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Environmental Successes!! Three successes of environmental campaigns: Giant paper co. agrees to stop clearcutting forests! U.S. Congress works to ban pesticide testing on humans! Congress approves measure to keep bomb-grade nuclear material from being exported! NRDC NEGOTIATES PACT WITH LEADING PAPER PRODUCER !
Following intense pressure last year from BioGems Defenders,
Bowater -- a giant paper company and the largest landowner on the Cumberland Plateau -- has signed a groundbreaking agreement with NRDC and our partner, the Dogwood Alliance, to stop clearcutting natural hardwood forests and converting them to biologically impoverished pine plantations!
Each year, Bowater and its third-party timber suppliers log thousands of acres of native hardwood forestlands including the vast Cumberland Plateau -- which spans seven southeastern U.S. states -- to satisfy surging demand for newsprint and pulp and lumber products.
The company has further pledged not to purchase fiber from pine plantations that replace natural forests and to limit its use of harmful chemical herbicides and fertilizers!
NRDC commends Bowater for its leadership in establishing a model for forestry in the Southeast and for helping us prove that we can achieve a robust economy without destroying the environment.
For more information about
National Resources Defense Council, BioGEMS campaign, go to: http://www.savebiogems.org/about/nrdc.asp
Find "Visit all the BioGems and Take Action" at the upper left of the webpage, click on "Pick a BioGem" to take action on all 12 campaigns! It's fast and easy!
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From Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) I recently wrote to you regarding the dangerous practice of allowing pesticide testing on humans. When I wrote to you, I had just joined Congressman Henry Waxman in releasing a report detailing the Environmental Protection Agency’s practice of allowing these tests to be performed on humans.
I am writing to you to share the good news that the United States Senate has supported my efforts to have these tests suspended. Recently, my amendment was adopted to put a one-year moratorium on any government-sponsored pesticide testing on humans. Pesticide testing on humans is inherently risky, and it is unnecessary. My one-year moratorium will give us the opportunity to develop regulations to better protect us and our children. The House of Representatives has adopted a similar measure, but the pesticide industry has vowed to fight our efforts to end these tests. You can count on me to work to make sure our moratorium prevails. Sincerely, Barbara Boxer United States Senator To respond to this message, please click on the following link: http://www.boxer.senate.gov/contact/feedback.cfm . This link will take you to a webpage where you can respond to messages that you receive from Senator Boxer’s office. For more information on Senator Boxer's record and other information, please go to: http://www.boxer.senate.gov ***************************************************
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Keep up the Eco-Actions! Thanks for all of your help!
Liora Leah
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We achieved a major bi-partisan victory when the Senate approved a measure on Thursday, June 23, 2005. The Senate voted 52-46 to eliminate a dangerous provision in the Energy Bill that would have weakened current U.S. law constraining the export of highly enriched uranium (HEU), or bomb-grade nuclear material. 
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