[asia-apec 255] APEC '93 Seattle, WA No. 1

[Northwest FOE Office]

Seattle, WA                                  Early Edition  14 Nov. 1993
                                             No. 1
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ECO has been published by non-governmental groups at major
international conferences since the Stockholm Environmental
Conference in 1972.  This issue is produced cooperatively by
groups attending the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA, in November, 1993.
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Welcome Delegates and News Media
As part of the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), non-
governmental organizations (NGO's) concerned with labor, human
rights and environmental issues have gathered in Seattle to
address impacts of trade on citizens and environment of the
Pacific Rim.

Tropical and temporal forests in Asia and North America are
declining.  Contributions to global warming from burning fossil
fuels in nonsustainable Pacific Rim economies are increasing.

The Pacific Ocean remains regionally polluted from oil spills and
radioactive dumping.  This vast body of water is losing its
biological diversity as fishing species decline.

Nautilus Pacific Research recently released a report entitled
"Regional Cooperation and Environmental Issues in Northeast
Asia", Study for the Northwest Asian Cooperation Dialogue of the
Institute for Global Conflict and Cooperation, 1 October 1993.
This report states:

"Ecological degradation results both from the increased pace of
growth and changes in the industry mix toward more toxic and
polluting industries.  Besides social and environmental costs,
the 'grow now, pay later' strategy of unsustainable development
is likely to generate large environmental financing needs in the
future.  In a feedback effect, these costs could undermine
economic future growth. 

"The 'pollution/resource extraction haven' strategy in Northeast
Asia is risky on three accounts.  First, if pursued by all the
developing countries of Northeast Asia, a 'vicious circle' of
standards-lowering competition could result in a onslaught of
environmental degradation.  Beyond high long-term social and
health costs, rapid resource depletion and ecological decline are
likely to carry high opportunity costs.  The income and
employment stream generated by rapid and unregulated exploitation
of Siberian timber resources, for example, may be less--perhaps
far less--than the development of the Russian Far East as an
international tourism asset.

"Second, companies and industries attracted by 'pollution havens'
are likely to be low growth 'sunset' industries which face a
limited future.  A development strategy based on non-dynamic
companies is unlikely to bring technology transfer and knowledge
spillovers which are crucial to sustainable, self-generating
economic growth.

"Third, products manufactured or extracted from
'pollution/resource extraction havens' may face important
barriers in the increasingly environment and health conscious
markets of the OECD.  Northeast Asian timber resources may be
especially vulnerable: global campaigns by environmentalists
groups such as Greenpeace have already targeted unsustainable
logging practices by South Korean, North korean and other foreign
companies in the Siberian forests"

This is the type of analysis which should be an integral part of
APEC discussions.  Instead we are concerned that the acronym APEC
will stand for A Permanent Environmental Crisis.  It is our hope
that President Clinton will come to Seattle in the spirit of the
Earth Summit at Rio where promises of integrating trade and
environmental issues were made.
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BEYOND APEC

ENVIRONMENTAL PRESS STORIES IN THE ASIA/PACIFIC "NORTHEAST"
Washington, Oregon, Idaho, British Colombia.

Tired of Port presentations, Chamber of Commerce lectures and
Boeing Plant tours?  Here are some suggestions:
*Project Nighthawk
Project Nighthawk has enlisted the help of local airplane pilots
willing to fly press/delegates over Puget Sound and the cascades
--at no cost--to show the loss of Ancient Forests in the Region. 
Weather permitting. PL    Project Nighthawk XXX-XXXX

TRADE ISSUES/NAFTA

*Why did grass-roots environmental groups oppose this version of
the North American Trade Agreement?  FOE, SC

*Why was a lawsuit brought against NAFTA for failing to have an
environmental impact statement?  FOE

*Why are cigarettes the eighth (1992) biggest export from the
state of Washington? FOE

FOE - Friends of the Earth 633-1661 David E. Ortman 
SC - Sierra Club 621-1696  Bill Arthur

ENERGY ISSUES

*How did the region take energy forecasting away from the
electric industry?  NCAC

*What is the NW Power Planning Council?  How did energy
conservation become the number one priority for the Region?
NWPPC, NCAC, NRDC

*How did the attempt by the Washington Public Power Supply System
(WPPSS) to build five nuclear power plants lead to the biggest
bond default in US history?  NCAC, SC

*How has the decimation of the Region's salmon resources head to
the lowest electric rates in the United States? 

