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EarthWINS Daily #3.89
2/4/98
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 1998 21:24:39 -0800 (PST)
From: Alice McCombs <amccombs@igc.apc.org>
Contents
1. WISCONSIN: Assembly Votes for Mining Moratorium - Call
Wisconsin's Governor!
a. STRENGTHENED MINING MORATORIUM PASSES INTACT--
CALL THE GOVERNOR NOW!!!!
b. Moratorium Candlelight Vigil, Governor's Mansion,
Thursday 5:30 pm
c. Letter from Governor John Engler to Governor
Tommy Thompson re
proposed diversion of Great Lakes water
d. Michigan to Governor Thompson: Don't Steal
Great Lakes Water --
e. Madison: Thursday mining conference
f. STOP CRANDON!
2. Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) Sacrifices
Environmental,
and Human Rights for Profits.
3. Labor Alerts
4. GREENLines Issue #556
5. NBL 7.2: A Simple Business Model. A Profound Business
Challenge
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1. WISCONSIN: Assembly Votes for Mining Moratorium - Call Wisconsin's Governor!
a. STRENGTHENED MINING MORATORIUM PASSES INTACT--
CALL THE GOVERNOR NOW!!!!
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 1998 13:08:44 -0600
From: Zoltan Grossman <mtn@igc.apc.org>
To: wisc-eco <wisc-eco@igc.apc.org>
Wednesday, February 4, 1998
*****Please circulate********
The Wisconsin Assembly has voted 91-7 to concur with
the strengthened Senate version of the Sulfide Mining Moratorium
Bill (Senate Bill 3). The bill now goes to Governor Tommy Thompson
for
his signature or veto. Bill supporters would need to keep two-thirds
of Assembly representatives to override a veto. Please immediately
call
the Governor at (608) 266-1212, or e-mail wisgov@mail.state.wi.us
to ask Thompson to sign SB3! Thompson is backing down on
his threats
to close casinos if tribes don't cave in on environmental and treaty
issues,
at least until after this year's election. He can similarly sign
SB3 to
avoid portraying himself as an enemy of the environment.
SB3 had such momentum and public support coming out
of the Senate yesterday that Assembly Speaker Scott Jensen decided
not to place the newly strengthened bill in a Senate-Assembly Joint
Committee, and it went straight to a second Assembly vote (without
any new
gutting amendments this time). Jensen, Duff, Seratti,
Jeskewitz, Grothman, Hutchison and Urban were the only representatives
to vote against SB3. For background on the up-and-down history of this
bill,
log on to http://www.alphacdc.com/treaty/minebill.html
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Thanks to all who have done such an incredible job on this grassroots
legislation. Thanks in particular to the late Evelyn Churchill,
whose
spirit and perseverence first brought the Moratorium to the
forefront, and thanks to Roscoe Churchill for keeping the
fight going. Win or lose, other states and provinces will
learn from
the example of the Churchills and the people of Wisconsin.
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Wolf Watershed Educational Project
c/o Midwest Treaty Network,
731 State St., Madison WI 53703
Toll-free Hotline: (800) 445-8615
Tel./Fax: (608) 246-2256
E-mail: mtn@igc.apc.org
Web page: http://www.alphacdc.com/treaty/wwep.html
Web links: http://www.earthwins.com
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b. Moratorium Candlelight Vigil, Governor's Mansion, Thursday 5:30 pm
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 1998 16:55:54 -0600
From: Zoltan Grossman <mtn@igc.apc.org>
For immediate release Wed., February 4, 1998
Contact: Dave Blouin (608) 233-8455;
Kira Henschel (608) 231-9721;
Zoltan Grossman (608) 246-2256.
Mining Moratorium Supporters Plan Thursday
evening Candlelight Vigil at Governor's Mansion
Supporters of the Sulfide Mining Moratorium Bill (SB3)
will hold a candlelight vigil at the Governor's Mansion, on
Thursday evening February 5, 1998, from 5:30 to 6:30 pm.
