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HEAL’S earth liberation agenda
HEAL believes in working from the bottom up and from the inside out. We begin by focusing on ourselves as individuals. What are feasible changes we can make in how we treat ourselves, our bodies, our families, our communities, our countries, and our world? Can we show ourselves love, compassion, and care through proper nourishment of body, mind, and soul? How? By giving our bodies clean air, clean water, and nutrient-rich foods. And, by enriching our minds and souls with value-rich entertainment (this includes a good movie and a good laugh), reading real news, being informed and involved. We can then begin, with patience, love, and compassion, and without judgment or misanthropy, to share our knowledge and values with others and encourage our families and communities to fight for our collective health by working and fighting for clean air, clean water, and nutrient-rich foods. Then, collectively, we vote for strict regulations to clean our air, clean our water, and to insure nutrient-rich foods are available and affordable to all. We must regulate polluters to insure they aren't allowed to dump our toxins on other countries. This is not the answer. We must work for global social and economic justice for all! We must work for a clean and healthy environment for all! And, we cannot hypocritically allow other human beings to suffer so we can keep the illusion of being environmentally-conscious. llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
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Action Alerts are in order of Priority with Newest/Priority Alerts First! Clean Up Toxic Waste!--Recently, Representative Frank Pallone (D-NJ) introduced legislation that would reauthorize the "polluter pays" tax – a bill that will hold corporations accountable for their environmental pollution. Why is this necessary? Because you – not the polluters – are currently paying for the cleanup of arsenic, lead, mercury, PCBs and other deadly chemicals that leach out of these sites. Take action to make corporate polluters clean up their own toxic waste »
Tell President Obama and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner to shift subsidies from big polluters to help developing countries green their economies and fight climate change: http://www.1sky.org/climate-finance
Help Restore Balance in the Bay-Delta Estuary!--Some members of Congress are threatening to disrupt plans that will restore balance to the magnificent San Francisco Bay and Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta—the largest estuary on the West Coast. Let them know that the Bay-Delta needs to thrive again! This is our opportunity to push back against efforts to pressure the Obama administration into keeping the destructive Bush policies instead of restoring the necessary safeguards. A maze of wetlands, farmlands, islands and waterways where torrents from the Sierra Nevada mix with tides from the Pacific Ocean, the Bay-Delta provides a haven for fish and wildlife, drinking water for millions, abundant farmland, and nurtures salmon runs that sustain fishing ports along a thousand miles of U.S. coastline. Maintaining this estuary's extraordinary abundance requires a proper balance between freshwater and saltwater flows. Unfortunately, a Bush administration giveaway to powerful agribusiness interests and billionaire water-brokers shattered that balance by allowing record-breaking levels of freshwater to be pumped out of the Bay-Delta, killing tens of thousands of young salmon and other threatened native fish. This reckless act contributed to a catastrophic crash in fish populations. In the last two years, the collapse of salmon runs shut down commercial and sport salmon fishing seasons and brought economic disaster to communities along the California and Oregon coasts. Earthjustice fought to stop this runaway pumping, resulting in federal agencies implementing science-based plans to restore the estuary's threatened and endangered fish populations. These plans, known as "biological opinions," still allow pumping but prevent the devastating extremes of the past. But right-wing ideologues in the media and their allies in Congress are attacking these biological opinions, creating a campaign of disinformation. Some members of Congress have vowed to attack until they turn the pumps back up to maximum and overturn the hard-won balance in the fragile Bay-Delta. Please tell your elected officials to stand up for sound science and the current biological opinions that restore the Bay-Delta's fish populations, and give this magnificent estuary a chance to thrive again: http://action.earthjustice.org/campaign/baydelta_1209/wsd6e33427j6e5tm?#startform.
