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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is now accepting comments on protecting "critical" habitat for endangered northern spotted owls -- so please, help us push for a designation that includes all the habitat these unique owls need to survive and recover.

Long a symbol of the Pacific Northwest's old-growth forests, spotted owls are threatened by both logging and the invasion of their territory by closely related barred owls. The Northwest Forest Plan protected a large portion of the owls' habitat on federal lands, but old forests continue to be cut down on private and state lands.

The Obama administration has proposed to designate nearly 14 million acres of critical habitat for these owls -- an area that covers parts of Washington, Oregon and California. But the proposal also considers excluding more than 4 million acres because they're supposedly protected by other means.

Please tell the Service to protect all the owls' essential habitat.

Take action by using this Web address: http://action.biologicaldiversity.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=10966

Friends-

Do you really own the smartphone or computer you’re using to read this email?

If you sold your computer, would you be breaking the law? A federal court in New York says you would be.

It's unbelievable, but trademark and copyright holders really are trying to take away your right to sell things that you own. Please click here to fight back:

http://www.youvebeenowned.org/

The First-Sale Doctrine gives us the right to sell most property we own. But if the Supreme Court supports the lower court’s decision, we won't really “own” anything if it's from a different country. We expect them to issue a ruling later this year.

The President can urge the Court to side with consumers; then Congress will probably weigh in on the issue, no matter how the Court rules. If we lose this fight, anybody who wants to resell foreign products, from Macbooks and iPhones to our clothing and textbooks, will have to ask copyright holders for permission first. And they'll have the right to deny it! It's bad for so many reasons: It'll undermine Craigslist and Ebay, hurt the environment, increase incentives for manufacturers to move jobs off-shore, and effectively ban the traditional American yard sale.
Just click here to email your lawmakers right away:

http://www.youvebeenowned.org/

Thanks!

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who fears being extradited to the U.S. to face charges of violating the Espionage Act for his role in leaking U.S. diplomatic cables, has asked Ecuador for political asylum.

Will you join me in signing the petition to Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa urging him to grant Julian Assange's request for political asylum?

http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/assange-asylum

Thanks!

I just asked Ecuador to grant asylum to the founder of WikiLeaks. Please join me. http://bit.ly/N87wQ4