NRDC Online Newsletter, May 2008

Global Warming and Your Health

From poison ivy in Savannah to meningitis in Mali, global warming is creating health problems across the globe. Our new map highlights health hotspots as well as solutions to combat this growing crisis.

Find health hotspots

Detox Your Home

Yikes! Eco-mom's got roaches, but she doesn't want to spray. Can she tackle her roach problem without using toxic pesticides? Find out on NRDC's SimpleSteps.org.

Keep your home healthy and safe




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	Being Unreasonable About Wolves NRDC scientist Sylvia Fallon blogs about our lawsuit to stop wolf killings. "The states claim that the wolves are more than recovered with numbers around 1500. What they don't acknowledge is that those goals were set over twenty years ago when we knew much less about the biological requirements of many species including wolves." Read Sylvia's full post on Switchboard


	Coming Soon: Safer Beaches? In a victory for beachgoers, a clean beach bill that would fund coastal water safety measures and improve public notification of beach pollution recently won House approval. Get the news on NRDC's YourOceans.org


	Wood Guide Concerned about disappearing forests? Ask these four questions before buying a desk, a deck, flooring or any other wood product. Four questions to ask



	Act Now: Critical Global Warming Vote In just a few weeks, the U.S. Senate will have a historic opportunity to pass legislation to combat global warming. Let your senators know we need a strengthened Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act to help avert a global climate crisis. Make your voice heard through the NRDC Action Fund

	About the Climate Security Act What the act means, and why we need it.

	Global Warming Basics Our popular global warming primer covers the essentials.

	Solving Global Warming in 60 Seconds Got a minute? In this quick video, NRDC experts assemble a recipe of the very best strategies for getting our climate back on track.