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The USA's environment
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
ENVIRONMENT FACTS
GLOBAL
UN STUDY SHOWS THAT 22 MILLION ACRES OF THE EARTHS MOST FERTILE
PRODUCTIVE SOIL HAS BEEN PERMANENTLY RUINED. THIS IS 10.5% AND IS
EQUAL TO THE SIZE OF INDIA AND CHINA COMBINED. 3 BILLION MORE ACRES
ARE SERIOUSLY DAMAGED.
SEPT., '92. UN REPORT ON OZONE DEPLETION OVER ANTARTICA DECLARES
INCREASE TO 9 MILLION MILES. 3X SIZE OF USA.
THE USA IS FAILING TO MAKE RADICAL CONSTRUCTIVE CHANGES IN ENERGY, FOOD,
AGRICULTURE, NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, EDUCATION, HEALTH CARE, TRANSPORTATION,
POPULATION, ECONOMIC EQUALITY, JUSTICE, RACE AND GENDER EQUALITY ETC.
ALL OF THIS SHOWS A LACK OF OR RELUCTANCE OF INTELLIGENCE AND LEADERSHIP
IN THE FACE OF DIRE SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES.
ANY NATION THAT FAILS TO ESTABLISH A BALANCE BETWEEN THE INDUSTRIAL AND
AND NATURAL LIFE, FAILS TO CUT POPULATION, FAILS TO CREATE 100% ORGANIC
AGRICULTURE, FAILS TO BECOME ENERGY AND FOOD SELF SUFFICIENT WILL BE
FACED WITH GRIEVOUS SOCIAL SUFFERING, DECLINE AND SELF DESTRUCTION BY
THE YEAR 2020. EVEN IF THEY DO ACHIEVE THESE INTELLIGENT CHANGES THEY
WILL NOT ESCAPE SUFFERING AND DESTRUCTION UNLESS ALL OTHER NATIONS DO
THE SAME. THE PRESENT AMERICAN LEADERS IN BIZ, GOVT. AND MILITARY DO
NOT EXPRESS THIS INTERNATIONAL VISION OR INTELLIGENCE.WITHOUT THIS
THE US AND THE WORLD HAVE NO FUTURE.
U.S. RECYCLES 10% , JAPAN RECYCLES 50%.
U.S.COMPANIES ARE EXPORTING CHEMICALS THAT ARE ILLEGAL IN THE USA.
AMERICA HAS 5% OF THE WORLDS POPULATION.CONSUMES 35% OF THE WORLDS
RESOURCES.
GENERATES 25% OF THE CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE AIR.
BUSH OPPOSES EUROPEAN AND JAPANESE CAP ON CO2 EMMISSIONS AT 1990 LEVELS
BY THE YEAR 2000.
US & EUROPE INDUSTRIALIZED SOCIETIES WITH 10% OF THE WORLDS' POPU-
LATION PRODUCE 40% OF THE GREENHOUSE GASES EACH YEAR.
USA OBSTRUCTS INTERNATIONAL EARTH SUMMIT IN BRAZIL. 1992.
THE USA HAS 35% OF THE WORLDS CARS.
THERE WERE 188,000,000 REGISTERED VEHICLES/1988.
60% OF U.S. ENERGY IS CREATED BY BURNING COAL. COAL IS PLENTIFUL AND
CHEAP IN THE U.S., BUT IT IS A MAJOR CREATOR OF C02 AND GREENHOUSE
GASES.
THE U.S. CONSUMES 17 MILLION BARRELS OF OIL PER DAY. IMPORTS 8.4
SINCE WWII THE INDUSTRIALIZED WORLD HAS USED MORE PETROLEUM AND NON-
FUEL MINERALS THAN IN ALL HISTORY. DURING THIS PERIOD THE USA HAS
CONSUMED 40% OF THE TOTAL.
SOOT FROM THE KUWAIT OIL FIRES HAVE LEFT SULPHURIC DEPOSITS THROUGHOUT
THE MIDDLE EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA. SOOT LANDED ON HAWAII AND NEPAL.
DAMAGE FROM THE OIL LEAKS AND SPILLS HAS NOT BEEN CLEANED UP AND HASDONE IMMEASUREABLE DAMAGE TO PERULF LIFE FOR HUNDREDS OF MILES.
THERE IS NOT ONE WHOLISTIC, ORGANIC NATURAL UNIVERSITY ANYWHERE IN THE
INDUSTRIALLZEDWORLD.
EARTH DAY 1991 CHERNOBYL STILL EMITTING 300X SAFE RADIOACTIVE LEVELS.
UKRAINE SCIENTISTS SAY L,OOO,OOO WILL DIE FROM CHERNOBYL RADIATION.
EST. THERE ARE 2-10,000,000 SUFFERING RADIATION SICKNESS.
CHERNOBYL, THE ROOF OF THE REACTOR WAS BLOWN OFF. IT IS PERCHED
PRECARIOUSLY IN THE BUILDING CHIMNEY. IT WEIGHS 200 TONS.
THE CONTAINMENT BLDG IS LOADED WITH DEADLY DUST FROM THE EXPLOSION.
THE BLDG IS FULL OF HOLES. WIND BLOWS THE DUST FOR MILES. A MAJOR
DUST ACCIDENT IS IMMINENT FROM THE COLLAPSE OF THE BUILDING. THE
SCIENTISTS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO REOVER ANY OF THE CONTAMINATED
SOIL FOR HUNDREDS OF MILES. THE INTERNATIONAL AEC HAS NEVER EVEN
VISTED THE SITE. THEY ARE GETTING NO INTERNATIONAL HELP OR COOPERATION.
100 FIRES IN AREA SURROUNDING CHERNOBYL. ABANDONED BLDGS. EXPERTS
WARN OF TOXIC ASH FALLOUT.SUMMER 1992
EURO STATES AGREE TO SPEND $750 MILLION TO REFURBISH 60 CHERNOBYL
TYPE REACTORS. US & JAPAN REFUSE TO CONTRIBUTE. GREENPEACE SAYS THEY
ARE DANGEROUS AND SHOULD BE DESTROYED, NOT REMODELED.
