Monday, January 19, 2009

Obama's E Mail_Change.gov lists

http://change.gov/page/m2/3855d472/68436e40/2b165d13/5e6bca4f/3165744906/VEsH/

Dear Sharon,

Barack Obama will be sworn in as the 44th President of the United States tomorrow, marking the beginning of a new era.

It also marks the end of the Obama-Biden Presidential Transition, which you have helped make the most transparent, accessible, and effective in history.

Thousands of you hosted health care discussions in communities across the country, gathering and providing feedback that will guide the Obama-Biden Administration efforts to overhaul the current system. You've participated online like never before, sharing your stories, collaborating on fresh ideas, and asking important questions.

The Transition has also been the most open in history. Transition staff published meeting information and thousands of documents received from outside groups through our "Seat at the Table" program, and published the name of every one of our donors.

We couldn't have done it without your active participation -- and as President Barack Obama will need your help more than ever, join his new online community at the White House and stay involved:

http://change.gov/joinus

Your participation in this Transition has been truly inspiring -- thank you.

John

John Podesta
Co-chair
Obama-Biden Presidential Transition Project

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Thursday, January 15, 2009

Friday, January 9, 2009

Roland Burris Senate Appointment Court Decision - Illinois Supreme Ct

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US Waters at Supreme Court 12Jan09

Defending U.S. Waters at Supreme Court

http://www.earthjustice.org/

http://action.earthjustice.org/ct/Ip_Ol161mLNS/
Lower Slate Lake, at the center of the case, after surrounding trees were cut down and access roads built.

Dear Sharon,

The first case before the U.S. Supreme Court in 2009 will be argued on Monday by Earthjustice as we oppose a combined attack on our nation's waterways by the Bush administration and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.

We are sending out this news alert to our supporters because of the issue's great significance.

Bush and Palin are jointly asking the Supreme Court to re-interpret the Clean Water Act so that the mining industry can dump its wastes in streams, rivers and lakes throughout America. They want permission to kill every fish and organism in a particular waterway if necessary.

The only obstacle to achieving their ambitions is Earthjustice.

Arguing the case is Earthjustice attorney Tom Waldo, whose appearance before the Supreme Court climaxes a successful, years-long battle in lower courts to prevent a mining company from killing a pristine Alaska lake with chemically treated waste. It's this case the high court is hearing on Monday.

http://action.earthjustice.org/ct/I7_Ol161mLNz/
Tom Waldo, Earthjustice attorney

But, as Tom knows all too well, the stakes are much higher than one small lake. An adverse decision would make a shambles of the Clean Water Act and the waters it is supposed to protect.

The threat is especially imminent in Alaska, whose governor openly promotes unrestrained dumping of mine tailings because of the mining boom it could ignite. The first venture to benefit would be the proposed Pebble Mine—a monster gold mine planned to operate above Alaska's remarkable Bristol Bay, home to the world's richest sockeye salmon fishery. Dumping mine wastes into its waters could be disastrous.

As a supporter of Earthjustice, you have the opportunity to read a live report from the Supreme Court on Monday through our blog, unEarthed. The case will be heard at 10 a.m. (EST), and we expect to have our first blog report shortly after noon.

Regards,

Trip Van Noppen

Trip Van Noppen
President, Earthjustice

P.S. As you can imagine, the costs of preparing for this historic case—and the many critical cases we're working on right now—are staggering, and we rely on your support to succeed. Won't you please consider making a special tax-deductible gift today to help support our legal work on behalf of the environment?

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Thursday, January 1, 2009

FluorideAlert.org

FLUORIDE ACTION NETWORK
http://www.FluorideAlert.org

FAN Bulletin 1031: We came very close

January 1, 2009

Dear SHARON,

First a HAPPY and SUCCESSFUL NEW YEAR to all fluoridation fighters wherever you are.

Second a HUGE thank you to all of those who gave so generously (some more than once!) to our fundraising drive for next year's work to rid the world of this fraud. We didn't quite make our goal - but we came very close. At the stroke of midnight we had raised $37,183, just $1,817 shy of our goal. If you remember we needed to reach $39,000 by midnight Dec 31 to receive another $1000 from a very generous donor. The good news, is that this person was so impressed with our overall effort that he has thrown in the extra $1000 any way.

So with that $!000 and with 2 donations this morning ($70) our grand total is $38,243 from 325 donors.

To put this into perspective, at this time last year - under much more favorable economic circumstances - we had raised $33,023 from 193 donors.

We are extremely excited by the large increase in the number of donors over last year.

We are also excited about our prospects in 2009. Over the next few days we will be outlining some of the ways we will continue the effort to end fluoridation. One of the big ways of course is with our new DVD. We will get this (and other thank you gifts) to donors as soon as we possibly can. Meanwhile, we would appreciate hearing from our friends around the world summarizing their battles and successes they had this last year and their hopes for the coming year.

But today for us - we are going to get some rest. Next bulletin on January 2.

Thank you again for everything you do and being part of the team determined to end fluoridation worldwide.

Paul Connett