*What economic factors led to the recent closure of the Trojan
Nuclear Power Plant in Oregon?  NCAC, FOB

*What renewable energy resources are available in the Region? 
NCAC

*Why is the United States oil industry wasting the equivalent of
three Exxon Valdez oil spills a day?  FOE

FOB - Forelaws on Board  (503) 637-3549 Lloyd Marbet
FOE - Friends of the Earth 633-1661 David E. Ortman
NCAC - NW Conservation Act Coalition 621-0094  K.C. Golden
NWPPC - NW Power Planning Council (800) 222-3355
NRDC - Natural Resources Defense Council (415) 495-5996 Ralph     
   Cavanugh
SC - Sierra Club 621-1696 Bill Arthur
SOS - Save Our Wild Salmon 622-2904 Michael Rossotto/Tim Sterns

FORESTRY

*Why have Washington state-owned forestry lands been clearcut for
exports?  WEC

*Are Federal and state of exports non-tariff trade barriers?  FOE

*What is a spotted owl?  Why is it important?  NAS, SCLDF

*What is landscape management?  SC

*What is the record of US Forest Service management of our public
lands?  SC, IEPLC, WAFC, ONRC, WWC

*How did citizens use the court system to show the Federal
Government was breaking its own forestry laws?  SCLDF

WEC - Washington Environmental Council 622-8103 Marcy Golde
FOE - Friends of the Earth 633-1661 David E. Ortman
ONRC - Oregon Natural Resource Council (503) 223-9001 Andy Kerr
NAS - National Audubon Society (206) 786-8020 Jim Pissot
SCLDF - Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund 343-7340 Todd True\Vic
     Sher
SC - Sierra Club 621-1696 Bill Arthur
IEPLC - Island Empire Public Lands Council (509) 327-1699 Dave
     Crandall
WAFC - Western Ancient Forest Campaign 632-6041 Josh Marks
WWC - Washington Wilderness Coalition 633-1992 Chris Carrel

RIVERS/ANADROMOUS FISH

*Why has Congress authorized the largest watershed/salmon
restoration project in the country by the removal of two dams on
the Elwha River  on the Olympic Peninsula?  FOE

*Why has salmon production in the Columbia River system plummeted
from a historical amount of 20 million to less than 2 million
today?  Why are approximately 500,000 of these wild fish?  SC, 
SOS, AR

*Why are fish hatcheries bad for fish?  OT

*What environmental impacts are caused by hydroelectric dams? 
AR, SOS, OT

*How are forestry practices related to the decline of fish
population?  PSGN, OT, SC, SOS

FOE - Friends of the Earth 633-1661 David E. Ortman
SC - Sierra Club 621-1696 Bill Arthur
SOS - Save our Wild Salmon 622-2904 Michael Rossotto/Tim Sterns
AR - American Rivers 545-7133 Lorri Bodi/Katherine Ranzel
OT - Oregon Trout (503) 246-7870 Bill Blake
PSGN - Puget Sound Gillnetters 937-1048 Pete Knutsen

WATER POLLUTION

*What are citizens doing to stop water pollution into the Puget
Sound? PSA, PPS

*Why are bottom fish in Puget Sound afflicted with cancer and
salmon showing signs of stress from pollution? PPS

*Why did the Washington State Department of Ecology say that
their Federal programs for controlling pollution discharged from
industries and cities was a failure? FOE

*Why does the State of Washington have such bad record of water
pollution violations? WASHPIRG

