LTE, Sierra Club, saving the Arctic

Fwd: saving wildlife in Arctic

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·         SierraClub Information 

To:whipple1078@yahoo.com

‎Jul‎ ‎28‎, ‎2014 at ‎1‎:‎37‎ ‎PM

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From: James Hines <jhcasitas@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 9:20 AM
Subject: Re: saving wildlife in Arctic
To: SierraClub Information <information@sierraclub.org>

Hello Daniel:

 Thank you so much for your comments. You make a lot of very good points. Here in the Sierra Club-Los Padres Chapter (Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, CA) we are working hard on several different campaigns to get local governments to increase mass transit and others way of getting people out of their cars. More bicycle friendly cities is part of our campaign as well as getting local companies to encourage carpooling for employees and using electric vehicles in their company fleets. We are getting results here.

again thanks for writing, we are all in this together and each of us does makes a difference.

for a cleaner planet,

Jim Hines, Conservation Chair

Sierra Club-Los Padres Chapter

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From: Daniel Barker <whipple1078@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 4:13 PM
Subject: saving wildlife in Arctic
To: Sierra <information@sierraclub.org>

Jim Hines
 Conservation Chair
 Sierra Club Los Padres Chapter

Sierra Club 
85 2nd St
San Francisco, CA 94105

Mr Hines,

    It is obvious the reason people drill for oil is demand, not profit; if people stopped using oil there would be no profit and drilling.

What can I do to help?

   Hello, as a lifelong conservative and libertarian and since its founding Tea Party member, today's story about the "McMansion" actor Ron Howard sold sets a bad example.
   I believe it is hard to set an example of legislation and taxation supposedly for 'saving the planet' when the worst offenders are liberal entertainers.
   Of course, in all honesty, my hat goes off to Amtrak Joe, Jr.!  a Senator who commuted by public train (and still does, according to rumors - I can verify we saw a lot of people carrying guns in Union Station) is an example I believe everyone should try to follow.
    Yes, I agree with more Amtrak service. We ride the train as much as possible.  What else?  Encourage flexitarian.  Also, we just learned Nestle is drilling for oil right there in California in one of the driest in the nation - all because the land is owned by Amerian Indians.

    You can encourage electric bicycles.  Also, we need to be realistic about illegal aliens - the simple laws of mathematics state if population increases, so does demand for resources.  The native population here, that is, all demographic groups, have a negative birth rate; it is only the massive illegal immigration that is responsible for more demand for oil, water, land resulting in loss of habitat.

Daniel Barker

6339 Egret Drive

Lakeland, FL  33809

863-815-4534

LTE, Center for Biological Diversity

RE: What can we do?

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·         BioActivist 

To:Daniel Barker

‎May‎ ‎5‎, ‎2017 at ‎1‎:‎18‎ ‎PM

Dear Daniel,

Thank you for supporting the Center for Biological Diversity and for reaching out about this important topic. We’re the only major environmental organization that has a full-time program addressing the impacts of meat production on the environment and wildlife. Even as other environmental groups start to discuss the connection between meat production and environmental harm, the Center continues to lead the way with our strong stance calling for a drastic reduction in consumption and production rather than advocating for "sustainable" forms of meat production. We're the only ones saying that there are simply too many people eating too many animal products for any method of production to be considered sustainable. The population and sustainability team has watched the film, and so have our executive director and development and membership staff, as well as several people from other teams across the organization. I've been in touch with the producers since before the film came out and they're big fans of the Center's work on this issue. They often talk about us in interviews and at events as an environmental group that's doing the right thing and taking this issue head-on. In fact, our Chief Development Officer, Paula Simmonds, has been invited to speak at the first Cowspiracy Conference, where she discussed how the conversation about eating for the planet has been shifting in the environmental movement.

Regarding what we are doing about this, here are some links on sustainability that the Center has worked on:

http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/center/articles/2014/huffington-post-10-01-2014.html

http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/center/articles/2014/guardian-04-25-2014.html

The Center launched our Take Extinction Off Your Plate <http://www.takeextinctionoffyourplate.com/>  campaign in the spring of 2014, urging people to change their diets by eating less meat and dairy, and fighting for policies to help make it easier for them to do so. In just 2.5 years, our campaign has landed major media attention in outlets such as The Guardian and NPR, mobilized students on more than 100 campuses across the country, and engaged dozens of environmental groups and other organizations in campaigns highlighting the unsustainability of the American diet and calling for reduced meat consumption. In addition, we've continued providing resources to help people make dietary changes as well as creating innovative materials, such as our recent Extinction Facts Labels <http://www.takeextinctionoffyourplate.com/extinction_facts/> , to keep the issue in the spotlight in social and traditional media. This past year we expanded our efforts to address overconsumption and sustainability issues and bring them more into the forefront of the media. We now have a senior food campaigner to work on this issue full-time, and as we continue to grow the campaign, we're also increasingly integrating education about dietary choices into the Center's other work on issues like grazing, Wildlife Services, water use and pesticides.

