Aug 07, 2008 -- Your Fight the Right-Wing Wacko Links of the Day.

** Environmental Defense **
America's "little leopard," the ocelot, is in grave danger. Fewer than 100 of the endangered animals still roam the Lower Rio Grande Valley.

Now the Department of Homeland Security is starting to build 70 miles of fence in the Lower Rio Grande Valley that would cut through and destroy thorn scrub habitat important to the ocelot and prevent the little cats from swimming across the Rio Grande to mate.

Take action today – Urge your member of Congress to become a co-sponsor of the Borderlands Conservation and Security Act of 2007 (H.R. 2593), and to call for a repeal of the waiver giving the Department of Homeland Security authority to by-pass national environmental laws to construct the fence.
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** Oxfam **
Peru sits on a treasure trove of oil, gas, and mineral wealth, with mining and drilling companies making huge profits. Yet many people in the regions where these resources are exploited live in poverty.

The money from these industries does not always reach the communities that need it most. It is difficult for communities to find out where the money goes.

A group of oil, mining, and gas companies operating in Peru—the Sociedad Nacional de Minería, Petróleo, y Energía (SNMPE)—faces a big decision: open up payments to public accountability or keep secrets.

By opening up their payments to public scrutiny, members of the SNMPE could help Peruvians regain some of their own wealth and break the shroud of secrecy that surrounds their oil, gas, and mineral industries.

Please click here and tell them to open up!
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** Audubon **
Our oceans—and many of the seabirds that depend on them—are in trouble. Fisheries are being overfished to the point of collapse, and seabirds like albatross and petrels are being killed in the tens of thousands through unsound fishing practices. The tiny Red Knot is on the brink of extinction because of overfishing in the Delaware Bay.

Now the Bush Administration's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has proposed a rule that would gut the environmental review process for fishery management actions, take the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) out of the picture, and limit the public's right to participate in those decisions.

We want a healthy, sustainable ocean environment for fish and birds alike. We need strong laws like NEPA to remain intact.

Please take a moment and send a your comments to National Marine Fisheries Service.