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     BY EVELYN MEADER 
     
    
   
   
    
     The summer of 1987 will long be remembered in P.E.I. by those who 
     
     enjoy sunny, dry, calm golden days. It was a genuine "Holiday Island" 
     
     summer. No rain falling means no acid rain either — a dry summer plus you 
     
     may not have considered. 
     
    

    
     The July /87 issue of "Reader's Digest" contains a disturbing but 
     
     informative article, "And Still the Skies Rain Acid" by Robert Collins, 
     
     one of the first Canadian journalists to report "on the ravages of acid 
     
     rain" (see June 1980 issue). There are two suggestions at the end of the 
     
     article on what we can do about acid rain. Be sure our 50% emissions re- 
     
     duction target is met — check with M.P. and M.L.A. Tell Americans what 
     
     pollution from their country is doing to the land they love to visit. 
     
     Both countries must work together to solve the problem. 
     
    

    
     Stories like "Hydro fiddles while maple trees die" (Toronto Star 
     
     22/4/87) and "Acid rain fight costs $3 million" - a lobby against acid 
     
     rain controls in the U.S. (Globe 2/6/87) are discouraging but there is 
     
     progress. All 700,000 fishing licesnces sold in Ontario this year were 
     
     stapled to a card with acid rain information and an address for getting 
     
     even more information: Acid Rain Information 
     
    

    
     Ontario Ministry of the Environment 
     
     115 St. Clair Ave., W. 
     
     Toronto, Ont. M7A 929 
     
    

    
     If you would like to read any of the acid rain news that comes from 
     
     the Canadian Coalition on Acid Rain (CCAR), Evelyn Meader has it by the 
     
     quire for your reading, not musical enjoyment! From August 1 "Acid Rain 
     
     News": 1. U.S. research funds have been cut by the House of Representa— 
     
     tives. Could this mean a realization that it is time for action not fur— 
     
     ther study? 2. U.S. An E.P.A. study shows delay in acid rain control 
     
     programs costs the U.S. billions in lost health and welfare benefits. 
     
    

    
     3. WORLD A joint U.N. and World Health Organization study shows acid rain 
     
     pollution endangers 600 million city dwellers worldwide. 
     
    

    
     Dry summers are indeed pleasant for holidayers but everyone knows we 
     
     need rain. We need life—giving rain, not the lethal precipitation that is 
     
     still "killing wildlife, wilting forests, eroding buildings and threaten- 
     
     ing human health in many parts of the world" (Globe 27/4/87). Is it any 
     
     wonder the folks being showered in the 7Up ad are so agitated? We all 
     
     need to agitate that our "April Showers" do bring May flowers and not 
     
     bay (or lake or river) sours! 
     
    
   
   
    
     Trust elects new exec. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Barb MacDonald has been elected President of the Is— 
     
     land Nature Trust at a recent meeting. Doug Deacon, vice- 
     
     president, Wendell Profitt, treasurer, and Brian McKenna, 
     
     secretary, were also elected to the executive. Along with 
     
     Executive Director Diane Griffin, the following are also 
     
     on the Board of Directors: Mrs. Justin C. MacLellan, Hon. Angus MacLean, 
     
     Daryl Guignion, Dr. Edgar MacDonald, Dr. Ian MacQuarrie, Dr. Thomas Hall, 
     
     Bruce Smith, Joyce MacLeod, Pat Doyle, Connie Ings, Ian Scott and Lorne 
     
     MacDougald. The Trust has also announced that it will host the Canadian 
     
     Council on Ecological Areas' annual meeting nextiyear in Charlottetown. 
     
    
   
   
    
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