Bay B Experience with non-profits. Very interested Becky Lindstrom, 202, 1122 Hilda St. V8V 2Z4 388-3970 Fairfield B Beth Bowerman, 1083 Redfern St. V8S 4E9 598-9746 B Many thanks ! Guy Guy Dauncey, 2069 Kings Rd, Victoria, B.C. V8R 2P6, Canada Tel/Fax (250) 592-4473 Author of 'After the Crash : The Emergence of the Rainbow Economy' (Greenprint, London, 1996) Victoria Car Share Co-operative Editor, EcoNews http://www.islandnet.com/~gdauncey/econews/ Author of '2015 : A Journey into the Future' (still being written) "The best way to predict the future is to invent it" From ???@??? Wed Dec 04 18:07:20 1996 Return-Path: Received: from [198.53.172.148] [198.53.172.189] by mail (Smail3.2) with smtp id m0vVQRo-0006bcC for ; Wed, 4 Dec 1996 15:09:48 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 4 Dec 1996 15:09:48 -0800 (PST) X-Sender: gdauncey@mail.islandnet.com Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: emerald@islandnet.com (Alan Rycroft or Kealey Pringle) From: gdauncey@islandnet.com (Guy Dauncey) Subject: Re: car phoning X-UIDL: 7e3110a33f682a2b3db21c234007d624 That's great ! Many thanks. See you on Sunday ?? Love, Guy Guy Dauncey, 2069 Kings Rd, Victoria, B.C. V8R 2P6, Canada Tel/Fax (250) 592-4473 Author of 'After the Crash : The Emergence of the Rainbow Economy' (Greenprint, London, 1996) Victoria Car Share Co-operative Editor, EcoNews http://www.islandnet.com/~gdauncey/econews/ Author of '2015 : A Journey into the Future' (still being written) "The best way to predict the future is to invent it" From ???@??? Wed Dec 04 22:36:35 1996 Return-Path: Received: from maelstrom.stjohns.edu [149.68.1.24] by mail (Smail3.2) with esmtp id m0vVTsw-0006b8C for ; Wed, 4 Dec 1996 18:50:02 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: Received: from maelstrom.stjohns.edu by maelstrom.stjohns.edu (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id 88C2CC80 ; Wed, 4 Dec 1996 21:49:48 -1300 Date: Wed, 4 Dec 1996 19:54:54 -0500 Reply-To: "Hank Roth's Progressive List [& PNEWS CONFERENCES]" Sender: "Hank Roth's Progressive List [& PNEWS CONFERENCES]" From: GOLEM Subject: PNEWS: Nitrogen Unlikely to Moderate Global Warming To: Multiple recipients of list PNEWS-L X-UIDL: 31a65d2be613d59328e101bd124f765d [*********PNEWS CONFERENCES************] From: medwards@nsf.gov EMBARGOED FOR 6 P.M. EST, Media contact: December 5, 1996 Cheryl Dybas NSF PR 96-78 (703) 306-1070 Program contact: Scott Collins (703) 306-1479 NO SUCH LUCK: NITROGEN FROM AIR POLLUTION UNLIKELY TO MODERATE GLOBAL WARMING Modern society pollutes the air not only with carbon dioxide, but also with large amounts of nitrogen-containing compounds released by the burning of fossil fuels and the use of fertilizers. Scientists had hoped that this extra nitrogen would spur the growth of plants and that the plants, in turn, would absorb some of the extra carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to moderate global warming. That scenario now seems unlikely, say scientists at the University of Toronto and the University of Minnesota. In the December 6th issue of the journal Science, Toronto's David Wedin and Minnesota's David Tilman report little reason for optimism about this problem. In studying the effects of experimentally added nitrogen on prairie grasslands, they found that while low rates of nitrogen deposition encouraged plant growth and high carbon storage in fields dominated by native "warm-season" prairie grasses, the results were very different in fields dominated by non-native "cool-season" grasses. These fields lost most of the added nitrogen and showed no net storage of carbon. Further, at medium and high rates of nitrogen addition, the native prairie species went extinct, the diversity of vegetation dropped sharply, and the ability of the prairie grasslands to store carbon disappeared. "From a global change perspective, this is the first long- term field experiment to demonstrate the tight linkages between nitrogen deposition, carbon dynamics, and plant species composition in grasslands," says Scott Collins, director of the National Science Foundation's Long-Term Ecological Research Program, which funded the research. The two researchers spent 12 years studying the effects of experimentally added nitrogen in 162 plots in three Minnesota grasslands. "We added nitrogen at rates equivalent to what's deposited from the atmosphere in Minnesota and the Ohio Valley, right up through the amounts of highly agricultural and industrial areas of Europe," said Tilman. "Two of our nine treatments went beyond these rates to try to predict the longer term effects of nitrogen deposition." Tilman and Wedin found that more than half of the plant species were lost across the nitrogen addition gradient, with the greatest losses occurring at low levels of nitrogen addition -the 1 to 5 gram range, which is comparable to current atmospheric deposition rates in eastern North America and northern Europe. Most of the lost nitrogen leaked into groundwater as nitrate, a pollutant and human health threat throughout the Midwest. The nitrogen-driven loss of diversity and rise of "weedy" species in grasslands are comparable to the well-documented changes that occur in some lakes when phosphorus is added, the researchers said. In lakes lacking phosphorus, the addition of this nutrient -- often a result of human activities -- causes "eutrophication," a process that leads to increased growth of algae and other undesirable outcomes. Tilman and Wedin conclude that in grassland ecosystems, nitrogen loading is a major threat that leads to loss of diversity, greater abundance of non-native species and the disruption of ecosystem functioning -responses that are tightly linked. "We cannot preserve prairies or maintain the functioning of these and other ecosystems if we continue to pollute them with high rates of atmospheric nitrogen deposition," said Tilman. "Nitrogen pollution is a problem that will grow progressively worse as the human population rises unless we take direct steps to counter it." -NSF- @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ To subscribe to PNEWS-L [1500+ subscribers], send request to: "SUBSCRIBE PNEWS-L " @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ http://www.applicom.com/pnews/ From ???@??? Thu Dec 05 23:14:06 1996 To: peter ronald,bruce torrie From: emerald@islandnet.com (Alan Rycroft or Kealey Pringle) Subject: PNEWS: Nitrogen Unlikely to Moderate Global Warming Cc: Bcc: X-Attachments: >Return-Path: >Date: Wed, 4 Dec 1996 19:54:54 -0500 >Reply-To: "Hank Roth's Progressive List [& PNEWS CONFERENCES]" > >Sender: "Hank Roth's Progressive List [& PNEWS CONFERENCES]" > >From: GOLEM >Subject: PNEWS: Nitrogen Unlikely to Moderate Global Warming >To: Multiple recipients of list PNEWS-L >X-UIDL: 31a65d2be613d59328e101bd124f765d > >[*********PNEWS CONFERENCES************] >From: medwards@nsf.gov > > EMBARGOED FOR 6 P.M. EST, >Media contact: December 5, 1996 >Cheryl Dybas NSF PR 96-78 >(703) 306-1070 > >Program contact: >Scott Collins >(703) 306-1479 > > NO SUCH LUCK: NITROGEN FROM AIR POLLUTION UNLIKELY TO MODERATE > GLOBAL WARMING > > Modern society pollutes the air not only with carbon >dioxide, but also with large amounts of nitrogen-containing >compounds released by the burning of fossil fuels and the use >of fertilizers. Scientists had hoped that this extra nitrogen >would spur the growth of plants and that the plants, in turn, >would absorb some of the extra carbon dioxide in the atmosphere >to moderate global warming. > > That scenario now seems unlikely, say scientists at the >University of Toronto and the University of Minnesota. In the >December 6th issue of the journal Science, Toronto's David >Wedin and Minnesota's David Tilman report little reason for >optimism about this problem. In studying the effects of >experimentally added nitrogen on prairie grasslands, they found >that while low rates of nitrogen deposition encouraged plant >growth and high carbon storage in fields dominated by native >"warm-season" prairie grasses, the results were very different >in fields dominated by non-native "cool-season" grasses. These >fields lost most of the added nitrogen and showed no net >storage of carbon. Further, at medium and high rates of >nitrogen addition, the native prairie species went extinct, the >diversity of vegetation dropped sharply, and the ability of the >prairie grasslands to store carbon disappeared. > > "From a global change perspective, this is the first long- >term field experiment to demonstrate the tight linkages between >nitrogen deposition, carbon dynamics, and plant species >composition in grasslands," says Scott Collins, director of the >National Science Foundation's Long-Term Ecological Research >Program, which funded the research. > > The two researchers spent 12 years studying the effects of >experimentally added nitrogen in 162 plots in three Minnesota >grasslands. "We added nitrogen at rates equivalent to what's >deposited from the atmosphere in Minnesota and the Ohio Valley, >right up through the amounts of highly agricultural and >industrial areas of Europe," said Tilman. "Two of our nine >treatments went beyond these rates to try to predict the longer >term effects of nitrogen deposition." > > Tilman and Wedin found that more than half of the plant >species were lost across the nitrogen addition gradient, with >the greatest losses occurring at low levels of nitrogen >addition -the 1 to 5 gram range, which is comparable to current >atmospheric deposition rates in eastern North America and >northern Europe. Most of the lost nitrogen leaked into >groundwater as nitrate, a pollutant and human health threat >throughout the Midwest. > > The nitrogen-driven loss of diversity and rise of "weedy" >species in grasslands are comparable to the well-documented >changes that occur in some lakes when phosphorus is added, the >researchers said. In lakes lacking phosphorus, the addition of >this nutrient -- often a result of human activities -- causes >"eutrophication," a process that leads to increased growth of >algae and other undesirable outcomes. > > Tilman and Wedin conclude that in grassland ecosystems, >nitrogen loading is a major threat that leads to loss of >diversity, greater abundance of non-native species and the >disruption of ecosystem functioning -responses that are tightly >linked. "We cannot preserve prairies or maintain the >functioning of these and other ecosystems if we continue to >pollute them with high rates of atmospheric nitrogen >deposition," said Tilman. "Nitrogen pollution is a problem >that will grow progressively worse as the human population >rises unless we take direct steps to counter it." > > -NSF- > > > > >@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ > To subscribe to PNEWS-L [1500+ subscribers], send request to: > "SUBSCRIBE PNEWS-L " >@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ >http://www.applicom.com/pnews/ > > From ???@??? Thu Dec 12 18:04:08 1996 Return-Path: Received: from norm.island.net [199.60.19.4] by mail.islandnet.com with smtp id m0vYHgI-0006dRa for ; Thu, 12 Dec 1996 12:24:34 -0800 (PST) Received: (from root@localhost) by norm.island.net (8.8.4/8.7.5/island.net) id MAA28293 for nanoosenet-outgoing; Thu, 12 Dec 1996 12:24:39 -0800 Received: from Default (dyn48.island.net [204.239.42.58]) by norm.island.net (8.8.4/8.7.5/island.net) with SMTP id MAA28253; Thu, 12 Dec 1996 12:24:15 -0800 Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 12:24:15 -0800 Message-Id: <2.2.16.19961212122725.3edf37d0@mail.island.net> X-Sender: hbreen@mail.island.net X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.2 (16) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: fishfarm@onenw.org From: Howard Breen Subject: NN: FYI: U.N.: Debate on Oceans disappoints Sender: owner-nanoosenet@island.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: NanooseNet@island.net X-UIDL: c8d716d0c21365db56556e2a4eae6983 Environment-U.N.: Debate on Oceans disappoints UNITED NATIONS, (Dec. 10) IPS - The conclusion this week of a U.N. debate on the world's oceans was even more disappointing than usual, contends the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), an international environmental group. "The resolutions that have been adopted are some of the worst examples I've seen of decision-making by the lowest common denominator," argued Joy Hyvarinen, WWF's coordinator for international treaties. The 185-nation U.N. General Assembly failed to take countries to task for not signing an agreement to regulate world fish stocks or for not ratifying the Convention on the Law of the Sea, she said. Nearly half of the 20 countries that take 80 percent of world marine catches have failed so far to sign the U.N. Fish Stocks Agreement, which was adopted by the United Nations last year. Among the nations yet to sign are some of the largest fishing countries, including Chile, Peru, Mexico, Thailand and Vietnam, Hyvarinen noted. Moreover, she argued, the Assembly has not put sufficient pressure on nations like Britain and the United States to ratify the Law of the Sea Convention, which remains a hard sell for ratification by the British Parliament and U.S. Senate. Yet this year's debate only included a mild call yesterday for states which had not already joined the convention to do so. It also included an appeal for countries to cease any over-fishing and to use the newly created International Seabed Authority to settle fishing disputes. "The debate was even more discouraging than before," Hyvarinen said. "It was basically speechmaking." But some countries -- most notably the United States -- have moved toward accepting U.N. regulation of the seas. During the 1980s, the United States refused to accept the Law of the Seas Convention, which the conservative Ronald Reagan administration labelled "socialistic." Yesterday, Senator Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island said that the U.S. government was working to ratify the convention, modified in 1994 to address U.S. concerns. Pell also endorsed a Global Program of Action, adopted this year by a U.N.-sponsored governmental conference. The plan is intended to protect the marine and coastal environment. The program "calls for the development of a global, legally binding instrument to phase out and eliminate persistent organic pollutants (POPs)." Pell noted that it would also create a clearing-house on environmental data to allow countries to share information on pollution by sewage, wastewater, heavy metals, nutrients and sediments. Even the progress on dealing with organic pollutants, however, may not affect what WWF contends will become one of the biggest environmental hazards: the potential threat to marine life from chemicals, called endocrine disruptors, which affect the hormone systems of various types of wildlife. "Endocrine disruptors are synthetic chemicals which mimic hormones found in both humans and wildlife, with effects such as reduced fertility," noted Barbara Rutherford, WWF coordinator on water pollution. "They have emerged as a serious threat to endangered marine life, and we need urgent action." WWF has in particular drawn attention to the contamination of beluga whales in Canada's St. Lawrence River. The environmental group labels the whales, the source of beluga caviar, as "among the most contaminated animals on earth." The organization also links endocrine disruptors to the mass deaths of thousands of marine mammals, including the deaths of 10,000 seals by a virus in Asia's Lake Baikal in 1987, and the deaths of 700 bottlenose dolphins along the U.S. Atlantic coast in 1988. But the U.N. debate did not touch the endocrine disruptor issue, Hyvarinen said, with nations unwilling to take on any new concerns about environmental damage. Since not all the chemical compounds that function as endocrine disruptors would qualify as POPs, she said, regulating organic pollutants may not address the issue. Several nations, including many small island states, are urging the General Assembly to broaden its debate on the world's oceans in the future to take up new environmental threats. Ambassador Laurence Edwards of the Marshall Islands said that it was essential for the debate to be broadened by next year, since his Pacific nation was facing problems over contamination resulting from nuclear test explosions. So far, however, General Assembly commitments that the oceans and sea bed are the common heritage of all humanity operate more like "a last will and testament," added Ambassador H.L. de Silva of Sri Lanka. The benefits, he noted, have yet to be distributed to the beneficiaries. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NANOOSE CONVERSION CAMPAIGN Submissions: NanooseNet@mail.island.net Subscriptions: NanooseNet-Request@mail.island.net World-Wide Web: http://nanaimo.ark.com/~convert/ STOP NUCLEAR SUBMARINE WEAPONS TESTS IN GEORGIA STRAIT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From ???