Protect Big Game Habitat from Mining!--The U.S. Secretary of the Interior recently ordered a temporary ban on uranium mining in a one million-acre area surrounding the Grand Canyon. Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of the Interior is simultaneously assessing the impact of mining. This temporary ban provides us with a critical opportunity to protect this land from uranium mining today, and for generations to come. Take action >>
Help Protect Our Oceans from Destructive Fishing Practices!--Irresponsible fishing practices are endangering fish, ocean habitat and marine wildlife at unsustainable rates. Massive trawl nets destroy seafloor habitat, while other gears such as longlines, trawls and gillnets indiscriminately capture hundreds of thousands of marine mammals and sea turtles every year. Meanwhile, billions of pounds of unwanted fish are tossed back into the sea, dead or dying, every year. Take action now to help protect our oceans from these destructive practices >
Protect Our Waters!--We need your help. Dangerous pollutants are threatening the health of our waters. Nitrogen and phosphorous pollution have gotten so bad that it threatens the survival of our inland and coastal waters. Sign our petition to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and ask that they set nitrogen and phosphorous pollution standards that protect the waters of the entire Mississippi River Basin and the Gulf of Mexico.
Stop Mountaintop Removal to Protect Rivers and Lakes!--I am appalled that coal mining companies have been allowed to get away with dumping mining waste into our waters, doing irreparable harm to the rivers, streams and lakes. Now is the time to do what's right and put a stop to the devastation caused by mountaintop removal mining! Take action >>
Take Action to Protect Otero Mesa!--New Mexico's Otero Mesa is the largest and wildest Chihuahuan Desert grassland left on public lands in this country. Yet this ecological gem has been under serious threat from potential oil and gas drilling since the beginning of the Bush Administration. But now, thanks to years of hard work by The Wilderness Society, our conservation partners, and the State of New Mexico, there is a chance to safeguard Otero Mesa, but we need your help. Click here to help protect Otero Mesa today!
Take Action to Protect Natural Habitats!--Just two weeks ago the Department of the Interior took a strong first step in protecting the threatened polar bear by proposing a large area of America’s Arctic as critical habitat for the bear – including the sea ice of the Arctic Ocean, part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge coastal plain, and extensive barrier islands. However, only days before this announcement, the very same Interior Department approved a drilling plan for Shell Oil in key polar bear habitat in the Beaufort Sea. That’s why I’m asking you to sign our petition today.
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?
Take Action for Clean Energy!--Last week, Massey Energy began dynamiting Coal River Mountain in West Virginia — the site of a proposed 328-megawatt wind farm — to prepare for a massive mountaintop removal coal mining operation. Coal River Mountain can be a wind farm that provides 85,000 households with electricity, creates 700 long-term green jobs, gives back $1.7 million in annual county taxes and stands as a model for clean energy across the region. Or, it can be a 6,000-acre dirty energy wasteland. The fate of Coal River Mountain is up to you. Contact the Obama administration today. Ask them to immediately stop the blasting on Coal River Mountain and preserve our nation's clean energy resources.
Take Action Against Polluters!--On Thursday morning the Senate took a huge step toward our clean energy future by passing the Clean Energy Jobs bill out of committee, but they did so without Republican support. In fact, Republican members boycotted the markup! Tell your Senator that we must fight back and pass a strong bill that will create jobs, increase security, and fight global warming.
Bring Renewable Energy to Native American Reservations!--Tribal reservation lands occupy some of the harshest landscapes in the United States. Temperatures can range from over 110° F in the summer to -60° F in the winter. For tribal families in reservation communities with poorly built houses, managing these temperature fluctuations can be an insurmountable challenge. Bring inexpensive, reliable and renewable energy to Native American Reservations today! »
Tell Congress to Pass a Strong Climate Bill!--A just-released report from the United Nations Environment Program said that without prompt action, sea levels could rise as much as 2 meters by 2100. Put another way, our current inaction will cause irreparable damage to the planet in the lives of today's children. Take action today for our children >>
Take Action for Responsible Disposal of Coal Ash!--On August 31st the location of more than 580 toxic coal ash sites were released to the public. The waste at these sites contains toxins like arsenic, selenium, lead, mercury, cadmium, chromium, boron, thallium, and aluminum, and yet federal disposal regulations classify coal ash the same way they classify household trash. Find out if you or a loved one live near a toxic coal ash site, and then email the EPA today to tell them it's time to regulate coal ash for the safety and health of our communities.
