New Action Alerts posted May 22 - Much to do!
The Wilderness Society Action: Tell BLM no more public lands for the world's dirtiest fossil fuel!
It's time to move our nation away from dirty fossil fuel dependency—and oil shale is the world's dirtiest fossil fuel.
Oil shale development relies on unproven, environmentally destructive, and economically dubious technologies that are decades away from commercial readiness.
Please help us put a stop to additional public land giveaways for oil shale demonstration projects by signing our petition to the Bureau of Land Management. Your action will help ensure that any more public lands in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming are not sacrificed to reckless, dirty, and economically unviable oil shale development when we don’t even know if technologies can work.
http://action.wilderness.org/campaign/oilshale00?rk=c7d3sNsq8hqgE
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Ocean Conservancy's Go, Fish! petition:
www.oceanconservancy.org/endoverfishing
Here’s the deal. We overfish our oceans: that means we are catching fish faster than they can reproduce and it puts populations of many species in peril. The impact of overfishing gets overwhelming pretty fast when you add the destruction of sensitive ocean habitats; bycatch of unwanted fish species, sea turtles, and marine mammals; a declining industry that feeds many local economies, among other things.
But it's not unsolvable.
Whether you care because you treasure the ocean and its wildlife, or because you want your seafood to be sustainably harvested, there is a way to say “Go, Fish!” All we have to do to is end overfishing—and continue fishing at levels that our ocean can support. And right now, we actually have a chance to do so. Will you join us?
www.oceanconservancy.org/endoverfishing
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Earthjustice ACTION: An Historic Opportunity for Northwest Salmon
Wild salmon and steelhead of the Columbia and Snake Rivers
connect coastal and river communities from California to Alaska
and inland as far as Idaho and Nevada. Earthjustice has been in
court for over a decade fighting on behalf of fishermen and
conservationists to protect and restore this endangered national
treasure.
Right now, we have an unprecedented opportunity to make a
difference for these imperiled fish and the people who depend on
them. Bringing these wild fish back depends on changing the way
the Columbia River dams are operated and bypassing four
obsolete, fish-killing dams on the lower Snake River.
In 2008, the Bush Administration imposed a plan that allows
these lethal dams to continue killing up to 90% of some Snake
River salmon runs. Earthjustice challenged the plan in court
soon after it was issued, and now the Obama administration is
conducting a 60-day review of that plan -- providing some extra
time to explore a way to resolve this long-running controversy.
The federal judge hearing the case, U.S. District Court Judge
James Redden, just on May 18 wrote a letter to the parties
indicating his preliminary conclusion that the Bush plan is
illegal. He urged the federal defendants in the case to consider
all of the options -- including lower Snake River dam removal --
to restore these fish. In the words of Judge Redden, "[a]ll of
us know that aggressive action is necessary to save this vital
resource, and now is the time to make that happen."
This brief window of opportunity gives you a chance to offer
your opinion to the Obama administration. It's the best
opportunity salmon have had in many years for a change in the
direction of river and dam management.
We need the Obama administration to end failed practices of the
past, and work with fishermen, farmers, energy users and others
to resolve this long-running conflict -- to restore salmon,
create jobs, and invest in our communities and a clean energy
future.
Right now, while the administration's review is underway, please
contact President Obama's newly appointed officials at the
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the
Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), and the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers (Corps).
Urge them to reject the 2008 Bush plan and craft an effective
new plan that follows the science and the law, and considers all
the options to protect and restore endangered salmon, including
removal of the four costly dams on the lower Snake River.
Now is our chance to bring people together to protect and
restore endangered salmon and invest in the communities and jobs
that depend upon them.
Take action at the link below:
http://action.earthjustice.org/campaign/salmon_0509?rk=ndNZNWKqPdYDW
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Wilderness Society Action: Tell Congress you want action on global warming
The week of May 17th, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce will mark up The American Clean Energy and Security Act (H.R. 2454). This historic legislation will require polluters to pay for the costs of dumping harmful carbon pollution into the air, and will spur clean energy development, create new businesses and jobs, and protect treasured American landscapes for future generations.
http://action.wilderness.org/campaign/gwarm_markup?rk=Zdd3sNsqpvAoW
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PCRM/Humane Seal Action: It's Miller Time: Time to Tell MillerCoors to Stop Donating to Health Charities that Fund Cruel Animal Experiments!
