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Environm ental Earth News / T h e G reen Thum b: - T it ù( our A ( ¡ntrnmnaCn ( iu x ir U> Ia t^L iü n o 7 è1 W ¡>4 S t^ jtn iv fs S 2895 Tha R ural D evelopm ent and A n cie n t F o re st C o n se rva tio n Act. •"XOduced by Senator* Brock Adam» <D WA and Patrick Leahy ( 0 VT) i t designed to restore the health and prodm tv ity of Northwest forests and to ensure long l * m *O ctal «conom c and anw onm antal »lability in the region It » » pros d a rural development assistance to commun.!.»» and business«’. ad, a cent to federal forests m the Pacific Northwest and nort’ aKn C aifom ta 6 - J h h n*’ ' | j < *d *i o f* GANNON QUACH Recycling Center Schedule COMMERCIAL A RETAIL RESIDENTIAL Tuasdays 1,1(3 ’ ixirsOry» J im »11 tm Frsi are) Tiwd Sea,'days H m io ip m Weakly 4» J iA 'if i ,E I 4 h t àb C £ 4 * " lS H * i at S f o (¡7ARr>c^ J ^ ' 1 fjr — » *> , ' <?A<4 1 * Tha moreMy c ^ t * O * arwntaKor • s*ad ox ma •ac.r "warn promosy p a a- Cap Ma* a IX Uu-sre, M *»«o -**d » i *h<.h have been .Ktrinsely dec let) Mec-y by changes in the timber industry H R 4045 , o î '^ s QUf’ S ® dkxM •*! by Rep reauthorizes strengthens and dou t>ii» funding levels to» the E n d a n gered S p e c ia l A ct ESA speeds up the notice requirements lor emer gency lutings and requires critical •ab-tal desqnabon within two years tor i specie,, rsted under trie E SA . HELP CLOSE TROJANI ta rd e s ■' ^ v .n A & i* > **1« H's lim a wa close rha dangerous Troyan Nuclear kowar Ran, ^ * 1 » V i \ k s. **4 -is / < > X y >"v- ' Î n 4 4 0 io n * of ra d 'o a civa was,a on the bank* of th * Cofumbr* R'*a»t • S u b le t to earthquakes it can't w ith sta n d ' » 20% of d i ita a m ganarato» tuba* cracked and pfuggad* » Xacipiaor of m.ttion* of your taa d o lla ri m subs>dr*sl ■ ''V la t a d o * * tN * menace ktassa s»gn tha Do It Yoursad Committee * ‘ Close Troian* petition and call toll fra * 1 800 752 2 2 3 ) to vduniaa< tu d t i sala »ana e n e r g y a lf > c i* n , fu tu r a dapand* on you' 1 : / ’5 ¿«» n ;>< •/* A tJ .n C f W W H R 1969 The Forest B iodivar- *<ty and C ie a rcu ttin g P ro h ib itio n A ct bans pearcutting on federal land and orders a shit, to superior techniques of forest management H R 4483 «s iD NC Ihe Coral Reet S te w a rd sh ip A ct strengthens puni tive measures agamst those damag mg reefs or trafficking m illegal coral develops pollution elimination pro grams to protect reels and funds reel monitoring and research H R 2152 Tha D rlftn e t E n fo rc e m ent A ct of 1992 introduced by Rap Garry Studds (D MA) and Rap Jofene Unsaid (D AK) mandates sanctions agamst countries which continua Io use drrftnals on tha high seas, ban' .«ats Irom U S ports and increases surveillance to dated drift net use Mr ihn u » « l U lkt i n f A full-line grocery store specializing in organically-grown produce, grains, herbs, wines and coffees. 5e>p*rl ,* M v-ifc< MH iasauas /.xa«r la kulcnc 111 kr* k 4t< 5 » , ,«u si The m dividuul « ho p o llu te * Ihe an » ith hi* la< torv and the ¿ h e llo kid who break* « lo re w indow * both represent Ihe *ume thing They d o n 't care iilx iu l each other ot » hat they d o to each o th e r p o b o . ?VJ a c a to co VSSJI ( W * 2 2 Daniel P a trick Moynihan I -w I -w- w— s TT -w-w a A m r r k i n J B—J I P»a<« 1 e»t n r * d . your support Io c a n y out U'» A ction I * , < « mp« ign io In d Nuclear Testing The mafortiy ot oui bar* bene* | B * budget ro m e i (m m n u m rm u a m d is id u a l do no r* lik e yo u Tlcank y o u | I I I I am eruliMlng a rontnbutlon of »1* *100 *2* *2*0 *50 Other L'untrtbuticai» of (2* or nine* made uu, hi Agajw Hiundattun are 1 ai Deductable I Name Addreaa | I ( lie __ Slate / ip _____ _ Rteew_________ | I • —I | B J_Mail u> J A m e ric a n Peace Test PO Bo» 2*725 l a * Vegas, N V HM12* (702) VM» ihm J T * \ \ J N <*•<> M l ’ iV fi *»* w <▼**» îtt < It only takes ONE RAP PAY f C L O S E T R O J A N N O W ! Y E S ° N 5&6 RECYCLING MEANS NOTHING II Y O U 1M)S I C L O S I n il I OOP! You need u> L u i ft«.