Keep the Great Lakes Safe!--Each year, more than 24 billion gallons of untreated sewage and stormwater are dumped into the Great Lakes along with massive amounts of polluted runoff. Attack beach contamination! Sign the petition urging the Senate to pass the Clean Coastal Environment and Public Health Act. »
Stop the Senate from Giving
Nuclear Power a Blank Check!--Unless
we speak out, the Senate is planning
to funnel billions of dollars to the
nuclear power industry through a
so-called “clean energy bank.” This
plan would in effect write a blank
check—using taxpayers’ money—to
provide unlimited loans for nuclear
reactors at the expense of
investments in clean, affordable
renewable energy sources such as
wind and solar. Setting aside the
safety and security risks associated
with nuclear power, taxpayers should
not be on the hook for hundreds of
billions in loans to an industry
with such a poor financial track
record. Tell your senator
taxpayer dollars should be spent on
truly clean, affordable energy
projects.
Urge your senators to oppose
unlimited loan guarantees for the
nuclear power industry.
Take Action to Keep Rocket Fuel Out of Drinking Water!--Drinking water in 35 states and our nation's capital contains perchlorate, an ingredient in rocket fuel, at levels that could be harmful to human health. The EPA is still only considering making a national primary drinking rule for perchlorate. They are now seeking "comments on approaches for evaluating whether there is a meaningful opportunity for human health risk reduction of perchlorate." Well, by EPA's most conservative estimates, the number of people served by water contaminated with high levels of perchlorate ranges between 16.8 and 53.4 million people. Of course establishing a rule on perchlorate is an opportunity reduce human health risk! Scientists say perchlorate impacts the thyroid's production of hormones that are important for fetal neural development. Rather than safeguarding your health, your family's, and your community's, the EPA lets chemical companies off the hook for cleaning up the rocket fuel mess. How many millions of people are enough to make EPA act? Write now to protect your water from this contaminant.
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?
Take Action to Protect Natural Habitats from Mining!--We have only a limited opportunity to make an impact -- and 1.1 million acres of Alaskan wilderness to protect from brutal hard rock mining. That's why I'm asking you to take action right now to urge Bob Abbey, the new Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), to preserve the Bristol Bay watershed and protect critical habitats for salmon, brown bears, eagles and wolves.
Take Action to Protect the Grand Canyon from Uranium Mining!--Last weekend, President Barack Obama visited the Grand Canyon, America's most iconic landmark. But uranium mining within miles of its majestic rim threatens to tarnish this timeless treasure. Let the Obama administration know that the Grand Canyon must be protected >>
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!
Tell the Dep't of Energy to Adopt
Higher Efficiency Standards!--The
American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act made a significant amount of
funds available to states to improve
energy efficiency by encouraging
states to adopt and enforce energy
building codes. To receive this
funding, states must make certain
minimum commitments to energy
efficient building codes. These
commitments reflect important policy
objectives for improving efficiency,
decreasing greenhouse gas emissions
and spurring growth in the economy
if the money is spent wisely.
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.
Ask Your Representative to Support the Offshore Aquaculture is Not Fishing Act!--People across the nation, and especially in the Gulf of Mexico, have told decision-makers to slow down on ocean fish farming, but one regional fishery management council and a federal agency - the very one tasked with protecting and managing ocean resources for the benefit of U.S. citizens - have decided to ignore more than 20,000 people's comments opposing ocean fish farming and move forward with finalizing a plan to permit offshore aquaculture in U.S. waters. But a bill introduced today by Representative Taylor, called the "Offshore Aquaculture is not Fishing Act of 2009" - if passed - would stop this bad plan. The bill prevents regional councils, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Secretary of Commerce from allowing ocean fish farming in U.S. waters. Take action now and ask your Representative to support this bill.
Take Action to Save the Arctic!--America's Arctic, which includes the iconic Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, is our nation's only Arctic ecosystem. It supports America's entire population of polar bears, roaming caribou herds, and millions of birds that migrate there from every state in the U.S. and across the world. We need President Obama to act to protect the lands and waters of America's Arctic, before Big Oil starts drilling! Sign our petition to President Obama. America's Arctic deserves protection.
Take Action for Clean Water!--Our water and wastewater infrastructure is in desperate need of repair. The American Society of Civil Engineers has given both systems a D- grade. In order to protect our essential water resources, create tens of thousands of green jobs, and safeguard public health, join us in urging Congress to create a permanent and dedicated federal funding source! On July 15, 2009, Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-3) introduced H.R.3202, which would create such a trust fund. While the bill is excellent in many respects, it should be strengthened to ensure public dollars go to public water systems, not to subsidize corporate profits of private water companies. By signing below, you can show your support for a Water Protection and Reinvestment Trust Fund that protects and strengthens our publicly owned water and wastewater systems. Urge Your Congressperson to Support The Water Protection and Reinvestment Trust Fund by Signing Below!