*Why did citizens sue the Federal Environmental Protection Agency
to correct or take back the State of Washington's NPDES (point
source of pollution permitting system) program? SCLDF, PPS, FOE

*Why is Victoria B.C. (Canada) still dumping raw sewage into the
Straight of Juan de Fuca? PPS

*Why has Washington State lost half its wetlands? WETNET

*Why isn't the Clinton Administration protecting existing
wetlands in the United States? FOE


PPS - People for Puget Sound 382-7007 Kathy Fletcher
PSA - Puget Sound Alliance 286-1309 Ken Moser
FOE - Friends of the Earth 633-1661 David E. Ortman
SCLDF - Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund 343-7340 Todd True
WASHPIRG - Washington Public Interest Group 322-9064
WETNET - Wetland Network of Seattle Audubon 783-9093 Dee Arntz

AIR POLLUTION

*What is being done to control air pollution from home heating
with wood stoves? WLA

*Why did it take so long to shut down the State of Washington's
major air pollution source, the Tacoma ASARCO smelter? WLA

WLA - Washington Lung Association 441-5100 Astrid Borg

ENDANGERED SPECIES

*What wildlife and plant species are endangered in this region?
NWF, WNPS, NAS

*What is being done to save the grizzly bears? GEA, GBF

*How is the decimation of habitat related to the increase in
endangered species? GEA, GBF, NAS, NWF, WNPS

GEA - Greater Ecosystem Alliance (206) 671-9950 Mitch Friedman
GBF - Greater Bear Foundation (406) 721-3009 
NAS - National Audubon Society (206) 786-8020 Jim Pissot
NWF - National Wildlife Federation (503) 222-1429 Jacquelyn
Bonomo
WNPS - Washington Native Plant Society 524-7928

TRANSPORTATION

*How has the region dealt with transportation policy? IT&E

*Why do merchants give out parking tokens--but not bus tickets--
for shopping at their stores? IT&E

*What is Seattle doing about bicycle planning? IT&E, SED, NOWBIKE

IT&E - Institute for Transportation and the Environment 322-5463
Preston Schiller
NOWBIKE - 654-0276 Don Bullard
SED - Seattle Engineering Department 223-3074 Peter Lagerway

MILITARY BASES

*How many U.S. Military Bases in the Region have toxic waste
problems? FOE

*How did citizens stop the U.S.Navy from dumping contaminated
sediments into Puget Sound from a proposed Navy base at Everett,
Washington? FOE, SCLDF

*Why is Hanford, Washington, considered one of the most toxic
radioactive cleanup sites in the U.S.? HOA

*What health impacts to the Region's citizens have resulted from
the Hanford Nuclear Reservation? HOA

FOE - Friends of the Earth 633-1661 David E. Ortman
HOA - Heart of America 382-1014 Jerry Pollet
SCLDF - Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund 343-7340 Todd True

RECYCLING

*How has Seattle achieved such a high level of residual
recycling? WCFR

*Why does Oregon have a returnable beverage container bill and
Washington does not? WCFR

*What is being done to reduce overpackaging? WCFR

*What happened to Seattle's past landfills? WCFR

*Where is Seattle's garbage going now? WCFR

*Why have Seattle and King County citizens opposed the
construction of garbage incinerators? WCFR, WTC

*Why have communities across Washington State opposed the
construction of hazardous waste incinerators? WTC

WCFR - Washington Citizens for Recycling 343-5171 Jan Glick
WTC - Washington Toxics Coalition 632-1545 Cha Smith

PESTICIDES/TOXICS

*What progress is being made on alternatives to pesticides? WTC

*How are Seattle and King County dealing with home hazardous
waste? WTC

WTC - Washington Toxics Coalition 632-1545 Cha Smith

MARINE ISSUES

*How did citizens successfully oppose offshore oil drilling off
the  Washington/Oregon coast? FOE, WEC

*Why did Congress establish a National Marine Sanctuary off the
Washington coast? WEC

