Patti Goldman
Patti Goldman
citizens forest fought hard plan pushing trade undermine
Our trade negotiators are pushing a plan that would undermine the forest protections that U.S. citizens fought so hard to obtain,
harm plenty progress
There's been very little progress, and plenty of harm done.
rather worse
The travesty is it's going to make things worse -- rather than better -- for recovery.
living lower numbers offspring past slightly
There have been some births with the offspring living past a year, so the numbers are slightly up, but it's still much lower than it should be.
actions allow tools
This will give us the will and the tools to take the actions that will allow them to survive,
designed ensure environment forests forward full government insist leap protect protection pushing review rules
We are urging our government to look before we leap into loosening regulations designed to protect our environment and U.S. jobs. Our government should insist on a full review and modification of the WTO rules to ensure protection of our forests before pushing forward with new proposals.