@??? Sun Dec 08 21:34:24 1996 Return-Path: Received: from maelstrom.stjohns.edu [149.68.1.24] by mail (Smail3.2) with esmtp id m0vWqgG-0006bOC for ; Sun, 8 Dec 1996 13:22:36 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: Received: from maelstrom.stjohns.edu by maelstrom.stjohns.edu (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id 7F2AA831 ; Sun, 8 Dec 1996 16:22:40 -1300 Date: Sun, 8 Dec 1996 15:55:22 -0500 Reply-To: "Hank Roth's Progressive List [& PNEWS CONFERENCES]" Sender: "Hank Roth's Progressive List [& PNEWS CONFERENCES]" From: GOLEM Subject: PNEWS: Pork and PC To: Multiple recipients of list PNEWS-L X-UIDL: 99ab7ab341a6dab6344cec49e23ffc6c [*********PNEWS CONFERENCES************] From: Steve Plaut Legalize Imports of Freon, Not Pork by Steven Plaut (Plaut teaches business administration at the University of Haifa) The Israeli Supreme Court recently ruled that restricting the freedom of Israelis to import pork into the country would be a violation of their basic freedoms and human rights, as spelled out under the "Freedom of Choice of Occupation Law", part of the "Basic Laws". Okay, well, if denying Israelis the right to import pork is regarded by our Supreme Court Justices as an intolerable infringement, then the time has come for them to exercise some consistency and invalidate all the harmful Israeli laws and rules that prevent the importing and use of freon and other politically incorrect chemicals that are supposed to be eating the ozone layer in PC Mother Goose doctrine. I mean, if someone wishes to practice PC cult-religion and not use aerosols because they imagine that such abstinence really affects the environment, let them do so. I am in favor of freedom of religion. In fact, I really do not care if you want to clog your arteries with bacon and ham. But laws that prevent Israelis from importing, buying and using freon and CFC gases, those gases accused by green fanatics of threatening life on the planet, are an outrageous restriction on the basic freedom of occupational choice and consumer choice. Israeli politicians here are just trying to be fashionable and "in", as usual. Other developed countries have instituted similar extremely wasteful anti-freon laws. In the United States, it is estimated that the cost to consumers of American Prohibition (of CFC gases) amounts to $600 per year per American. (In Israel, the Ministry of Trade figures it cost 200 million NIS for Israeli refrigerator manufacturers to change their production lines away from freon, and freon substitutes are flammable and can explode.) The New York Times recently reported that contraband freon smuggling is now the second-most common form of illegal smuggling into the United States from Mexico. Strangely, the PC set, which has long argued that drugs should be legalized because of the inability to halt smuggling, have failed to apply the same logic to freon and call for its legalization. But the PC madness in Israel has gone beyond the Supreme Court and has even entered the military. I doubt that even curmudgeon Efraim Kishon could have thought up such a madcap and absurd idea as the recent decision by the Israeli Defense Forces to disarm women soldiers of their tear-gas canisters in order to protect the ozone layer. Until today, most of us believed the Israeli army was exempt from such PC nonsense. After all, unlike some overseas armies chasing PC fads, the Israeli Defense Forces actually have a military function. But now all this was belied when it was announced that at the request of the various Israeli green groups, the IDF has decided to take away tear gas canisters from women Israeli troops because they supposedly hurt the ozone layer. Israel's stringent gun control laws already put women - and especially young women troops - at risk of attack. Naamat, the women's Zionist organization, recently called for lifting gun control for these at-risk gals. In place of guns, they have been provided with tear-gas canisters to fend off attackers, muggers and rapists, of which Israel has no shortage. Mace would be better, but that is just so "violent" and so something Israeli soldiers should not be carrying about, in contrast with US mailmen. But now our women soldiers are to be sent off defenseless out onto the streets of Zion because some green fanatics have decided that the tear gas in the canisters hurts the ozone layer. Next week the tanks will perhaps be stripped of ammo because tank shells scare spotted owls or gazelles? Now the ozone hole story has by now been so thoroughly discredited that you almost have to be an Israeli politician to still believe in it. No the ozone hole is not letting in lots of ultraviolet radiation that will kill us all. The UV rays have been actually diminishing worldwide since 1974. And even if they were not, a bit more UV might have more health benefits than health harms (it zaps bacteria). The "hole" is nothing more than a seasonal phenomenon caused by Antarctic winter storms and closes up each summer. It has probably been doing so since Noah. A volcano near the South Pole (Mount Erebus, located 10 miles from where most of those measurements "confirming" the "ozone-hole theory" were taken) emits more ozone-eating ions than all of mankind and all volcanoes together do so dozens of times more. The "ozone-eating" gases weigh 4 times more than air and so behave in the stratosphere about the same way as would a Greenpeace activist who falls out of an endangered redwood tree. Oh, and by the way, the polar ice caps are getting thicker and not thinner and so will not flood anyone. But even if you believe that there is an ozone hole problem caused by mankind's cussedness and sinful pollution, it is all the more absurd to think Israel has the least connection with this. You cannot even see Israel on a globe. So to think Israeli emissions of naughty gases affect the entire planet is sheer Jewish megalomania. And even if Israeli gases were to affect the atmosphere, why is that an excuse to leave female soldiers tear gasless? And how come there is never a feminist around when you need one? How come the Israeli militant feminist posse has nothing to say about this? Maybe it is because they are so busy running about promoting affirmative action preferences and quotas and other PC fads? Clearly the decision to disarm Israeli soldiers to protect the ozone layer has less to do with the hole in the ozone layer than the hole in the heads of some Israeli politicians and military commanders. So I say: Ban laws against importing freon, not against importing pork! ------------ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ To subscribe to PNEWS-L [1500+ subscribers], send request to: "SUBSCRIBE PNEWS-L " ------------------------------ PNEWS & GOLEM stuff: http://www.applicom.com/pnews/ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ AND, check out a super OPPORTUNITY you will not want to miss at: http://www.applicom.com/pnews/star.htm Includes a FREE computer and video telephone. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ From ???@??? Thu Dec 12 22:28:30 1996 To: peter ronald,bruce torrie From: emerald@islandnet.com (Alan Rycroft or Kealey Pringle) Subject: PNEWS: Pork and PC Cc: Bcc: X-Attachments: Yikes! >Return-Path: >Date: Sun, 8 Dec 1996 15:55:22 -0500 >Reply-To: "Hank Roth's Progressive List [& PNEWS CONFERENCES]" > >Sender: "Hank Roth's Progressive List [& PNEWS CONFERENCES]" > >From: GOLEM >Subject: PNEWS: Pork and PC >To: Multiple recipients of list PNEWS-L >X-UIDL: 99ab7ab341a6dab6344cec49e23ffc6c > >[*********PNEWS CONFERENCES************] > >From: Steve Plaut > > Legalize Imports of Freon, Not Pork > by Steven Plaut > > (Plaut teaches business administration at the University of Haifa) > > The Israeli Supreme Court recently ruled that restricting the >freedom of Israelis to import pork into the country would be a violation >of their basic freedoms and human rights, as spelled out under the >"Freedom of Choice of Occupation Law", part of the "Basic Laws". Okay, >well, if denying Israelis the right to import pork is regarded by our >Supreme Court Justices as an intolerable infringement, then the time has >come for them to exercise some consistency and invalidate all the harmful >Israeli laws and rules that prevent the importing and use of freon and >other politically incorrect chemicals that are supposed to be eating the >ozone layer in PC Mother Goose doctrine. > > I mean, if someone wishes to practice PC cult-religion and not use >aerosols because they imagine that such abstinence really affects the >environment, let them do so. I am in favor of freedom of religion. In >fact, I really do not care if you want to clog your arteries with bacon >and ham. But laws that prevent Israelis from importing, buying and using >freon and CFC gases, those gases accused by green fanatics of threatening >life on the planet, are an outrageous restriction on the basic freedom of >occupational choice and consumer choice. > Israeli politicians here are just trying to be fashionable and "in", >as usual. Other developed countries have instituted similar extremely >wasteful anti-freon laws. In the United States, it is estimated that the >cost to consumers of American Prohibition (of CFC gases) amounts to $600 >per year per American. (In Israel, the Ministry of Trade figures it cost >200 million NIS for Israeli refrigerator manufacturers to change their >production lines away from freon, and freon substitutes are flammable and >can explode.) The New York Times recently reported that contraband freon >smuggling is now the second-most common form of illegal smuggling into the >United States from Mexico. Strangely, the PC set, which has long argued >that drugs should be legalized because of the inability to halt smuggling, >have failed to apply the same logic to freon and call for its >legalization. > But the PC madness in Israel has gone beyond the Supreme Court and >has even entered the military. I doubt that even curmudgeon Efraim Kishon >could have thought up such a madcap and absurd idea as the recent decision >by the Israeli Defense Forces to disarm women soldiers of their tear-gas >canisters in order to protect the ozone layer. > Until today, most of us believed the Israeli army was exempt from >such PC nonsense. After all, unlike some overseas armies chasing PC fads, >the Israeli Defense Forces actually have a military function. But now all >this was belied when it was announced that at the request of the various >Israeli green groups, the IDF has decided to take away tear gas canisters >from women Israeli troops because they supposedly hurt the ozone layer. > Israel's stringent gun control laws already put women - and >especially young women troops - at risk of attack. Naamat, the women's >Zionist organization, recently called for lifting gun control for these >at-risk gals. In place of guns, they have been provided with tear-gas >canisters to fend off attackers, muggers and rapists, of which Israel has >no shortage. Mace would be better, but that is just so "violent" and so >something Israeli soldiers should not be carrying about, in contrast with >US mailmen. > But now our women soldiers are to be sent off defenseless out onto >the streets of Zion because some green fanatics have decided that the tear >gas in the canisters hurts the ozone layer. Next week the tanks will >perhaps be stripped of ammo because tank shells scare spotted owls or >gazelles? > Now the ozone hole story has by now been so thoroughly discredited >that you almost have to be an Israeli politician to still believe in it. >No the ozone hole is not letting in lots of ultraviolet radiation that >will kill us all. The UV rays have been actually diminishing worldwide >since 1974. And even if they were not, a bit more UV might have more >health benefits than health harms (it zaps bacteria). The "hole" is >nothing more than a seasonal phenomenon caused by Antarctic winter storms >and closes up each summer. It has probably been doing so since Noah. A >volcano near the South Pole (Mount Erebus, located 10 miles from where >most of those measurements "confirming" the "ozone-hole theory" were >taken) emits more ozone-eating ions than all of mankind and all volcanoes >together do so dozens of times more. The "ozone-eating" gases weigh 4 >times more than air and so behave in the stratosphere about the same way >as would a Greenpeace activist who falls out of an endangered redwood >tree. Oh, and by the way, the polar ice caps are getting thicker and not >thinner and so will not flood anyone. > But even if you believe that there is an ozone hole problem caused >by mankind's cussedness and sinful pollution, it is all the more absurd to >think Israel has the least connection with this. You cannot even see >Israel on a globe. So to think Israeli emissions of naughty gases affect >the entire planet is sheer Jewish megalomania. > And even if Israeli gases were to affect the atmosphere, why is that >an excuse to leave female soldiers tear gasless? And how come there is >never a feminist around when you need one? How come the Israeli militant >feminist posse has nothing to say about this? Maybe it is because they >are so busy running about promoting affirmative action preferences and >quotas and other PC fads? > > Clearly the decision to disarm Israeli soldiers to protect the ozone >layer has less to do with the hole in the ozone layer than the hole in the >heads of some Israeli politicians and military commanders. So I say: Ban >laws against importing freon, not against importing pork! >------------ > >@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ > To subscribe to PNEWS-L [1500+ subscribers], send request to: > "SUBSCRIBE PNEWS-L " > ------------------------------ >PNEWS & GOLEM stuff: http://www.applicom.com/pnews/ >@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ >AND, check out a super OPPORTUNITY you will not want to miss at: > http://www.applicom.com/pnews/star.htm >Includes a FREE computer and video telephone. >@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ > > From ???@??? Sun Dec 08 21:34:16 1996 Return-Path: Received: from maelstrom.stjohns.edu [149.68.1.24] by mail (Smail3.2) with esmtp id m0vWqg2-0006bOC for ; Sun, 8 Dec 1996 13:22:22 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: Received: from maelstrom.stjohns.edu by maelstrom.stjohns.edu (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id 6F92671E ; Sun, 8 Dec 1996 16:22:14 -1300 Date: Sun, 8 Dec 1996 15:50:19 -0500 Reply-To: "Hank Roth's Progressive List [& PNEWS CONFERENCES]" Sender: "Hank Roth's Progressive List [& PNEWS CONFERENCES]" From: GOLEM Subject: PNEWS: HAITI-ENVIRONMENT: Searching for Help From Neighbours To: Multiple recipients of list PNEWS-L X-UIDL: 8de28582442685b193be6d1db1b18334 [*********PNEWS CONFERENCES************] AUTHORIZED POSTING TO PNEWS CONFERENCES /* Written 3:05 PM Nov 30, 1996 by newsdesk in igc:ips.english */ /* ---------- "HAITI-ENVIRONMENT: Searching for He" ---------- */ Copyright 1996 InterPress Service, all rights reserved. Worldwide distribution via the APC networks. *** 27-Nov-96 *** Title: HAITI-ENVIRONMENT: Searching for Help From Neighbours by Ives Marie Chanel PORT-AU-PRINCE, Nov 27 (IPS) - Haiti is tapping the know-how of other countries in Latin America and the Caribbean as it seeks to repair an environment ravaged by years of abuse. ''We seek to promote South-South cooperation,'' says Minister for the Environment Yves Andre Winwight. That objective is providing the impetus for efforts by the Ministry to get assistance from Cuba, Mexico and Argentina to develop an environmental protection plan. Other initiatives are being carried out locally as well, including measures to control pollution levels. ''We'd like to control the quality of auto fuel sold by the petroleum companies,'' Winwight told IPS. ''We'd like to encourage research in renewable and non- renewable energy sources.'' Among problems being targetted for quick solution are lack of qualified managers in the field and repair to the Caribbean nation's damaged environmental infrastructure. On Nov. 15, Winwight signed a technical cooperation agreement in Buenos Aires with Argentine Secretary of State for Natural Resources and the Human Environment, Maria Julia Alsogaray. Its aim: to ''reinforce mutual understanding and promote collaboration between the two countries as to management of the environment and related scientific and technical research, and thus contribute to the improvement of each country's respective level of development''. Under the pact, Haiti and Argentina will jointly identify and implement environmental management projects, especially those mandated by international conventions to which both nations have been a party. The two countries have committed themselves to pursue development along more sustainable lines by reviewing and altering consumption and production modes to lessen their impact on the environment. Argentina and Haiti will also develop collaborative data and information bases on the environment for the next three years. Several Haitian technicians will go to Argentina in early 1997 to be trained in park management. Haiti's mountainsides are virtaully treeless and environmental damage is widespread over vast areas of the countryside. A 22.5 million dollar technical support project developed by the government to protect forests at a cost of USD 22.5 million will include a USD 21.5 million loan component from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The project is being processed through the World Bank. Through a general technical ooperation agreement with Mexico, the environment ministry will focus on establishing a plan for a laboratory to test combustible substances, environment minister Winwight told IPS. Last month, accompanied by a huge media campaign on the importance of controlling pollution, a gasoline touting itself as ''unleaded'' was placed on the Haitian auto fuel market. However environment ministry officials have been unable to perform tests to verify the quality of the new gasoline, which costs 6 percent more than regular gasolines. Mexican experts have been asked to help us identify the equipment and installations necessary to build a laboratory for this purpose. ''Mexico would be delighted to cooperate with Haiti,'' Miguel Garcia Zamudio, Charge d'Affaires for the Mexican government, told IPS. ''The Haitian government's request is, for the moment, under examination.'' The Mexican government has invited Haitian officials to attend an all-expenses-paid training seminar in Mexico on natural disasters next January. And the government has also awarded 10 full scholarships to Haitians in the areas of scientific, technical, and agricultural development studies. Cuban specialists in taxonomy are expected to be dispatched to Haiti in January 1997 to assist Haitian technicians who are mapping out wildlife preserves. This programme aims to save 30 percent of plant and animal species native to Haiti from eventual extinction. Winwight regrets that environmental planning and management have been difficult to carry out in Haiti due to a lack of specialized technicians in these areas. In a document entitled ''Challenges and Perspectives'', the environment minister attributes this lack of trained personnel to ''institutional dislocations'' which have led to their flight from the public sector over the past 10 years, as well as strong salary competition from non-governmental organisations (NGOs). One diplomatic source commented that ''the utilization rate for state scholarships leaves something to be desired. Grants go to waste because no one applies for them in this country, where we so desperately need trained technicians and managers.'' In the meantime, environmental conditions are worsening. Flooding occurs during hurricane because of the low tree cover. Nearly 30 people have already perished in floods throughout the country during the first week of November. 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Mon Dec 16 20:15:35 1996 Return-Path: Received: from i2-31.islandnet.com [198.53.172.31] by mail.islandnet.com with smtp id m0vZXmN-0006azC for ; Sun, 15 Dec 1996 23:48:03 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: Date: Sun, 15 Dec 1996 23:48:03 -0800 (PST) X-Sender: emerald@mail.islandnet.