SOVIETS DUMPED 8 NAVAL REACTORS IN THE GULF OF ABROSIMOV 1964-65
THREE STILL HAD RADIOACTIVE FUEL IN THEM.
MAY 24, 1968, SOVIETS SCUTTLE NUKE SUB AFTER ACCIDENT. NEAR NOVAYA
ZEMLYA.
APRIL 14, 1970, SOVIET SUB SINKS IN BAY OF BISCAY.
APRIL 7, 1989, SOV. NUKE SUB SINKS 300 MILES OFF NORWAY WITH BALLISTICS.
THERE ARE 80 SOV SUBS AND APPRX 300 REACTORS WAITING TO BE DISPOSED OF.
AUG. 1985, SOV. NUKE SUB SUNK IN CHAZMA BAY AFTER ACCIDENT.
1991, U.N. STUDY SHOWS OZONE DEPLETION EXTENDS OVER ENTLRE U.S. EVEN IN
SUMMER.
THEY PREDICT LOWER CROP YIELDS AND 10% INCREASE IN SKIN CANCERS.
2000 U.S. C0MPANIES HAVE MOVED TO MEXICO. THEY GENERATE UNHEALTHY BOOM
TOWNS.
2/3 ARE ILLEGALLY DUMPING TOXICS. THIS INCLUDES TOXICS WHICH CAUSE
NEUROLOGICAL DAMAGE AT 6000X UNSAFE LEVELS.
SOME OF THIS RETURNS TO THE USA VIA THE RIO GRANDE, THE PACIFIC OCEAN
AND THE GULF OF MEXICO.
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF TONS OF PLASTICS ARE DUMPED IN THE OCEANS YEARLY.
THE U.S. MILITARY DUMPED RADIOACTIVE WASTES
IN THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC FOR 37 YRS.
US NAVY DUMPED RADIOACTIVE WASTE DRUMPS OFF THE FARRALON ISLANDS.
THEY HAVE CORRODED AND ARE LEAKING.
1-5-92, 5 CARGO CONTAINERS OF ARSENIC FALL OFF SHIP INTO THE ATLANTIC.
IN 1989 THE WORLDS TOP EARTH SCIENTISTS MET IN THE USA AND THEN INEUROPE. THEY SAID WE HAVE A 20 YEAOW ON THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH
TO STOP AND REVERSE THE DESTRUCTION TO THE ENVIRONMENT. AFTER THAT WE
WILL NOT BE ABLE TO STOP THE TOTAL DEGENERATION OF THE EARTHS NATURAL
CHAINS OF BIOLOGICAL INTERDEPENDANCE. IBM AND DU PONT CAME OUT A COU-
PLE WEEKS LATER WITH THEIR EXPERT$ WHO SAID WE HAVE 60 YEARS. EVEN IF
WHAT THEY SAY IS TRUE; THE WORLDS BEST MINDS ARE DEBATING THE DIFFER-
ENCE BETWEEN 20 & 60 YEARS, AT THE END OF 4.5 BILLION YEARS OF EVOLU-
TION. NO MAJOR EFFORT HAS YET BEEN MADE BY THE INDUSTRIALIZED OR EM-
ERGING NATIONS TO STOP AND REVERSE THE DESTRUCTIVE PROCESSES.
JAPANESE SCIENTIFIC STUDY SHOWS THAT 'ACID SNOW' HAS A SLIGHTLY HIGHER
TOXIC PARTICULATE LEVEL THAN ACID RAIN.
MARINE BIOLOGISTS MEET IN APRIL '92, TO CONSIDER THE EPIDEMIC GROWTH
OF RED TIDE ALGAE THAT IS SPREADING GLOBALLY AT ALARMING RATE. THEY ARE
NOT SURE IF GLOBAL WARMING CONTRIBUTES TO GROWTH OR IT IS SIMPLY BECAUSE
OF SEWERAGE AND FERTILIZERS WASHED TNTO THE OCEANS. SINCE 1989 IT HAS
CAUSED INCREASING TOXIC CONTAMINATION OF SHELLFISH,FISH AND MARINE MAM-
MALS, FROM JAPAN, TO NEW ENGLAND TO SOUTH AMERICA TO THE PACIFIC NORTH.
IT MAY BE INDICATIVE OF GREATER PROBLEMS DEVELOPING IN THE OCEANS.
COLOMBIA, S.A., 2-19-92. BEGINS SPRAYING IN ANDES WITH POWERFUL
HERBICIDE TO DESTROY POPPY PLANTS. OPIUM PRODUCTION IS INCREASING.
ENVIRONMENTALISTS OPPOSE THIS.
JAPAN MANUFACTURES 18 BILLION STYROFOAM TRAYS PER YEAR, RECYCLES 4%
IN 1988 THE CANADIAN PARLIAMENT THREATENED TO STOP ALL TRADE WITH THE
USA UNLESS IT DID SOMETHING ABOUT STOPPING ACID RAIN. MULRONEY AND
BUSH CIRCUMVENTED THIS. IN BERMUDA 1991, A MONTH AFTER THE GULF WAR
BUSH AND MULRONEY MET AND DECIDED TO FORM A COMMISSION TO STUDY ACID
RAIN FOR TWO MORE YEARS.
USA-EARTH FACTS
GLOBAL
1/2 OF THE WORLDS PRIMARY TROPICAL FORESTS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED
SINCE WWII.
IVORY COAST- 90% DEFORESTATION IN 30 YEARS.
MADACASCAR 90% GONE. MADAGASCAR 9 OUT OF 10 PLANT AND ANIMAL
SPECIES FOUND NOWHERE ELSE ON EARTH.
CONSEQUENT DESERTIFICATION MAKES MADAGASCAR THE MOST 'ERODED NATION'
IN THE FORTIES THAILAND WAS 70% FOREST, NOW 15%. DEADLY FLOODS IN
1988 CAUSED DEATH TO HUNDREDS. EROSION TO BLAME.
NOVEMBER 1991, EROSION AND FLOODS IN PHILLIPINES CAUSED DEATH TO
THOUSANDS.
2/3 OF PANAMA IS GONE.