MillerCoors proclaims it wants to be the best beer company in America--professing a commitment to the environment and corporate transparency. Yet it continues to support health charities that fund scientifically and ethically questionable animal experiments--while giving no support to health charities that only provide vital patient services or only advance research without the use of animals.
It's time to tell MillerCoors that they must begin to support the best health charities that are using scientifically sound and humane research.
Please call, e-mail, or write a letter to Cornell Boggs, MillerCoors chief responsibility and ethics officer, and politely ask him to begin funding health charities that provide vital patient services or advance research without the use of animals. Being polite is the most effective way to help these animals.
Cornell Boggs
Chief Responsibility and Ethics Officer
MillerCoors
3939 W. Highland Blvd.
P.O. Box 482
Milwaukee, WI 53201-0482
E-mail: mailto:cornell.boggs@millercoors.com
Phone: 1-800-645-5376 (Monday through Friday, noon to 8 p.m. CDT)
Or Send an automatic e-mail today:
https://secure2.convio.net/pcrm/site/Advocacy?s_oo=igZNkNvhOH6tZCU8...
In a recent experiment by the MillerCoors-funded Muscular Dystrophy Association, 3- to 5-month-old ferrets were infected with 13 avian influenza viruses that caused extreme lethargy, diarrhea, severe neurological impairment, and death.
And in a St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (also a recipient of MillerCoors funding) experiment, rhesus monkeys were infected with a Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIM) through stem cell gene transfers and kept sick and caged for at least 10 months.
But in a recent survey, 71 percent of respondents said it is important to use their donations for “innovative nonanimal research” and 67 percent are more likely to donate to a charity that has a policy of “never funding animal experiments” than to one that does.
Yet MillerCoors executives disregard this information, even knowing that many of their employees--like most Americans--may share these concerns. Furthermore, these decision-makers have refused to take the first step toward creating a more progressive and thoughtful corporate giving policy.
Please tell MillerCoors to stop donating to health charities that fund outdated and cruel animal experiments.
Find a list of hundreds of humane charities at http://www.humaneseal.org/
If you have any questions, please contact me at info@HumaneSeal.org or 202-686-2210, ext. 384. Thanks so much for your help!
To take action on this issue, click on the link below:
https://secure2.convio.net/pcrm/site/Advocacy?s_oo=igZNkNvhOH6tZCU8...
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The Union of Concerned Scientists Action: Urge the administration to actively support climate legislation
Please send a letter today to President Obama and senior administration officials. It will help ensure that the administration actively supports a strong climate bill. If you go to the URL below you can check out the details and send your own message.
Then please forward this email to 10 friends in your area. We really need your help to spread the word.
To take action on this issue, click on the link below:
https://secure3.convio.net/ucs/site/Advocacy?s_oo=osgR716SYnkmSlv4c...
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Sierra Club Action: Submit Your Comments Today: Don't Drill Our Coasts!
The Minerals Management Service (MMS) pushed through a 5-year drilling program which would open the majority of our coasts to offshore drilling. Secretary Salazar has put a halt on this unbalanced plan by extending the public comment period through September. Send a message today that our coasts are off limits!
I just submitted my comment that drilling is not the answer.
Add your comment here:
http://action.sierraclub.org/site/PageServer?pagename=OffshoreDrill...
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Sierra Club Action: Help Stop Global Warming
We need a clean energy economy to tackle global warming and create green jobs, and we need it now. I just sent a registered a public comment with the EPA in support of the agency's recent action on curbing greenhouse gas emissions, and you should too. Check it out.
To take action on this issue, click on the link below:
https://secure2.convio.net/sierra/site/Advocacy?s_oo=JtLQYi-LYnvwC0...
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Sierra Club Action: Tell Congress to Revitalize the Economy and Our Public Lands
Today's young people are growing up indoors, but a new bill, the Public Lands Service Corps Act, could help build a bridge between young people and America's public lands.
The bill will protect, preserve and restore our public lands, while giving young Americans employment opportunities and the training they need to get green jobs with our public land agencies.
To take action on this issue, click on the link below:
https://secure2.convio.net/sierra/site/Advocacy?s_oo=qxp_26q23SGQBX...
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NWF Action: Help Reform the 1872 Mining Law
I thought you might be interested in urging your senators to support new legislation to protect public lands and wildlife from a 137 year-old mining law.
Back in 1872, Jesse James was robbing banks, Ulysses S. Grant was president, only white males had the right to vote and neither the automobile nor the airplane had been invented.
A lot has changed in 137 years, but what has stayed the same is how little we protect our wildlife, water and land from harmful mining practices.