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: emerald@IslandNet.com From: GOLEM (by way of emerald@islandnet.com (Alan Rycroft or Kealey Pringle)) Subject: ENGO Victoria-- RACHEL: Ethics of Risk X-UIDL: 047a3ab150145eb7c1c197f79f8e1624 [*********PNEWS CONFERENCES************] /* ---------- "RACHEL: Ethics of Risk" ---------- */ . Environmental Research Foundation . . P.O. Box 5036, Annapolis, MD 21403 . . Fax (410) 263-8944; Internet: erf@rachel.clark.net . . ========== . ETHICAL HAZARDS OF RISK ASSESSMENT Not long ago, a state environmental official wrote us a thoughtful letter about risk assessment: "Recently I attended a public meeting as part of the process of revising numeric criteria for 41 carcinogens and other toxicants that bioaccumulate in fish consumed by humans. "The [state environmental agency] and the EPA [U.S. Environmental Protection Agency] would be satisfied if we could derive the concentration in water of each contaminant that would result in a risk level not greater than one-in-a-million to humans consuming fish, and then sanctify that number in administrative rule. "It occurred to me that we are missing the point. We are in essence granting rights to chemicals, and chemical dischargers, and denying them to people. The human population is not granted, for example, a guarantee that there will not be more than an additional one in 10,000 cancers in the population due to exposure to all xenobiotics [toxic chemicals made by humans]. But chemical dischargers are given a guarantee for each chemical of a defined allowable risk level they can impose on the human population. "We seem to have it backwards. Instead of defining a societally acceptable risk to humans from ingesting contaminants, and then apportioning allowable risk to each contaminant and discharger, we grant each chemical a risk level, and do not even make the effort of calculating the cumulative risk of all chemicals to humans. If the latter is impossible, it is an argument for zero discharge industries. "Very few at the meeting were even aware that we were not talking one-in-a-million risk level in any case, but 41-in-a-million, considering all 41 contaminants in question. "As well, industry argued for separating estuarine from marine criteria, which would grant each chemical a two-in-a-million risk level. Why not get really ridiculous and do it by fish species --one-in-a-million risk level to humans from consuming each of the following: cod, flounder, bass... [Furthermore,] the allowable contaminant level we grant each chemical is not 'global.' As I understand it, the EPA would allow an additional risk level for these chemicals from meat consumption, for example. "Other obvious flaws in our risk assessment are that: we in [our state] and in many other states do not even regulate most of the 126 EPA priority pollutants, let alone the 70,000 chemicals in use by industry; "It is probable that in some cases we are using insensitive endpoints, for example widespread immune system damage may occur at lower contaminant concentrations than those which produce significant numbers of cancers; "We ignore synergism [increased toxicity caused by multiplier effects when two or more chemicals interact]; "We aren't necessarily taking into account sensitive human sub-populations (immune depressed, or fetuses). "What bothers me is the mismatch between the two ends of the risk spectrum. At one end we have the guaranteed risk level granted to chemicals of between one-in-100,000 and one-in-10-million; at the other end we seem to have real increases in human health deterioration, breast and testicular cancer, ADHD [attention deficit hyperactivity disorder], and reduced sperm production, of tens of percents. How do we get from one-in-a-million to tens of percents, and which end of the spectrum should we offer a guaranteed risk level?... "Another thought: industry, in criticizing our methodology for developing new and possibly more stringent criteria, piled one difficult-to-address concern after another on us. Of course if industry were footing the bill for the studies necessary to address these concerns, perhaps they wouldn't have been as vocal. Reverse onus..." This state official --who obviously might lose his/her job if we revealed his/her name (which, if you think about it, speaks sad volumes about free speech in America) --was commenting on the ethical dilemma of every risk assessor, which is this: assessing risks is a natural and inevitable step for humans to take (we all do a risk assessment before we dash across the street hoping to avoid getting hit by a car). But risk assessment is now embedded in our environmental laws at the federal and state levels in a way that guarantees that the "rights" of industrial poisoners will be protected by the apparatus of the state while citizens will be first disempowered and then physically harmed by the risk assessors' work. Risk assessors are now in the position of the conductors and engineers who kept the trains running on time to the death camps in Nazi Germany to minimize discomfort to their passengers --they are just doing a job, honorably and to the best of their ability, but the final result of every professional risk assessor's work is the destruction of the natural environment, one decision at a time, and the relentless spread of sickness throughout the human and wildlife populations. The only way to restore an ethical basis to risk assessment is to embed it in a very different framework for decision-making. Right now risk assessment is used to answer the following sort of question: "How much of these 41 carcinogens can we give industry the 'right' to dump into public waters without killing an unacceptable number of citizens?" Anyone who helps the state answer such an immoral question is essentially keeping the death camp trains running on time. An ethical decision-making process would ask a very different question: How can society's resources be employed to minimize the use of chemicals known or suspected of causing harm to humans and the environment? Within a decision-making framework set up to answer THAT public policy question, risk assessors could honorably use their skills, talents, and knowledge to help society examine various alternatives. Until then, risk assessment will continue to be a raw political tool of the industrial powers-that-be, a means for 'managing' (manipulating) the anger, fear, and frustration of a citizenry that knows it is being poisoned. The raw political nature of formal risk assessment is being demonstrated now in California, where Governor Pete Wilson's administration has ordered state risk assessors to destroy research data and internal records that fail to reflect the state's final policy decisions on pesticides, toxic wastes, and industrial-plant emissions. A memo issued by the California Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment asks employees to cull files to ensure that they contain only materials that reflect management findings. "Please dispose of all documents... [electronic-mail] messages and other communications prepared during the course of policy formulation which contain other policy proposals not adopted or reflected in the final decision," Charles Shulock, the office's chief deputy director, wrote on April 19, 1996. The memo was obtained by the WALL STREET JOURNAL.[1] Mr. Shulock's memo argues that the new "records retention policy" will protect sensitive "pre-decisional" deliberations and will thus promote "robust internal discussions." But the state's scientific staff sees it differently: "It's ridiculous and isn't sincere. If they are concerned about free flow [of information], they would not conceive of shredding very important scientific evaluations," says Kristen Haynie, a spokesperson for the California Association of Professional Scientists, a labor union. One of California's nationally-known pesticide risk assessors, Robert Howd,[2] said, "The state has hired us and pays us as experts to exercise scientific judgment. Controlling the right of scientists to decide what will be useful later would attack our professionalism, our honor and the scientific process itself." What Mr. Howd seems not to recognize is that the formal risk assessment process, as it is typically practiced for decision-making in the U.S. today, is not about honor or professionalism or science. Baldly put, it is about making political decisions, the aim of which MUST BE to accommodate the industrial polluters who provide the mountains of cash necessary for politicians to gain re-election and retain their power. If one-in-a-million, or 41-in-a-million, or several percent of, citizens are hurt in the process, so be it. (Until we get full public financing of elections --to get the corrupting power of private money out of our elections --this political dynamic will continue to dominate decision-making, and risk assessment will only be able to be conducted within this framework.) Case in point: Robert Holtzer, a medical doctor and biochemist, says he was told to ignore evidence that pesticides are causing cancer and asthma among residents of Lompoc, California. Dr. Holtzer says preliminary research by his agency suggested a higher-than-normal incidence of lung and bronchial cancers, and an increase in respiratory illnesses, among residents of Lompoc Valley. He says further study is needed. "Despite the fact that this looks like something, I was told to ignore it --don't study it, don't talk about it," says Holtzer, who retired recently from the California EPA's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment.[3] Dr. Holtzer says, and his former supervisor confirms, that his office was formally ordered to stop studying diseases in Lompoc. For years, residents of Lompoc have been complaining that pesticides sprayed on nearby fields of lettuce, broccoli and flowers have been making them sick with flu-like symptoms. In June Dr. Holtzer's former supervisor, David Siegel, wrote a draft report on the Lompoc situation in which he concluded that the data "did not provide findings of increased illness in the Lompoc area." Dr. Holtzer and two of his colleagues who collected the data in Lompoc --epidemiologist Richard Ames and toxicologist Joy Ann Wisniewski --refused to sign their names to Mr. Siegel's draft report. "We asked that our names not be associated with the report," Dr. Holtzer said. Drs. Ames and Wisniewski wouldn't comment for the record, thus silently speaking volumes about the limits of free speech in late 20th century America. The manipulation of risk assessments in California for political purposes is not unique or even unusual. Risk assessment, when it is embedded within a decision-making process specifically aimed at determining how much damage is 'acceptable' and specifically NOT aimed at finding least-harmful solutions, is by its very nature a clandestine political manipulation of the citizenry. What's unusual in California is that the unethical political manipulation is so obvious and so well documented that even the WALL STREET JOURNAL finds it noteworthy. --Peter Montague (National Writers Union, UAW Local 1981/AFL-CIO) =============== [1] Mark Lifsher, "Technology & Health--California EPA Stirs Anger by Ordering Disposal of Data Disputing Its Findings," WALL STREET JOURNAL October 1, 1996, pg. B5. [2] See, for example, Anna Fan, Robert Howd, and Brian Davis, "Risk Assessment of Environmental Chemicals," ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHARMACOLOGY Vol. 35 (1995), pgs. 341-368. [3] Mark Lifsher, "California Journal: Cal-EPA Scientists Complain Pesticide Data Were Buried," WALL STREET JOURNAL [California Supplement] October 2, 1996, pg. 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Mon Dec 16 20:21:22 1996 Return-Path: Received: from maelstrom.stjohns.edu [149.68.1.24] by mail.islandnet.com with esmtp id m0vZlck-0006b1C for ; Mon, 16 Dec 1996 14:35:02 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: Received: from maelstrom.stjohns.edu by maelstrom.stjohns.edu (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id F130925A ; Mon, 16 Dec 1996 17:35:07 -1300 Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 16:28:29 -0500 Reply-To: "Hank Roth's Progressive List [& PNEWS CONFERENCES]" Sender: "Hank Roth's Progressive List [& PNEWS CONFERENCES]" From: "http://www.applicom.com/pnews/" Subject: PNEWS: ENVIRONMENT: Ozone Layer Spreads Despite Controls To: Multiple recipients of list PNEWS-L X-UIDL: eb7696a17975314f3fbdb9e2af394c01 [*********PNEWS CONFERENCES************] AUTHORIZED POSTING to PNEWS /* Written 3:39 PM Nov 23, 1996 by newsdesk in igc:ips.english */ /* ---------- "ENVIRONMENT: Ozone Layer Spreads De" ---------- */ Copyright 1996 InterPress Service, all rights reserved. Worldwide distribution via the APC networks. *** 20-Nov-96 *** Title: ENVIRONMENT: Ozone Layer Spreads Despite Controls by Maricel Sequiera SAN JOSE, Nov 20 (IPS) - Delegates from 130 countries attended the opening of a two week ozone conference in the Costa Rican capital Tuesday to deal with the increasingly pressing situation. For while the release of ozone-destroying substances has fallen, the hole keeps growing allowing the sun's cancer-causing ultraviolet rays to reach the Earth's surface. The San Jose ozone meeting opened with both good and bad news on the technical front. According to Nelson Sabogal, a scientist in the United Nations Ozone Secretariat, the results of measures already taken against the use of CFCs will only be seen in the next century. The CFCs, used in aerosols and refrigerators, are the main gases responsible for the destruction of the ozone layer. Sabogal said that from 1990 a reduction in the concentration of certain types of CFC had been witnessed, and that the use of methylchloroform, another ozone unfriendly substance, had also diminished. But at the same time, the use of Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), substances used as an alternative to CFCs, had increased, along with the hydrocarbons, all of which are supposedly less damaging to the atmosphere although they still contribute to the erosion. The increasing use of HCFCs was also seen as a negative issue by John Whitelaw, special adviser to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). For these are also controlled substances under the Montreal Protocol and will be eliminated in 2010 in the industrialised countries and 2040 in the developing nations respectively. The most worrying element is that despite the fact that a great many damaging substances can no longer be used, the thinning of the ozone layer has continued. Sabogal said the deterioration is continuing at five or six percent per decade in the North, and five percent in the South, with its reduction reaching a total of 70 percent over Antartica between August and November. Participants at the conference will decide how much money to spend on the reduction and elimination of these substances in the developing nations. These decisions will be taken in the technical phase of the Fourth Conference of the Signatories of the Vienna Convention and the Montreal Protocol, and will be adopted in the ministerial phase, from the 25 to the 28 of this month. The industrial North and developed Southern nations will be working on raising funds for the Multilateral Montreal Protocol Fund, responsible for funding programmes for the reduction and elimination of products which are damaging to the ozone layer. This task was already carried out in the North in 1995, but in the South, the falling use of these substances, especially the Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) will only be achieved between 2000 and 2005, with total elimination scheduled for 2010. The Montreal Protocol Technical and Economic Assessment Panel proposed a fund of 436 million dollars to complete the task in the Southern nations, with an extra 60 million dollars to speed up the process in some areas. But the Southern nations and some 35 non governmental organisations (NGOs) attending the meeting all claim this will be too little. Rene Castro, Costa Rica's environment minister, warned the amount of money designated for the Multilateral Fund will be instrumental in deciding if there will be enough to only stop the growth of the ozone hole or whether it will be possible to reduce it. The 35-member International Alliance of NGOs for the protection of the ozone layer expressed their concern over the unprecedented expansion of the hole over the South Pole. They will be presenting some basic suggestions during the San Jose meeting: firstly, that the assignation of resources for the Multilateral Fund be greater than that suggested by the Technical and Economic Assessment Panel. Secondly, that within the fund, priority be given to adopting technologies which avoid thinning the ozone layer and promoting global warming, while not causing any other environmental problems in an effort to stop the Multilateral Fund from supporting harmful systems. They said the Fund had allotted five million dollars to the Brazilian Multibras Corporation in order to help them convert from the use of CFCs to HCFCs in their refrigerators, meaning their products were still damaging to the ozone layer, although less so. This was even worse, considering that 41 percent of this companies shares are owned by the US Whirpool Corporation. These groups also want the conference to ban methyl bromide use as a nematocide in export grain crops, and CFCs in inhalors used by asthmatics. (END/IPS/tra-so/mso/ff/sm/96) Origin: Montevideo/ENVIRONMENT/ ---- [c] 1996, InterPress Third World News Agency (IPS) All rights reserved May not be reproduced, reprinted or posted to any system or service outside of the APC networks, without specific permission from IPS. This limitation includes distribution via Usenet News, bulletin board systems, mailing lists, print media and broadcast. For information about cross- posting, send a message to . For information about print or broadcast reproduction please contact the IPS coordinator at . From ???