2/3 OF THE PHILLIPINES IS DEFORESTED.
INDONESIA, MILLIONS ACRES BURNED IN THE LAST 20 YEARS FOR RE-
SETTLEMENT . 7,000,000 PEOPLE TRANSPORTED SO FAR.
PRESENT FIVE YEAR PLAN IS TO RESETTLE 3 MILLION MORE. 2 MILLION
ACRES WILL BE DESTROYED EACH YEAR. TOTAL TRANSMIGRATION PLAN IN-
VOLVES 65 MILLION PEOPLE.
ONLY 1% OF THE FORESTS ARE BEING MANAGED FOR SUSTAINED YIELD.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF TRIBAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLE ARE THREATENED.
43,000 SQ. MILES OF AMAZON FOREST ARE DESTROYED EACH YEAR.
1,000,000 HAVE BEEN RESETTLED SINCE 1980.
RHODINIA, SARAWAK AND PALAU ARE NOW AMONG THE WORLDS MOST THREATENED
RAINFORESTS.
IN 20 YEARS, 23 OF 33 COUNTRIES WILL NO LONGER HAVE ENOUGH TIMBER
LEFT TO EXPORT.
THAILAND HAS BUT A BAN ON ALL TIMBER PRODUCTION, BUT IT GOES ON
ANYWAY.
RESETTLEMENT IN THE AMAZON HAS RESULTED IN FARMING THE BURNED AREAS
BUT SOIL PRODUCTIVITY DROPS SHARPLY AFTER A FEW YEARS. THE MAJOR
CROP IS SOYBEANS FOR CATTLE FEED.
THE BRAZILIANS AND JAPANESE ARE PROPOSING A NEW HIGHWAY LINKING
WESTERN BRAZIL WITH PERU AND THE PACIFIC. THIS WILL RESULT IN
MORE RAPID DEFORESTATION.
ANTHROPOLOGISTS HAVE IDENTIFIED 1300 PLANTS IN TROPICAL RAINFORESTS
WITH MEDICINAL BENEFITS. 25% OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ORIGINATE FROM
RAINFORESTS.
LESS THAN 10% OF TROPICAL PLANT SPECIES HAVE BEEN STUDIED FOR
MEDICINAL POTENTIALS. LESS THAN 1%~ FOR TREATING CANCER.
41 MILLION RAINFOREST ACRES PER YEAR BEING DESTROYED. CUTTING HAS
INCREASED 50% IN LAST DECADE.
USA-EARTH-FACTS
SPACE
THERE ARE 70,000 PIECES OF 'SPACE JUNK' IN ORBIT.
THE MYTH OF SPACE SCI-FI. EVEN IF THE USA AND OTHER INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS
COULD MAINTAIN THE PRESENT TECHNOLOGICAL GROWTH AND NATURAL RESOURCES
CONSUMPTION LEVELS NECESSARY TO PUT VEHICLES IN SPACE(WHICH THEY CAN'T);
NASA SCIENTISTS ADMIT THAT IT WILL BE HUNDREDS OF YEARS BEFORE WE ACHIEVE
LIGHT SPEED DRIVES OR THE CAPACITY TO REACH OTHER HABITABLE GALAXIES AND
RETURN. 1/3 THE WORLDS OIL IS GONE. THE REST WILL BE GONE BY 2030. THERE
ARE NUMEROUS RARE AND DIMINISHING MINERALS AND ELEMENTS WHICH WILL BE GONE
LONG BEFORE 200 YEARS. AT THE PRESENT STAGE OF DE-EVOLUTION THERE MAY NOT
BE ANY HUMANS TO RUN THE PROGRAM IN 200 YEARS.
THERE HAVE BEEN 51+ SHUTTLE FLIGHTS.
EVERY SHUTTLE FLIGHT GIVES OFF 100 TONS OF HYDROCHLORIC ACID WHICHREMAINS IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND DESTZONE.
THE NEW SPACE STATION WILL COST $118 BILLION +
THERE HAVE BEEN 3,192 SUCCESSFUL SPACES LAUNCHES BY ALL NATIONS AS OF
1989.
FEB. 3, 92, NASA SCIENTISTS ANNOUNCE ALARMING NEW FINDINGS OF
HIGH LEVELS OF FLOUROCARBONS IN THE STRATOSPHERE. THEY SAY IT IS
DESTROYING OZONE AT A RAPID RATE. 1%-2% PER DAY OVER THE NORTH POLAR
ZONE. THEY EXPECT A 40% LOSS. THEY SAY IT IS BEING DESTROYED OVER THE
UNITED STATES AND EUROPE. THIS CONFIRMS REPORTS BY U.N. SCIENTISTS IN
THE FALL OF 1991. THIS IS SUPER SERIOUS LETHAL NEWS. IT MEANS ALL THE
EFFORTS TO CLEAN UP INDUSTRIAL TOXICS IN THE AIR ARE NOT WORKING YET.
IT MEANS BUSHS' MOVE TO RELAX FEDERAL REGULATIONS ON INDUSTRY,WHERE
THE ENVIRONMENT IS EFFECTED, IS SUICIDAL.
KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE POLITICS OF POWER IS NOT SO MUCH A MATTER OF
LEARNING POLITICS, AS IT IS A MATTER OF SURVIVAL.
NASA EXPERTS SAY TOO MUCH TIME AND MONEY IS SPENT ON MILITARY AND
GLAMOUR PROJECTS. NOT ENOUGH ON LANDSAT WEATHER AND POLLUTION
MONITORING SATTELITES.
JAN. '92, EPA EXPERTS EMPLOYEES SAY THEY ARE BEING MUZZLED AND PRESSURED
NOT TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE EPA OR INDUSTRY WHICH EPA IS ACCUSED OF
FAVORING.
FEB. '92, BUSH ANNOUNCES PLAN TO CUT U.S. USE OF CFCS BY 1995. THIS IS
FIVE YEARS EARLIER THAN PLANNED. THE MILITARY IS THE MAIN USER OF CFCS.
ONE GENERAL DYNAMICS MILITARY AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURING PLANT USES 500,000
LBS OF CFCS PER YEAR.