They will ask Governor Thompson to sign the bill--the final,
strengthened version of which passed the Senate by a vote
of 27-5 on Tuesday, and passed the Assembly by a vote of
91-6 on Wednesday. The Governor9s Mansion is at 99
Cambridge Street (at the corner of Lakewood) in Maple Bluff,
off of Sherman. Car pools will leave from the front of Memorial
Union at 5:15; please come by to offer rides. Candles will be
provided; please dress warmly.
The Wolf Watershed Educational Project was founded in 1995
to educate and organize the public along the Wolf and Wisconsin
rivers, and statewide, about the hazards of sulfide mining, and
particularly the proposed Crandon mine. It includes environmental,
Native American, and sportfishing groups from around the state,
and sponsored two speaking tours around the state in 1996 and
1997. The vigil is dedicated to the memory of the late Evelyn
Churchill of Ladysmith, who originally devised the concept of
a sulfide mining moratorium.
"This vote is a giant wake-up call for Rio Algom and other mining
companies that want to operate in environmentally conscious
Wisconsin," said Zoltan Grossman, a spokesperson for the Wolf
Watershed Educational Project. George Rock, a sportfisherman
and spokesperson for the Wisconsin Resources Protection
Council, said "This would be a good time for Rio Algom to realize
that it has bought a pig in a poke, and recognize the interest of its
shareholders by gracefully exiting Wisconsin." Grossman added
that mining would grow as an issue in the upcoming gubernatorial
campaign if Thompson vetos the bill, and that Moratorium backers
will be on guard against any attempts to "undermine" the spirit and
the letter of the bill if the Governor does sign it.
For more information, call the Mining Hotline at 249-2390,
or log on to the Wolf Watershed Educational Project web page at
http://www.alphacdc.com/treaty/wwep.html
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c. Letter from Governor John Engler to Governor Tommy
Thompson re proposed
diversion of Great Lakes water
From: Mining Impact Coalition of Wisconsin
FAX: 608-233-8455
State of Michigan
Office of the Governor
John Engler, Governor
Lancaster
January 28, 1998
The Honorable Tommy G. Thompson
Governor of Wisconsin
P.O. Box 7863
Madison, Wisconsin 53707
Dear Governor Thompson,
Subject: The Proposed Mining Company Diversion of Great Lakes Basin Waters
We are writing to express our concerns relating to the diversion of
waters
from the Great Lakes Basin that may occur in conjunction with the Crandon
Mining Company's (CMC) proposal to build a zinc, lead and copper mine
near
Crandon, Wisconsin. Based upon information assembled by our staff which
includes documents from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
and
reports produced by CMC's consultant, the groundwater that is intended
to
be extracted is hydraulically connected and thus "tributary" to the
surface
water of the Great Lakes. It is, therefore, undisputed that waters
that are
hydraulically connected to the Great Lakes Basin will be diverted to
the
Upper Mississippi River Basin.
The proposed diversion is unquestionably precedential and presents
important legal and public policy issues, not only in Michigan, but
to all
the Great Lakes States. Our staff has reviewed the Water Resources
Development Act of 1986 (WRDA), 42 U.S.C. ss1962d-20(d), which prohibits
a
diversion of any portion of the Great Lakes within the United States
or
from any tributary within the United States, unless such diversion
has the
unanimous gubernatorial consent by all Great Lakes Governors. We are
aware
that the United States Army Corps of Engineers has opined that the
Water
Resources Development Act of 1986 pertains only to surface water
diversions, and not to groundwater extraction. Nevertheless, our research
indicates that a clear preponderance of the case law has held that
"waters
of the United States" include tributary groundwater. Moreover, the
United
States Army Corp (sic) of Engineers' interpretation is also undermined
by
the terms and demonstrable intent of the Great Lakes Compact, the Great
Lakes Charter and Congress' ratification of the Great Lakes Commission,
which are indicative of the understanding that Great Lakes waters include
tributary groundwater.