@??? Mon Dec 16 22:04:39 1996 To: peter ronald,bruce torrie From: "http://www.applicom.com/pnews/" (by way of emerald@islandnet.com (Alan Rycroft or Kealey Pringle)) Subject: PNEWS: ENVIRONMENT: Ozone Layer Spreads Despite Controls Cc: Bcc: X-Attachments: [*********PNEWS CONFERENCES************] AUTHORIZED POSTING to PNEWS /* Written 3:39 PM Nov 23, 1996 by newsdesk in igc:ips.english */ /* ---------- "ENVIRONMENT: Ozone Layer Spreads De" ---------- */ Copyright 1996 InterPress Service, all rights reserved. Worldwide distribution via the APC networks. *** 20-Nov-96 *** Title: ENVIRONMENT: Ozone Layer Spreads Despite Controls by Maricel Sequiera SAN JOSE, Nov 20 (IPS) - Delegates from 130 countries attended the opening of a two week ozone conference in the Costa Rican capital Tuesday to deal with the increasingly pressing situation. For while the release of ozone-destroying substances has fallen, the hole keeps growing allowing the sun's cancer-causing ultraviolet rays to reach the Earth's surface. The San Jose ozone meeting opened with both good and bad news on the technical front. According to Nelson Sabogal, a scientist in the United Nations Ozone Secretariat, the results of measures already taken against the use of CFCs will only be seen in the next century. The CFCs, used in aerosols and refrigerators, are the main gases responsible for the destruction of the ozone layer. Sabogal said that from 1990 a reduction in the concentration of certain types of CFC had been witnessed, and that the use of methylchloroform, another ozone unfriendly substance, had also diminished. But at the same time, the use of Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), substances used as an alternative to CFCs, had increased, along with the hydrocarbons, all of which are supposedly less damaging to the atmosphere although they still contribute to the erosion. The increasing use of HCFCs was also seen as a negative issue by John Whitelaw, special adviser to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). For these are also controlled substances under the Montreal Protocol and will be eliminated in 2010 in the industrialised countries and 2040 in the developing nations respectively. The most worrying element is that despite the fact that a great many damaging substances can no longer be used, the thinning of the ozone layer has continued. Sabogal said the deterioration is continuing at five or six percent per decade in the North, and five percent in the South, with its reduction reaching a total of 70 percent over Antartica between August and November. Participants at the conference will decide how much money to spend on the reduction and elimination of these substances in the developing nations. These decisions will be taken in the technical phase of the Fourth Conference of the Signatories of the Vienna Convention and the Montreal Protocol, and will be adopted in the ministerial phase, from the 25 to the 28 of this month. The industrial North and developed Southern nations will be working on raising funds for the Multilateral Montreal Protocol Fund, responsible for funding programmes for the reduction and elimination of products which are damaging to the ozone layer. This task was already carried out in the North in 1995, but in the South, the falling use of these substances, especially the Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) will only be achieved between 2000 and 2005, with total elimination scheduled for 2010. The Montreal Protocol Technical and Economic Assessment Panel proposed a fund of 436 million dollars to complete the task in the Southern nations, with an extra 60 million dollars to speed up the process in some areas. But the Southern nations and some 35 non governmental organisations (NGOs) attending the meeting all claim this will be too little. Rene Castro, Costa Rica's environment minister, warned the amount of money designated for the Multilateral Fund will be instrumental in deciding if there will be enough to only stop the growth of the ozone hole or whether it will be possible to reduce it. The 35-member International Alliance of NGOs for the protection of the ozone layer expressed their concern over the unprecedented expansion of the hole over the South Pole. They will be presenting some basic suggestions during the San Jose meeting: firstly, that the assignation of resources for the Multilateral Fund be greater than that suggested by the Technical and Economic Assessment Panel. Secondly, that within the fund, priority be given to adopting technologies which avoid thinning the ozone layer and promoting global warming, while not causing any other environmental problems in an effort to stop the Multilateral Fund from supporting harmful systems. They said the Fund had allotted five million dollars to the Brazilian Multibras Corporation in order to help them convert from the use of CFCs to HCFCs in their refrigerators, meaning their products were still damaging to the ozone layer, although less so. This was even worse, considering that 41 percent of this companies shares are owned by the US Whirpool Corporation. These groups also want the conference to ban methyl bromide use as a nematocide in export grain crops, and CFCs in inhalors used by asthmatics. (END/IPS/tra-so/mso/ff/sm/96) Origin: Montevideo/ENVIRONMENT/ ---- [c] 1996, InterPress Third World News Agency (IPS) All rights reserved May not be reproduced, reprinted or posted to any system or service outside of the APC networks, without specific permission from IPS. This limitation includes distribution via Usenet News, bulletin board systems, mailing lists, print media and broadcast. For information about cross- posting, send a message to . For information about print or broadcast reproduction please contact the IPS coordinator at . From ???@??? Tue Dec 17 20:47:30 1996 Return-Path: Received: from maelstrom.stjohns.edu [149.68.1.24] by mail.islandnet.com with esmtp id m0vZv7o-0006b3C for ; Tue, 17 Dec 1996 00:43:44 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: Received: from maelstrom.stjohns.edu by maelstrom.stjohns.edu (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id F9F754F8 ; Tue, 17 Dec 1996 3:43:49 -1300 Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 01:14:01 -0500 Reply-To: "Hank Roth's Progressive List [& PNEWS CONFERENCES]" Sender: "Hank Roth's Progressive List [& PNEWS CONFERENCES]" From: "http://www.applicom.com/pnews/" Subject: PNEWS: Union Carbide, culpable homocide? To: Multiple recipients of list PNEWS-L X-UIDL: 1f882c815d6299c217505c98f004bc33 [*********PNEWS CONFERENCES************] /* Written by montague@world.std.com in igc:toxics.rachel */ /* ---------- "RACHEL: Things to Come" ---------- */ ================================================================= THINGS TO COME On the wall of my office hangs a reproduction of a full-page advertisement by the Union Carbide Corporation, dated 1961. Most of the ad is a colorful painting with a short text below it. The headline beneath the painting reads, "Science helps build a new India." In the bottom third of the painting, a thin, dark-skinned man wearing a turban is plowing desert ground, wrestling a large wooden plow pulled by two skinny oxen yoked together with wood and rope. Two dark-skinned women wearing traditional saris look on, one holding a parasol, one balancing a large basket or jug on her head. Behind this agricultural scene, still in the bottom third of the painting, is the River Ganges; across the Ganges on the far shore, bathed in golden sunlight, is a scene that could line the New Jersey Turnpike as it passes through Linden --an enormous chemical complex, a tangle of bulky pipes, tall stacks and huge tanks resembling a petroleum refinery, except that Linden's refineries are dark with soot and grime while Carbide's rendition shimmers with the color of gold. In Carbide's ad, the golden industrial dream is reflected across the wide Ganges, gleaming. The top two-thirds of the picture is dominated by a huge disembodied hand, unmistakably the hand of a light-skinned white male, extending downward from the upper right. The hand is so large that it covers most of the pale orange sky. The hand is pouring a clear red fluid out of a chemist's flask, and the red fluid is streaming down, partially obscuring the agricultural scene below. The hand seems clearly intended to remind us of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, where Michelangelo depicted the hand of God bestowing life by touching Adam. The text of the ad says, in part, "...Union Carbide recently made available its vast scientific resources to help build a major chemicals and plastics plant near Bombay." Below the text is the Union Carbide logo and the slogan, "A hand in things to come." It was 12 years ago yesterday that the Union Carbide corporation killed an estimated 8000 residents of Bhopal, India and injured 300,000 others, some 50,000 to 70,000 of those injuries permanent.[1,2,3] Starting about two o'clock in the morning, Carbide's Bhopal pesticide-manufacturing plant leaked 42 metric tonnes (46.3 tons) of methyl isocyanate, a heavy, deadly gas, into a sleeping, impoverished community, killing and injuring hundreds of thousands. In 1988 --when Indian authorities were still aggressively pursuing legal remedies against Carbide --the WALL STREET JOURNAL reported that corporate executives throughout American industry were following Carbide's case closely because it was the first major test of a U.S. corporation's liability for an industrial accident in a third-world country. Carbide almost immediately accepted "moral responsibility" for the Bhopal massacre, but the corporation subsequently denied and evaded any other kind of responsibility. The Indian government initially sought $3 billion from Carbide. In response, Carbide hired $50 million worth of legal talent to fight the claim and eventually agreed to pay $470 million to compensate its victims or their surviving relatives, a settlement that cost Carbide 43 cents per share of stock. (Later Carbide kicked in another $20 million to support a hospital in Bhopal.) In return for the settlement, the government of India agreed to protect Carbide against any further lawsuits by victims. The day the settlement was announced, Carbide's stock price rose $2.00 per share on Wall Street because investors realized that the company's fortunes couldn't be touched. After all the lawyers and Indian government officials had taken their fees and bribes, the average claimant received about $300, which, for most victims, was not enough to pay their medical bills. Carbide says a disgruntled employee caused the gas leak that devastated Bhopal but Carbide has steadfastly refused to allow this theory to be tested in a court of law under judicial rules of evidence. It is conclusively known that Carbide's Bhopal plant was designed in such a way that, after the deadly gas leak began, the main safety system --water sprays intended to "knock down" such a leak --could not spray water high enough to reach the escaping stream of gas. In sum, the plant's safety systems had been designed negligently. Internal documents show that the company knew this prior to the disaster, but did nothing about it.[4,p.12] Small wonder that Carbide officials --for all their cheap talk about accepting moral responsibility --do not want the issues of causation and blame adjudicated. Methyl isocyanate (MIC) burns (in a corrosive chemical sense, not a fire sense) when it combines with water --water in a person's eyes, or a person's throat and lungs, for example. Thousands who survived are blind, or had their lungs burned so badly that they cannot work or, in many cases, even breathe well enough to walk. Carbide initially said that MIC injuries would all become apparent immediately after exposure and no long-term consequences could be expected. This has turned out to be wishful thinking. This week, the International Medical Commission on Bhopal (IMCB) released the results of a multi-year controlled study of people living in Bhopal and they reported numerous injuries now becoming apparent in victims who had appeared to recover after their initial exposure. For example, small airway deterioration --a kind of emphysema --is apparent among people who have never smoked tobacco, but who inhaled MIC as youngsters that night 12 years ago. Central nervous system damage is becoming apparent in another group. As time passes, the harms attributable to the Bhopal disaster are growing worse and more numerous.[5,6,7,8,9,10,11] In December, 1987, India's Central Bureau of Investigation, the equivalent of the U.S. FBI [Federal Bureau of Investigation], filed criminal charges of "culpable homicide," a crime just short of murder, against 10 Carbide officials, including then-president Warren Anderson. Warren Anderson now lives comfortably in Vero Beach, Florida. He and his fellow Carbide executives have continued to thumb their noses at India's courts, where, if convicted, they would face sentences ranging from 3 years to life in prison. Carbide has successfully resisted all efforts to extradite those responsible for the Bhopal massacre, and Carbide's executives remain fugitives from justice. The Indian government has not pursued the matter aggressively, for fear of appearing unfriendly to the petrochemical industry.[4,p.11] Carbide itself has become even more profitable than it was before the massacre; indeed, Carbide's chairman, Robert D. Kennedy, described the firm in late 1994 as "a darling of Wall Street."[4,p.10] Carbide had no choice but to evade liability for its actions, says Ward Morehouse, one of Carbide's most thorough critics: "Had they been genuinely forthcoming and made truly disinterested offers of help on a scale appropriate to the magnitude of the disaster, they would almost certainly have been confronted with suits by shareholders seeking to hold the management accountable for mishandling company funds...."[12,p.490] In other words, because the Bhopal massacre was perpetrated by a publicly-held corporation (i.e., one in which members of the public can buy stock), the victims could not possibly have received fair compensation for damages. The legal nature of the corporate form prevents management from "doing the right thing" whenever it would cost investors dearly. (A privately-held corporation could do the right thing if the stockholders agreed to make an unprofitable decision.) This of course tells us that the future holds more Bhopals because the overseers of publicly-traded corporations now have real, tangible evidence that they cannot be brought to justice, no matter how great the crimes they commit. That would appear to be the dreary lesson that Bhopal portends for things to come. As HARPER'S magazine said recently (describing Juarez, Mexico, not Bhopal), "The future is based on the rich getting richer, the poor getting poorer, and industrial growth producing poverty faster than it distributes wealth."[13] The Bhopal story affirms that this is the future promised by a "free trade" world. Carbide has closed and abandoned its Bhopal plant, refused to clean up the substantial pollution of water and soil that it created there, and left town, forsaking its tens of thousands of victims who must now fend for themselves. But all is not gloomy. Some good may yet emerge from Bhopal. ** In January 1996, a group of organizations petitioned the New York Attorney General demanding that Carbide's corporate charter be revoked. (A corporate charter is a piece of paper issued by a state legislature giving a corporation the privilege of doing business.) Under New York law, a corporation's charter can be revoked if the corporation causes great harm. By any reasonable standard, Carbide would appear to fall within such a definition. A charter revocation could be a signpost pointing toward a quite different future. ** This week 300 groups and individuals issued a new "Charter on Industrial Hazards and Human Rights" --a document some are calling a Magna Carta of corporate harms and human rights. The charter tries to draw positive examples from the Bhopal experience, gathering all the lessons into one human rights document that emphasizes the need to address the impact of industrial hazards on women, indigenous peoples, and minority groups.[14] ** In Bhopal, a new medical clinic has opened its doors, dedicated to serving the victims of Carbide's negligence and managerial malfeasance. The Bhopal People's Health and Documentation Clinic is real, and is serving the day-to-day needs of gas victims and their families. You can help by sending a donation to their U.S. fiscal agent, the Pesticide Action Network in San Francisco. Make your check out to "Pesticide Action Network/Bhopal" and mail it to PAN, Suite 810, 116 New Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. To discuss a donation, telephone PAN at (415) 541-9253. Carbide's successful evasion of liability for the Bhopal massacre stands as a dark statement of things to come in a "free trade" future. In this new world order, multinational corporations do whatever feels good for them, and after they've had their way with a community, they wash their hands and move on. On the other hand, the continuing struggle in Bhopal to put things right is a testament to the power of the human spirit, which refuses to be crushed. --Peter Montague (National Writers Union, UAW Local 1981/AFL-CIO) =============== [1] The basis for the estimate of 8,000 deaths and 300,000 injuries, 70,000 of them permanent, is meticulously documented by the prize-winning journalist, Dan Kurzman, in his book, A KILLING WIND: INSIDE UNION CARBIDE AND THE BHOPAL CATASTROPHE (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1987), pgs. 130-133. The death count most often repeated by the NEW YORK TIMES is 2000, but other unofficial estimates run as high as 20,000. The Indian government now acknowledges 7072 deaths; see Wil Lepkowski, "Ten years Later; Bhopal," CHEMICAL & ENGINEERING NEWS [C&EN], December 19, 1994, pg. 12. [2] R. Bertell and G. Tognoni, "International Medical Commission, Bhopal: A model for the future," THE NATIONAL MEDICAL JOURNAL OF INDIA Vol. 9, No. 2 (1996), pgs. 86-91. [3] P. Cullinan, S.D. Acquilla, and V.R. Dhara, "Long term Morbidity in survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas leak," THE NATIONAL MEDICAL JOURNAL OF INDIA Vol. 9, No. 1 (1996), pgs. 5-10. [4] Wil Lepkowski, "Ten Years Later; Bhopal," CHEMICAL & ENGINEERING NEWS [C&EN], December 19, 1994, pgs. 8-18. [5] Rosalie Bertell, "Twelve years After Bhopal--An Editorial reflection," INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON PUBLIC HEALTH Vols. 11 and 12 (1996), pgs. 2-4. [6] Birger Heinzow, "Results of the International Medical Commission on Bhopal (IMCB)," INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON PUBLIC HEALTH Vols. 11 and 12 (1996), pgs. 4-8. [7] M. Verweij, S.C. Mohapatra and R. Bhatia, "Health Infrastructure for the Bhopal Gas Victims," INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON PUBLIC HEALTH Vols. 11 and 12 (1996), pgs. 8-13. [8] Rajiv Bhatia and Gianni Tognoni, "Pharmaceutical Use in the Victims of the Carbide Gas Exposure," INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON PUBLIC HEALTH Vols. 11 and 12 (1996), pgs. 14-22. [9] J. Jaskowski and others, "Compensation for the Bhopal Disaster," INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON PUBLIC HEALTH Vols. 11 and 12 (1996), pgs. 23-28. [10] Ingrid Eckerman, "The Health Situation of Women and Children in Bhopal; Final Report for the International Medical Commission on Bhopal 1994," INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON PUBLIC HEALTH Vols. 11 and 12 (1996), pgs. 29-36. [11] Thomas J. Callender, "Long-term Neurotoxicity at Bhopal," INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON PUBLIC HEALTH Vols. 11 and 12 (1996), pgs. 36-41. [12] Ward Morehouse, "The Ethics of Industrial Disasters in a Transnational World: The Elusive Quest for Justice and Accountability in Bhopal," ALTERNATIVES Vol. 18 (1993), pg. 487. See also David Denbo, Ward Morehouse, and Lucinda Wykle, ABUSE OF POWER; SOCIAL PERFORMANCE OF MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS: THE CASE OF UNION CARBIDE (New York: New Horizons Press, 1990). [13] Charles Bowden, "While You Were Sleeping," HARPER'S MAGAZINE December 1996, pg. 44. [14] Paper copies of the Charter are available from the Council on International and Public Affairs, Suite 3C, 777 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017; single copies and small quantities are free. Telephone: (212) 972-9877. For a free electronic copy via E-mail, send the word CHARTER in the body of a message (not in the "subject" line) to info@rachel.clark.net. Descriptor terms: union carbide; free trade; pesticides; bhopal; india; methyl isocyanate; mic; industrial disasters; future; charter on industrial hazards and human rights; human rights; ################################################################ NOTICE Environmental Research Foundation provides this electronic version of RACHEL'S ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH WEEKLY free of charge even though it costs our organization considerable time and money to produce it. We would like to continue to provide this service free. You could help by making a tax-deductible contribution (anything you can afford, whether $5.00 or $500.00). Please send your contribution to: Environmental Research Foundation, P.O. Box 5036, Annapolis, MD 21403-7036. --Peter Montague, Editor ################################################################ via PNEWS http://www.applicom.com/pnews/ From ???