Effective Environmental Groups

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Many of the very impactful groups below have local chapters that need help with local activism. Check out the websites and get connected locally.

One group had trouble with infiltration attempts to its board of directors. Now that some of our donation money is freed up from supporting Kerry, for those of you who are not already active in preserving clean water, air, earth, and food, may I politely request that YOU

GET INVOLVED!! :headbang:

National Resources Defense Council
http://www.nrdc.org/

Environmental Defense Fund
http://www.environmentaldefense.org/home.cfm

Nature Conservancy
http://nature.org/

World Wildlife Federation
http://www.worldwildlife.org/
http://www.panda.org/

Rainforest Action
http://www.ran.org/

Sierra Club
http://www.sierraclub.org/

Greenpeace
http://www.greenpeace.org/international_en/

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1. Thank you!

As a matter of fact, I can proudly say that I am involved. I cannot tell you which group until I change my screen name this week. :evilgrin:

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4. The drilling of the Arctic fight is already starting

From Democrats.com/Wilderness.org

One of our last great wild places, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is under fresh attack from the oil industry and their allies in Congress and the Administration. That's why The Wilderness Society has launched an all-out campaign to protect the Arctic wilderness.

(snip)

This looming threat is more serious, and more dangerous, than ever before. Anti-wilderness forces in Congress hope to use a backdoor budget process to sneak this giveaway onto the same federal budget the government needs to function. They know that they don't have the votes necessary to enact this ill-conceived plan through the normal legislative process that requires 60 votes to pass such highly controversial measures in the U.S. Senate. The decision to circumvent the normal rules is being made NOW.

Take action. Send a message to your reps via the link below.

http://ga1.org/campaign/Arctic

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2. Thanks TexasToast!

I belong to five of these groups :)

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3. That is awesome!

The work just never stops from any direction.

Sadly, I just received an email from Defenders of Wildlife:

Terrible news from Alaska.


The anti-conservation Board of Game has just voted to allow up to 900 wolves to be killed by the barbaric practice of aerial gunning. This is six times as many as were killed last winter.

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First, call Governor Murkowski's office at [phone] to express your outrage.

Then, make a tax-deductible emergency contribution to our Campaign to Save Alaska's Wolves. We need to raise $25,000 in the next 72 hours. Your donation will be used to raise media awareness, mobilize grassroots pressure and take legal action to stop the savage killing.

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