As one who appreciates and has actively worked to advance the collective
natural resource protection, management and development goals and
objectives of the Great Lakes States, we trust that you will give this
matter your earliest attention and most thoughtful consideration.
Sincerely,
/signed/
John Engler
Governor
/signed/
Frank J. Kelley
Attorney General
cc:
The Honorable Jim Edgar
The Honorable Frank O'Bannon
The Honorable Arne. H. Carlson
The Honorable George E. Pataki
The Honorable George V. Voinovich
The Honorable Thomas J. Ridge
The Honorable James E. Doyle
The Honorable Jim Ryan
The Honorable Jeff Modisett
The Honorable Hubert H. Humphrey, III
The Honorable Dennis C. Vaceo
The Honorable Betty D. Montgomery
The Honorable Michael Fisher
[Note: Transcribed by Dave Blouin, Mining Impact Coalition. Original
fax
was nearly illegible.]
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d. Michigan to Governor Thompson: Don't Steal Great Lakes Water --
Sierra Club
Wisconsin Wildlife Federation
Environmental Law and Policy Center
National Wildlife Federation
For Immediate Release
February 4, 1998
CONTACT: Brett Hulsey or Peter Browne, Sierra Club 608-257-494]
Cam Davis, NWF, 734-769-3351
Conservation Groups Praise Michigan Decision Challenging Wisconsin's
Great
Lakes Diversion for Wolf River Mine
Madison, WI--The Sierra Club, Wisconsin Wildlife Federation, National
Wildlife Federation, and ELPC released a letter mailed to Governor
Thompson
yesterday by Michigan Governon John Engler and Attorney General Frank
Kelley. The Michigan letter sets back Governor Thompson's efforts to
divert
Great Lakes water as part of a mine project on the Wolf River near
Crandon,
WI.
"This is another roadblock for this poorly planned project," said Brett
Hulsey, Sierra Club Great Lakes Program. "This letter shows Michigan
blowing the whistle on Governor Thompson's attempt to steal 10 billion
gallons of water from the Great Lakes. This is another reasong for
Wisconsin to say no to mining to protect our rivers, drinking water,
and
families."
The mine that would take 300 million gallons per year for over 20 years
from Lake Michigan and the Great Lakes basin.
"Great Lakes water must stay in the Great Lakes," said Wayne Schmidt,
Director of NWF's Great Lakes Natural Resource Center in Ann Arbor,
MI.
"Wisconsin's position that Great Lakes groundwater is not Great Lakes
water
is wrong. Period. The Great Lakes must be protected for our families
and
fisheries, now and into the future."
The letter, dated January 28, 1998, said the diversion is "unquestionably
precedential and presents important legal and public policy issues,
not
only in Michigan, but to all the Great Lakes States." Wisconsin contends
that groundwater was not protected by law.
"Governor Thompson is saying drinking from a straw in the top of the
glass
is illegal, but drinking from the bottom of the glass is okay," said
Albert
Ettinger, attorney for the Environmental Law and Policy Center, of
Chicago.
"That defies common sense, and this letter shows Michigan agrees. Wisconsin
and the Army Corps should protect Great Lakes surface and groundwater
since
they are connected."
The Army Corps has ruled that groundwater is not water under law in
the
Great Lakes Basin. Lake Michigan and the Great Lakes provide drinking
water
for 24 million people, including the cities of Green Bay, Milwaukee
and
Chicago. Under federal law, states cannot divert water from the Great
Lakes
without the permission of all other Great Lakes governors.
"On the heels of today's Assembly vote to pass the mining moratorium
bill,
Governor Thompson should sign the mine bill and pull the plug on this
project," said Dave Blouin of the Mining Impact Coalition. "It doesn't
make
sense to steal Green Bay's drinking water to line mining company pockets."
