Sierra NAFTA Alert

[MDOLAN <mdolan@citizen.org>]

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  at 8/15/97 6:38 PM
   SIERRA CLUB
   DAILY WAR ON THE ENVIRONMENT (VOL. II) #147
   AUGUST 14, 1997
  
  
   "Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction?
   Fiction, after all, has to make sense."
  
   --Mark Twain
  
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   Sierra Club Legislative Hotline - 202-675-2394
   Sierra Club National Headquarters - 415-977-5500
   Sierra Club World Wide Web - http://www.sierraclub.org
  
   White House Comment Line - 202-456-1111
   White House Fax Line - 202-456-2461
   Clinton's e-mail - president@whitehouse.gov
   Gore's e-mail - vice-president@whitehouse.gov
  
   White House Address - 1600 Pennsylvania Ave,
   Washington, DC 20500
  
   US Capitol Switchboard - 202-224-3121
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   CONTENTS:
  
   ENDANGERED SPECIES:
   Montana Doctors, Druggists Speak Out for Protections
  
   GOING BACKWARD ON FUEL EFFICIENCY:
   Today's New Cars, Trucks Less Efficient Than Those Headed to
   Junkyard
  
   SHELL, NIGERIA UPDATE:
   Oakland School Board Divided on Shell Oil Scholarships
  
   NATIONAL PARKS:
   Visits Up Despite Fee Hikes
  
   SIERRA CLUB TRAINING ACADEMY:
   Next Stop Tampa
  
   LETTER TO THE EDITOR:
   No to NAFTA Expansion
  
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   LETTER TO THE EDITOR
  
   Here's a sample letter to adapt and send to your local paper.
  
  
   NO TO NAFTA EXPANSION
  
   Dear Editor,
  
   In the name of "free trade," the North American Free Trade
   Agreement and its global big brother, the World Trade
   Organization, have weakened key environmental and public health
   laws. NAFTA has made increased border pollution, quickened the
   pace of deforestation, weakened food safety standards and
   allowed corporate polluters to dump their waste across the
   border.
  
   And it's about to get worse. When Congress returns from its
   August recess, they are expected to give the Clinton
   Administration authority to expand NAFTA to South America,
   starting with Chile. NAFTA has done enough harm, and should
   not be expanded until the environmental damage caused by the
   agreement can be repaired, and guarantees that no more harm
   will be done are put into place.
  
   Most Americans support responsible trade that opens markets
   but preserves our own environmental protections and ensures a
   high level of environmental performance by those who export
   products to us. But these protections are undermined by
   NAFTA.
  
   Congress must ensure that NAFTA is not expanded unless it is
   fixed first.
  
   Sincerely,
  
   A Concerned Citizen
  ***** NOTES from MDOLAN (MDOLAN @ CITIZEN) at 8/18/97 3:21 PM
  Tip of the Field Fedora to Dan Seligman of the Sierra Club.