BUSHS STATEMENT COULD JUST BE AN ELECTION YEAR PLOY.
INDUSTRY SPECIALISTS SAY THEY NEED UNTIL 2010 TO PHASE OUT CFCS.
CONVERSION WOULD COST BILLIONS AND RESULT IN TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
JOBS LOST.
EXAMPLES: $30 BILLION WORTH OF AIR CONDITIONING AND REFRIGERATION UNITS
ARE INSTALLED YEARLY. THEY USE FREON.
THERE ARE 152,000,000 REFRIGERATORS WITH FREON IN THE US TODAY.
8,000,000 NEW ONES ARE PRODUCED EACH YEAR
THE NEW CHEMICAL HCFC STILL DESTROYS OZONE AT 10% OF NORMAL CFCS.
ENVIRONMENTALISTS SAY THIS IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
THREATENED BY GLOBAL WARMING, FLORIDA PANTHER, MARINE TURTLES, POLAR
BEARS, MIGRATORY BIRDS, MANGROVE SWAMPS, ETC. MINNESOTA HEMLOCK FORESTS,
MICHIGAN JACK PINE FORESTS AND SPECIES DEPENDANT ON THEM. CORAL REEFS,
AMERICAS BREAD BASKET WOULD SUFFER FROM MORE DROUGHTS.
60% OF U.S. ELECTRICITY IS CREATED WITH COAL. COAL IS PLENTIFUL IN
THE USA. BURNING COAL IS A MAJOR CAUSE OF CO2 GLOBAL WARMING. BUSH
HAS OFFERED $75 MILLION IN AID TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TO CREATE
CLEAN ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY. $75 MILLION IS PENNIES. BUT BUSH REFUSES
TO CAP US CO2 EMISSION GROWTH. THIS IS 139 NATIONS TO 1. EUROPEANS
FAVOR CONSERVATION METHODS VIA TECHNOLOGY AND CLEAN ENERGY.
USA-EARTH-FACTS
NATIONAL
USA PRODUCES 300 MILLION TONS OF HAZARDOUS WASTES PER YEAR.
CALIFORNIA 2.5 MILLION TONS.
MASSACHUSETTS 250,000 TONS PER YEAR. MASS. IS THE BIGGEST EXPORTER.
MANY STATES ARE JUST MOVING AROUND TO STATES WITH LOOSER LAWS.
MOST PEOPLE TREAT THE EARTH AND ENVIRONMENT LIKE A HOBBY.
BACKYARD BARBECUES THREATEN THE OZONE.
ONLY 22% OF THE POPULATION ARE ACTIVE IN RELATION TO THE ENVIRONMENT.
THE USA HAS 35% OF THE WORLDS CARS.
THERE WERE 188,000,000 REGISTERED VEHICLES/1988.
3-13-2, CAMPAIGNING IN MICHIGAN BUSH TOLD AUTOMAKERS NOT TO WORRY
ABOUT UPCOMING AUTO ENERGY AND SMOG CONTROL LEGISLATION DEADLINES.
SOIL SAMPLES SHOW HIGH LEAD CONTENT NEAR ALL FREEWAYS AND INTERSTATES.
THERE ARE THREE TIMES AS MANY CARS AS PEOPLE IN CAL.
SONOMA, CA, SEPT 27,'92, AUTOMOBILE TIRE PILE FIRE CLOSES HWY 101.
10% OF ALL ARABLE LAND IN THE USA IS USED TO SERVICE MOTOR VEHICLES.
DIESEL TRUCKS GIVE OFF TWICE THE LEVEL OF OXIDES AS CARS.
HALF THE WATER USED IN THE USA IS TO PRODUCE CATTLE FEED.
OVER HALF THE CHEMICALS IN AGRICULTURE SERVE THE SAME PURPOSE.
CATTLE RAISING FOR MEAT EATERS HAS RESULTED IN NITRATE
CONTAMINATION OF 2/3 OF THE WESTERN GROUND WATER.
EST. IT WILL COST $70 TO $100,000,000 TO CLEAN UP THE NITRATES
IN SOUTHERN CAL. GROUNDWATER.
2/3 OF AMERICAS COASTLINES LAKES & RIVERS ARE CONTAMINATED.
ALL OF AMERICAS COASTAL CITIES ARE SUFFERING HARBOR POLLUTION.
DOCTORS AND CDC BAFFLED BY 4X NATIONAL BIRTH DEFECT RATE IN SOUTH
TEXAS COUNTIES. MOSTLY HISPANIC, MIGRANT FARM WORKERS EXPOSED TO
PESTICIDES. ANACEPHALUS (BORN WITH NO BRAIN) SPINA BIFIDA.
GRAND RAPIDS, ANIMAL WASTES AND FERTILIZERS POLLUTING WATER IN OTTAWA,
MUSKEGON AND OCCANA COUNTIES.
EVERY ONE OF THE GREAT LAKES IS PRACTICALLY DEAD. ERIE IS THE WORST.
THE USE OF PESTICIDES AND FERTILIZERS BY HOMEOWNERS AND FARMERS IS DOING
SERIOUS DAMAGE TO SEA LIFE, INCLUDING ITS CORAL REEFS.
ONLY 5% OF AMERICAN AGRICULTURE IS PESTICIDE AND CHEMICAL FREE.
THERE ARE 33,000 PESTICIDES ON THE MARKET.
FARMERS USE 2-L/2 BILLION TONS PER YEAR.
HOMEOWNERS USE MORE.
THERE ARE 71 TOXIC CHEMICALS IN CALIFORNIAS FARM SOIL.
SOME BIOLOGISTS AND EARTH SCIENTISTS REPORT FINDING WORSE CHEMICALS IN
THE AGRIBIZ RUNOFF. THAN SILENIUM. MORE DANGEROUS TO HUMANS. THEY SAY
THE ONLY SOLUTION IS TO RETIRE CAL. FARMLANDS FOR DECADES.
SUBURBAN BUSINESS PARKS AND SEMI-RURAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS ARE THREAT-
ENING EXISTING AGRICULTURE. THERE ARE CONSTANT BATTLES BETWEEN THE TWO.