The Sierra Club works to educate the public about how to protect our
families, our environment, and our future. The National Wildlife Federation
is committed to protecting the Great Lakes ecosystem. The Wisconsin
Wildlife Federation is committed to protecting Wisconsin's natural
heritage. The Mining Impact Coalition tries to educate the public about
the
many social and environmental impacts of mining.
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e. Madison: Thursday mining conference
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 1998 08:44:26 -0600
From: Zoltan Grossman <mtn@igc.apc.org>
PEOPLES, PLACES AND CONNECTIONS:
UNDERSTANDING THE CRANDON MINE AREA
8 am-5 pm
Tripp Commons, Memorial Union
8:00 to 9:00am
"The Nature of the Place"
Dave Anderson, resident, environmental specialist
9:00 to 10:00
"The Crandon Mine Proposal"
Dave Anderson
10:00
Break
10:30 to 12:30
"Priorities of Nashville Township"
Chuck Sleeter, Nashville Town Chair
12:30 to 1:30
Lunch
Slide Show
1:30 to 2:30
"Mole Lake and the Struggle for Survival"
Robert Van Zile, tribal member, Nashville Town Board Member
2:30
Break
3:00 to 5:00
"Raising Questions"
Graduate Students
Chris Munson, Zoltan Grossman, Tim Tynan, Kira Henschel
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Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 19:02:43 -0800 (PST)
From: John Shafer <wy430@victoria.tc.ca>
To: corpcomm@rioalgom.com
Cc: wisgov@mail.state.6us
To whom it may concern:
This is not a good project. As a Canadian I am disgusted that
Rio Algom is attempting to despoil these indigenous lands.
Ecocide is genocide. Do not proceed with this ridiculous
project. The bottom line is not everything and the irreparable
damages can never be put back!
For people before profits,
J. Shafer: CFUV FM 102 Public Affairs
Victoria, BC Canada
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2. Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) Sacrifices
Environmental,
and Human Rights for Profits.
wafcdc en.alerts 4:41 PM Feb 4, 1998
From: Steve Holmer <wafcdc@igc.apc.org>
TO: Forest
Activists
FROM: Stu Dalheim and Jim Jontz
DATE: February 4, 1998
The MAI is a proposed multinational agreement that would expands the
rights of investors while dramatically undermining the democratic rights
of citizens. The MAI would give investors the right to sue local
and
national governments for laws and regulations that interfere with their
profits. The goal of the MAI is to remove restrictions to the
free
movement of capital around the world.
The MAI would drive a "race for the bottom" as countries compete to
lower their labor and environmental standards to attract foreign
investment. We have already seen the effects of this "downward
spiral" of economic globalization on forests in the Timber Salvage
Rider.
Forest activists from the Pacific Northwest and the Southeast aim to
end the export of unprocessed wood products from the US in order to
protect jobs and the environment. Any law that they helped pass
toward this end could be challenged by foreign corporations under the
provisions of the MAI.
The MAI would guarantee the interests of mutlinational corporations
to
extract resources for maximum short-term gain. Forest activists
in
developing countries would have little recourse to protect their forest
ecosystems. In many nations the exploitation of native
forests is
already unsustainable. The MAI would worsen the problem.
The US should withdraw from the current MAI negotiations because
the MAI contains no binding, enforceable obligations for corporations
to meet environment and labor standards. Furthermore, MAI gives
foreign investors the legal right to challenge government regulations
designed to protect the environment, public health, and workers' rights.
During the week of February 16th, top political appointees in the
Clinton Administration will go to Paris where the agreement is being
negotiated. Now is the time to raise awareness about the direction
of
the MAI negotiations if we want to have an impact on the agreement
itself.
Two Things You Can Do to Stop the MAI:
1) Contact Undersecretary of State Stuart
Eisenstat Today. Tell
him the US should withdraw from the MAI negotiations until the
negotiations include international rules on investment that integrate
environmental and sustainable development concerns. Call
Undersecretary Eizenstat at (202)-647-7727, or fax (202)-647-5713.