@??? Tue Dec 17 22:30:59 1996 To: emerald From: "http://www.applicom.com/pnews/" (by way of emerald@islandnet.com (Alan Rycroft or Kealey Pringle)) Subject: Atmosphere-- Arctic Tundra Now Pumping More Carbon Into Atmosphere Cc: Bcc: atmosphere X-Attachments: fyi... Al Rycroft [*********PNEWS CONFERENCES************] From: Jay Hanson Contact: Sally Pobojewski 313-647-1844 pobo@umich.edu University of Michigan Arctic Tundra Now Pumping More Carbon Into Atmosphere, Says U-M Scientist. Lakes And Streams Are Major Carbon Transfer Point. SAN FRANCISCO---The arctic tundra's vast carbon reservoir has sprung a leak. Recent experiments on Alaska's North Slope show that carbon molecules have started moving out of the tundra and into the atmosphere via a network of lakes, streams and rivers in larger amounts than ever before. "Our latest data show that the arctic is no longer a strong sink for carbon," said George W. Kling, University of Michigan assistant professor of biology. "In some years, the tundra is adding as much or more carbon to the atmosphere than it removes, although the total amount of carbon released to the atmosphere is still quite small. "However, the amount of carbon stored in arctic tundra equals almost one-third of the total carbon in Earth's atmosphere," Kling added. "The concern is what will happen in the future as global warming increases and melting permafrost exposes more of this buried carbon to be respired and released into the atmosphere." Kling is one of several scientists working on the Gas Flux Study, part of the National Science Foundation's Arctic System Science (ARCSS) Program. Kling's research team studies how carbon dioxide and methane move between land, water and the atmosphere in the Kuparuk River Basin---an 8,100-square-kilometer area of Alaska's North Slope extending from the Brooks Range to the Arctic Ocean. Kling and other scientists involved in the ARCSS Program presented data from this summer's field research during a special session of the American Geophysical Union meeting held here today. "We have known for some time that arctic lakes and streams are supersaturated with carbon dioxide and methane, and that this excess gas diffuses into the atmosphere," Kling said. "What we didn't know is just how much carbon is entering the atmosphere through contact with surface waters." Using new field measurements and computer models developed at the Ecosystems Center in Woods Hole, Mass., ARCSS scientists have been able to quantify for the first time the amount of carbon flux from the arctic tundra into the global ecosystem. Kling's data show that for each square meter of tundra five grams of carbon are being lost from surface waters annually in the Kuparuk watershed. Of that amount, almost half of the carbon leaching out of the tundra into lakes and rivers is released directly to the atmosphere in the form of carbon dioxide or methane. Rivers carry the other half to the Arctic Ocean. "Arctic plants are still taking in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis," Kling explained. "But instead of much of that carbon remaining locked up in soil, more of it is being respired back to the atmosphere." Kling added that scientists still have a great deal to learn about the complex biogeochemistry of the arctic ecosystem. For example, how will rising temperatures affect respiration rates in arctic soils? If the tundra starts to dry out, will that increase the amount of carbon dioxide released to surface waters or the atmosphere? What impact will increasing amounts of carbon dioxide and methane from arctic tundra have on global warming? "As average global temperatures continue to increase, we expect to see the most dramatic changes occurring in the arctic. To prepare for these changes, we need to know a lot more about controls on the exchange of carbon between land, water and the atmosphere than we do now." Other scientists working with Kling on his part of the NSF Gas Flux Study include John Hobbie and Ed Rastetter of the Ecosystems Center in Woods Hole, Mass., Terry Chapin of the University of California at Berkeley, and Walter Oechel of San Diego State University. # # # ____________________________________________________________________ via PNEWS http://www.applicom.com/pnews/ From ???@??? Wed Dec 18 22:37:49 1996 Return-Path: Received: from i2-29.islandnet.com [198.53.172.29] by mail.islandnet.com with smtp id m0vaFgG-0006dMC for ; Tue, 17 Dec 1996 22:40:40 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 22:40:40 -0800 (PST) X-Sender: emerald@mail.islandnet.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: emerald@IslandNet.com From: "http://www.applicom.com/pnews/" (by way of emerald@islandnet.com (Alan Rycroft or Kealey Pringle)) Subject: Atmosphere-- Arctic Tundra Now Pumping More Carbon Into Atmosphere X-UIDL: a1773cc345793399d8e20fc7c49fec99 fyi... Al Rycroft [*********PNEWS CONFERENCES************] From: Jay Hanson Contact: Sally Pobojewski 313-647-1844 pobo@umich.edu University of Michigan Arctic Tundra Now Pumping More Carbon Into Atmosphere, Says U-M Scientist. Lakes And Streams Are Major Carbon Transfer Point. SAN FRANCISCO---The arctic tundra's vast carbon reservoir has sprung a leak. Recent experiments on Alaska's North Slope show that carbon molecules have started moving out of the tundra and into the atmosphere via a network of lakes, streams and rivers in larger amounts than ever before. "Our latest data show that the arctic is no longer a strong sink for carbon," said George W. Kling, University of Michigan assistant professor of biology. "In some years, the tundra is adding as much or more carbon to the atmosphere than it removes, although the total amount of carbon released to the atmosphere is still quite small. "However, the amount of carbon stored in arctic tundra equals almost one-third of the total carbon in Earth's atmosphere," Kling added. "The concern is what will happen in the future as global warming increases and melting permafrost exposes more of this buried carbon to be respired and released into the atmosphere." Kling is one of several scientists working on the Gas Flux Study, part of the National Science Foundation's Arctic System Science (ARCSS) Program. Kling's research team studies how carbon dioxide and methane move between land, water and the atmosphere in the Kuparuk River Basin---an 8,100-square-kilometer area of Alaska's North Slope extending from the Brooks Range to the Arctic Ocean. Kling and other scientists involved in the ARCSS Program presented data from this summer's field research during a special session of the American Geophysical Union meeting held here today. "We have known for some time that arctic lakes and streams are supersaturated with carbon dioxide and methane, and that this excess gas diffuses into the atmosphere," Kling said. "What we didn't know is just how much carbon is entering the atmosphere through contact with surface waters." Using new field measurements and computer models developed at the Ecosystems Center in Woods Hole, Mass., ARCSS scientists have been able to quantify for the first time the amount of carbon flux from the arctic tundra into the global ecosystem. Kling's data show that for each square meter of tundra five grams of carbon are being lost from surface waters annually in the Kuparuk watershed. Of that amount, almost half of the carbon leaching out of the tundra into lakes and rivers is released directly to the atmosphere in the form of carbon dioxide or methane. Rivers carry the other half to the Arctic Ocean. "Arctic plants are still taking in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis," Kling explained. "But instead of much of that carbon remaining locked up in soil, more of it is being respired back to the atmosphere." Kling added that scientists still have a great deal to learn about the complex biogeochemistry of the arctic ecosystem. For example, how will rising temperatures affect respiration rates in arctic soils? If the tundra starts to dry out, will that increase the amount of carbon dioxide released to surface waters or the atmosphere? What impact will increasing amounts of carbon dioxide and methane from arctic tundra have on global warming? "As average global temperatures continue to increase, we expect to see the most dramatic changes occurring in the arctic. To prepare for these changes, we need to know a lot more about controls on the exchange of carbon between land, water and the atmosphere than we do now." Other scientists working with Kling on his part of the NSF Gas Flux Study include John Hobbie and Ed Rastetter of the Ecosystems Center in Woods Hole, Mass., Terry Chapin of the University of California at Berkeley, and Walter Oechel of San Diego State University. # # # ____________________________________________________________________ via PNEWS http://www.applicom.com/pnews/ From ???@??? Thu Dec 19 18:56:46 1996 Return-Path: Received: from i2-35.islandnet.com [198.53.172.35] by mail.islandnet.com with smtp id m0vacnt-0006ayC for ; Wed, 18 Dec 1996 23:22:05 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 23:22:05 -0800 (PST) X-Sender: emerald@mail.islandnet.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: emerald@IslandNet.com From: Jonathan Luman (by way of emerald@islandnet.com (Alan Rycroft or Kealey Pringle)) Subject: ENGO Victoria-- National call in day against Mitsubishi, December 20, 1996 X-UIDL: 029c98eaa7b3c92282beb4e94ce05883 fyi & action, Al Rycroft, Director Victoria Peace Centre peace@IslandNet.com www.IslandNet.com/~emerald/peace.htm --------------------------------------------------------- On December 20, 1996 please call up Mitsubihi and tell them to please stop cutting down the rainforest! call: 1 (800) 55 MITSU 1 (800) 222 0037 1 (212)605-2000 Here is some info on Mitsubishi Save the Rainforest, Boycott Mitsubishi Like many concerned people around the world, you may be wondering what you can do to save the rainforests. There are many things you can do, but one of the easiest is to simply not buy any Mitsubishi products and let them know of your boycott. In doing so, you will join an international campaign to change the logging practices of the world's largest corporate family. Why Mitsubishi? Because Mitsubishi is the world's worst corporate destroyer of rainforests. For forty years, it has consistently been one of the largest importers of tropical timber in Japan. It has operations, or purchases large volumes of timber from, nearly ever continent. It has destroyed native communities, evaded millions of in taxes, broken numerous national laws, and permanetly degraded million year old forests. To cover its tracks, it has invested heavily in public relations proclaiming its ac Mitsubishi is not just destroying forests, it is destroying cultures. The Penan, Kayan, Kenyan,, Kelabit, and Iban tribes are all despertely trying to save thier homes from logging. They have tried legal petitions, but their rights have not been recognized. They have set up road-blocks to stop the logging trucks only to be arrested. Many of them have spentr weeks in jail for defending territories they have occupied for thousands of years. In addition, millions of animals, birds, forest plants and insects have been wiped out as their forest homes are destroyed. Every hour important species become extinct at the highest rate since the age of the dinosaurs. Many of these species are critical to the survival of the ecosystems of which they are a part. The medicines we derive from them are also important for fighting cancer, AIDS, and other diseases. Why Boycott All Mitsubishi Companies? Because Mitsubishi Corporation is not the only member of the Mitsubishi family destroying forests. Destructive activities are pursued by Mitsubishi Bank (financing logging deals), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (manufacturing cranes, ships, and mills for processing logs), Mitsubishi Paper Mills (purchasing pulp and woodchips from (rainforests), Mitsubishi Motors (producing trucks used for hauling logs), Mitsubishi Oil (drilling operations in rainforests), Bishi Metals (mining in rainforests), Nippon Yusen (shipping rainforest timber products), Mitsubishi Construction (using rainforest plywood for constuction), Mitsubishi Mining and Cement (mining in San Gabriel Mountains of California). Destroying rainforests is a family affair at Mitsubishi. WITH YOUR HELP WE CAN STOP MITSUBISHI Defenders Of The Rainforest 9 Perkins Terrace Worcester, MA 01605-3706 (508) 756-1819 - phone LUMANS@worldnet.att.net - e-mail for further info (or if you don't belive us) contact the Rainforest Action Network http:\\ran.org\ran From ???@??? Thu Dec 19 19:01:24 1996 Return-Path: Received: from norm.island.net [199.60.19.4] by mail.islandnet.com with smtp id m0vanER-0006c5a for ; Thu, 19 Dec 1996 10:30:11 -0800 (PST) Received: (from root@localhost) by norm.island.net (8.8.4/8.7.5/island.net) id KAA07613 for nanoosenet-outgoing; Thu, 19 Dec 1996 10:30:15 -0800 Received: from Default (dyn19.island.net [204.239.42.29]) by norm.island.net (8.8.4/8.7.5/island.net) with SMTP id KAA07587; Thu, 19 Dec 1996 10:30:05 -0800 Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 10:30:05 -0800 Message-Id: <2.2.16.19961219103334.4cf7a082@mail.island.net> X-Sender: hbreen@mail.island.net X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.2 (16) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: hbreen@island.net From: Howard Breen Subject: NN: New Canadian Environmental Protection Act Cc: micec@onenw.org, MARINELIFE@onenw.org, nanoosenet@island.net, StreamNet@onenw.org, fishfarm@onenw.org Sender: owner-nanoosenet@island.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: NanooseNet@island.net X-UIDL: 01a7819be47a7231b17c206f7a875454 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Environmentalists Disappointed with New Canadian Environmental Protection Act Proposed Law Won't Protect Environment or Health, State Groups FOR MORE INFORMATION, Visit http://www.web.net/cepa911 Environmentalists are extremely disappointed with the new environmental law introduced into the House of Commons today by Environment Minister Marchi. The new bill, the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), is a complete rewrite of an existing statute that was originally passed in 1988. It purports to address such matters as the regulation of toxic substances, biotechnology, international air pollution, citizen rights, and others. "The proposed new bill will not protect Canadians from the most dangerous pollutants since it will allow industry to continue to use them, despite all the fancy words in the legislation," noted Paul Muldoon, Counsel for the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA). "The legislation should be directed to the phase-out of dangerous substances in a timely way so that both industry and government are accountable." ====================================================== http://www.net-efx.com NetEffect Communications 416-536-1952 Jay Palter, jpalter@net-efx.com ====================================================== FAX the FEDs today! http://www.net-efx.com/faxfeds/ ====================================================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NANOOSE CONVERSION CAMPAIGN Submissions: NanooseNet@mail.island.net Subscriptions: NanooseNet-Request@mail.island.net World-Wide Web: http://nanaimo.ark.com/~convert/ STOP NUCLEAR SUBMARINE WEAPONS TESTS IN GEORGIA STRAIT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From ???@??? Thu Dec 19 19:05:32 1996 Return-Path: Received: from norm.island.net [199.60.19.4] by mail.islandnet.com with smtp id m0vat1m-0006aua for ; Thu, 19 Dec 1996 16:41:30 -0800 (PST) Received: (from root@localhost) by norm.island.net (8.8.4/8.7.5/island.net) id QAA02013 for nanoosenet-outgoing; Thu, 19 Dec 1996 16:41:11 -0800 Received: from [204.239.42.122] (dyn112.island.net [204.239.42.122]) by norm.island.net (8.8.4/8.7.5/island.net) with SMTP id QAA01996 for ; Thu, 19 Dec 1996 16:41:02 -0800 Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 16:42:29 -0800 To: nanoosenet@island.net From: brownjay@island.net (Heide Brown and Jay Mussell) Subject: NN: Mitsubishi boycott Sender: owner-nanoosenet@island.