For more than a century, the 1872 Mining Law has allowed mining companies to buy up America's public lands for $5 or less per acre with little or no cleanup required. It also allows mining to take precedence over protecting public land for wildlife habitat, clean water, hunting, fishing and other outdoor recreation.
We can't keep living in the past, it's time to look to the future.
To take action on this issue, click on the link below:
https://online.nwf.org/site/Advocacy?s_oo=Vx4ZtdK60_ryzGKZsoD3gw..&...
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EarthJustice ACTION: Urge Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to take the lead on reducing black carbon pollution
Black carbon casts a deadly shadow worldwide, from the sprawl of
Los Angeles, to the slums of Mumbai, to the Arctic ice that
sustains polar bears and other wildlife. Quick action to cut
black carbon can slow Arctic melting, fight global warming and
save lives.
And you can help make it happen.
Last month the nations of the Arctic Council, including the
United States, met in Norway and agreed to undertake a two-year
study on black carbon's role in global warming, and what can be
done to control it. The same week, Nobel laureate al Gore called
for the world to burn less diesel fuel and wood to reduce black
carbon emissions. And four U.S. senators, including John Kerry
and Barbara Boxer, introduced legislation directing the EPA to
study the problem.
That's all good. But studies aren't enough. We must urge the
United States to take action now to reduce black carbon
emissions at home and abroad. We must encourage EPA
Administrator Lisa Jackson to continue cracking down on diesel
and other dirty fuels, and encourage Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton to make the U.S. a global leader on this issue.
Here's what you should know:
* The chief culprit in global warming is carbon dioxide. But
recent studies show that black carbon -- microscopic airborne
particles commonly known as soot -- is also a big factor. Black
carbon may account for as much as half of Arctic warming.
Curbing black carbon is crucial for slowing Arctic and global
warming, and for averting catastrophic tipping points such as
the melting of sea ice and the Greenland ice sheet.
* Black carbon comes from diesel engines, industrial smokestacks
and residential cooking and heating stoves. Most black carbon
that falls in the Arctic comes from North America, Europe and
Asia. Because black carbon air pollution is also a leading cause
of respiratory illness and death, controlling emissions will
save lives and improve health around the world. In India alone,
black carbon-laden indoor smoke is responsible for over 400,000
premature deaths annually, mostly of women and children.
The U.S. and Europe must lead on this issue by committing to
stricter standards at home for diesel engines and other sources
of black carbon pollution, and by committing to increased
financial and technological assistance to the developing world
to reduce black carbon pollution from diesel, home cooking and
heating and other sources.
It's important that Secretary Clinton and Administrator Jackson
know you want them to act -- now.
Take Action at the link below:
http://action.earthjustice.org/campaign/blackcarbon_stopsoot_0409?r...
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HSUS Update and Action Alert too: Thanks to You, Wendy's Starts Using Cage-Free Eggs
Many thousands of you contacted Wendy's over the past 22 months to ask the company to move away from battery cage confinement of laying hens. The Humane Society of the United States has discussed this issue with Wendy's for a long time, too. Today, we're proud to announce that Wendy's has started to move away from eggs from caged hens.
Thanks to your actions, the company's modest but meaningful actions will prevent thousands of hens from being crammed into tiny battery cages.
Latest Advancement
Wendy's new policy is the latest advancement in the ongoing transition away from cruel cages on factory farms. Just last week, The HSUS celebrated our victory in Maine, where we successfully pushed for legislation making Maine the sixth state to ban gestation crates and veal crates.
There's More to Do
This milestone wouldn't be possible without the tens of thousands of you who called or wrote to Wendy's, donated funds, leafleted outside of Wendy's restaurants, took action online, and more. Thank you so much for taking action for farm animals -- your advocacy makes a difference!
Even with this progress, we need to keep up the momentum. McDonald's only uses eggs from caged hens in the United States. Call 1-800-244-6227 and ask the company to start using cage-free eggs.
Thank you, as always, for everything you do for animals.
Sincerely,
Wayne Pacelle
President & CEO
The Humane Society of the United States
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IDA Action: Death Of Elephant Ned Reinforces IDA's Demand For Action
IDA is deeply saddened to report that the elephant Ned, who was confiscated by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in November 2008 and sent to The Elephant Sanctuary thanks to the diligence of IDA, has passed away. Ned's sad life was filled with abuse and suffering, but in his last six months he finally experienced love, caring and trust.
