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Welcome to the Spring 2008 issue of Act, Inspire,
Change, a quarterly digest of legislative advocacy
campaigns supporting some of today's most crucial
issues. We are enthused to launch Caplan's new
web site at www.CaplanCommunications.com. Through it, we
invite you to track today's clips and RSS coverage for
every major progressive policy campaign we design and
others timely ones that span our clients' policy
agendas. Your ideas are welcome as we are eager
to advance a winning Democratic agenda with you in
2008. Wishing you a happy spring, 
Caplan Communications
aric@caplancommunications.com
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Justice Delayed? Exxon Valdez
Victims launch "The Whole Truth Campaign"
Upon
the 19th anniversary of the devastating Exxon Valdez oil
spill, Caplan helped victims launch The Whole
Truth Campaign in support of the over 32,000
plaintiff fishermen, women and Alaska Natives suing
Exxon to recover punitive damages. The campaign is
supported by leading Alaska advocacy organizations
Prince William Soundkeeper and Cordova District
Fishermen United. Since oral arguments opened in the
Supreme Court through the highly anticipated SCOTUS
decision, plaintiffs have been speaking to their direct
personal losses and other experiences as victims of the
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill.
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Racial Disparities, Not
Counterterrorism, is the Biggest Threat to American
Freedom  Caplan
designed sustained press coverage and secured legendary
journalists Helen Thomas and Bob Edwards as panelists to
discuss the latest Freedom
House study "TODAY'S AMERICAN: How Free?" Best known
for its annual survey of the state of freedom around the
world, Freedom House examines whether America is
sacrificing its fundamental principles in the war
against terror, immigration, criminal justice system and
scrutinizes the state of freedom and justice in
post-9/11 America. In this inspection of modern-day
civil liberties, Freedom House has turned its full
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Protecting America's
Rivers
 Caplan launched major TV
satellite media and radio tours featuring American
Rivers' President Rebecca Wodder to raise urgent
awareness of the 10 Most Endangered Rivers report for
2008. Offering practical remedies, Ms. Wodder told of
local stresses on each listed river and encouraged the
public to take action. Annually, America's
Most Endangered Rivers report highlights rivers
facing the most uncertain futures . This year,
endangered rivers included the Catawba-Wateree River
(NC, SC), Rogue River (OR), Cache la Poudre River (CO),
St. Lawrence River (NY, Canada), Minnesota River (SD,
MN), St. John River (FL), Gila River (NM, AZ), Allagash
River (ME), Pearl River (MS) and Niobrara River (WY,
NE). Since 1986, America's Most Endangered Rivers
listings has resulted in thousands of supporters taking
action to protect their beloved rivers. Such
activities has produced immediate and tangible results.
To see recent success stories, click here.
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NRDC Report Shows American West
Heating Up Nearly Twice As Fast As Rest of the
World
 The
Natural Resources Defense Council released a new
report with the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization
showing how human activities and global warming are
making the climate of the American West increasingly
hotter and drier. The
report, which was drawn from 50 recent scientific
studies, 125 other government and scientific sources,
and new analyses, documents that the West is being
affected more by a changed climate than any other part
of the United States outside of Alaska.
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Planting One Billion
Trees
Penguin
Classics joined The Nature
Conservancy's reforestation plan to restore 2.5
million acres of land by planting one billion trees over
the next seven years in Brazil's Atlantic Forest. Caplan
worked closely with Penguin Classics and The Nature
Conservancy to secure radio interviews to promote major
literary works on natural history and conservation by
Rachel Carson, John Muir, John Wesley Powell, and Peter
Matthiessen, as well as Emerson and Thoreau. It is
particularly fitting that Penguin Classics participates
with environmental issues about which they are deeply
concerned. Click
here for more
information.
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America's Heritage: For
Sale
National Parks
Conservation Association (NPCA) engaged Caplan to
release their "America's
Heritage: For Sale report. Through the first
comprehensive look in decades at development threats to
land within U.S. national parks highlighting 56 national
parks with critical land now on the market, NPCA calls
on Congress to provide the needed funding. The new
report contains information on 56 national parks with
critical lands for sale this year and in-depth case
studies on 10 national parks comprising 4.3 million
acres of private land within park boundaries.
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Super Tuesday Environmental
Scorecards
 In step with the 2008
presidential primary season, Brent Blackwelder,
president of Friends of
the Earth Action, used a nationwide radio campaign
to reveal to listeners each of the presidential
hopefuls' environmental scorecards. Friends of the Earth
Action reminded listeners what they ought to be asking
leading Republican and Democratic candidates on the
major issues to ensure the public was informed about
conservation, energy and environmental issues before
going to the polls.
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The Campaign for America's
Wilderness Launches "10 Treasures"
List
 The
Campaign for America's Wilderness engaged Caplan to
launch Wild...For
How Long:10 Treasures in Trouble .
Our
agency positioned executive director Mike Matz as he
conveyed an urgent call to action to safeguard pivotal
public lands, prompted elected officials to action and
encouraged wide-ranging listening audiences to learn
more click
here. Among the Treasures in Trouble were
Badlands, OR, Tumacacori Highlands, AZ, Beauty Mountain,
CA, Greater Dominguez Canyons, CO, Broad Canyon, NM,
Gold Butte, NV and Chestnut
Ridge, PA.
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Earthjustice: New Polls Show
Rural Voters Overwhelmingly Support Clean Water
Protections
Earthjustice released the results of
public opinion polls showing that a majority of rural
voters agree that the government has not gone far enough
to protect the environment and keep our waters free of
pollution. These voters, of which a quarter own or work
on a farm, also overwhelmingly support Clean Water Act
protection for all bodies of water by more than a
two-to-one margin. Results from 900 randomly selected
voters in congressional districts were selected from a
universe of households defined as "rural" based on the
Census Tract of that address. Bellwether Research &
Consulting conducted the poll on behalf of Earthjustice
in predominantly agricultural districts to counter
arguments from opponents of the federal Clean Water Act
who say rural voters don't want Congress to legislate
protection for all waters of the United States.
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