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: NanooseNet@island.net X-UIDL: 707063c5d8a198a492af8fb4012fddc8 Sorry this isn't on topic but the original note to "Call Mitsubishi" came thru nanoosenet so I send back my inquiry, and response from Jonathan, the same way. Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 15:14:34 -0500 From: Jonathan Luman Organization: Defenders Of The Rainforest MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Heide Brown and Jay Mussell Subject: Re: Mitsubishi Heide Brown and Jay Mussell wrote: > > Thanks for your Dec. 20 Campaign which I received through Nanoosenet. It > would be helpful if we had a list of everyday products that come from, or > connect to, this corporate monster. .then we could mount an effective > boycott. > > We vote with every dollar we spend. > > Heide Brown and Jay Mussell > Martin Park Communications > RR2, S27, C35 > Gabriola, B.C. > V0R 1X0 > 1-250-247-8144 Mitsubishi makes... 1. Mitsubishi cars, TVs, VCRs, FAX machines, Cell Phones... 2. Nikon Camaras 3. Chop sticks from the heart and lungs of our dear mother (the rainforest!) 4. Kirin Bear 5. Bank of California 6. Mitsubishi Bank 7. Value Rent-a-car 8. Ply Wood 9. Pulp for paper 10. and once was the #1 supplier of Japan's enemy war planes during WWII BOYCOTT 'EM ALL! Jonathan Luman -Resist much, obey little! We vote with every dollar we spend. Heide Brown and Jay Mussell Martin Park Communications RR2, S27, C35 Gabriola, B.C. V0R 1X0 1-250-247-8144 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NANOOSE CONVERSION CAMPAIGN Submissions: NanooseNet@mail.island.net Subscriptions: NanooseNet-Request@mail.island.net World-Wide Web: http://nanaimo.ark.com/~convert/ STOP NUCLEAR SUBMARINE WEAPONS TESTS IN GEORGIA STRAIT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From ???@??? Thu Dec 26 17:54:50 1996 Return-Path: Received: from i2-97.islandnet.com [198.53.172.97] by mail.islandnet.com with smtp id m0vcgh0-0006byC for ; Tue, 24 Dec 1996 15:55:30 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: Date: Tue, 24 Dec 1996 15:55:30 -0800 (PST) X-Sender: impulse@mail.islandnet.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: emerald@islandnet.com From: ellenzim@rockies.net (Ellen Zimmerman) (by way of impulse@islandnet.com (Peter Ronald)) Subject: christmas message from Golden X-UIDL: 1e9323e2c93953dab316a21cbea0485f The Social Democrat's 1996 Christmas Blues by EZ (Environmental Zealot) Twas' the night before falldown and all through the land, not a forest intact, not one old-growth stand. The stockings of the poor, hang empty and spare while Evans of Golden gets corporate welfare. Evans collects $21 mill, deferrals, and loans, while the poor of the province go without food and homes Conservationists urged the government to thrift. Good advice ignored has widened the rift. And BC's enviros patience grows low, waiting for government, some good faith to show. The Cummins still in limbo, no decision in sight, Evans gets bigger clearcuts, it just isn't right. Santa Clark and his elves, Miller, Zirnhelt and Doyle to the IWA, they have proven most loyal. The NDP gave a last gift to a crony, an expensive retirement for Gerry Stony. A media circus was staged for the news, while knowing taxpayers were singing the blues. As the sleigh pulled aloft, Zirnhelt was heard to sing, "Don't forget - the government can do anything!" Clark and the press exclaimed, ere they drove out of sight, "Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!" ===========================+++++++++++++++++++++============================== Ellen Zimmerman Home Phone/fax: 604-348-2225 Box 1496, Golden, B.C. Work Phone: 344-2000 V0A 1H0 Work fax: 344-5225 CANADA e-mail: ellenzim@rockies.net ===========================+++++++++++++++++++++============================ == From ???@??? Fri Dec 27 00:54:54 1996 To: From: Happy New Year! (by way of emerald@islandnet.com (Alan Rycroft or Kealey Pringle)) Subject: Atmosphere-- U.S.-ENVIRONMENT: Ozone-Depleting Chemicals Smuggled From Mexico Cc: Bcc: atmosphere X-Attachments: [*********PNEWS CONFERENCES************] Authorized for posting to PNEWS /* Written 3:23 PM Nov 22, 1996 by newsdesk in igc:ips.english */ /* ---------- "U.S.-ENVIRONMENT: Ozone-Depleting C" ---------- */ Copyright 1996 InterPress Service, all rights reserved. Worldwide distribution via the APC networks. *** 19-Nov-96 *** Title: U.S.-ENVIRONMENT: Ozone-Depleting Chemicals Smuggled From Mexico WASHINGTON, Nov 19 (IPS) - The smuggling of ozone-depleting chemicals has become more profitable than the smuggling of cocaine into the United States, according to the investigative environmental group, Ozone Action. That is why chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) -- chemical aerosols which break down the Earth's protective ozone layer -- have been coming from Mexico into the United States ''at alarming rates,'' according to the group's latest report on the international CFC trade released here Tuesday. Based on interviews and on-site investigations in Texas, the report, 'Allied Signal, Quimobasicos, and the Frio Banditos', concludes that the smuggling of CFCs into the United States has reached ''the point where it ranks second only to illegal drugs in Custom Service seizures in many southern states of the U.S.'' The CFCs are produced in Mexico by a partly U.S.-owned factory. Allied Signal is a U.S. multinational chemical firm which owns 49 percent of Quimobasicos, a Monterrey-based enterprise which produces CFCs. On a nearly daily basis, canisters of virgin CFCs from the Quimobasicos plant are smuggled into the United States in direct violation of the U.S. ban on CFC imports, according to the report. During the 1980s, scientists concluded that CFCs, halons, and other chlorine-based chemicals, used primarily as refrigerants and solvents for computers and other hi-tech equipment, were wafting up into the stratosphere, breaking down the layer of ozone which protects the Earth's surface from the sun's cancer-causing ultra- violet (uv) rays. The result of this process has been the seasonal appearance of what is referred to as an ''ozone hole'' over both of the Earth's poles and the higher latitudes in the northern and southern hemispheres. Those holes have grown progressively larger over the past years, exposing large population centres in North America, northern Europe, the South American southern cone, and the Antipodes to significantly higher-than-normal amounts of uv radiation. To redress the problem, 23 nations signed an agreement in Montreal in 1987 to phase out the manufacture and use of ozone- destroying chemicals. As more ozone has been depleted, however, the timetable for phasing out CFCs and similar chemicals under the Montreal Protocol, now signed by 162 countries, has accelerated. The accord banned the production of CFCs for most uses in industrialised countries as of Jan. 1996, but permits developing countries to continue producing them before a final phase-out in 2010. The Protocol does not contemplate a total ban. Countries will be permitted to produce or import up to 15 percent of their current annual levels for ''essential use.'' Although many scientists believe that the ozone layer will begin to recover at some point in the next few years, ozone over the northern hemisphere fell to its lowest ever last winter, and early indications in the southern hemisphere suggest 1996 could be as bad as 1993, the worst year on record. The fact that legal production -- often by multinational corporations based in the industrialised world -- is still permitted and is now fueling a highly profitable black market in CFC trade should spur policymakers to ban all production, according to Ozone Action. ''The only way we can deal with this is to ban all CFC production -- in developing countries, as well as in the industrialised countries,'' says Ozone Action's director, John Passacantando. The group's report released Tuesday follows one published in September 1995 which disclosed that four U.S. government agencies, including the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), had conducted a successful covert operation called 'Operation Cool Breeze' to break up a major CFC smuggling operation based in the Port of Miami. That report found that as many as 10,000 tonnes of CFCs were pouring into Miami to serve a total black market estimated at as much as 22,000 tonnes. These CFCs are used mainly for car air- conditioners. The new report argues that illegal CFCs continue to pour into the United States across the huge and mostly unpatrolled borders with both Mexico and Canada. Virtually all of the hundreds of seizures made by Customs agents along the Mexican border have taken place at official border crossings which most smugglers avoid. ''There is a huge economic incentive'' to smuggle the CFCs, which come in canisters weighing anywhere from about 400 milligrammes to 14 kilogrammes, according to Passacantando. A canister costing 42 dollars in Mexico will sell for 550 dollars in the United States. Ozone Action was able to trace almost all of the canisters seized at the Mexican border to the Quimobasicos factory just across the border in Monterrey. As a developing country, Mexican plants can produce CFCs until 2010, although its government has said it will ban domestic consumption as of the year 2000. The proximity of the Quimabasicos plant to the border makes it an irresistible source for smuggling, according to the report, which says that CFC smuggling has surged in the months since the ban on U.S. production took effect. Ironically, Allied Signal has complained publicly about the black market in CFCs. David Weidman, president of the company's fluorine products division, noted last January, ''The conversion from CFCs (to non-ozone destroying chemicals) was retarded by the illegal imports.'' A spokesman for the company told IPS Tuesday that, as a minority shareholder, Allied Signal had no responsibility for Quimobasico's operations. The majority shareholder is the Mexican chemical company, Cydsa. Allied Signal is one of the world's top three private producers of CFCs. The company, Du Pont, and France's Elf-Atochem have held about 40 percent of the global market share since the mid-1980s. A spokesman pointed out to IPS that, as a minority shareholder, the company had no responsibility for Quimobasico's operations. In 1996, the first year of the ban for industrialised country production, Ozone Action estimates the three have held onto about a third of the global market through its investments in plants in Brazil, Mexico, the Netherlands, Spain, the United States, and Venezuela. CFCs may still be produced in developed countries, but only for export, as well as ''essential use.'' The report estimates that plants in China account for about 39 percent of global CFC production, while India and Russia combined account for another 25 percent. In India, the major producers include Allied Signal, and two other U.S. companies, Pennwalt and Stauffer. In Russia, the major producer is tied to Italy's Montedison. (END/IPS/JL/YJC/96) Origin: Washington/U.S.-ENVIRONMENT/ ---- [c] 1996, InterPress Third World News Agency (IPS) All rights reserved May not be reproduced, reprinted or posted to any system or service outside of the APC networks, without specific permission from IPS. This limitation includes distribution via Usenet News, bulletin board systems, mailing lists, print media and broadcast. For information about cross- posting, send a message to . For information about print or broadcast reproduction please contact the IPS coordinator at . From ???@??? Fri Dec 27 01:34:17 1996 Return-Path: Received: from i2-33.islandnet.com [198.53.172.33] by mail.islandnet.com with smtp id m0vdYVt-0006bMC for ; Fri, 27 Dec 1996 01:23:37 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: Date: Fri, 27 Dec 1996 01:23:37 -0800 (PST) X-Sender: emerald@mail.islandnet.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: From: Happy New Year! (by way of emerald@islandnet.com (Alan Rycroft or Kealey Pringle)) Subject: Atmosphere-- U.S.-ENVIRONMENT: Ozone-Depleting Chemicals Smuggled From Mexico X-UIDL: 554cc75598df153ee7fe512784a755e7 [*********PNEWS CONFERENCES************] Authorized for posting to PNEWS /* Written 3:23 PM Nov 22, 1996 by newsdesk in igc:ips.english */ /* ---------- "U.S.-ENVIRONMENT: Ozone-Depleting C" ---------- */ Copyright 1996 InterPress Service, all rights reserved. Worldwide distribution via the APC networks. *** 19-Nov-96 *** Title: U.S.-ENVIRONMENT: Ozone-Depleting Chemicals Smuggled From Mexico WASHINGTON, Nov 19 (IPS) - The smuggling of ozone-depleting chemicals has become more profitable than the smuggling of cocaine into the United States, according to the investigative environmental group, Ozone Action. That is why chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) -- chemical aerosols which break down the Earth's protective ozone layer -- have been coming from Mexico into the United States ''at alarming rates,'' according to the group's latest report on the international CFC trade released here Tuesday. Based on interviews and on-site investigations in Texas, the report, 'Allied Signal, Quimobasicos, and the Frio Banditos', concludes that the smuggling of CFCs into the United States has reached ''the point where it ranks second only to illegal drugs in Custom Service seizures in many southern states of the U.S.'' The CFCs are produced in Mexico by a partly U.S.-owned factory. Allied Signal is a U.S. multinational chemical firm which owns 49 percent of Quimobasicos, a Monterrey-based enterprise which produces CFCs. On a nearly daily basis, canisters of virgin CFCs from the Quimobasicos plant are smuggled into the United States in direct violation of the U.S. ban on CFC imports, according to the report. During the 1980s, scientists concluded that CFCs, halons, and other chlorine-based chemicals, used primarily as refrigerants and solvents for computers and other hi-tech equipment, were wafting up into the stratosphere, breaking down the layer of ozone which protects the Earth's surface from the sun's cancer-causing ultra- violet (uv) rays. The result of this process has been the seasonal appearance of what is referred to as an ''ozone hole'' over both of the Earth's poles and the higher latitudes in the northern and southern hemispheres. Those holes have grown progressively larger over the past years, exposing large population centres in North America, northern Europe, the South American southern cone, and the Antipodes to significantly higher-than-normal amounts of uv radiation. To redress the problem, 23 nations signed an agreement in Montreal in 1987 to phase out the manufacture and use of ozone- destroying chemicals. As more ozone has been depleted, however, the timetable for phasing out CFCs and similar chemicals under the Montreal Protocol, now signed by 162 countries, has accelerated. The accord banned the production of CFCs for most uses in industrialised countries as of Jan. 1996, but permits developing countries to continue producing them before a final phase-out in 2010. The Protocol does not contemplate a total ban. Countries will be permitted to produce or import up to 15 percent of their current annual levels for ''essential use.'' Although many scientists believe that the ozone layer will begin to recover at some point in the next few years, ozone over the northern hemisphere fell to its lowest ever last winter, and early indications in the southern hemisphere suggest 1996 could be as bad as 1993, the worst year on record. The fact that legal production -- often by multinational corporations based in the industrialised world -- is still permitted and is now fueling a highly profitable black market in CFC trade should spur policymakers to ban all production, according to Ozone Action. ''The only way we can deal with this is to ban all CFC production -- in developing countries, as well as in the industrialised countries,'' says Ozone Action's director, John Passacantando. The group's report released Tuesday follows one published in September 1995 which disclosed that four U.S. government agencies, including the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), had conducted a successful covert operation called 'Operation Cool Breeze' to break up a major CFC smuggling operation based in the Port of Miami. That report found that as many as 10,000 tonnes of CFCs were pouring into Miami to serve a total black market estimated at as much as 22,000 tonnes. These CFCs are used mainly for car air- conditioners. The new report argues that illegal CFCs continue to pour into the United States across the huge and mostly unpatrolled borders with both Mexico and Canada. Virtually all of the hundreds of seizures made by Customs agents along the Mexican border have taken place at official border crossings which most smugglers avoid. ''There is a huge economic incentive'' to smuggle the CFCs, which come in canisters weighing anywhere from about 400 milligrammes to 14 kilogrammes, according to Passacantando. A canister costing 42 dollars in Mexico will sell for 550 dollars in the United States. Ozone Action was able to trace almost all of the canisters seized at the Mexican border to the Quimobasicos factory just across the border in Monterrey. As a developing country, Mexican plants can produce CFCs until 2010, although its government has said it will ban domestic consumption as of the year 2000. The proximity of the Quimabasicos plant to the border makes it an irresistible source for smuggling, according to the report, which says that CFC smuggling has surged in the months since the ban on U.S. production took effect. Ironically, Allied Signal has complained publicly about the black market in CFCs. David Weidman, president of the company's fluorine products division, noted last January, ''The conversion from CFCs (to non-ozone destroying chemicals) was retarded by the illegal imports.'' A spokesman for the company told IPS Tuesday that, as a minority shareholder, Allied Signal had no responsibility for Quimobasico's operations. The majority shareholder is the Mexican chemical company, Cydsa. Allied Signal is one of the world's top three private producers of CFCs. The company, Du Pont, and France's Elf-Atochem have held about 40 percent of the global market share since the mid-1980s. A spokesman pointed out to IPS that, as a minority shareholder, the company had no responsibility for Quimobasico's operations. In 1996, the first year of the ban for industrialised country production, Ozone Action estimates the three have held onto about a third of the global market through its investments in plants in Brazil, Mexico, the Netherlands, Spain, the United States, and Venezuela. CFCs may still be produced in developed countries, but only for export, as well as ''essential use.'' The report estimates that plants in China account for about 39 percent of global CFC production, while India and Russia combined account for another 25 percent. In India, the major producers include Allied Signal, and two other U.S. companies, Pennwalt and Stauffer. In Russia, the major producer is tied to Italy's Montedison. (END/IPS/JL/YJC/96) Origin: Washington/U.S.