Take Action Against the Chemical Industry!--President Obama has nominated two chemical agribusiness cronies for high level positions. It's time to stop appointing people who are going to push chemical-intensive industrial agriculture, inappropriate biotechnologies and unfair trade deals that put profits before people. Can you ask President Obama to withdraw his nominations and replace them with candidates who have a sustainable vision for U.S. agriculture and trade?

Don't Let Corporate Farms Dictate the Rules!--Is the solution to E. coli contamination in spinach a scorched earth policy that only the biggest farms can follow?  We don't think so, but that's just what corporate agribusiness is suggesting.  Food safety is serious, and while we need real policy, it shouldn't be written to promote industrial farming.  Can you sign a petition to stop the produce industry from writing its own food safety rules?

Protect Our Oceans!--Our oceans need you now.  The ocean waters around the United States and the wildlife in them are important to our health, wealth, and future.  Each one of us has the privilege to use them and the right to help protect them. Unfortunately, right now a plan is underway to limit access to ocean resources to only a handful of individuals and corporations under the guise of conservation. Help fight for our oceans and stop this privatization plan.  Government agencies are given the great responsibility of managing our oceans and everything in them for the benefit of all of us in the United States.  Those agencies have tilted the balance to mostly favor big business interests. This can ultimately damage both the marine environment and long-term stability of coastal communities. So what can you do about it? You can tell the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that they need to uphold their mission!

Save the Tongass National Forest!--Located in the southeastern panhandle of Alaska, the Tongass National Forest is the largest remaining old-growth temperate rainforest on Earth. A lush landscape formed thousands of years ago by glaciers, where 500-year-old trees tower 250 feet overhead. Most Americans don’t even know it exists…but the Timber Industry does.  In fact, just last month a Ketchikan lumber mill applied and was granted access to clear-cut 381 acres in one of the Tongass’ pristine roadless areas. And more timber sales targeting Tongass roadless areas are just around the corner, unless the Obama Administration takes immediate action.  That’s why I’m asking you to please, sign our petition and ask the Obama administration to uphold the Roadless Area Conservation Rule.

Act Now to Prevent Another Gulf Disaster!--We know that an oil and gas spill of such magnitude would result in a disaster far greater than that caused by the Exxon Valdez.   That's why Food & Water Watch, along with our committed activists, is speaking out to prevent such a horror. Write now to the Secretary of the Interior and Congress to prevent a disaster.  British oil giant BP owns and operates a giant oil and gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico. They call their rig "Atlantis." And Atlantis is already leaking.  Food & Water Watch recently became aware of significant and deadly dangers surrounding Atlantis. First of all, Atlantis sits in an already-vulnerable area threatened by the current hurricane season. It would make sense that such a location would require putting safety above all else. Instead, we have learned:

In an effort to prevent the destruction of human and marine life and environs, and to prevent harm to thousands of workers and their livelihood in the Gulf, Food & Water Watch has already written to Secretary Salazar at the Department of the Interior to ask that continuing construction on the platform be stopped. Food & Water Watch is also calling for an investigation and Congressional hearings. And now we need your voice behind us.  Write today to prevent another Gulf disaster.

No Toxic Food!--Have you ever ordered catfish at a restaurant?  You probably assumed you were getting a southern freshwater fish, commonly breaded and fried to a golden brown.  In turns out there's a good chance you were eating a similar whitefish from Vietnam or China.  These imported catfish are not currently subject to the same food safety standards as U.S. catfish.  Can you ask Secretary Vilsack to hold these imported fish to the same high food safety standards?

Stop Polluters from Dictating Energy Policy!--Big Oil and Coal lobbyists are pressuring Congress to weaken legislation that puts America on the path to slash the carbon emissions that cause global warming 80 percent by 2050, a signal accomplishment necessary to preserve the planet for future generations.  Don't let Big Oil, Coal, and the other benefactors of the dirty energy status quo weaken the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES). Deliver a letter to your Representative's office today!
 

