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We won Round 1, but President Trump still wants Congress to cut Great Lakes cleanup funding by 90%. Help convince Speaker Paul Ryan to support full funding again. Tell House Speaker Paul Ryan to hold firm in funding the cleanup of the Great Lakes. Great Lakes Cleanup Efforts at Risk The good news is that, with your help, Congress passed and the […]
This week’s Environmental Action shares feature posts about elephants, butterflies, Earth Day and more. Please share any or all of the posts to help spread the word and get people talking about nature and the environment! Environmental Action Shares for Facebook Environmental Action Shares for Twitter It’s not too late to sign our petition asking the EPA to #SaveMonarchs & #BanRoundup — add […]
Commercial fishing interests want to eliminate protections for leatherback sea turtles — despite researchers’ concerns about the future of the species. Here’s how you can help. The Atlantic leatherback nesting season has just begun. And we need you to speak out before adult sea turtles and this season’s hatchlings make their way to the Atlantic’s open waters later this year. Fishing interests […]
Oil and gas drilling kills millions of birds. The technology to save them exists. Let the drillers know it’s time to do the right thing. The Threat to Birds The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has estimated that 500,000 – 1,000,000 birds are killed annually in the United States after landing on fluid-filled waste pits at oil and gas production operations. […]
The following is a special, hopeful guest post from Rich Hannigan, Communications Director for The Public Interest Network… Forty eight years after the first Earth Day, here’s one person’s hopeful view of a greener, healthier, wilder future. The message of the first Earth Day was … apocalyptic. In a CBS News Special Report, news legend Walter Cronkite called the day “a nationwide outpouring of […]
At Environmental Action, we’ve always had a special relationship with Earth Day. We were founded on the very first Earth Day in 1970. And our work at the forefront of some of America’s most significant — and successful — efforts to protect the environment is built upon that legacy. Today we need your support to protect some of America’s most beloved […]
We need action to limit pollution from oil and gas drilling. Tell Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to keep limits on methane pollution in place on public lands! The Trump administration is once again making moves to repeal the rule restricting methane emissions that accelerate climate change. The rule would require oil and gas companies to capture methane leaks, which would reduce 180,000 tons […]
In just the past year, we’ve lost 16 million monarch butterflies. Monarchs face a range of threats, but one of the biggest is Monsanto’s Roundup. Milkweed is a critical source of food for monarchs. But increased use of Roundup means that milkweed is disappearing — and so are the monarchs that go with it. Monarchs are Threatened A new study has shown […]
This week’s Environmental Action shares include important stories on methane waste, the wolves of the American Southwest and the urgent campaign to save North Atlantic right whales. Share any or all of these stories on Facebook and Twitter and encourage your friends on social media to talk about the environment. Environmental Action Shares for Facebook Environmental Action Shares for Twitter RoundUp kills the […]
This should be a time of hope and new beginnings for the beleaguered North Atlantic right whale. North Atlantic right whales birth their calves from December to March, but this year the calves are missing. Scientists have yet to confirm any 2018 whale births.1 Help us protect vital habitat for these unique creatures and champion commercial fishing gear improvements to save […]