THE EPA SAYS IT SEES NO MAJOR TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES IN AGRICULTURE FOR 50
YEARS.
A PESTICIDE IMMUNE WHITEFLY CALLED "SUPERBUG" BY FARMERS DID SIOO MILL-
ION IN DAMAGE TO CALIFORNIAS IMPERIAL VALLEY VEGETABLE CROP IN THE FALL
AND WINTER OF 1991. ENTOMOLOGISTS SAY THE BUG WILL NOT BE BROUGHT UNDER
CONTROL FOR A FEW YEARS AND THEY EXPECT DAMAGE IN '92 TO BE WORSE.
EBDC'S WERE BANNED BY THE EPA IN 1989 AS CARCINOGENIC. IN FEB.'92 THEY
ALLOW IT TO BE USED AGAIN, ON CERTAIN VEGETABLES.
THE WESTERN STATES LEGAL FOUNDATION WON A SUIT TO GET FIVE CANCER CAUSING
PESTICIDES BANNED. THE EPA IS APPEALING. FALL 1992.
THE EPA AND AGRIBIZ LOBBYISTS ARE ALSO BACKING LEGISLATION TO INCREASE
THE TOXICITY OF NUMEROUS PESTICIDES AND TO INTRODUCE NEW MORE TOXIC
AND VIOLENT PESTICIDES; IN PART BECAUSE OF SUCH CREATURES AS THE
MEDFLY, WHITEFLY AND ROOTLOUSE WHICH ARE CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE AND
LO$$ TO CAL AGRIBIZ. THESE CREATURES ARE DEVELOPING INCREASED RESISTANCE
AND EVEN IMMUNITY TO EXISTING PESTICIDES. THIS IS A GROWING PHENOMENON
DUE TO OVERUSE OF CHEMICALS FOR DECADES.
280 FARM RUNOFF DRAINS EMPTY INTO THE CALIFORNIA AQUEDUCT. WATER CON-
TROLLERS SAY ITS NO PROBLEM.
EPA WARNS 35,000 PEOPLE IN FOUR CAL COUNTIES WHO GET WATER FROM 1500
GROUND WELLS THAT THEY ARE CONTAMINATED BY ARSENIC
CALIFORNIA CLOSED PUBLIC BEACHES 383 TIMES DURING L990 DUE TO POLLUTION.
2/3 OF AMERICAS GROUNDWATER IS CONTAMINATED.
MISSISSLPI IS THE MOST POLLUTED WATERWAY IN AMERICA.
MOST ENDANGERED RIVERS IN AMERICA: COLUMBIA, SNAKE,MISSISSIPPI,
COLORADO, AMERICAN, PENOBSCOT,BLACKFOOT,EVERGLADES,CLAVEY.
CAL. WINTER STORM, FLOODING '92 CAUSES SIX DEATHS, OVERFLOW OF LA
SEWERS AND STIRRING UP OF COASTAL HEAVY METALS, TOXICS. BEACHES CLOSED
FOR SIXTY MILES.
CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN RATIONING WATER FOR YEARS.
CLIMATE CHANGES COULD COST $200 BILLION FOR IRRIGATION.
DROUGHT IN CALIFORNIA KILLED 2 MILLION TREES 1991-1992. NO MEASURE
OF ANIMAL LIFE LOST.
U.S. AGRONOMISTS CLAIM THAT SOIL EROSION AND DEPLETION IS A MAJOR PROBLEM.
THE U.S. USED UP 1/2 IT'S LANDFILLS IN 1991.
NYC PRODUCES 100 TONS OF LITTER PER DAY.
THE NEW DISPOSABLE DIAPERS ARE BAD FOR EARTH.
10 TO 20,000,000 A DAY BEING USED.
AMERICANS PAY $1 TO $10 PER PRODUCT PACKAGING, WHICH BECOMES WASTE.
THERE ARE 900 ILLEGAL TOXIC DUMPS IN THE USA.
THERE ARE 300,000 HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES IN THE USA.
THE USA GENERATES 800,000,000 TONS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE PER YEAR.
MODERN $CIENCE CREATES 100 PROBLEMS FOR EVERY ONE THEY SOLVE.
THERE ARE 35,000 CHEMICAL PLANTS IN USA.
1992, CALIFORNIA PUBLISHED A LIST OF COMPANIES WHERE PROXIMITY
MAY CAUSE CANCER.
U.S.COMPANIES ARE EXPORTING CHEMICALS THAT ARE ILLEGAL IN THE USA.
THERE IS NO TOXICS INFORMATION ON 79% OF THE CHEMICALS USED
COMMERCIALLY.
THERE ARE 1200 TO 1300 TRAIN DERAILMENTS PER YEAR. 60% INVOLVE TOXICS.
THERE ARE 4000 BIG RIG ACCIDENTS PER YEAR 50% INVOLVE TOXICS.
FEB., 92, INDIANAPOLIS, MARATHON OIL SPILL COVERS FOUR MILES.
NEW BEDFORD, FEB., '92, 18,000 GALLON FUEL OIL BARGE SINKS, LEAKS INTO
HARBOR.
THERE WERE 14 MAJOR OIL SPILLS IN AMERICA DURING 1990
JUNE 1992, BUSH GIVES OKAY FOR INDUSTRY AND CITIES TO POLLUTE WITHOUT
NOTIFYING PUBLIC.
CORPORATE AND GOVERNNENT POLLUTORS ARE REPEATEDLY ALLOWED TO SLIDE.
ROADSIDE LITTER: 54% IS FROM DAST FOOD PLACES. 42% IS ACCIDENTAL
HARDWARE. 75% IS FROM MALES.
THE MAJORITY OF TOXIC LANDFILLS IN THE US ARE NEAR HIGH POVERTY AREAS.
MOST OF THESE POVERTY AREAS ARE LARGELY COMPOSED OF BLACKS AND HISPANICS.
THIS IS ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM.
ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM. EXAMPLES: CHEMICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT INC. HAS
4 OUT OF 5 OF ITS' TOXIC WASTE SITES IN HIGH POVERTY AREAS THAT ARE
PREDOMINANTLY BLACK OR HISPANIC.