Despite the sanctuary's heroic efforts to heal Ned, his body appears to have been too damaged from his years of abuse. Only 21 years old, Ned left us far too soon. Amazingly, he died just 12 hours after the passing of Bunny, another of the sanctuary’s elephants and the first to die from natural causes related to old age.
Ned’s passing is a tragic reminder of the inaction of the USDA, which waited until Ned was at death's door before confiscating him. Our staff will work hard in Ned's memory to force the USDA to fulfill its mandate to uphold our nation's animal welfare laws before it is too late for Tina, Jewel, Queenie, Val and other elephants who are victims of abuse at the hands of the circus and zoo industries.
Read more about Ned’s passing below.
Take Action
1) Email Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and demand that his agency start to enforce the Animal Welfare Act to protect elephants. The USDA must start by confiscating Jewel, Tina and Queenie and send them to an elephant sanctuary.
mailto:AgSec@usda.gov
We are not including a prepared letter for you on this alert, as we want your letters to be unique and from the heart. Please tell the Secretary in your own words how you feel about the USDA's slowness in protecting elephants in trouble.
2) Join IDA's Elephant Task Force and stay up-to-date with news you can use to help elephants in captivity.
http://ida.convio.net/site/Survey?ACTION_REQUIRED=URI_ACTION_USER_R...
thanks!!
It's time to move our nation away from dirty fossil fuel dependency—and oil shale is the world's dirtiest fossil fuel.
Oil shale development relies on unproven, environmentally destructive, and economically dubious technologies that are decades away from commercial readiness.
Please help us put a stop to additional public land giveaways for oil shale demonstration projects by signing our petition to the Bureau of Land Management. Your action will help ensure that any more public lands in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming are not sacrificed to reckless, dirty, and economically unviable oil shale development when we don’t even know if technologies can work.
http://action.wilderness.org/campaign/oilshale00?rk=c7d3sNsq8hqgE
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Ocean Conservancy's Go, Fish! petition:
www.oceanconservancy.org/endoverfishing
Here’s the deal. We overfish our oceans: that means we are catching fish faster than they can reproduce and it puts populations of many species in peril. The impact of overfishing gets overwhelming pretty fast when you add the destruction of sensitive ocean habitats; bycatch of unwanted fish species, sea turtles, and marine mammals; a declining industry that feeds many local economies, among other things.
But it's not unsolvable.
Whether you care because you treasure the ocean and its wildlife, or because you want your seafood to be sustainably harvested, there is a way to say “Go, Fish!” All we have to do to is end overfishing—and continue fishing at levels that our ocean can support. And right now, we actually have a chance to do so. Will you join us?
www.oceanconservancy.org/endoverfishing
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Earthjustice ACTION: An Historic Opportunity for Northwest Salmon
Wild salmon and steelhead of the Columbia and Snake Rivers
connect coastal and river communities from California to Alaska
and inland as far as Idaho and Nevada. Earthjustice has been in
court for over a decade fighting on behalf of fishermen and
conservationists to protect and restore this endangered national
treasure.
Right now, we have an unprecedented opportunity to make a
difference for these imperiled fish and the people who depend on
them. Bringing these wild fish back depends on changing the way
the Columbia River dams are operated and bypassing four
obsolete, fish-killing dams on the lower Snake River.
In 2008, the Bush Administration imposed a plan that allows
these lethal dams to continue killing up to 90% of some Snake
River salmon runs. Earthjustice challenged the plan in court
soon after it was issued, and now the Obama administration is
conducting a 60-day review of that plan -- providing some extra
time to explore a way to resolve this long-running controversy.
The federal judge hearing the case, U.S. District Court Judge
James Redden, just on May 18 wrote a letter to the parties
indicating his preliminary conclusion that the Bush plan is
illegal. He urged the federal defendants in the case to consider
all of the options -- including lower Snake River dam removal --
to restore these fish. In the words of Judge Redden, "[a]ll of
us know that aggressive action is necessary to save this vital
resource, and now is the time to make that happen."
This brief window of opportunity gives you a chance to offer
your opinion to the Obama administration. It's the best
opportunity salmon have had in many years for a change in the
direction of river and dam management.
We need the Obama administration to end failed practices of the
past, and work with fishermen, farmers, energy users and others
to resolve this long-running conflict -- to restore salmon,
create jobs, and invest in our communities and a clean energy
future.
Right now, while the administration's review is underway, please
contact President Obama's newly appointed officials at the
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the
Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), and the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers (Corps).