*What is the Region's history with oil spills and what is being
done to prevent their occurrence? WEC, PPS

*Why is the State of Washington's Coastal Zone Management Program
so weak? FOE

*What is the status of this region's marine mammals, including
whales? GP

FOE - Friends of the Earth 633-1661 David E. Ortman
GP - Greenpeace 632-4326 Cynthia Rust
PPS - People for Puget Sound 382-7007 Kathy Fletcher
WEC - Washington Environmental Council 622-8103 Fred Felleman

NATIONAL PARKS/WILDERNESS

*What is a National Park? OPA, NPCA

*How is a National Park different from a National Forest? TWS,
WWC, NPCA

*What is a National Wilderness Area? TWS

OPA - Olympic Park Associates 543-1812 Polly Dyer
NPCA - National Parks and Conservation Association 824-8808 Dave
Crane
TWS - The Wilderness Society 624-6430 Steve Whitney
WWC - Washington Wilderness Coalition 633-1992 Chris Carrel

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT/SUSTAINABLE SEATTLE

*What is being done to protect the U.S./Canadian Cascade
ecosystem? GEA

*What is happening to move Seattle in the direction of
sustainable development? SS

GEA - Greater Ecosystem Alliance 671-9950 Mitch Friedman
SS - Sustainable Seattle 382-5013 Richard Conlin

POLITICS

*How do some environmental groups work on elections and endorse
candidates for office? SC, WENPAC

*How did environmental groups lobby the Washington State
government? WEC, PPS

FOE - Friends of the Earth 633-1661 David E. Ortman
SC - Sierra Club 621-1696 Bill Arthur
PPS - People for Puget Sound 382-7007 Kathy Fletcher
WEC - Washington Environmental Council 622-8103 Darlene Madenwald
WENPAC - Washington Environmental Political Action Committee 632-
7440 Beth Doglio

ENVIRONMENTAL FUNDRAISING

*What is an environmental foundation? BF
 
*How do environmental organizations raise money in the work
place? ESW

BF - Bullitt Foundation 343-0807 Dennis Hayes
ESW - Earth Share of Washington 622-9840 Maria Denny/Chuck Perov

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ECO is a publication of the Non-Governmental Organizations
present at the APEC Meeting to present alternative trade models
that incorporate sustainable development, poverty alleviation
measures and the protection of the environment.

Staff:

David E. Ortman
Karen Fant
John Reese
Emily Kaplan

The editorial office can be reached at 206-XXX-XXXX, FAX XXX-XXXX
e-mail: foewase at igc.apc.org


MARCH AND RALLY FLYER - Last page

Let's tell the APEC leaders:
WE NEED FAIR TRADE...WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL!

We, the people, call on the leaders of the APEC nations to
respect three basic rights in and trade pact:

*WORKERS' RIGHTS - The right job and job security.  The right to
organize unions, bargain and strike. The right to health care and
a decent standard of living.  Corporate responsibility in the
community.

*HUMAN RIGHTS - Freedom of speech.  Freedom of religion. Release
all political prisoners. Respect for international law. 
Recognize human dignity.  Due process for all.

*ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS - Sustainable Development. Energy
conservation. Preservation of sensitive areas and wildlife
habitats.  Clean air and water.

SATURDAY, NOV. 20  MARCH AND RALLY BEGINNING AT 11:30 a.m.
IBEW Local 46 Hall - 2700 First Ave., Seattle

SPEAKERS: Dolores Huerta, co-founder and first vice president,
United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO
The Rev. Dr. Robert L. Jeffery, Sr., executive director, Black
Dollar Days Task Force
Ron Judd, executive secretary, King County Labor Council, AFL-CIO
Mark Dubois, executive director, WorldWise

Organized by Seattle Citizens' Host Committee, a coalition or
labor, church, environmental and human rights organizations.  For
more information call Washington State Jobs With Justice, 206-
448-7348, or Friends of the Earth, 206-633-1661.