Walmart is America’s largest private employer, and the world’s largest company. But they’re falling woefully behind the promise they made almost a decade ago to get 100 percent of their power from clean, renewable sources. In fact, their U.S. stores use nearly six times as much dirty energy as the entire U.S. auto industry, including more than 4.2 million tons […]
Forty five years after we were born at the first Earth Day in 1970, Environmental Action is still going strong. Just this week we’re helping to support or organize more than a dozen events and campaigns all across America.Can you chip in to help us keep doing all this amazing work in honor of Earth Day (which is also […]
Yesterday I addressed the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) in a last ditch effort to keep the 20 year hunting ban on hunting bears intact. It was an honor to represent the amazing membership of Environmental Action and present FWC with the $5,000 we donated towards non-lethal management tools like bear proof trash cans and public education.Thank you so […]
Why is a big ol’ environmental group like us working with the employees of Walmart, McDonald’s and a lot of other companies to stand up for fair wages today?The simple answer is that it’s about solidarity, economics and most of all the climate. Click here to tell Walmart, America’s largest private employer, to get serious about protecting people and the […]
Walmart is America’s largest private employer, and the world’s largest company. But they’re falling woefully behind their promise to get 100 percent of their power from clean, renewable sources. In fact, their U.S. stores use nearly six times as much dirty energy as the entire U.S. auto industry, including more than 4.2 million tons of coal each year.Walmart says it […]
Yesterday I visited Richmond, Virginia, with a coalition of local activists representing citizens and property owners asking Governor Terry McAuliffe to withdraw his support for the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) and other projects that eviscerate property rights and put communities at unnecessary risk. The ACP, which is being proposed by Dominion, LLC (the same fracked gas barons that brought us […]
Check out the recording of our live chat on Florida bears with special guests from the Florida Humane Society. We discussed the history of Black Bears in the state, why and how the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission has proposed to open a hunting season on them, and why non-lethal alternatives like better trash cans and public education are a […]
Spring is still negotiating it’s first actual appearance in New York City. And while it’s still a bit chilly here, that did not stop over 50 fracktivists from descending on City Hall to demand that Governor Andrew Cuomo issue a veto for the proposed Port Ambrose Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) import facility. The facility, which would be located off the coast […]
RSVP here to join us on Wednesday Night, April 1 (no kidding!), at 8pm ET/5pm PT for a live video chat and Q&A session with allies from Environment North Carolina, Oceana, Oil Change and YOU!We’ll discuss:The big delivery at the Department of Interior of over 400,000 messages opposing Atlantic Drilling. Local opposition in states like North Carolina, which could be devastated […]
Good news: Senate Democrats have heard our call for action to ban the bomb trains! Yesterday, four champions for the planet and public safety sharply criticized the lack of White House and Department of Transportation action to ban shipments of crude oil by rail as they introduced their own plan to improve safety and prevent bomb trains from exploding or […]
