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The NRDC writes:

Right now the U.S. Senate is considering legislation (S. 2834) that would permanently protect a spectacular stretch of wildlands in southwestern Utah. But the bill doesn’t go nearly
far enough and we need your help to make it stronger — before the Senate casts its vote!

Please go to http://www.savebiogems.org/redrock/takeaction and tell your senators to oppose S. 2834 unless its flaws are
fixed.

As written now, the Washington County Growth and Conservation Act fails to protect over half of the county’s proposed wilderness-quality lands.

In addition, the bill does not sufficiently protect desert tortoise habitat in the Mojave Desert or currently protected wilderness-quality lands near Zion National Park against damage
from off-road vehicles.

The bill also proposes to sell off up to 14 square miles of America’s public wildlands, the majority of which are not currently identified for sale.

Go to http://www.savebiogems.org/redrock/takeaction right now and urge your senators not to support S. 2834 until these shortcomings are addressed.

Thank you for speaking out in defense of Utah’s spectacular redrock country.

The Wilderness Society needs your help to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Arctic Refuge Under Fire, Again
As gas prices continue to rise, the volume is being turned up on demands to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling, expand offshore oil and gas activity, and pursue environmentally hazardous oil shale and tar sands technologies.

Drilling in the Arctic Refuge will do nothing to solve America’s energy problems, but could do lasting harm to this place.

Please take a moment to ask your senators to oppose any proposal to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling.

Right whales are still in trouble and Defenders of Wildlife asks you to help protect them.

Fight for the ‘Right’ Bill
The North Atlantic right whale is in trouble. But the Bush/Cheney Administration refuses to act. Now, legislation is moving in the Senate that would help protect the fewer than 400 right whales from their number 1 enemy: Ship collisions.

Tell your Senators to support The Ship Strike Reduction Act of 2008 — vital legislation to protect struggling right whales.

Here’s something nice from Farm Sanctuary that will help factory farm animals and add a little “scandal” to your life.

A Scent of Scandal, a Los Angeles-based company celebrated for its clever and classy cruelty-free candles, has unveiled a new creation: a candle called “A Roll in the Hay,” launched to raise funds for and awareness about Farm Sanctuary, the nation’s leading farm animal protection organization. Fifteen percent of every “A Roll in the Hay” sale will be donated directly to
Farm Sanctuary.

According to A Scent of Scandal President Ari Solomon, the new “A Roll in the Hay” candle, now available at www.ascentofscandal.com, was inspired by his love for Farm Sanctuary and the animals for whom it advocates. Solomon, who sponsors the care of two rescued donkeys at the advocacy group’s 300-acre Orland, Calif. shelter through the Adopt-A-Farm Animal Project first learned about the farm’s work about a year ago. Solomon’s company has since contributed by donating to the nonprofit’s black-tie Gala for Farm Animals and joining its Corporate Partners for Compassion Program.

The farm animal-inspired “A Roll in the Hay” candle by A Scent of Scandal is vegan (free of all animal-derived ingredients), cruelty-free (not tested on animals), and made from 100 percent natural clean burning soy wax that is better for people and the environment. The fresh and clean grass-scented candle is available for individual purchase or wholesale on the A Scent of Scandal Web site and through select retailers worldwide.

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