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Treehugger, Enviance and Just 2 Hands have all covered our work to list the polar bear under the Endangered Species Act.
Weiwen's Religious Blog covered our work to keep lead on the toxic air pollutant list.
In May 2006, Environmental Action launched the first-ever Dependence Day, which is the day each year when the U.S. effectively runs out of domestic oil and is forced to rely on foreign imports for the rest of the year. We brought together a broad coalition of security experts, labor unions, consumers and environmentalists all of whom agree that we can't drill our way out of this problem, and that the only solution is to get off of oil completely. We plan on making Dependence Day a bigger event each year.
The Rocky Mountain News had a great story on our CO event:
And then their editorial board wrote an editorial mocking our unwillingness to support more drilling - though they represented our message (solutions) pretty clearly.
And of course, we've launched our snazzy website: Dependence Day to continue educating the public and to mobilize more people to get involved in winning our independence from oil. More than 2,000 people visited the site in two days - with almost 1,000 signing the Declaration of Energy Independence.
Fall 2007
In this issue: Dependence Day sends a message to presidential hopefuls.
Winter 2006
In this issue: Environmental Action members cut their CO2 emissions by 25%. We pressured the government to Double the Standard - doubling our gas mileage standard would go a long way towards getting us off of oil. Major victory on the Roadless Rule, helping to protect 60 million acres of public lands.
Fall 2006
In this issue: Work on global warming heats up. Bush's 'Bargain Basement Sale' would sell off hundreds of thousands of acres of national forests, and our Dependence Day campaign sends a clear message.
Summer 2006
In this isssue: Six years into the Bush administration and America is more dependent on oil than ever before. We consume 20 million barrels of oil each day. Every drop of oil we burn fuels global warming and leaves us dependent on foreign countries. And yet even the events of 2005 could not stir this Congress to action.
Fall 2005
In this issue: The single biggest step we could take to cut the carbon pollution driving global warming and slash our reliance on oil; Bush administration efforts to allow more mercury pollution blocked by activists; and more.
Summer 2005
In this issue: Environmental Action launches a campaign against mercury pollution; Bush administration annouces the rollback of national forest protections; Colorado voters approve mass-transit build out; and more.
Annual report (PDF) The past few years have been busy ones of the environmental movement, if you consider the battles we've fought for our wilderness, the air we breath, reductions in global warming and much more. But it's also been a long couple of years for the Bush administration and some of the nation's wealthiest and most powerful polluters, who, after more than their fair share of buisness as usual were met with a strong wave of resistance to their anti-environment agenda.
Older Reports:
Unhealthy Profits: How America's Electric Utilities Would Reap Millions From President Bush's Unhealthy Skies Initiative
High levels of mercury emissions are threatening public health.
- Mercury, a neurotoxin, is known to cause learning disabilities and developmental delays in children, and lead to an increased risk of heart disease in adults.
- EPA scientists estimate that one in six women of childbearing age has enough mercury in her body to put her child at risk should she become pregnant.
- Coal-fired power plants are responsible for more than 40% of manmade mercury emissions in the United States.
Read the report>>
Ten of the Nation's Largest Utilities Would Reap $800 Million By Escaping Cuts in Mercury Pollution Mandated by Current Law 8/23/05
Ten of the nation's largest utility companies would reap more than $800 million if they fight off a mandate to make deep cuts in toxic mercury pollution from power plant smokestacks, a report released today by Environmental Action concludes.
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