Your 5 Minute Activist Links for April 2, 2008

** Defenders of Wildlife **
In its latest assault on America’s wild places, the Bush/Cheney Administration has proposed opening up more than 6 million acres of irreplaceable roadless backcountry in Idaho to logging, mining, and oil and gas exploration -- a move that would permanently damage vital habitat for grizzlies, wolves and other wildlife.
We have just a few days to help. The deadline for comments is Monday, April 7th, so please take action now to stop the Bush Administration from putting special interests over the public interest.

** Sierra Club **
The Teshekpuk Lake area in Alaska is one of the most important wetland complexes in the entire Arctic, supporting millions of migratory ducks and geese that winter in the lower 48. Now it's under the threat of the drill.
Please tell the Bureau of Land Management to keep Alaska's wildlife-rich Teshekpuk Lake protected!

** Union of Concerned Scientists **
Hybrid technology has the potential to provide us with cleaner, more fuel-efficient options in every vehicle class, as exemplified by the Ford Escape Hybrid, Honda Civic Hybrid, and Toyota Prius.
Yet GM continues to make that same mistake. Its new “two mode” hybrid SUVs, the Chevy Tahoe and GMC Yukon Hybrids, actually feature larger gasoline engines than most conventional versions of these models. The electric motor provides an additional power boost but only a modest gain in overall fuel economy.
General Motors has recently initiated an online program to open dialogue between consumers and the corporation. They want to hear from you! Please write to GM’s chairman and chief executive officer, Richard Wagoner, and tell him that his company can only be a true market leader by using hybrid technology to its fullest potential.

** Conservation International **
Add your voice to the growing number of people who pledge to STOP the clock on species extinction!

Your 5 Minute Activist Links for March 13, 2008

** The Wilderness Society **
The BLM is busy greasing the skids so big oil companies can commercially develop more than two million acres of oil shale and tar sands in the West, no matter that the technology is unproven and may not be commercially viable for decades.
At risk: places like the spectacular Roan Plateau in Colorado and the San Rafael Swell in southeastern Utah, renowned for its spiraling sandstone cliffs and rugged solitude.
Help The Wilderness Society stop this misguided plan.

** BioGems Defender **
Tell the Monkey King Bush administration to protect sensitive wildlands in Colorado, Wyoming and Utah for future generations and promote cleaner sources of energy instead.

** People Over Profits **
Read about how scum-sucking car dealers screw people over with Binding Mandatory Arbitration Here.
Now Tell Congress to Support HR. 5312 and have them stand up for car buyers!

** Public Citizen **
For too long Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen L. Johnson has used his position to weaken regulation meant to protect the environment. The latest abuse of his position was his denial of California's request to set greenhouse gas emissions standards for motor vehicles.
Tell Congress to remove EPA administrator Johnson!

Your 5 Minute Activist Links for March 3, 2008

** Defenders of Wildlife **
Send a message to the Environmental Protection Agency to ban the use of Sodium Cyanide and Compound 1080!

To learn more about these poisions in use right now in YOUR backyard!-->
* Sodium Cyanide
* Coumpound 1080

** Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance **
Send a message to your US Senators and tell them to protect Utah BLM (Bureau of Land Management) roadless areas.