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The Trump administration is working to reverse the Clean Water Rule, which would protect the drinking water of millions. You can help stop them. I’ll admit it. I’ve taken an embarrassing selfie or two in my day. Chances are, you may have too. But there’s one selfie I definitely don’t mind sharing — the picture I took this week as part of […]
These Environmental Action shares are a great way to educate and mobilize people about the importance of protecting nature and the environment. Check out some of our most popular posts from this past week — and then share them to help spread the word. Facebook: Environmental Action Shares Twitter: Environmental Action Shares Reversing course, Trump administration will not delay an Obama ozone rule […]
During the Great Depression, my paternal grandfather lost most every material possession. He moved his wife and two young children into a tiny home with no running water, deep in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. He was a doctor, but many of his patients could pay him only with chickens and produce, if anything at all. He managed to hold onto […]
Scroll through Netflix long enough and you’re likely to come across a disaster flick. Watching one of these movies may help you escape the summer heat. Unfortunately, it could also be fueling a global climate crisis that is all too real. This is no time to chill. Forests are burning again this summer across the American West. 1 It’s an increasingly regular […]
Right now, mile-wide nets — commonly known as gillnets — indiscriminately kill some of our country’s rarest and most beloved marine animals. 1 And this week Environmental Action is launching a new campaign to retire these “monster nets” for good. Gillnets are designed to ensnare swordfish and other prized catches. Far too often they also unintentionally trap imperiled dolphins, sea turtles, […]
You wouldn’t turn off the firehose during a five-alarm inferno. So why are some of our elected officials moving to eliminate lifesaving protections for some of our country’s most threatened and endangered species — even as scientists worry about mass extinctions on the horizon? 1 The threat to endangered species We’re already in the middle of the worst extinction crisis in 65 million […]
Do you love our oceans and marine wildlife like sea turtles, whales, and dolphins? If so, you need to know about the Trump Administration’s plan 1 to dramatically expand drilling off America’s coasts. The plan is a backwards-looking proposal that could spell disaster for thousands of our most beloved and imperiled animals off our Atlantic Coast 2 — to say nothing of […]
We’ve all been there. A casual dinner conversation turns to politics. Soon, a debate is raging — and we’ve lost a chance for a meaningful conversation about the issues that matter most. Polls suggest that Americans are deeply divided on a range of issues [1] — and it’s easy to understand why so many of us are hesitant to bring up […]
More than 45 years ago, America made a commitment to a cleaner, greener future when Congress and then-President Richard Nixon brought the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) into existence. The EPA has since become our nation’s most important champion for the clean air and water, wildlife, and wild places that make the US so special. The Trump Administration’s 2018 budget plan — released […]
It may not pretty, but it’s a common sense way to protect the environment. It’s “ugly” food — and if more retailers sold it (and more customers like us bought it), we could reduce wasted food and water and curb the use of pesticides that hurt wildlife. Food waste is what’s really ugly — and environmentally harmful Right now, 10 percent of […]