Take Action to Protect the Tongass Forest from Clearcutting!--In a stunning blow to the environment, the Obama Administration just approved a clearcut of 382 acres of timber in a roadless area of Alaska's Tongass National Forest. Stop the clearcut! >>
Take Action to Protect Water!--On June 22, 2009, the Supreme Court ruled that the Clean Water Act permits a mining company to pump hundreds of thousands of gallons per day of toxic wastewater slurry into an Alaskan lake, killing its fish and aquatic life. Keep our water clean and protect our valuable wildlife! >>
Take Action to Protect California's State Parks!--The state of California is a national leader in preserving resources. Yet right now, over 200 state parks are in danger of closure if Governor Schwarzenegger's budget plan is approved. Help California save its state parks by signing the petition today. »
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.
Tell Your Senators to Support a Strong Energy Reform Bill!--Last month, the House passed the clean energy jobs bill--and it was your calls, faxes and visits to House members that made this critical first step towards a clean energy economy possible. Now the fight moves to the Senate, where we'll have to keep organizing and pushing for the strongest bill possible. But the forces of the failed status quo--Big Oil, Dirty Coal, and the "just say no to everything" crowd--are already pulling out all the stops to derail it. Your senators need to hear from you today. Send a one-click fax and tell them to support a strong clean energy jobs bill: http://www.1sky.org/senate-fax
Take Action to Stop Mining in National Parks!--One million acres of prime wolf, bear, and salmon habitat adjacent to Lake Clark and Katmai National Parks could be opened to new federal mining claims with the stroke of a pen. Closed to mining since 1971, these wild Alaska lands are integral to Bristol Bay's salmon-rich ecosystem that is anchored by these two grand national parks. A recommendation from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to lift this mineral closure and expand a modern day gold rush was issued in the last days of the Bush Administration and we need your help to send this bad idea back to the drawing board. BLM recommended opening more lands to mining, but their faulty analysis failed to conduct sufficient scientific research on the impacts that these new mining claims would have on the region's fish and wildlife. Plus, BLM's decision ignored the overwhelming opposition of local residents and indigenous tribes! A new report issued by NPCA's Center for State of the Parks clearly identifies this proposed mining district immediately adjacent to Lake Clark as the single biggest threat to one of America's most pristine and wild national parks. Take Action: BLM's plan needs to be reworked with the region's globally significant salmon and wildlife values taken into consideration. Please send a letter to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar asking him to take no action on the recommendation and to send this plan back to the drawing board instead of signing BLM's proposed order lifting the mineral closure.
Tell Pres. Obama to Put His Nuclear Plans in Writing!--President Obama is in the midst of rewriting US nuclear policy for the next decade. Right now he is under immense pressure to water down his vision of US leadership towards a world without nuclear weapons. That's why it is so crucial that he hear our support now, so he can truly make the goal of a nuclear weapons free world official US policy. Please ask him to put his vision in writing now.
Protect Natural Habitat's for Woodland Creatures!--America's public lands provide vital habitat for our fish and wildlife, clean air, water and ample opportunity for recreation. But our multi-purpose lands are under increasing pressure from resource development, energy production and global warming. We need to restore balanced, sustainable management of our country's natural resources and wildlife. Urge Congress to improve the stewardship of our public lands »
Take Action against rBGH!--We recently had a great victory when Kathleen Sebelius, then Governor of Kansas, vetoed a bill that would have restricted rBGH-free labeling on dairy products. She's since become the Secretary of the Health and Human Services Department, which gives us a great opportunity for her to take even bigger action on protecting consumers from rBGH. Can you thank Sebelius for her leadership on this issue and ask her to re-examine the approval of rBGH?
NO GE Foods!--In the last months of the Bush Administration, the U.S. Department of Agriculture proposed some bad rules that significantly weaken the oversight of genetically engineered crops. These rules are bad for consumers, the environment, and would allow the biotechnology industry to regulate itself. Can you demand that the Obama Administration ditch the Bush rules, and make rules that will adequately regulate genetically engineered crops?