TYPICAL LOCATIONS OF TOXIC WASTE DANGER AREAS: RICHMOND, CA., MARTINEZ,
CA., KETTLEMEN CITY, CA., SOUTH CENTRAL LA, HUNTERS POINT, SF- THE DIRT-
IEST ZIPCODE IN AMERICA.
WHILE TOXIC INCINERATOR EXPERTS CLAIM THEY DISPOSE OF 99.9% OF THEMATERIALS THEY BURN, THIS STILL MENS OF TOXICS WHICH DON'T BURN
WHEN YOU MEASURE THE VOLUME THEY HANDLE.
MARTINEZ, CA, PROTESTS AGAINST TOXIC INCINERATOR RESULT IN
RHONE POULENC TO CANCEL PLANS. 1992.
FEB. '92,. CAROLINA RESIDENTS PROTEST BUILDING OF TOXIC INCINERATOR.
IT WILL COST TWO TRILLION DOLLARS TO CLEAN UP EXISTING POLLUTION IN
AMERICA.
$15 BILLION HAS BEEN ALLOCATED FOR THE TOXIC CLEANUP 'SUPERFUND
SO FAR ONLY 70 OF 1200 SITES HAVE BEEN CLEARED.
THERE IS WIDESPREAD PROFITEERING AND CORRUPTION AMONG THE COMPANIES
WHO GET THE CONTRACTS TO CLEANUP THE SUPERFUND SITES.
NAT'L LAW JOURNAL REPORT SEPT. '92 PROVES THAT TOXIC SITES IN
MINORITY AREAS TAKE 20% LONGER TO GET ON THE NATIONAL SUPERFUND
CLEANUP LIST. ALSO FINES AGAINST POLLUTORS IN WHITE AREAS ARE
LEVIED 500% MORE THAN IN MINORITY AREAS.
45% CHANCE OF NUKE PLANT MELTDOWN IN USA BY 2005.
THE DOE AND NRC STILL DON'T HONESTLY KNOW WHAT TO SAFELY
DO WITH AMERICAS EXISTING NUKE WASTES.
CITIZENS GROUPS PROTEST LAX OVERSIGHTING OF NUKE PLANTS BY NRC.
THERE WERE 8 NUKE POWER PLANT ACCIDENTS 'ALERTS' IN THE USA
BETWEEN NOV.'91 AND JANUARY 20, 1992.
UKRAINE SCIENTISTS SAY 1,000,000 WILL DIE OF RADIATION FROM CHERNOBYL.
THERE ARE 353 NUCLEAR REACTORS IN THE US. FEB. '92.
1991, FEDS/DOE BEGIN STORAGE/DUMPING OF NUKE WASTES IN NEW MEXICO CAVES.
OVER 100 NUKE PLANTS IN USA PROVIDE 20% OF ITS POWER. WASTES HAVE
ACCUMULATED AT 60 PLANTS. PLAN A IS TO STORE ALL WASTES AT YUCCA MTN,
NEVADA. IT WILL COST $25 BILLION TO BUILD A FACILITY. IT WILL NOT BE
READY UNTIL 2010. THERE IS NO PLAN B.
OCEAN COUNTY, NJ., 10,000 ACRE FIRE THREATENS NUKE PLANT. 5-4-92.
THERE ARE 7000 RADIOACTIVE SITES IN THE USA. CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA
TOP THE LIST.
NAT'L TOXICS COALITION POINTS TO MILITARY AS WORST POLLUTOR.
IDENTIFIES 1400 TOXIC HOT SPOTS AROUND MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.
CAPE THOMPSON, ALASKA. DEFUNCT AEC DUMPED 15,000 LBS RADIOACTIVE
SOIL FROM NEVADA TESTS THERE IN THE 1960S' WITHOUT TELLING LOCAL ESKIMOS.
TOP SCIENTISTS WARN OF INCREASING RISK
FROM AGING NUKE WEAPON STOCKPILES.
GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION AROUND LAWRENCE LIVERMORE LAB POSES
PUBLIC RISK.
WATER TESTS AROUND NUKE SUB BASES SHOWS COBALT 60 AND CESIUM
137 LEVELS 9 TIMES OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT FIGURES.
1992, US BUDGET, $307 BILLION FOR THE MILITARY. $20 BILLION FOR THE
ENVIRONMENT.
AVTEX- FONT ROYAL, VA. PLANT CITED FOR 2000 POLLUTION VIOLATIONS
PENTAGON PAID $38 MILLION TO BAIL THEM OUT. THEY PRODUCE MISSILE
AND SHUTTLE MATERIAL.
THE U.S. HAS BEGUN DESTRUCTION OF 2000 NUKE WEAPONS PER YEAR AT A
WEAPONS PLANT 25 MILES FROM AMARILLO TX. THEY WILL STORE 150,000
LBS OF PLUTONIUM (FROM THE CORES). THE U.S. HAS MANUFACTURED 240,000
LBS OF PLUTONIUM.
1991, PENTAGON ESTIMATES IT WILL COST $150 BILLION TO CLEANUP
8 OBSOLETE & HAZARDOUS NUKE WEAPONS PLANTS. GAO EST. IT WILL
COST $300 BILLION. NO MONEY HAS BEEN APPROPRIATED FOR THIS.
GENERAL APPOINTED TO HEAD DOE.
DOE RECCOMMENDS TWO MORE YEARS DELAY OF HANFORD CLEANUP. STUDY. 1992.
1991, ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS OKAYS DEVELOPMENT OF 3/4 AMERICAS WETLANDS.
CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL OBSOLETE ARSENAL . OVER 400 ,000 WEAPONS. THERE
HAVE BEEN 32 ACCIDENTS IN 7 MONTHS. THE MILITARY PLANS 8 INCINERATORS
IN THE USA. UTAH IS NEAR COMPLETION. RESIDENTS IN KENTUCKY ARE TRYING
TO BLOCK IT THERE.