Take Action for Clean Air!--Congress is voting on the big energy bill next week. But the latest version of the energy bill would repeal a key part of the Clean Air Act¹—arguably the most important environmental law in American history.  Big coal companies want to revoke President Obama's authority to crack down on global warming pollution from their dirty power plants—and they're on the verge of winning.  If they succeed, the oldest and dirtiest coal plants could keep destroying the climate for years to come. And this change could pave the way for 100 new coal plants, which would pollute our communities with smog, soot, mercury, and global warming pollution.²The big vote is next week. Can you tell Congress not to repeal this Clean Air Act provision? Clicking here will add your name: http://pol.moveon.org/cleanairact/o.pl?id=16386-5425778-Gy_FcEx&t=3

Take Action for Clean Energy!--You've probably heard how Big Oil and Coal industry lobbyists have weakened the energy bill significantly. Congress will vote in less than two weeks. If you're an environmental activist or professional, or involved in a local environmental group, you can help strengthen the energy bill.  Today, we're launching StrengthenIt.org to make sure Congress hears from local environmentalists who want a stronger energy bill. Many members of Congress are looking to local environmental leaders to help them figure out whether to fight to strengthen the bill.  Can you sign the Strengthen It Now Clean Energy Letter? Sign at:  http://www.StrengthenIt.org

Take A Stand to Regulate the Coal Industry!--The tragic Tennessee coal disaster that flooded hundreds of acres with toxic coal ash containing lead, mercury and other hazardous wastes late last year brought the need for enforceable regulation to television screens in living rooms across America.  As efforts to truly safeguard our communities from toxic coal pollution get underway, Senators Brownback and Conrad, at the coal industry's bidding, are already trying to prevent progress by putting pressure on the EPA to relax standards to protect communities from this toxic waste.  Send a message to your Senators asking them to reject Senators Brownback and Conrad's sign on letter that seeks to preserve the dangerous status quo of relaxed coal ash pollution standards.
 

Tell Congress to Strengthen Clean Energy/Green Jobs Bill!--If you haven't been paying attention to the fight in Congress over President Obama's clean energy jobs plan, now's the time to tune in. This is the most important opportunity in generations to jumpstart our economy and fight the climate crisis.  Unfortunately, powerful oil and coal interests have had a stranglehold on our energy policy, demanding loopholes, bailouts, and giveaways from taxpayers. They've won concessions that weaken the bill's ability to deliver on the full promise of clean energy jobs.  But now, progressives are coming together to push back. MoveOn has joined with groups across the progressive movement, from the Sierra Club to ACORN to Oxfam to Rock the Vote, to tell Congress to stand strong against the special interests that seek to weaken the clean energy bill at every turn.  We can strengthen and improve this bill, if clean energy leaders in Congress will join our fight. Can you sign MoveOn's petition to Congress? Clicking here will sign your name:  http://pol.moveon.org/cleanenergy/o.pl?id=16302-5425778-eFhgpqx&t=4

Take Action Against Irradiation!--The Obama Administration is considering nominating Dr. Michael Doyle, a proponent of food irradiation, for Under Secretary of Food Safety.  If this sounds familiar, it's because the Administration was forced to stop considering Michael Osterholm, another irradition proponent, for the same position after thousands of folks like you spoke up. Tell Secretary Vilsack and the Obama Administration that you still don't think irradiation is the answer to our food safety problems.

Tell Pres. Obama to Protect Alaska's Rainforest!--The inauguration of President Obama could mean the end of an eight-year assault on America's last pristine forests. We need your help to make sure the Obama administration makes a new commitment to protecting these remaining wildlands for generations to come.  Please go to http://www.savebiogems.org/tongass/takeaction and urge President Obama to take immediate action to preserve the old growth wilderness of Alaska's Tongass National Forest.

Tell USDA--NO "Organic" Factory Farms!--Many consumers are willing to pay more for organic milk because of what the label represents - cows grazing on pastures and farmers using organic methods that are good for animals, the environment, and consumer health. But for years the USDA has not enforced strong organic dairy standards, allowing factory farm dairies with thousands of animals to be certified organic.  Tell the USDA there's no such thing as an organic factory farm!

Keep Mad Cow Out of US!--The 2003 discovery of the first case of mad cow disease in the United States cast serious doubts on years of reassurances from the meat industry and the USDA that it couldn't happen here.  Now the USDA and the big meat companies want consumers to believe them again.  We need your help to keep Mad Cow Disease out of the U.S.  For the last three years, the USDA has been trying to open the border to Canadian cattle over the age of thirty months.  This is significant because older cattle (those over thirty months of age) are considered to be at higher risk for having Mad Cow Disease and therefore pose a greater risk if they enter the food supply.  Canada has had 13 cases of Mad Cow Disease, the most recent of which was discovered in June.  So why would the United States take older, high risk cattle from a country known to have a significant prevalence of this disease?  The meat companies want to be able to source cattle from wherever they are the cheapest, which is often Canada.  Combined with the known problems in U.S. slaughterhouses in following the rules for handling the risky nervous system materials believed to spread the disease, importing older Canadian cattle creates unnecessary risk for U.S. consumers.   Tell USDA to put public health before meat industry profits and not to open the border to older Canadian cattle. Take Action Now.