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 for Sustainable Fishing Practices!--By deploying a fisheries management program called "catch shares," we can make fish more abundant and fisheries more profitable -- for generations to come. And we can achieve these benefits with relatively little cost. Urge the National Marine Fisheries Service to widely adopt catch shares. »
Tell EPA to Protect Us from the Toxic Pesticide Endosulfan--New Public Comment Period --Last year more than ten thousand UFW supporters signed our petition asking the EPA to ban endosulfan--an antiquated and dangerous pesticide. We’ve got their attention, but so far nothing has happened. However, the new Obama EPA has just re-opened the public comment period regarding this deadly pesticide. The UFW is again working with a coalition of our environmental friends to turn in a joint petition on June 24 to show the EPA how concerned the American public is. Please TAKE ACTION today and demand change by signing this petition and demanding that the EPA ensures that no residues of endosulfan are found in food sold in the U.S. Tell the new EPA chief Lisa Jackson that this risk is unacceptable and something needs to be done now.
Save Wildlife from Logging in Malaysia!--In the region of Terengganu, Malaysia, a stretch of forest filled with endangered wildlife is disappearing. Put an end to the unnecessary logging that's killing endangered wildlife! >>
Take Action for Clean Energy!--Great news! The global warming bill we've told you so much about over the past few weeks has made it past the first obstacle. Recently, the House's Energy and Commerce Committee passed this landmark legislation. But now an even bigger challenge stands before us – the passage of the bill by the entire House of Representatives. We truly appreciate all that you have done in this fight, but we need your support now more than ever! Click here to help us flood the inboxes of our representatives with messages urging swift passage of this critical bill.
Tell Pres. Obama to "Green" the Military!--Do you know what organization is the single largest consumer of petroleum products in the United States? It's the Department of Defense. Take action to green our military >>
Urge USDA to Protect Our
Land and Water!--Non-native
and damaging, or “invasive,” species
can spread disease, harm the
environment, undermine decades of
conservation efforts, and cause
serious economic costs to industries
and communities. The U.S. Department
of Agriculture’s (USDA’s)
regulations for importing live
plants have been out-of-date for
decades and currently don’t protect
our land and water from harmful
non-native plants. In 2004, the USDA
began to update these regulations,
called “Quarantine 37.” The process
is years behind schedule.
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.
Call it "No Tree Left Behind" – a bill to give away public land in the Tongass National Forest to a notorious clearcutter. Don't let Sealaska Corporation get its way in Congress. Tell your Representative: our Tongass needs conservation, not clearcutting.
Take Action for Energy
Policy Reform!--When
he was running for
President, Barack Obama
promised us global warming
legislation that made
polluters pay for messing up
our climate. But in crafting
the bill, House Democrats
gave away the store - and
are now proposing to give
the biggest polluters in the
country free credits to keep
fouling our atmosphere1.
We have to tell Congress
that's not OK, and to
get back to Obama's plan by
making polluters pay for all
the pollution credits. But
time is short - the bill is
being amended and marked up
RIGHT NOW in committee.
Email your Representative
and tell him or her not to
weaken Obama's energy bill.
Keep Industrial Farming Out
of Our Oceans!--A
proposal to allow ocean fish
farming - the mass
production of fish in often
overcrowded huge floating
net pens or cages out in
ocean waters - starting in
the Gulf of Mexico, could
put coastal communities, the
environment and consumers at
risk. We have the chance to
stop this, but if we don't
speak up now, this new
industry could become a
reality as soon as this
summer.
Learn more and take
action now.
Take Action to Protect
Environmental Standards!--
Stop Monsanto from Hijacking
the FDA!--
Take Action for Clean
Water!--Right now, we
don't know how much water we
have, where it is, or how it
is being used. The National
Water Census will go a long
way to helping us find out.
Email your representative
today and ask them to
support HR 1145, the
National Water Research and
Development Initiative Act.
Take A Stand Against
Climate Change!--Earlier
this week, I wrote to tell
you about climate change’s
devastating effect on the
1.4 billion people who
subsist on just over a
dollar a day. For people
living in extreme poverty —
60 percent of whom are women
— climate change is a daily
threat to their survival.