NOT ONLY IS THERE A LACK OF FORWARD LOOKING AND ACTING ON THE PART OF
AMERICANS WITH WEALTH AND POWER, THEY ARE BEING OBSTRUCTIVE TO THOSE
GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE, VIA LEGISLATIVE STASIS, FILING COSTLY
LAWSUITS AGAINST PROGRESSIVE GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS, MANIPULATING THE
MEDIA TO DISCREDIT PROGRESSIVES AND CONFUSE THE PUBLIC, USING POLICE
FORCE AND THE THREAT OF FORCE TO INTIMID~TE, USING PAID "EXPERTS" TO
FURTHER ARGUE, DIFFUSE, CONFUSE AND CLOUD REALITIES THAT ARE LIFE THREAT-
ENING TO ALL.
SEPT. 20,1992. CBS-60 MINUTES PROGRAM DOCUMENTS INCREASED VIOLENT
ATTACKS ON ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS.
1000+ CORPORATE SLAPS HAVE BEEN LEVIED AGAINST ENVIRONMENTALLY ACTIVE
RESIDENTS IN THE USA.
POLLS SHOW THAT ONLY 22% OF AMERICANS ARE ACTIVE ABOUT THE EARTH. 20%
OF THOSE ARE ONLY ACTIVE IN TERMS OF RECYCLING WINE BOTTLES AND MAGAZINES
VIA CITY CURBSIDE PICKUPS.
FOLLOWING THE FIRST MAJOR NATIONAL EARTH DAY IN AMERICA WHEN 1 MILLION
PEOPLE MARCHED ON WASH. DC., THE GOVT. AND CORPORATIONS BEGAN A MASSIVE
MEDIA BLITZ TO CONVINCE THE PUBLIC THAT GOVT. AND BIZ HAD THE PROBLEMS
OF THE ENVIRONMENT UNDER THEIR CONTROL AND THINGS ARE GETTING BETTER.
THEY WERE SO SUCCESFUL THAT AMERICANS DIDN'T BOTHER TO HAVE AN
EARTH DAY AGAIN FOR 19 YEARS. FOLLOWING THE SECOND BIG EARTH DAY IN
1990 THE GOVT. AND CORPORATIONS BEGAN ANOTHER MEDIA BLITZ TO CONVINCE
THE PUBLIC THAT THEY HAVE THE PROBLEMS OF THE ENVIRONMENT UNDER THEIRCONTROL. SINCE 1990 EARTH ACTIVS DECLINED. DURING THE 19 YEARS
OF ENVIRONMENTAL SLOTH BETWEEN 1970-1990, THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
IN AMERICA INCREASED 100 FOLD. WE SURVIVED THOSE 19 YEARS. THE EARTH
AND THE HUMAN RACE WILL NOT SURVIVE ANOTHER 19 YEARS OF SUCH NEGLECT.
BUSH (THE ENVIRONMENTAL PRES.) REFUSES VISIT WITH REPS OF 200,000 SCHOOL
CHILDREN IN D.C. DID NOT ACCEPT 100,000 SIGNATURE ENVIRONMENTAL PETITION.
CHILDREN SUGGEST BUSH ATTEND JUNE ENYIRO SUMMIT IN BRAZIL ANO COMMIT USA
TO 25% REDUCTION IN C02 EMMISIONS. 1-27-92
JAN. '92, EPA EXPERTS EMPLOYEES SAY THEY ARE BEING MUZZLED AND PRESSURED
NOT TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE EPA OR INDUSTRY WHICH EPA IS ACCUSED OF
FAVORING.
FEB. 5, 1992, SAN DIEGO, SEWERAGE PIPE, 1/2 MILE OUT IN PACIFIC BREAKS.
DISCHARGING MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF SEWERAGE PER DAY. THEY SAY IT
WILL TAKE TWO MONTHS & $10,000,000 TO REPAIR.
FEB. 11, LEAK STILL DUMPING 180,000,000 GALLONS PER DAY. GOV. DECLARES
STATE OF EMERGENCY. 60 MILES OF BEACHES CLOSED.
NY & NJ DUMP 8,000,000 TONS OF SEWER SLUDGE IN THE ATLANTIC PER YEAR.
MARCH 30, SAN DIEGO, BROKEN PIPE STILL SPEWING 180,000,000 GALLONS
OF SEWERAGE INTO THE BAY EACH DAY. TWO MONTHS NOW.
FEB. 27,'92, FDA REPORT CLAIMS 20% OF PACIFIC CATCH FISH ARE UNSAFE. MOST
OF THE FISH COME FROM ASIA.
THE ROCKIES. THERE ARE 15,000 ABANDONED MINES IN THE COLORADO
ROCKIES. THEY SPILL TOXIC ACIDS AND HEAVY METALS.25 AQUAFERS HAVE
BEEN SERIOUSLY DAMAGED. 1300 MILES OF STREAMS HAVE BEEN CONTAMINATED.
ONE MINE NEAR LEADVILLE SPILLS 3 MILL[ON GALLONS OF TOXIC WATER A
DAY. 1 TON OF HEAVY METALS PER HOUR. THIS HAS BEEN OCCURING EVERY
DAY FOR THIRTY YEARS.
THERE ARE 50 BILLION TONS OF TOXIC MINE TALINGS IN THE USA.
TALINGS AROUND TELLURIDE RESULT IN HEAVY METALS SUCH AS LEAD,ZINC,
MERCURY, CADMIUM, SILVER ETC. IN RESIDENTS OF THE AREA.
CADMIUM HAS BEEN FOUND IN 3 WELLS NEAR ASPEN.
SULPHUR DIOXIDE AND NITROGEN OXIDES BECOME SULPURIC ACID AND NITRIC
ACID IN ACID RAIN AND SNOW. EVERY YEAR A SIX MONTH ACCUMULATION OF
ACITIC POLLUTION HITS ALL ORGANISMS IN THE SPRING RUNOFF WATERSHED
AT 70 TIMES NORMAL. NORMAL ACIDITY IS 4.9% WHICH IS ALREADY REASON
FOR CONCERN.
ACIDS RUNNING THROUGH THE MINE TALINGS CAUSE FURTHER TOXIC COM-
PLICATIONS. FISH, SALAMANDERS AND OTHER SPECIES ARE ENDANGERED.