2) Call the US Senate FEBRUARY 10th (National MAI Call-In
Day) Inform your Senators that this agreement threatens our ability
to
establish strong environmental laws and would open up new venues for
corporations to legally challenge our laws and seek compensation.
Ask
them to call the White House and urge the US to quit the negotiations
until environmental and sustainable development concerns are part of
the MAI. Call the Capital switchboard at (202)-224-3121 and ask
for
your Senator.
Steve Holmer
Campaign Coordinator
Western Ancient Forest Campaign
1025 Vermont Ave. NW 3rd Floor
Washington, D.C. 20005
202/879-3188
202/879-3189 fax
wafcdc@igc.org
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rfeather
list.actgreen
5:19 PM Feb 3, 1998
(at unm.edu)
GREENLines, Wed., February 4, 1998 from GREEN,
the GrassRoots Environmental Effectiveness Network,
A project of Defenders of Wildlife
(505) 277-8302 or email rfeather@defenders.org
MOVED BY THE SPIRIT: The 2/3 Washington Post reported "Americans
of
all faiths increasingly are looking at the environment through a
spiritual lens. For them, `caring for creation' is much more
than
preserving wildlife and pristine scenery. It is a religious mandate."
The report featured examples of several Washington, DC churches
and
temples where members adopt environmental practices, such as using
recycled materials and energy efficient lightbulbs and appliances,
and
working to restore local wildlands. A Columbia, MD parish member
said,
"Many years ago, I saw the environment as a gift from God that we
should take care of. However, I see more to it now. I see
God as
being in all of life and all of nature and all of creation. And
because of that, I now see nature and the environment as something
sacred."
SCORECARD: The League of Conservation Voters announced yesterday
its
1997 National Environmental Scorecard rating each Member of Congress
on
the most important votes cast during the First Session of the 105th
Congress. Top members of the Senate majority leadership scored
a
"zero" on the 1997 Scorecard, and the chairmen of the major committees
in the House affecting environmental issues earned an average six
percent. "With leaders like this, it's no wonder we haven't seen
Congress take the lead to protect the health of our environment," said
LCV president Deb Callahan. LCV's Scorecard is available on the
Internet at http//:www.lcv.org
BUDGET RELEASED: A 2/1 US Fish and Wildlife Service press release
detailed the budget allocations for wildlife management in President
Clinton's budget, released 2/2. The proposed budget calls for
a 13.6%
increase over 1998 appropriations for the FWS, and a record 46%
increase for the Service's Endangered Species program. FWS Director
Jamie Clark stated, "The Service's priorities in the coming year
include the effective management of the Endangered Species Act."
The
budget will be reviewed by Congressional appropriations committee
members in the coming weeks. Contact Mary Beth Beetham at (202)
682-
9400.
AGENCY "TERRIFIED": AP reported 2/2 conservation groups filed
suit in
San Diego 2/2 to force the US Fish and Wildlife Service to act on 44
species in danger of extinction in California. "What's really
going on
is Fish and Wildlife is terrified about making a stink over endangered
species," said David Hogan of Southwest Center for Biological
Diversity, one of the groups filing the suit. "...[T]hey don't
want to
rock the boat, they don't want to list any more species as endangered."
Melinda Pierce of the Sierra Club said in one case, FWS dropped
4,000
candidate species without any further study. "We are falling
further
and further behind.," said Pierce. "The bottom line with this
lawsuit
and others is that ..we know our nation's wildlife and plants are
imperiled, and the only way we can secure protection for them is if
Fish and Wildlife acts."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Roger Featherstone, GREEN Director
PO Box 40046, Albuquerque, NM 87196-0046
(505) 277-8302 fax, (505) 277-5483 rfeather@defenders.org
GREEN DC Office
1101 4th St., NW, Ste. 1400, Washington, DC 20005 (202) 682-9400
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5. NBL 7.2: A Simple Business Model. A Profound Business Challenge.