The world’s poorest
people are the least
responsible for causing
climate change, yet they are
suffering the most from its
effects. What’s
more, they have the fewest
resources to adapt to the
new conditions. You and I
cannot let this stand.
I urge you to call on U.S.
leaders to take immediate
action.
Take Action Against Big
Polluters!--This is BIG.
The EPA just announced that
they will treat carbon
dioxide and other
heat-trapping gases as
pollutants that threaten
public health1.
It might seem like a common
sense decision, but it's an
essential step to getting
real action to avert a
climate catastrophe.
Congress is at last moving,
tentatively, toward passing
a climate bill too, but even
if that law is approved it
could take months to start
taking effect2.
Luckily, with the new EPA
ruling, President Obama is
empowered to start taking
big steps *right now* to
regulate those
planet-cooking emissions.
We've wasted eight years
doing nothing, we can't
spare another month; not
another DAY.
Tell President Obama to
use his new powers NOW to
start ramping down climate
change.
Take Action to Protect
Delicate Eco-Systems!--In
Florida, former pet pythons
have been clashing with
gators in a battle for the
top of the food chain and
giant Gambian rats (also
imported as pets) have
spread the highly contagious
monkeypox virus to pet
prairie dogs and people.
But new legislation
could prevent even more
invaders from harming our
native wildlife, wild places
and us!
In the coming days,
the U.S. House Natural
Resources Committee is set
to hold a hearing to
consider the Non-native
Wildlife Invasion Prevention
Act-- legistion that would
support stronger regulation
of non-native wildlife
imports.
Ask your
representative to co-sponsor
the Non-native Wildlife
Invasion Prevention Act to
help protect our native
wildlife.
Take Action Against Big
Oil!--I have exciting
news to share. House Energy
& Commerce Committee Chair
Henry Waxman and
Subcommittee Chair Ed Markey
have introduced The American
Clean Energy and Security
Act of 2009 (ACES), which
will jumpstart a clean
energy economy by creating
millions of new clean energy
jobs, reducing our
dependence on oil, and
cutting global warming
pollution.
But, Big Oil and their
cohorts in Congress are
determined to throw
roadblocks in the way of
this legislation at every
turn. This bill
could be up for a vote on
the floor of the U.S. House
of Representatives soon
after Memorial Day. Will
you ask your representative
to vote in favor of ACES?
Click here to ask your
Member of Congress to vote
to pass this critical
legislation.
Take Action for Food
Safety!--The list of
recalls seems to never end -
and lately, problems have
been found in foods most of
us never thought were
risky. But this string of
recalls has shown that when
regulators are unable or
unwilling to keep an eye on
big food processors, lots of
foods can put consumers at
risk.
Will you ask Congress to fix
our broken food safety
system?
Sign Petition Against
Genetically Engineered Rice
(containing human genome?):
The world's most
important staple food is
under threat and we need
your help urgently.
Sign the petition
Take Action Against
Nuclear Proliferation!--Take
Action
Urge your senators to work
toward reducing the threat
of nuclear weapons.
Take Action to Protect
the Great Lakes!--Sign
our petition
today urging Congress to
close loopholes in the Great
Lakes Compact and protect
Great Lakes water from the
great corporate water grab.
HR 875 Is Not About Food
safety, It's About Genocide
of Agricultural
Biodiversity!--One of
the most potentially
dangerous bills we've ever
heard of is trying to sneak
its way through Congress
right now, in the sheep's
clothing of so-called
"modernization" of food
safety. HR 875 (text of
Tell Congress to Track
Cloned Animals!--Last
year, the Food and Drug
Administration announced its
decision that meat and milk
from cloned animals were
supposedly safe to eat -
then it asked the cloning
industry to follow a
voluntary moratorium on
putting these products on
store shelves. But how can
consumers be sure the
moratorium is working? We
can't, because there is no
system in place to keep
track of cloned farm animals
and their offspring.
Unless USDA creates a
DNA-based tracking system,
cloned animals will be
invisible to food companies
and will inevitably end up
in the food supply. Many
food companies have pledged
to avoid cloned animals in
their supply chains - but
without a national tracking
system it is hard for them
to verify this pledge.
Cloned animals and their
offspring cannot be
certified organic, but if we
don't know where the cloned
animals end up, this claim
won't help much either.
