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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Dear Friends
Late-Breaking Fish News
The Economic Localization Movement Arrives in the Eel River Basin
The Untold Story of the Pikeminnow
Sport Fishermen Can Save the Day for the SRA
9th Annual Coho Confab
Getting from “Bleed it and they will come” to “You are Super(wo)man”
Sonoma County Progress and Problems
City Kids and the River:
Making a Difference
Mendocino Water Notes
Global Warming Notes from the Environmental Defense Fund
Fishery Advocates Seek Share of State Oil Revenue Windfall for Restoration
The Right to Water is the Right to Life
End of April 2006 River Trip
Directory of our Supporters
Grateful Thanks to New and Renewing Members
Events 2006
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Global Warming Notes from the Environmental Defense Fund
If you’re like most folks, you’re probably thinking, “Yep, global warming is a monster threat. But it’s so huge it’s impossible to solve.”
Believe us, after working on global warming for the last two decades, we get your drift. Global warming is a monumental challenge.
But, global warming is still a problem we can solve if we all work together.
Read these global warming facts. Then, learn how you can reduce your global warming pollution.
Check out our light bulb buying guide: http://actionnetwork.org/ct/Tdqus0S1gmWp/
Find out how to drive more efficiently: http://actionnetwork.org/ct/T1qus0S1gmW0/
Learn more home energy saving tips: http://actionnetwork.org/ct/Ypqus0S1gmWl/
Global Warming Facts
21 = Percent of America’s global warming pollution produced by individual households.
42 = Number of states where electricity customers have the option to buy green power through their utility or an alternative power supplier.
200,000 = Number of American households that use solar energy.
25 = Pounds of global warming pollution emitted per gallon of gas used in cars.
10 = Percent that Americans could reduce their global warming pollution if all car buyers chose a model that gets 5 more gallons/mile than their current vehicle.
350 = Pounds of global warming pollution reduced by lowering the thermostat 2 degrees in winter.
38 = Number of watts needed to replace a standard 150-watt lightbulb with a compact florescent lightbulb.
25 = Percent reduction in home heating bills by insulating attics, pipes, ductwork and flooring.
You can sign up for Environmental Defense Action Network at:
http://actionnetwork.org/EDF_Action_Network/join.html?r=57qus0S12XUKE
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