Volume VI, #113 | |
“We can protect California's environment at the same time we pump up our economy.”
-- California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on the Tejon Ranch deal In this issue 1) Take Action: Urge Congress to Fight Global Warming 1) Take Action: Urge Congress to Fight Global Warming Our Representatives need to stand up for strong and effective solutions. Ask your Representative to endorse principles calling for strong, fair legislation that will do what scientists tell us is necessary to fight global warming. 2) Take Action: Speak Up for Wyoming's Wolves Now Wyoming's concessions to anti-wolf extremists threaten to send wolves sliding back toward extinction. The state also stands to lose tourism revenue and ecological health by continuing to allow the slaughter of wolves. Speak Up for Wyoming's Wolves! 3) Conservation: Sierra Club, Developers Reach Historic Agreement The area, known as Tejon Ranch, is eight times the size of San Francisco and includes desert, woodlands, Joshua trees and California condors. Because it spans four distinct ecoregions, Tejon Ranch provides a resilient habitat that will help wildlife like bighorn sheep migrate and adapt in the face of global warming. Read more about the Sierra Club's work to protect resilient habitats. 4) Energy: 20% by 2030 The report also found that by increasing our use of wind we could increase annual revenues to local communities to more than $1.5 billion.
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