Also, you might want to check out our “Meatstinction” Infographics on our website as well:
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/population_and_sustainability/

If you’d like to stay up to date with what the Center is doing in reference to sustainability, we have an informative E-newsletter you can receive called Pop X:

http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/population_and_sustainability/pop_x/index.html

The Center does encourage reducing meat consumption. Meat production and consumption is inseparable from the population issue – as human population grows, so does the population of livestock and the resources needed to support the livestock industry. At any Center-sponsored events, all of the food provided is vegan.

We do support getting off fossil fuels of course, and renewable energy must be implemented to provide energy. However, we champion solar done right. We have a multi-prong approach including:

1.       Energy conservation as the first tactic – turning off the switches & using less energy

2.       Energy efficiencies  e.g. efficient lighting/cooling/heating, insulation etc.  These have been proven to greatly reduce energy consumption hence reducing carbon pollution

3.       Rooftop & locally produced solar

4.       Utility scale solar on already disturbed lands near substations & existing transmission with capacity

Unfortunately, solar and wind developers early on, chose inappropriate places to propose developments - on undisturbed desert landscapes that were home to rare species.  We have actively engaged in numerous solar/wind projects in the desert – most recently fighting the Palen solar project in Riverside County near Desert Center. While some projects have moved forward, our constant pressure has encouraged solar/wind developers to choose better locations for large-scale projects where impacts to native plants/animals are absent or greatly minimized these days. We have also influenced a greater focus on locally produced solar power (rooftop & small local), which  is implementable and sustainable. Here is a link to the kind of solar energy we advocate for:

http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/population_and_sustainability/energy/

Desert plants and animals are also being affected by climate change.  Our goals are to reduce carbon emissions and allow for robust landscapes, including deserts, so that the plants and animals have a chance to move in adapting to climate change.

Thanks so much for reaching out. Our success and future plans on this issue depend on people like you who are passionate and willing to speak out about the critical role of our diets in protecting wildlife and the planet. Please don't hesitate to contact me directly if you have any questions or would like to discuss our work further.

For The Wild,

Corina Yeh
Membership Assistant

CENTER for BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

P.O. Box 710
Tucson, AZ 85702

(866) 357.3349 ext 323

cyeh@biologicaldiversity.org

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Subject: What can we do?

Fellow Americans,

     As a lifelong conservative, libertarian, Tea Party and Trump, I hear you about your concerns petroleum.  What can we do?  We know petroleum affects everything from the military to war to pollution to vast destruction of habitat.

     Here are some steps.  We can work on other energy, especially solar for commercial and residential.  The thirty percent tax credit will end in a few years, and solar continues to drop in price rapidly.  Wind is also growing rapidly.  I believe if the current trend in price drop continues we will not need the energy subsidies.

    We can divest from fuel stocks.  I ask you - do you encourage your members to travel by public transit or electric vehicle or human powered.

As a conservative and libertarian I believe in personal responsibility as opposed to government, and approve and applaud you taking action.  I recently had published in The Ledger that at parking lots cars are welcome, whereas bicycle or skateboard are scrupulously banned.  What does this say about how we view ourselves?

    I have been flexitarian since May, 1992, and aside from those of you animal rights groups you are silent.  We know meat uses more resources than transit, and my grocer stocks organic meat and dairy. 

    In addition to per capita consumption of oil is capita.  More people means more demands for resources, as well a loss of habitat.    I know we can end the madness of dependence on oil.  We are free to choose to drive or fly, to eat too much meat, to invest in fuel stock - or choose not to.

Daniel Barker

6339 Egret Dr.

Lakeland, FL  33809

863-815-4534

LTE, PETA, dog racing Florida

PETA

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·         Amy Ventura 

To:whipple1078@yahoo.com

‎Jan‎ ‎29 at ‎4‎:‎19‎ ‎PM

Dear Daniel,

Thank you for contacting PETA, for your generous support, and for participating in our action alerts.

We are thrilled that amendment 13 passed in Florida, it was a great victory for dogs. The amendment will shut down 11 Florida dog tracks and allow all those dogs to be released for adoption, joining 40 other states that have already banned this cruel practice.

We appreciate the time you took to share your activism in behalf of animals with us and we are grateful for your efforts. We love hearing about the ways in which people fight for animal rights. PETA depends on the support of compassionate people like you in our efforts to save animals’ lives. We owe our success to people who take action!

We suggest that you write to McDonald’s to say that you participated in a demonstration and tell the company why. Please also consider writing letters to newspapers and magazines to inform the public about the cruelty of McDonald’s. You can find our guide to letter-writing at http://www.PETA.org/action/activism-guide/letter-writing/.