-ENVIRONMENT/ ---- [c] 1996, InterPress Third World News Agency (IPS) All rights reserved May not be reproduced, reprinted or posted to any system or service outside of the APC networks, without specific permission from IPS. This limitation includes distribution via Usenet News, bulletin board systems, mailing lists, print media and broadcast. For information about cross- posting, send a message to . For information about print or broadcast reproduction please contact the IPS coordinator at . From ???@??? Fri Dec 27 22:37:30 1996 Return-Path: Received: from i2-33.islandnet.com [198.53.172.33] by mail.islandnet.com with smtp id m0vdYYx-0006bTC for ; Fri, 27 Dec 1996 01:26:47 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: Date: Fri, 27 Dec 1996 01:26:47 -0800 (PST) X-Sender: emerald@mail.islandnet.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: emerald@IslandNet.com From: Happy New Year! (by way of emerald@islandnet.com (Alan Rycroft or Kealey Pringle)) Subject: ENGO Victoria-- RACHEL: Here We Go Again X-UIDL: 7b86e1c51a6f2c8347adf1b1e09e58b2 [*********PNEWS CONFERENCES************] /* Written by montague@world.std.com in igc:toxics.rachel */ /* ---------- "RACHEL: Here We Go Again" ---------- */ . RACHEL'S ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH WEEKLY #526 . . ---December 26, 1996--- . . HEADLINES: . . HERE WE GO AGAIN . . ========== . . Environmental Research Foundation . . P.O. Box 5036, Annapolis, MD 21403 . . Fax (410) 263-8944; Internet: erf@rachel.clark.net . ================================================================= HERE WE GO AGAIN I would like to be wrong about this. I hope I am. But it seems to me there's a pattern of perpetual trouble ahead. It's avoidable, but only with major effort. It seems as if the entire "developed" world is depending on rapid industrial innovation to pull its chestnuts out of the fire. The people who run the permanent government (they're not elected) seem stuck on the idea that tremendous growth will be required to solve the problems of poverty, well-being, and pollution within the U.S. and throughout the world.[1] Even the Brundtland Commission --the prestigious group that coined the phrase "sustainable development" back in 1987 --argued that the world's total economic activity would have to increase 5-fold to 10-fold to lift all humans out of poverty.[2] The need for growth has become an axiom of modern industrial/economic/political life. A corollary to this axiom says that rapid technical innovation is the way to achieve growth. Therefore "sustainable development" requires rapid growth, which in turn requires rapid technical innovation, according to the people who think of themselves as managing the planet. Obviously, this view creates an imperative to deploy new technologies --an imperative that is particularly visible, these days, in the fields of genetic engineering and materials science. (Materials science is the systematic effort to create materials that nature never made, from which to construct next year's automobiles, airplanes, rockets, medical machinery, sky scrapers, foodstuffs, space stations, pesticides, communications and entertainment platforms, armaments and so on.) It seems worth mentioning that, in the recent past, mad dashes toward new technologies have usually created serious trouble: ** Our oil-based civilization seemed like it was giving us a wonderful life until it started warming the planet: in 1995-1996 the world's community of meteorologists reached consensus that our devotion to petroleum has ominous implications for the kind of world we will leave to our children.[3] ** For 50 years, new uses of mercury proved to be very productive in scientific instruments, silent light switches, latex paints, pesticides, and more. But now we find that the mercury content of the world's atmosphere has nearly doubled and consequently the fish in most of our fresh waters have become poisonous from a build-up of toxic mercury in their tissues.[4] ** Lead is a superb pesticide, gasoline additive, paint supplement, and glaze for pottery, but now we find that, millions --literally millions --of children in the U.S. and abroad are having their intellectual capacity permanently diminished by lead poisoning.[5,6] ** The invention of DDT made it possible to control malaria-bearing mosquitoes without understanding anything about the life-cycle of the mosquitoes --so easy that we forgot how to employ knowledge of mosquito ecology to control malaria, relying instead on the heavy hand of DDT.[7] Now that the side-effects of DDT have become apparent --disrupting the hormones of wildlife and contaminating humans on a global scale --DDT is being phased out and malaria (the number one killer, worldwide) is resurgent. Other infectious diseases are spreading as well, because of environmental dislocations caused by human technologies.[8] ** Learning how to "fix" nitrogen from the atmosphere was a marvelous innovation, leading to artificial fertilizers, increased per-acre agricultural yields, and green lawns. But now "environmental disruption caused by a planetary overload of nitrogen is emerging as a new global concern"[9] --a triple threat, warming the Earth, contributing to the destruction of the ozone layer, and diminishing valuable biodiversity. ** Nuclear energy was sold to taxpayers with the promise of electricity "too cheap to meter" and nuclear weapons so horrific that they would make war unthinkable. Nuclear electricity turned out to be expensive, and today war is hardly unthinkable. Furthermore, in late 1996, the U.S. Secretary of Energy declared, "The arms race is over. Our struggle now is to get rid of this sea of plutonium." The world's several-hundred-ton stockpile of plutonium (a substance described by its discoverer, Glenn Seaborg, as "fiendishly toxic") has created what the NEW YORK TIMES calls "one of the most intractable problems of the post-cold-war era."[10] This list could readily be extended, but the point is probably clear. Now, driven by the perceived need for rapid innovation to promote economic growth, we find that "We are in the midst of a second industrial revolution, one in which new high-tech materials are entering the workplace at an almost overwhelming rate," says Tai Chan, program manager of occupational health and safety research for General Motors.[11,pg.703] Of course, after they enter the workplace, high-tech materials enter commerce and eventually enter the general environment. A recent article in ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES (a U.S. government scientific journal) says, "Seeking an elusive combination of high strength and light weight has driven engineers to develop a staggering variety of new fibers and particles."[11] And: "Unfortunately, many of the most desirable manmade fibers have many of the least desirable health-related characteristics." And: "Typically composed of various combinations of ceramics, polymers, and metals, these composites can pose a health risk to workers who inhale fibers and particulates, and may present health hazards as serious as those of asbestos." And: "In fact,... researchers don't have a good understanding of the mechanisms that may contribute to the toxicity of ultrafine materials." In other words, here we go again. Carroll Pursell, a technology historian at Case Western Reserve University says, "Technology should be about the exercise of prudence. But economic considerations usually push new developments forward."[11,pg.703] This is certainly the case with genetic engineering. The genetic engineering industry hit its stride in 1995-1996 when U.S. regulators (Food and Drug Administration, and Environmental Protection Agency) approved the commercialization of half a dozen new genetically engineered crop species, which are now being dispersed into the environment by farmers on a large scale. Soon these species will be sold abroad. For the first 3 billion years of life on Earth, genes could only be shared among species that were similar enough to mate and reproduce. There was no way dog genes could get into cats, or corn genes into wheat. The gene pool of the mating species limited the genetic information that any species could contain. Natural genetic variations have always occurred, and those that promote survival may endure and eventually cause a species to evolve, but the process up until now has been glacially slow. What's new about genetic engineering is that it allows genes to be shared among completely unrelated species. And QUICKLY. Genes from a trout can be put into a tomato, for example, to give the tomato some desirable characteristic that only the trout used to have. Species created in this way are called "transgenic species" or "living modified organisms" (LMOs).[12] Now, literally, for $68 any microbiology graduate student can purchase a gene splicing kit and start transplanting tobacco genes into mosquitoes, or shark genes into lady bugs to see what will happen. In 1996, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) published a book urging caution as transgenic species are released into the environment. The book basically asks, "What will it mean to have a steady stream of animal and microbial genes entering the gene pools of plants in wild ecosystems?" Based on principles of ecology (principles derived from observing the way nature works) UCS warns of the following scenarios:[13] ** Gene flow, in which new genes from insect-, disease-, or herbicide-resistant species flow to wild plant relatives and weeds, causing agricultural and ecological havoc unless effective controls are available and affordable; ** Harms to nontarget species arising, for example, from new gene products with toxic qualities being ingested by birds and other feeders in the regions where living modified organisms are cultivated; ** Cascading effects on an ecosystem triggered by the introduction of living modified organisms, such as pests developing resistance to Bt in transgenic plants (see REHW #521) or being diverted to other food sources; ** Loss of biological diversity arising when living modified organisms displace other species, a particularly acute problem in third-world nations that possess great crop diversity but lack the infrastructure and expertise to prevent losses. Yes indeed, here we go again. We must ask, why do we create such similar problems again and again? Why do we never seem to learn? 1) Most fundamentally because we believe we are the master species, and that the rest of creation exists for our benefit. We are free to do with it as we please. This completely wrong idea, this suicidal fantasy, is explored with wit and wisdom in Daniel Quinn's philosophical novel, ISHMAEL (Bantam, 1995). As Quinn sees it, either we will get rid of this deep-seated idea, or this idea will get rid of us. 2) Because we have set up our rules so that the people who perpetrate new technological mistakes profit from them in the short term, leaving the long-term costs to be born by others. What could we do differently? We could put the burden of proof on those who want to deploy new technologies, similar to the way we put the burden of proof on people who want to sell new pharmaceutical drugs. An elegant, conservative scheme for shifting the burden of proof has been proposed by economist Robert Costanza. He calls it the "precautionary polluter pays principle." (See REHW #510.) Basically, it would require technical innovators to post a performance bond up front, to cover the worst-case costs of what they're about to unleash on the world. Would it slow the pace of technical innovation? Surely it would. Do we need such a slowing? Only if we desire a future for humans. Happy New Year! --Peter Montague (National Writers Union, UAW Local 1981/AFL-CIO) =============== [1] The term "permanent government" was coined by Lewis H. Lapham, "Lights, Camera, Democracy!" HARPER'S MAGAZINE August 1996, pgs. 33-38. [2] World Commission on Environment and Development ["The Brundtland Commission"], OUR COMMON FUTURE. Oxford: Oxford University Press, April 1987, pg. 213. [3] Bette Hileman, "Climate Observations Substantiate Global Warming Models," C&EN [CHEMICAL & ENGINEERING NEWS] Vol. 73, No. 48 (November 27, 1995), pgs. 18-23. [4] F. Slemr and E. Langer, "Increase in global atmospheric concentrations of mercury inferred from measurements over the Atlantic Ocean," NATURE Vol. 355 (Jan. 30, 1992), pgs. 434-437. And: Thomas William Clarkson, "Human Health Risks From Methylmercury in Fish," ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY Vol. 9 (1990), pgs. 957-961. See also Janet Raloff, "Mercurial Risks From Acid's Reign," SCIENCE NEWS Vol. 139 (March 9, 1991), pgs. 152-156. [5] See, for example, Robert A. Goyer, "Results of Lead Research: Prenatal Exposure and Neurological Consequences," ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES Vol. 104, No. 10 (October 1996), pgs. 1050-1054. Goyer describes major steps taken by American society to reduce lead exposure during the past 30 years, but concludes [pg. 1051], "In spite of the measures reducing lead exposure to date, large numbers of children in the United States have high exposure to lead and are at risk for impaired cognitive and behavioral development." [6] See, for example, "Prevalence and Determinants of Lead Intoxication in Mexican Children of Low Socioeconomic Status," ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES Vol. 104, No. 11 (November 1996), pgs. 1208-1211. The lead problem in Mexico affects the middle class as well; see Paulina Farias and others, "Blood Lead Levels in Pregnant Women of High and Low Socioeconomic Status in Mexico City," ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES Vol. 104, No. 10 (October 1996), pgs. 1070-1074. [7] John Wargo, OUR CHILDREN'S TOXIC LEGACY (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1996), chapter 2. [8] Ginger Pinholster, "The Specter of Infection," ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES Vol. 104, No. 7 (July 1996), pgs. 694-699. And see Laurie Garrett, THE COMING PLAGUE; NEWLY EMERGING DISEASES IN A WORLD OUT OF BALANCE (New York: Penguin Books, 1994). [9] William K. Stevens, "Too Much of a Good Thing Makes Benign Nitrogen a Triple Threat," NEW YORK TIMES December 10, 1996, pgs. C1, C12, describing a report bearing "the imprimatur of the Ecological Society of America" to appear in the journal ECOLOGICAL ISSUES in January. [10] Matthew L. Wald, "Agency To Pursue 2 Plans to Shrink Plutonium Supply," NEW YORK TIMES December 10, 1996, pg. 1. [11] Scott Fields, "High-Tech Hazards," ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES Vol. 104, No. 7 (July 1996), pgs. 700-703. [12] Michael Baram, "LMOs: Treasure Chest or Pandora's Box?" ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES Vol. 104, No. 7 (July 1996), pgs. 704-707. [13] Jane Rissler and Margaret Mellon, THE ECOLOGICAL RISKS OF ENGINEERED CROPS (Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press, 1996). Descriptor terms: growth; brundtland commission; sustainable development; petroleum; global warming; mercury; lead; DDT; nitrogen; nuclear power; materials science; genetic engineering; union of concerned scientists; ucs; ishmael; daniel quinn; jane rissler; margaret mellon; loss of species; occupational safety and health; ################################################################ NOTICE Environmental Research Foundation provides this electronic version of RACHEL'S ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH WEEKLY free of charge even though it costs our organization considerable time and money to produce it. We would like to continue to provide this service free. You could help by making a tax-deductible contribution (anything you can afford, whether $5.00 or $500.00). Please send your contribution to: Environmental Research Foundation, P.O. Box 5036, Annapolis, MD 21403-7036. --Peter Montague, Editor ################################################################ -------- via PNEWS http://www.applicom.com/pnews/ From ???@??? Fri Dec 27 01:12:57 1996 To: emerald From: Happy New Year! (by way of emerald@islandnet.com (Alan Rycroft or Kealey Pringle)) Subject: ENGO Victoria-- RACHEL: Here We Go Again Cc: Bcc: engo victoria X-Attachments: [*********PNEWS CONFERENCES************] /* Written by montague@world.std.com in igc:toxics.rachel */ /* ---------- "RACHEL: Here We Go Again" ---------- */ . RACHEL'S ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH WEEKLY #526 . . ---December 26, 1996--- . . HEADLINES: . . HERE WE GO AGAIN . . ========== . . Environmental Research Foundation . . P.O. Box 5036, Annapolis, MD 21403 . . Fax (410) 263-8944; Internet: erf@rachel.clark.net . ================================================================= HERE WE GO AGAIN I would like to be wrong about this. I hope I am. But it seems to me there's a pattern of perpetual trouble ahead. It's avoidable, but only with major effort. It seems as if the entire "developed" world is depending on rapid industrial innovation to pull its chestnuts out of the fire. The people who run the permanent government (they're not elected) seem stuck on the idea that tremendous growth will be required to solve the problems of poverty, well-being, and pollution within the U.S. and throughout the world.[1] Even the Brundtland Commission --the prestigious group that coined the phrase "sustainable development" back in 1987 --argued that the world's total economic activity would have to increase 5-fold to 10-fold to lift all humans out of poverty.