Tell Congress to
establish a national
DNA-based tracking system
for cloned animals and their
offspring before these
products end up in our food
supply.
Support I-937--Give Tax
Incentives for Clean
Energy!--Thanks to
you and many others, state
legislators have received
thousands of concerned
letters and phone calls
about protecting I-937. Last
week, Governor
Gregoire stepped in and
proposed a solution that
will preserve key provisions
of I-937 while also
extending the renewable tax
incentives set to expire
this year.
Thanks to these efforts by
the Governor, Representative
John McCoy, and other key
legislators, a compromise
was reached on SB 5840 that
reduces the impact of the
version of the bill recently
approved by the Senate.
Please contact your
representatives today
to urge them to support tax
incentives for renewable
energy and to reject any
substantive amendments to
ESSB 5840 that would further
weaken I-937.
Help Save the Polar Seas!--The
wildlife of America's Arctic
-- including polar bears,
whales, and millions of
migratory birds -- is under
threat once again from oil
and gas drilling.
Right now, the Minerals
Management Service is
considering the approval of
oil and gas leases in over
73 million acres in Alaska's
Beaufort and Chukchi -- also
known as the Polar Bear
Seas. Please go to
http://www.savebiogems.org/arctic/takeaction
right away and tell the
Obama administration you
don't support the giveaway
of Arctic wilderness to oil
and gas giants.
Take Action Against Global
Warming!--If you are
looking for a reason to
contact Washington today to
demand action to cap carbon
and other greenhouse
pollution, here are several:
$450 million:
Amount spent on lobbying
and political
contributions by
opponents of global
warming action in 2008.
52:
public spokespersons
engaged by polluters and
the ideological right to
spread disinformation
about global warming
online and in the media.
2,340:
Number of paid lobbyists
working in Washington on
climate change in 2008.
7 in 8:
Proportion of climate
lobbyists advocating
against climate action.
$45 million:
Amount spent on global
warming denial
advertising by the coal
industry in 2008.
0:
Number of retractions
and/or corrections
published by the
Washington Post
after running a column
by George Will
containing demonstrably
false claims about
global warming. Just last week, scientists announced that we are experiencing the worst case scenario in terms of global warming's devastating effects. And yet we are witnessing an unprecedented all-out campaign by polluters and ideologues to prevent meaningful action. Please take action and tell your elected officials you support President Barack Obama's plan to pass strong legislation this year to cap America's global warming pollution.
Take Action for Clean Energy!--My name is Jill Wasberg, and I can't believe what the State Senate just did. I'm one of thousands of volunteers who gathered signatures and made phone calls to help pass the Clean Energy Initiative - Initiative 937 - into law two years ago. Voters required Washington's utilities to develop new sources of renewable energy. Late Tuesday night the State Senate voted 27-21 to remove the Initiative's teeth, approving a bill (SB 5840) which could cut the clean-energy requirements by as much as 73 percent. There's a reason President Obama is stepping up to repower America and launch a clean energy economy in our country. We simply cannot afford the consequences of global warming and our dependence on fossil fuels. Now is not the time to turn our backs on clean energy! We need your help to stop this roll-back. We can't let Washington become the first state in the nation to turn back the clock on clean energy progress. Click here to sign our petition urging the House of Representatives to defend I-937, and forward it to your friends and family as well. http://www.fusewashington.org/page/s/937rollback
Stand Up Against Big Oil!--Think oil companies should pay their fair share of taxes? So does President Obama. In his budget, the President has proposed cutting billions of dollars in unfair subsidies and tax loopholes for oil and gas companies, to help pay for critical priorities like clean energy and green jobs.1 After all, they don't exactly need the help: ExxonMobil made a record profit of $45.2 billion last year.2 But Big Oil is already fighting back. Like other corporate special interests, they're lobbying heavily to gut Obama's budget. The American Petroleum Institute has announced plans to fly top executives into Washington to help save their tax breaks.3And they've got a lot of friends on Capitol Hill, thanks to millions in campaign contributions over the years. So we've got to be louder than Big Oil, and remind our elected representatives that they work for us, not ExxonMobil. Click here to sign our petition: http://pol.moveon.org/stopbigoil/?id=15729-5425778-Uu6uHRx&t=3
Take Action Against "Clean Coal" Myth!--Duke University scientists recently released a report of their analysis of water and ash samples from December's coal sludge spill in eastern Tennessee. They concluded that "exposure to radium- and arsenic-containing particulates in the ash could have severe health implications." Tell Congress that there is no such thing as "clean coal." »
Take Action to Protect the Arctic!--Didn't have the chance to travel to Washington this week? You can still do your part: Please let your representative know that you support efforts to protect America's Arctic.
