Take Action
Welcome to the Environmental Action Center! Here you can sign petitions, send messages to decision makers, write letters to the editor of your local newspapers, and find other ways to help protect the clean water and air, wildlife, and wild places that help make the United States so special.
Stop Destructive Mining in Grand Staircase-Escalante
Help stop open-pit mining in what was — until recently — Utah’s gorgeous Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
Reduce Wildlife-Killing Polystyrene in Your Community
Our oceans are choked with plastic, and the animals that live there are suffering for it. Download and print our letter, and then take it to businesses near you and encourage them to stop using polystyrene and start saving marine wildlife.
More Environmental Actions
Urge McDonald’s to Hold the Plastic Straws
Urge the fast food chain to stop distributing plastic straws that can hurt wildlife and pollute our environment.
Reject Dirty Drilling Near Great Sand Dunes National Park
Your signature today will help protect Great Sand Dunes National Park and nearby wilderness from more dirty drilling for oil and gas.
Tell President Trump: Gray Wolves Need Protections
Eliminating Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves could be a reckless death sentence for some wolves.
Help Turn Around the EPA
Controversial former Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt is gone. It’s time to turn the agency around.
Protect Wildlife and Human Health – Ban Styrene
Polystyrene foam kills plenty of wildlife… and it hurts human health.
Stop Drilling in Carrizo Plain
Urge a California-based oil and gas company to abandon its risky proposal for a new oil well and pipeline in Carrizo Plain National Monument.
Keep the Tongass Wild
Help safeguard America’s largest national forest from destructive logging and other harmful development.
Speak Out for Elephants and Lions
Tell the Trump administration to restore the US ban on importing hides, feet and other trophies from imperiled African elephants and lions.
Your toolkit for saving monarchs at home
The number of monarch butterflies in North America has plummeted in recent years as pesticides eliminate vast swaths of the milkweed these beautiful pollinators need to survive.
We can all act to save monarchs in our own homes and communities by planting native milkweed. Find out how!
Save Birds
Each year, an estimated 500,000 to one million birds are killed in the United States after landing on fluid-filled waste pits at oil and gas production operations. Urge energy companies to reduce “accidental” bird deaths.
Speak Out for Sea Turtles
Fishing interests are pushing the federal government to reduce endangered species protections for the Atlantic’s leatherback sea turtles.
Tell Congress: We Need the EPA
President Trump’s latest budget would slash the Environmental Protection Agency’s budget by nearly 25 percent.
Save Whales from Plastic Pollution
Urge your governor to ban polystyrene to protect our the world’s whales from plastic pollution.
Save Northeast Canyons and Seamounts
Protect imperiled whales and sea turtles from destructive commercial fishing and oil and gas drilling.
Stop Deadly Fishing Entanglements
The fate of the world’s remaining North Atlantic right whales may be stake.
Speak Out for Offshore Drilling Safety
Stop the Trump administration from rolling back safety regulations that help protect people and marine wildlife.
Protect Lobos
Tell your senators: Don't push Mexican gray wolves over the brink.
Speak Out for Monarch Habitat
Protect these beloved butterflies from the threat of illegal logging.
Urge Amazon to Promote Greener Shipping
This simple design change could make a big difference.
Save Oregon Wolves
Help stop state-funded wolf hunts in Oregon.
Write a Letter for Wildlife
Send a letter to the editor of your local newspaper telling them that you think we should keep the Endangered Species Act as strong as possible.
Urge Netflix to Go Green
Tell the streaming video service you want them to power its site with clean, renewable energy sources.
Stop the Wyoming Wolf Hunt
Urge Wyoming's governor to end this reckless slaughter.
Campaign Videos
State of the Union
2018 is a year of serious challenges — and fantastic opportunities to make our world a cleaner, greener place to live.
Spotlight on the Environmental Protection Agency
For more than 45 years, the Environmental protection Agency has been our nation's best guardian of the clean air and water, wildlife, and wild places that help make our country so special. Now some in Washington want to slash the agency's budget — and we need your help to stop them. Learn more >
Help Reduce Food Waste
Producing food that is ultimately thrown out consumes around one third of America’s freshwater along with massive tracts of land. It also encourages the use of pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizer that can harm fish and other wildlife. Learn more >