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 23:37:54 -0800
From: (New Bottom Line)gfriend@eco-ops.com
The New Bottom Line
Strategic perspectives on business and environment
v 7 n 2 January 27, 1998
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A Simple Business Model. A Profound Business Challenge.
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More value. Less stuff. It's so simple it bears repeating. Perhaps
_because_ it's so simple it _needs_ repeating. Or maybe it's just that
as I
probe it gets clearer and more resonant in my own mind as the central
business proposition of the coming decades -- certainly for "sustainable"
business, and ultimately for all business.
Regular readers of New Bottom Line have heard some of these ideas before,
so I beg your indulgence as I try to crystallize them. Some will note
that
these thoughts owe a debt to many others to numerous to mention in
this
forum; I thank them in advance, and in absentesia.
More value. Less stuff. Let me put it a bit less bluntly: in a radical
departure from the business model of recent centuries, 21st century
business leadership will accrue to companies that can successfully
build
value -- for customers, shareholders and allies -- while systematically
reducing energy and material throughput.
This proposition emerges from a simple yet powerful "reality-based"
business model: Every business, regardless of sector, regardless of
scale,
can be characterized by its basic "metabolism." Every business (like
every
living organism and ecosystem, like every household and community)
takes in
energy and materials, transforms them, and emits energy and materials.
The
outputs of living systems find their way benefically into the metabolic
flows of other living systems. For a business these outputs take the
form
of two flows, and only two: products and services -- which add value
-- and
non-product output -- which don't.
Two reinforcing lines of argument follow -- one from economic principles,
one from physical law -- that sing one tune.
In economic terms, it makes no sense for a business to spend scarce
resources -- money -- on resources it does not need. And it makes no
sense
for a business to spend more of those scarce resources to produce --
and
then dispose off -- resources it cannot sell, a successful business
should
try to do less of each.
In ecological terms, since what we call production is actually
transformation, (remember conservation of matter? we actually "produce"
nothing), since any transformation within a closed system nets disorder
(remember entropy?) a successful economy will try to minimize
transformation and throughput, rather than maximize them.
Moreover, since only energy from outside a closed system can "pump the
chaos" that would otherwise accumulate within that system, a successful
economy will draw its motive power from our 93 million miles away solar
fusion engine -- most of whose disordering effects take place far from
here.
So watcha gonna do? Minimize throughput. How? In several key ways,
necessary but not individually sufficient conditions for ecological
and
economic success:
EcoEfficiency:
Minimize use of resources needed to produce a product. (How efficient
can
you be? Don't know. But do find out faster than your competitors.)
Dematerialization:
Minimize the amount of product needed to provide the service. (We've
seen
radical dematerialization in computers, telecommunications and even
packaging. What's next?)
Product-to-service:
Turn the product into service, minimizing still further. (Be clear
what
your customers are buying. Do they really want the stuff, or what the
stuff
does for them?)
Waste into product:
Whether through traditional recycling or sophisticated industrial
symbioses, serve your "waste" up as someone else's food. (Don't minimize
waste, Bill McDonough would say, glory in it -- as long as you've designed
it to be "edible" by other processes and non-toxic.)
Harvest _existing_ throughput:
Power the remaining transformations with earth's innate solar flux,
rather
than running new fossil and nuclear flows -- and their physical and
thermal
byproducts -- into the biosphere.
And -- lest this seem like religious dogma -- do all this within the
context of present financial viability, since sustainability must be
eco-nomic as well as eco-logic. (Though it wouldn't hurt to tweak the
economic rules a bit to better reflect physical reality.)
We are admittedly in the Zone of Invention here. The roadmap does not
yet
exist. Profitability and competitive advantage don't follow automatically
from these concepts -- rather from their inspired translation into
breakthrough operating efficiencies and new terms of trade, and
from their
outstanding execution in a competitive landscape in which every firm
is
continually tested by both the immediate rigors of the marketplace
and the
inexorable rigors of the laws of nature.
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