Tell Power Companies to Invest in Renewable Energy!--Burning coal is simply the dirtiest way we know of to make electricity. Coal power is one of America's biggest contributors to climate change, and every single coal plant currently in operation spews hundreds of thousands of tons of dangerous pollutants such as mercury, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides. Click here to send an email to the power companies and urge them to invest in renewables and efficiency programs, not dirty coal.
Take Action for Safe Tomatoes!--N.J. fines Florida-based tomato grower one million dollars for misuse of pesticides Calling the violations "the most serious...ever uncovered," the state Department of Environmental Protection fined a Florida tomato growing company nearly $1 million for improperly using pesticides on 17 fields it operates in New Jersey, putting workers and consumers alike in jeopardy. Ag-Mart Produce Inc., which has an office in Cedarville, Cumberland County, is already facing fines and charges of pesticide misuse in North Carolina, where female employees claim their babies were born with serious defects... --The Star Ledger, 1/29/09 According to news reports, New Jersey’s state Department of Environmental Protection cited Ag-Mart for hundreds of violations, claiming Ag-Mart denied state investigators access to facilities, applied pesticides to tomatoes more frequently than permitted and on 17 occasions harvested and shipped pesticide-sprayed tomatoes before they were safe for public consumption. The state also charged Ag-Mart with careless record-keeping, failing to properly ventilate areas during pesticide use, failing to post pesticide-safety information for workers, using forbidden mixtures of pesticides and losing track of a 2.5-gallon container of toxic insecticide. The fines linked to the violations total $931,250. In a statement put out by the NJ Department of Pesticides, Commissioner Mark N. Mauriello said, "Ag-Mart has repeatedly shown a stunning disregard of laws and regulations intended to protect the workers who harvest their tomatoes, the people who consume them and New Jersey's environment. Ag-Mart's pesticide violations are the most serious DEP inspectors have ever uncovered. We have imposed a record-high penalty not only to hold Ag-Mart accountable for their failure, but to make sure it doesn't happen again." It’s great that New Jersey took action. But more needs to be done on a national level. We need the federal EPA to protect us from big companies like Ag-Mart who deal on a national scale and have repeat violations. President Obama has just appointed a new head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Lisa Jackson, who also hails from New Jersey. In a January 23 memo to her new EPA staff, Jackson said, “It is clear that we are not doing an adequate job of assessing and managing the risks of chemicals in consumer products, the workplace and the environment. It is now time to revise and strengthen EPA's chemicals management and risk assessment programs.” This is an admirable goal. Please e-mail EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson and tell her we look forward to seeing it put into action.
Oil and Polar Bears Don't Mix!--The icy waters of the Beaufort and Chukchi seas, north of Alaska, are home to the entire American population of polar bears. Thanks to George Bush, these waters might also become home to a massive and dangerous network of oil rigs and pipelines. Tell President Obama's new Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to revoke Bush's plan to drill in the 'Polar Bear Seas.'
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!
Take A Stand Against Nuclear
Proliferation!--Nuclear
weapons are a grave and growing
danger to humanity. An increasing
number of experts agree that bold,
urgent steps are needed to curtail
and control the spread of nuclear
weapons and the material and
technology to make them.
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.
Tell Supermarkets to Post Mercury Warnings!--Sign petition: http://takeaction.oceana.org/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=25185
Call to End Agrofuel
Incentives!--"We
all blew it, including me as
president... It is crazy for us to think
we can develop countries around the
world without increasing their ability
to feed themselves."
Bill
Clinton speaking to the United Nations
last week about the global food crisis.
Clinton acknowledged that subsidies for
chemical-intensive crops such as corn,
and the biofuels boondoogle (converting
food crops into fuel crops) are a
disaster, leading to spiraling grain and
food prices and mass hunger.
Learn more and sign OCA's petition
calling for a moratorium on agrofuels
incentives
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