EPA ESTIMATES THAT IN THE NEXT 50 YEARS GROWTH OF ELECTRI-
CITY ALONE WILL CAUSE A 50% RISE IN SULPHURIC ACID AND A 100% RISE
IN NITROGEN OXIDES.
THERE ARE 27 SKI RESORTS IN COLORADO IN SUB ALPINE MEADOWS.
TOURISM CREATES $5 BILLION IN INCOME FOR COLORADO. MINING $1 BILLION.BUT, THE INFLUX OF PEOPLE IS EXE GROWTH WITH ITS OWN NEGATIVE
IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT.
MOST ENDANGERED RIVERS IN AMERICA: COLUMBIA, SNAKE,MISSISSIPPI,
COLORADO, AMERICAN, PENOBSCOT,BLACKFOOT,EVERGLADES,CLAVEY.
IT TAKES OVER 62,000 TREES TO PROVIDE THE PULP FOR EACH NY TIMES
SUNDAY EDITION.
CLOSURE OF PUBLIC LANDS CAUSES LOSSES TO SMALL LUMBER COMPANIES BUT
BIG COMPANIES WITH PRIVATE FOREST LANDS GOT A 26% RISE IN PROFITS
DURING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1991 BECAUSE OF IT.
THE FOREST SERVICE SPENDS MORE TO PROVIDE PRIVATE LUMBER INTERESTS
WITH CHAEP TIMBER THAN IT MAKES FROM OVERALL SALES. IT RUNS IN THE
RED EACH YEAR. TAXPAYERS SUBSIDIZE PRIVATE LUMBER.
THE NEW BUSH BUDGET CALLS FOR A $10 ADMISSION CHARGE TO NATIONAL PARKS.
IT ALSO SEEKS A 5? TAX ON PHONE CALLS.
A COPY OF THE BUDGET COSTS $43.
FEB. '92, OREGON , THOUSANDS OF LUMBER WORKERS AND SUPPORTERS MARCH &
RALLY TO PRESERVE THEIR JOBS WHILE ENVIRONMENTALISTS AND INDUSTRY
SUPPORTERS MEET IN PUBLIC FORUM WITH THE "GOD SQUAD".
FEDERAL JUDGE OKAYS CUTTING IN 40,000 ACRES OF SPOTTED OWL AREA
OF OREGON. GOD SQUAD CONFIRMS IT.
USA-ENERGY-FACTS
THE U.S. IS PLANNING BROAD OIL DRILLING AND DEVELOPMENT
ALONG ALASKAS NORTH SLOPE.
YET IT WOULD ONLY PRODUCE 3% OF AMERICAS OIL CONSUMPTION
FOR A FEW YEARS.
U.S. FOREST SERVICE WANTS TO LEASE 500 OIL DRILLING SLTES
IN THE DAK0TA BADLANDS.
ENERGY BUDGET 1992, $18 BILLION. ALTERNATE ENERGY RESEARCH &
DEVELOPMENT $1.6 BILLION.
CARTER/CONGRESS ALLOCATED $88 BILLION
FOR DEVELOPEMENT OF SYNTHETIC FUELS. 15 YEARS
LATER ONLY $5 BILLION HAS BEEN RELEASED.
THE U.S. BASED WORLDS LARGEST SOLAR ENERGY FIRM WENT OUT OF BUSINESS IN
THE FALL OF 1991, THEY SAID IT WAS DUE TO LACK OF GOVT. AND CORPORATE
$UPPORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVE ENERGY.
THERE ARE 653 ACTIVE OIL DRILLING RIGS IN THE USA. FEB. '92.
USA-ENERGY-FACTS
UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS SAYS THAT US COULD CUT ENERGY DEMAND
IN FORTY YEARS BY UTILIZING EXISTING ENERGY EFFICIENT TECHNO-LOGIES - SUCH AS BETTER INSULATION LIGHIPMENT APPLIANCES,
AND SOLAR.
STUDY SHOWS THAT A $2.7 TRILLION INVESTMENT IN EFFICIENT EQUIPMENT
NOW WILL SAVE THE USA $5 TRILLION OVER FORTY YEARS.
NRDC SAYS IF WE DON'T TAKE THE LEAD WE WILL END UP IMPORTING THESE
TECHNOLOGIES AND THIS WILL FURTHER HURT THE U.S. ECONOMY IN THE LONG
RUN.
THERE ARE OVER 100 NUKE PLANTS IN THE USA. THEY PRODUCE 20% OF THE
POWER IN THE USA. BUT, THEY HAVE CREATED A MAJOR WASTE PROBLEM.
60% OF U.S. ENERGY IS CREATED BY BURNING COAL. COAL IS PLENTIFUL AND
CHEAP IN THE U.S., BUT IT IS A MAJOR CREATOR OF C02 AND GREENHOUSE
GASES.
THE U.S. CONSUMES 17 MILLION BARRELS OF OIL PER DAY. IMPORTS 8.4
MILLION. U.S. HAS 35% OF THE WORLDS CARS.
THE USA USES OVER 10,000 GALLONS OF PETROLEUM PER SECOND.
SINCE WWII THE INDUSTRIALIZED WORLD HAS USED MORE PETROLEUM AND NON-
FUEL MINERALS THAN IN ALL HISTORY. DURING THIS PERIOD THE USA HAS
CONSUMED 40% OF THE TOTAL.
APPRX. 7 TRILLION CUBIC FEET OF NATURAL GAS IS BURNED OFF IN THE
WORLDS' OIL FIELDS EACH YEAR, DELIBERATELY. 2/3 WOULD PROVIDE ALL
OF THE 41+ MILLION HOMES IN AMERICA THAT ARE GAS FUELED, EACH YEAR.
RAILROADS MOVE APPRX. FOUR TIMES AS MUCH FREIGHT PER GALLON OF FUEL
AS BIG TRUCKS. ONE DOUBLE RAIL TRACK CAN ACCOMODATE THE TRAFFIC OF
A TWENTY LANE HIGHWAY.
BIG OIL FIRMS OWN 72% OF THE U.S. HIGH QUALITY RETRIEVABLE URANIUM.
APPRX.1/2 OF ALL U.S. COAL IS DUG FROM SURFACE STRIP MINES.
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