[2] The need for growth has become an axiom of modern industrial/economic/political life. A corollary to this axiom says that rapid technical innovation is the way to achieve growth. Therefore "sustainable development" requires rapid growth, which in turn requires rapid technical innovation, according to the people who think of themselves as managing the planet. Obviously, this view creates an imperative to deploy new technologies --an imperative that is particularly visible, these days, in the fields of genetic engineering and materials science. (Materials science is the systematic effort to create materials that nature never made, from which to construct next year's automobiles, airplanes, rockets, medical machinery, sky scrapers, foodstuffs, space stations, pesticides, communications and entertainment platforms, armaments and so on.) It seems worth mentioning that, in the recent past, mad dashes toward new technologies have usually created serious trouble: ** Our oil-based civilization seemed like it was giving us a wonderful life until it started warming the planet: in 1995-1996 the world's community of meteorologists reached consensus that our devotion to petroleum has ominous implications for the kind of world we will leave to our children.[3] ** For 50 years, new uses of mercury proved to be very productive in scientific instruments, silent light switches, latex paints, pesticides, and more. But now we find that the mercury content of the world's atmosphere has nearly doubled and consequently the fish in most of our fresh waters have become poisonous from a build-up of toxic mercury in their tissues.[4] ** Lead is a superb pesticide, gasoline additive, paint supplement, and glaze for pottery, but now we find that, millions --literally millions --of children in the U.S. and abroad are having their intellectual capacity permanently diminished by lead poisoning.[5,6] ** The invention of DDT made it possible to control malaria-bearing mosquitoes without understanding anything about the life-cycle of the mosquitoes --so easy that we forgot how to employ knowledge of mosquito ecology to control malaria, relying instead on the heavy hand of DDT.[7] Now that the side-effects of DDT have become apparent --disrupting the hormones of wildlife and contaminating humans on a global scale --DDT is being phased out and malaria (the number one killer, worldwide) is resurgent. Other infectious diseases are spreading as well, because of environmental dislocations caused by human technologies.[8] ** Learning how to "fix" nitrogen from the atmosphere was a marvelous innovation, leading to artificial fertilizers, increased per-acre agricultural yields, and green lawns. But now "environmental disruption caused by a planetary overload of nitrogen is emerging as a new global concern"[9] --a triple threat, warming the Earth, contributing to the destruction of the ozone layer, and diminishing valuable biodiversity. ** Nuclear energy was sold to taxpayers with the promise of electricity "too cheap to meter" and nuclear weapons so horrific that they would make war unthinkable. Nuclear electricity turned out to be expensive, and today war is hardly unthinkable. Furthermore, in late 1996, the U.S. Secretary of Energy declared, "The arms race is over. Our struggle now is to get rid of this sea of plutonium." The world's several-hundred-ton stockpile of plutonium (a substance described by its discoverer, Glenn Seaborg, as "fiendishly toxic") has created what the NEW YORK TIMES calls "one of the most intractable problems of the post-cold-war era."[10] This list could readily be extended, but the point is probably clear. Now, driven by the perceived need for rapid innovation to promote economic growth, we find that "We are in the midst of a second industrial revolution, one in which new high-tech materials are entering the workplace at an almost overwhelming rate," says Tai Chan, program manager of occupational health and safety research for General Motors.[11,pg.703] Of course, after they enter the workplace, high-tech materials enter commerce and eventually enter the general environment. A recent article in ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES (a U.S. government scientific journal) says, "Seeking an elusive combination of high strength and light weight has driven engineers to develop a staggering variety of new fibers and particles."[11] And: "Unfortunately, many of the most desirable manmade fibers have many of the least desirable health-related characteristics." And: "Typically composed of various combinations of ceramics, polymers, and metals, these composites can pose a health risk to workers who inhale fibers and particulates, and may present health hazards as serious as those of asbestos." And: "In fact,... researchers don't have a good understanding of the mechanisms that may contribute to the toxicity of ultrafine materials." In other words, here we go again. Carroll Pursell, a technology historian at Case Western Reserve University says, "Technology should be about the exercise of prudence. But economic considerations usually push new developments forward."[11,pg.703] This is certainly the case with genetic engineering. The genetic engineering industry hit its stride in 1995-1996 when U.S. regulators (Food and Drug Administration, and Environmental Protection Agency) approved the commercialization of half a dozen new genetically engineered crop species, which are now being dispersed into the environment by farmers on a large scale. Soon these species will be sold abroad. For the first 3 billion years of life on Earth, genes could only be shared among species that were similar enough to mate and reproduce. There was no way dog genes could get into cats, or corn genes into wheat. The gene pool of the mating species limited the genetic information that any species could contain. Natural genetic variations have always occurred, and those that promote survival may endure and eventually cause a species to evolve, but the process up until now has been glacially slow. What's new about genetic engineering is that it allows genes to be shared among completely unrelated species. And QUICKLY. Genes from a trout can be put into a tomato, for example, to give the tomato some desirable characteristic that only the trout used to have. Species created in this way are called "transgenic species" or "living modified organisms" (LMOs).[12] Now, literally, for $68 any microbiology graduate student can purchase a gene splicing kit and start transplanting tobacco genes into mosquitoes, or shark genes into lady bugs to see what will happen. In 1996, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) published a book urging caution as transgenic species are released into the environment. The book basically asks, "What will it mean to have a steady stream of animal and microbial genes entering the gene pools of plants in wild ecosystems?" Based on principles of ecology (principles derived from observing the way nature works) UCS warns of the following scenarios:[13] ** Gene flow, in which new genes from insect-, disease-, or herbicide-resistant species flow to wild plant relatives and weeds, causing agricultural and ecological havoc unless effective controls are available and affordable; ** Harms to nontarget species arising, for example, from new gene products with toxic qualities being ingested by birds and other feeders in the regions where living modified organisms are cultivated; ** Cascading effects on an ecosystem triggered by the introduction of living modified organisms, such as pests developing resistance to Bt in transgenic plants (see REHW #521) or being diverted to other food sources; ** Loss of biological diversity arising when living modified organisms displace other species, a particularly acute problem in third-world nations that possess great crop diversity but lack the infrastructure and expertise to prevent losses. Yes indeed, here we go again. We must ask, why do we create such similar problems again and again? Why do we never seem to learn? 1) Most fundamentally because we believe we are the master species, and that the rest of creation exists for our benefit. We are free to do with it as we please. This completely wrong idea, this suicidal fantasy, is explored with wit and wisdom in Daniel Quinn's philosophical novel, ISHMAEL (Bantam, 1995). As Quinn sees it, either we will get rid of this deep-seated idea, or this idea will get rid of us. 2) Because we have set up our rules so that the people who perpetrate new technological mistakes profit from them in the short term, leaving the long-term costs to be born by others. What could we do differently? We could put the burden of proof on those who want to deploy new technologies, similar to the way we put the burden of proof on people who want to sell new pharmaceutical drugs. An elegant, conservative scheme for shifting the burden of proof has been proposed by economist Robert Costanza. He calls it the "precautionary polluter pays principle." (See REHW #510.) Basically, it would require technical innovators to post a performance bond up front, to cover the worst-case costs of what they're about to unleash on the world. Would it slow the pace of technical innovation? Surely it would. Do we need such a slowing? Only if we desire a future for humans. Happy New Year! --Peter Montague (National Writers Union, UAW Local 1981/AFL-CIO) =============== [1] The term "permanent government" was coined by Lewis H. Lapham, "Lights, Camera, Democracy!" HARPER'S MAGAZINE August 1996, pgs. 33-38. [2] World Commission on Environment and Development ["The Brundtland Commission"], OUR COMMON FUTURE. Oxford: Oxford University Press, April 1987, pg. 213. [3] Bette Hileman, "Climate Observations Substantiate Global Warming Models," C&EN [CHEMICAL & ENGINEERING NEWS] Vol. 73, No. 48 (November 27, 1995), pgs. 18-23. [4] F. Slemr and E. Langer, "Increase in global atmospheric concentrations of mercury inferred from measurements over the Atlantic Ocean," NATURE Vol. 355 (Jan. 30, 1992), pgs. 434-437. And: Thomas William Clarkson, "Human Health Risks From Methylmercury in Fish," ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY Vol. 9 (1990), pgs. 957-961. See also Janet Raloff, "Mercurial Risks From Acid's Reign," SCIENCE NEWS Vol. 139 (March 9, 1991), pgs. 152-156. [5] See, for example, Robert A. Goyer, "Results of Lead Research: Prenatal Exposure and Neurological Consequences," ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES Vol. 104, No. 10 (October 1996), pgs. 1050-1054. Goyer describes major steps taken by American society to reduce lead exposure during the past 30 years, but concludes [pg. 1051], "In spite of the measures reducing lead exposure to date, large numbers of children in the United States have high exposure to lead and are at risk for impaired cognitive and behavioral development." [6] See, for example, "Prevalence and Determinants of Lead Intoxication in Mexican Children of Low Socioeconomic Status," ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES Vol. 104, No. 11 (November 1996), pgs. 1208-1211. The lead problem in Mexico affects the middle class as well; see Paulina Farias and others, "Blood Lead Levels in Pregnant Women of High and Low Socioeconomic Status in Mexico City," ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES Vol. 104, No. 10 (October 1996), pgs. 1070-1074. [7] John Wargo, OUR CHILDREN'S TOXIC LEGACY (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1996), chapter 2. [8] Ginger Pinholster, "The Specter of Infection," ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES Vol. 104, No. 7 (July 1996), pgs. 694-699. And see Laurie Garrett, THE COMING PLAGUE; NEWLY EMERGING DISEASES IN A WORLD OUT OF BALANCE (New York: Penguin Books, 1994). [9] William K. Stevens, "Too Much of a Good Thing Makes Benign Nitrogen a Triple Threat," NEW YORK TIMES December 10, 1996, pgs. C1, C12, describing a report bearing "the imprimatur of the Ecological Society of America" to appear in the journal ECOLOGICAL ISSUES in January. [10] Matthew L. Wald, "Agency To Pursue 2 Plans to Shrink Plutonium Supply," NEW YORK TIMES December 10, 1996, pg. 1. [11] Scott Fields, "High-Tech Hazards," ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES Vol. 104, No. 7 (July 1996), pgs. 700-703. [12] Michael Baram, "LMOs: Treasure Chest or Pandora's Box?" ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES Vol. 104, No. 7 (July 1996), pgs. 704-707. [13] Jane Rissler and Margaret Mellon, THE ECOLOGICAL RISKS OF ENGINEERED CROPS (Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press, 1996). Descriptor terms: growth; brundtland commission; sustainable development; petroleum; global warming; mercury; lead; DDT; nitrogen; nuclear power; materials science; genetic engineering; union of concerned scientists; ucs; ishmael; daniel quinn; jane rissler; margaret mellon; loss of species; occupational safety and health; ################################################################ NOTICE Environmental Research Foundation provides this electronic version of RACHEL'S ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH WEEKLY free of charge even though it costs our organization considerable time and money to produce it. We would like to continue to provide this service free. You could help by making a tax-deductible contribution (anything you can afford, whether $5.00 or $500.00). Please send your contribution to: Environmental Research Foundation, P.O. Box 5036, Annapolis, MD 21403-7036. --Peter Montague, Editor ################################################################ -------- via PNEWS http://www.applicom.com/pnews/ From ???@??? Mon Dec 30 21:58:57 1996 Return-Path: Received: from i2-45.islandnet.com [198.53.172.45] by mail.islandnet.com with smtp id m0vexAT-0006ayC for ; Mon, 30 Dec 1996 21:55:17 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: Date: Mon, 30 Dec 1996 21:55:17 -0800 (PST) X-Sender: emerald@mail.islandnet.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: emerald@IslandNet.com From: Happy New Year! (by way of emerald@islandnet.com (Alan Rycroft or Kealey Pringle)) Subject: Atmosphere-- Ozone In The 21st Century X-UIDL: bc3feeb2654eca3c3d906d1a954a8a65 [*********PNEWS CONFERENCES************] Authorized posting to PNEWS /* ---------- "ENVIRONMENT: Ozone In The 21st Cent" ---------- */ Copyright 1996 InterPress Service, all rights reserved. Worldwide distribution via the APC networks. Title: ENVIRONMENT: Ozone In The 21st Century /RELATE/ By IPS Correspondents ATTN EDITORS: Please relate the following item to 'ENVIRONMENT: NGOs Urge Europe to Crack Down on Smuggling of CFCs' moved from San Jose earlier. AMSTERDAM, Nov 21 (IPS) - The first signs that the ozone hole over the Antarctic is beginning to heal are expected to be observed in the early part of the next century -- provided that countries abide by the Montreal Protocol, say U.S. scientists. Dr David Hofmann of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Lab in Boulder, Colorado, told the U.S. scientific journal Nature this week that continued progress depended on signatories to the Montreal Protocol following its rules. The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, which came into force in January this year, aims to control and eventually halt the use of ozone-depleting chemicals including the production of various chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and halons. Global monitoring shows that the atmosphere's ozone-destroying potential peaked in the troposphere in 1994 -- the troposphere is the lower part of the earth's atmosphere up to around 28 kilometres at the equator. A peak in the stratosphere (the next layer, up to around 50 kilometres) is expected between 1997 and 1999. The first signs of healing of the ozone hole are expected to become detectable around 2008, from measurements of ozone concentrations 12-20 kilometres above Antarctica. ''The ozone layer would then continue to heal slowly, reaching pre- ozone-hole levels by about the year 2050,'' says Hofmann. This, of course, assumes a continuing decrease in the content of ozone depleting chemicals in the atmosphere. A large volcanic eruption, for example, could delay recovery. In the same edition of Nature, Harry Slaper of the National Institute of Public Health and the Environment at Bilthoven in the Netherlands, and his colleagues further considered the human costs of ozone depletion. If there were no restrictions on ozone-depleting halocarbon emissions, risk of skin cancer could quadruple by the year 2100, he says. The researchers use a model that follows each link in the chain of risks triggered by ozone depletion to evaluate the consequences of several scenarios proposed under the 1985 Vienna Convention on the protection of the ozone layer. The no restrictions scenario assumes a continuous three percent annual increase in the production of CFCs and other damaging chemicals. The 1987 Montreal Protocol calls for a 50 percent reduction in five of the most damaging chemicals by the end of 1999. The Copenhagen Amendment to the Protocol, agreed in 1992, called for a complete end to the production of 21 ozone depleting chemicals by 1995. In the stratosphere ozone-depleting chemicals break down to release chlorine and bromine atoms which speed up ozone destruction. Ozone depletion in turn increases the solar ultraviolet-B radiation which reaches the ground. This has a range of adverse biological effects including skin cancers of various kinds. Even the restrictive scenario on halocarbon emissions adopted as the Montreal Protocol could lead to a doubled risk of skin cancer by 2100, Slaper notes. But the much stricter Copenhagen Amendments are predicted to produce a peak risk in 2060, just 10 percent in excess of current levels. He has calculated the increased skin cancer cases due to ozone depletion in the U.S. and northwest Europe for each of the scenarios. Assuming a population of 225 million for the U.S. the increased skin cancer cases per year by 2010 under the non-restrictive scenario would be 1.5 million or 325 percent. Under the Montreal Protocol there is a 440,000 increase (100 percent), and under the Copenhagen Amendment the increase is 8,000 or two percent. The equivalent figures for northwest Europe are 550,000 (315 percent), 170,000 (95 percent) and 4,000 (two percent). Slaper notes that there could be other factors influencing changes in ultraviolet exposure including changes in human behaviour -- such as people keeping out of the sun -- and in types of atmospheric conditions. ''However, these possible modifications would not influence the significance of the differences between the scenarios,'' he says. ''It is conceivable that the results for skin cancer will also be representative for some of the other possibly even more important adverse effects.'' 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