Thanks again for writing and for everything that you do to help animals. Your actions make all the difference in the world to animals in need—please keep up the great work!

Sincerely,

Amy Ventura                                                                                                                          

Membership Correspondent

The PETA Foundation

http://www.PETA.org

P.S. How did we do today? Please take a moment to complete this brief survey on our interaction by visiting www.peta.org/survey.

LTE, PETA, wind

RE: wind

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·         Katherine Nunez 

To:whipple1078@yahoo.com

‎Sep‎ ‎18‎, ‎2018 at ‎1‎:‎33‎ ‎PM

Dear Daniel,

Thank you for your membership support and for contacting PETA regarding the effects of wind turbines on wildlife. PETA shares your concern for the birds and bats who are maimed and killed by wind turbines as well as the young who are left behind when their parents cannot return to the nest or roost. We support design improvements that reduce harm to animals.

It’s important to keep in mind that traditional fuel sources can be just as devastating to wildlife through habitat destruction, production of poisonous gases, and pollution. In one of PETA’s historic victories, we persuaded Mobil, Texaco, Pennzoil, Shell, and other oil companies to cover their exhaust stacks after showing them how millions of birds and bats had become trapped in the shafts and were burned to death. PETA also called for criminal cruelty-to-animals charges against BP in the wake of the 2010 oil-spill tragedy that devastated animals and habitats in the Gulf of Mexico (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ingrid-newkirk/adding-animal-cruelty-to_b_611080.html).

Another organization that works to protect birds from the many threats to them is the American Bird Conservancy (http://www.abcbirds.org/abcprograms/policy/collisions/index.html). We encourage you to contact this group for more information on bird collisions with wind turbines. Bat Conservation International (http://www.batcon.org/our-work/regions/usa-canada/address-serious-threats/wind-energy) is another group working on this issue. You can also contact the National Audubon Society by filling out the form at http://www.audubon.org/contact-us.

Please know that the one bird species that humans subject to the most suffering is also the easiest species to help. More than 9 billion chickens are raised on factory farms each year in the U.S., where, to maximize profits, producers raise as many animals as they can in the least amount of space possible. Crowded into filthy cages or sheds, many of these animals never feel the warmth of the sun on their backs, breathe fresh air, or do anything that is natural to them. Chickens raised for their flesh, called “broilers” by the meat industry, spend their entire lives in filthy sheds with tens of thousands of other birds, where intense crowding and confinement lead to outbreaks of disease. They are bred and drugged to grow so large so quickly that their legs and organs can’t keep up, making heart attacks, organ failure, and leg deformities common. Many become crippled by their own weight and eventually die because they can’t reach food or water. When they’re only 6 or 7 weeks old, they’re crammed into small cages and trucked to slaughter through all weather extremes. Hundreds of millions of chickens sustain broken wings and legs because of rough handling, and millions die from the stress of the journey.

At the slaughterhouse, the chickens’ legs are forced into shackles, their throats are cut, and they are immersed in scalding-hot water in order to remove their feathers. Because they have no federal legal protection (birds are exempt from the federal Humane Methods of Slaughter Act), most are still conscious when their throats are cut open, and many are scalded to death in the feather-removal tanks.

If you haven’t already, please consider sparing birds a miserable life and a violent death by taking them—and all animals—off your plate. Humans don’t need to eat meat: In fact, we’re healthier if we don’t. For thousands of free vegan recipes, health and shopping tips, and more, please visit http://www.PETA.org.

For more ideas about ways to help animals, please visit http://www.PETA.org/action/. To learn about just a few of PETA’s victories for wildlife, please see http://www.PETA.org/category/main-issues/wildlife/?post_type=victory. To make a donation to PETA, please go to http://www.PETA.org/donate.

Thanks again for contacting us and for everything that you do to help animals.

Sincerely,

Katherine Nunez

Membership Correspondent

PETA Foundation

http://www.PETA.org

How did we do today? Please take a moment to respond to our survey at www.PETA.org/survey.

From: Daniel Barker <whipple1078@yahoo.com>
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2018 3:57 PM
To: Tiffany Rose <TiffanyR@peta.org>
Subject: wind

Tiffany Rose

PETA

Tiffany Rose, I am member 46247, ID 888779302.  First, I wish to address your site management.  A good Internet site when members renew their dues, the site has a form you enter your member number or ID, the computer fills out the rest of the form.

My reason for writing is wind mill.  We know that burning fuel harms wildlife, from acid rain to the fuel exhaust has pollution to soil pollution and more.  We know some promote wind mill.  What is the damage or threat to wildlife from wind blades.  We know bats when subjected to rapid change in air pressure experience the bends.

Daniel Barker

6339 Egret Dr.

Lakeland, FL  33809