>Ued prisJusti made from the pa(>er yuu recycle AiPca«.ctree * c in n * the n»uci 55c II help n m w in t) your p a (*r necdi tuned on cost a u j rn vin *,m e n ta l sensitivity ( all uv lt< a catalog ot hotorhold. o lfice and (Uh kagmg products < kr viop hy our office M /W /T h 12 I pm to m - c lo t courvelf1 Peacrtree Recycled Paper 503 2X2-7266 Portland OR I \VW B u r n i n g I l a n f o r d ’ s R a d io a c tiv e W a s te : From Land to tru t-th r Iw bh the L 5 Ek*partmrnt of I nt-rgv it A if ha» used national saxunty av a rationalv lor shrouding its nuclear w capm s lacitilv al tin- Hanford reservation in W ashington slate from public scrutiny and aciountahiiitv Work ers, nearby residents and c ittzvns were never io ld thai environm entally d«-struc liv e practices in clu d in g inlenlhinal re leases c»r radioactive and losic contaminants at th r H anford site were leading Io raducac h e r conlam inalhin cit the Colum bia River and area groundwa let increased levels of raduwOive mate rials in grapes and irrigalcsl allalfa downstream ol I lanlord. him orous fish and skyrocketing cancer rates Now, nu S TIME Runs Out In January, TIME magazine an nounced that H was bow ing to p m - sure Irom Greenpeace supporters who had w ritten Io request that it switch from chlonne-Neached to chlorine tree paper Greenpeace p ublicly commended TIM E (or the move Hut in August, a TIME repre sentative adm itted toG rw npeace that il nevrr intended to keep its promise T1MI Inc is the largest p u b lish er in the- V *» Every year chlorine- bleached paper used by TIME results in (he d u m ping of over •se, HX) [siuiuls ol persislenl p o llu t ants mto N orth American waters sky <weeNKA<& dear weajxms p n slu ctu in at IL m lo rd has ended Hut a pro,swal by (.Tieinical Waste Management IL hem Waste) the w o rld s largest hazardous waste dis jxisaI firm , to b u ild ih re r giant incinera tors at Ihe site lor the purpose of burning tin- waste w o u ld continue I la n ia rd s legacy eg p o llu tk in and sax ns y L b e m W a s te has in tx l Io site similar, often lucrative, commercial waste mein eralots in Kettlensan t ilv . California, and Emelle Alabama, but com m unity opposition slopped lx>th profmsals Meanw hile Ihe com|Mnv s existing in ctru-rator in L bn ago has txx-n shut dow n indefinitely fo llo w in g an explosion m tha- k iln and allegations that the com pany had illegally burned radioactive waste and mislabeled tu rre ts ol hazard ous waste stored on the site A l H anford. Chem 5Vaste is h o jie lu l that the problems that have plagued it in Ihe past w ill be solved by an unusual landlord tenant relationship Hcxause W ashington slate leases Ihe H anford land Im m Ihe IX>E the stair w o u ld act as both regulator and landlord to L h e m Waste a potential conllict ol interest A nd the DOE. eager to clean up its tacit* ify . is like ly to be supportive of L hem Waste assuming that role As a result L ite m Waste hopes lo gel Iasi track a p proval from the state and federal govern m rn ts w ith a m in im u m ot public scrutiny and proceed w ith construction of a lucrative three incinerator complex that w o u ld b um toxic and raduuctive waste Im m H anford and from other lX ) t weapons facilities and from pri vale, out ot stale industries Though touted as a cleanup* method, me irw ration w ould only make- Ux aI and regional contam ination -al ready at record levels worse according to Greenpeace toxics campaigner Margie K elly Incinerators create a la n d lill in the sky, e m ittin g huge quantities ot heavy metals, in clu d in g lead and user cury, plus thousands of com bustion by products, like dioxin, w hn h may he more toxic than the- o riginal chemicals Incineration of radioactive waste w ould spew a dditional highly toxic substances such as tritiu m , carbon-14. icxline iso- topx-s d io xin and countless oilier, as yet unknow n, radioactive and carcinogenic substances d o w n w in d ■xc ic-nlists at la w re tie e Liverm ore Na luma I I a lsira to rv in l.ivennore, L alitor ma regx l«xl a sim ilar radioa> live amt tn»K waste incine,ator proposal in 1**O. stating We view incineration as a viola tion of llie cardinal p rin cip le of radioac five waste treatment namely , containing radioactivity rather than spreading it The prefect was cameled L itizens and farmers w ho lice do w n w in d Irom the projswcxl incinerator have vow ed to lig h t the I hem Waste proyxwal 55 ith support from the p ib lic Greenpeace ami dozens ol other com m unity groups are pressuring tin- stale to refuse Io lease the land to L hem 55 .isle WHAT Y O l'C A N IM» A J r \ i9»*»n un the xuhU-aw to t hew W A ttr w ill be HGKÎe th u fail n tr I,-K»wHh t^ircfnef («ovrrnkwof W ashington O ly m p ia W A WS04 and ir li him to d m > L hew Waate the Ir a w and grl V\ athtngton Male (Mil l H the bu*ir»cMk ul puboning Ihe env irv»nmm( Me d id n ’ t t ai y ’al dente. 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