[Moppins-news] Urgent notice from Moppins Mail

[Mary Moppins]

Tell the Senate to Protect Our Endangered SpeciesDear Members, I have never in the life of this newsletter forwarded a notice. This matter before congress is so important that it simply cannot go without all my efforts to do what I can. I have worked hard with my company and all my efforts to protect our Mother Earth. With a majority vote Congress can overturn the Endangered Species act. 

 We have no air left that isn't poluted, There is not a stream, lake, river or pond that is not contaminated. The food we eat is poisened because of the chemicals being given to the animals we eat and pumped into the ground that grows our vegitables. It's going to get worse within the next few years if we don't act and act now. Powerful developers are behind this bill working to eliminate the Endangered Species Act. These are the same developers ones who pushed the change made by the Supreme Court so they can confiscate your property without paying you its true value. And it's wrong. This distruction of our land must be stopped. It takes only a moment to register, but your help and voice is urgently needed. 

Please forgive me if I am out of line for sending this message. Taking care of our Mother is of utmost importance to me. You will be receiving your next regular Moppins Mail tomorrow. Thank you for forwarding this to all your friends. We must act to spread this notice quickly. 

Warm regards,
Mary Findley
Mary Moppins
www.goclean.com
Don't Let the Endangered Species Act Become Extinct
Contact your Senators Today 


            The Endangered Species Act is under attack.

            Tell your senators to protect endangered species and oppose any effort to weaken the Act.    

             
           
     
Dear Mary,

Our friends in the environmental movement have raised the alarm about something we had to pass on. Especially since you joined in the campaign to save the Artic National Wildlife Refuge, we thought you'd want to know. 


The Endangered Species Act, one of the most significant environmental initiatives of the last 50 years, is under attack. Our friends at U.S. Public Interest Research Group have all the details, below.

To tell your senators to protect the Act and our endangered species click "Reply" and "Send" in your email program. If you'd like to edit the letter to your senators (below) or were forwarded this message, visit the following site to take action:

http://action.truemajority.org/campaign/endangeredspeciesact 




Thanks for all that you do,

Ben Hudson
TrueMajority


Here's a message from our friends at U.S. Public Interest Research Group with more details:

The fate of our most valued wildlife and endangered species, including the bald eagle, Florida manatee, and grizzly bear is now in the hands of the U.S. Senate. As Congress returns to session in the coming weeks, big developers and other powerful interests are working with their allies in the U.S. Senate to weaken and dismantle one of our most successful and effective environmental laws -- the Endangered Species Act.

Last September, the House of Representatives passed Representative Richard Pombo's "Wildlife Extinction" bill -- a controversial bill that eliminates protections across the board for endangered species while creating new loopholes and giveaways to big developers. Now, several members of the Senate are working to pass another bill that will weaken the Endangered Species Act.

Ask your Senators to oppose the attacks on the Endangered Species Act. Then, ask your friends and family to help too by forwarding this e-mail to them. 





Background:

Over its 32-year history, the Endangered Species Act has become one of the most effective and powerful pieces of environmental legislation ever enacted. It is also one of the most successful. Since becoming law in 1973, the Act has been responsible for preventing the extinction of several of our country's most valued and symbolic wildlife species, including the bald eagle, Florida manatee, grizzly bear, gray wolf, and many other species. Overall, the Act has a nearly perfect record of saving endangered species from extinction, only 9 of the more than 1800 plants and animals protected have been declared extinct.

As 2006 begins the fate of the Endangered Species Act and our ability to protect threatened and endangered species from extinction hangs in a delicate balance as developers and other powerful interests along with their allies in Congress have mounted the most aggressive campaign in recent years to weaken and dismantle the Act.

Last fall, the Resources Chairman Richard Pombo (R-CA) successfully passed legislation through the House that will fundamentally alter and weaken the Endangered Species Act. The controversial Pombo legislation, ironically entitled the "Threatened and Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2005" (HR 3824), eliminates protections across the board for threatened and endangered species while creating several new loopholes and corporate giveaways. Simply put, the Pombo legislation is perhaps the most damaging legislation to pass the House since the original Act was passed in 1973, placing hundreds of species at risk of losing the protections that have saved them from extinction.

In addition, Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID) also introduced legislation last December entitled the "Collaboration for Recovery of Endangered Species Act." While not as extreme as the Pombo legislation, it will also significantly alter and weaken the Act. As a result, the Congressional efforts to tear down the Endangered Species Act will continue throughout 2006, and most significant debate of the past decade over the future of Act is likely to take place in the Senate.

Ask your Senators to oppose the attacks on the Endangered Species Act. Then, ask your friends and family to help too by forwarding this e-mail to them.



Sincerely, 

Gene Karpinski
U.S. PIRG Executive Director
GeneK at uspirg.org


Learn more at http://www.uspirg.org
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