Your Fight the Right Activist links for May 22, 2008

** Wilderness Society **
The Bush administration is moving at breakneck speed with plans to drill and destroy some of the most stunning wilderness areas in Utah.

The architects of these plans believe they can sneak this land grab past us in their waning days of power.

Please take urgent action. Protect 11 million acres of pristine public lands from sprawling oil development and off-road vehicles (ORVs).
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** Earth Justice **
After months of stalling, the Bush administration's recent decision to list polar bears as a "threatened" species -- while failing to provide any real protections for these magnificent Arctic animals -- rings pretty hollow.

The Polar Bear Seas Protection Act, introduced last week by Representatives Jay Inslee and Maurice Hinchey, seeks to protect these critical polar bear habitats until essential environmental impact questions are answered and the Department of the Interior clearly designates critical, protected habitats.

Tell Congress that you support creating real protections for polar bears!
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** International Fund for Animal Welfare **
Whales are not saved. Although commercial whaling has been banned for more than two decades, Japan, Iceland and Norway continue to fire harpoons into these gentle creatures. More than 30,000 whales have been killed since the 1986 ban on whaling. You can help make the world a safer place for whales by protecting one of the largest whale habitats.

IFAW will be campaigning vigorously to convince IWC members to approve the South Atlantic Whale Sanctuary. But we can’t do it alone. Please sign the petition now to help create the sanctuary.
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** BioGems **
Two proposed mining schemes could despoil the Canadian headwaters of Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park -- one of the wildest places in North America and part of our Greater Rockies BioGem.

We need your urgent action to block these disastrous proposals, which would pollute the pristine Flathead River with contaminated waste and threaten the outstanding fish and wildlife of Montana's Glacier National Park.

Please go to http://www.savebiogems.org/yellowstone/takeaction
and urge the Canadian government to prohibit industrial mining activities and coalfield developments in the headwaters of Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park.