Urge them to reject the 2008 Bush plan and craft an effective
new plan that follows the science and the law, and considers all
the options to protect and restore endangered salmon, including
removal of the four costly dams on the lower Snake River.
Now is our chance to bring people together to protect and
restore endangered salmon and invest in the communities and jobs
that depend upon them.
Take action at the link below:
http://action.earthjustice.org/campaign/salmon_0509?rk=ndNZNWKqPdYDW
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Wilderness Society Action: Tell Congress you want action on global warming
The week of May 17th, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce will mark up The American Clean Energy and Security Act (H.R. 2454). This historic legislation will require polluters to pay for the costs of dumping harmful carbon pollution into the air, and will spur clean energy development, create new businesses and jobs, and protect treasured American landscapes for future generations.
http://action.wilderness.org/campaign/gwarm_markup?rk=Zdd3sNsqpvAoW
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PCRM/Humane Seal Action: It's Miller Time: Time to Tell MillerCoors to Stop Donating to Health Charities that Fund Cruel Animal Experiments!
MillerCoors proclaims it wants to be the best beer company in America--professing a commitment to the environment and corporate transparency. Yet it continues to support health charities that fund scientifically and ethically questionable animal experiments--while giving no support to health charities that only provide vital patient services or only advance research without the use of animals.
It's time to tell MillerCoors that they must begin to support the best health charities that are using scientifically sound and humane research.
Please call, e-mail, or write a letter to Cornell Boggs, MillerCoors chief responsibility and ethics officer, and politely ask him to begin funding health charities that provide vital patient services or advance research without the use of animals. Being polite is the most effective way to help these animals.
Cornell Boggs
Chief Responsibility and Ethics Officer
MillerCoors
3939 W. Highland Blvd.
P.O. Box 482
Milwaukee, WI 53201-0482
E-mail: mailto:cornell.boggs@millercoors.com
Phone: 1-800-645-5376 (Monday through Friday, noon to 8 p.m. CDT)
Or Send an automatic e-mail today:
https://secure2.convio.net/pcrm/site/Advocacy?s_oo=igZNkNvhOH6tZCU8...
In a recent experiment by the MillerCoors-funded Muscular Dystrophy Association, 3- to 5-month-old ferrets were infected with 13 avian influenza viruses that caused extreme lethargy, diarrhea, severe neurological impairment, and death.
And in a St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (also a recipient of MillerCoors funding) experiment, rhesus monkeys were infected with a Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIM) through stem cell gene transfers and kept sick and caged for at least 10 months.
But in a recent survey, 71 percent of respondents said it is important to use their donations for “innovative nonanimal research” and 67 percent are more likely to donate to a charity that has a policy of “never funding animal experiments” than to one that does.
Yet MillerCoors executives disregard this information, even knowing that many of their employees--like most Americans--may share these concerns. Furthermore, these decision-makers have refused to take the first step toward creating a more progressive and thoughtful corporate giving policy.
Please tell MillerCoors to stop donating to health charities that fund outdated and cruel animal experiments.
Find a list of hundreds of humane charities at http://www.humaneseal.org/
If you have any questions, please contact me at info@HumaneSeal.org or 202-686-2210, ext. 384. Thanks so much for your help!
To take action on this issue, click on the link below:
https://secure2.convio.net/pcrm/site/Advocacy?s_oo=igZNkNvhOH6tZCU8...
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The Union of Concerned Scientists Action: Urge the administration to actively support climate legislation
Please send a letter today to President Obama and senior administration officials. It will help ensure that the administration actively supports a strong climate bill. If you go to the URL below you can check out the details and send your own message.
Then please forward this email to 10 friends in your area. We really need your help to spread the word.
To take action on this issue, click on the link below:
https://secure3.convio.net/ucs/site/Advocacy?s_oo=osgR716SYnkmSlv4c...
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Sierra Club Action: Submit Your Comments Today: Don't Drill Our Coasts!
The Minerals Management Service (MMS) pushed through a 5-year drilling program which would open the majority of our coasts to offshore drilling. Secretary Salazar has put a halt on this unbalanced plan by extending the public comment period through September. Send a message today that our coasts are off limits!
I just submitted my comment that drilling is not the answer.
Add your comment here:
http://action.sierraclub.org/site/PageServer?pagename=OffshoreDrill...
_____
Sierra Club Action: Help Stop Global Warming
We need a clean energy economy to tackle global warming and create green jobs, and we need it now. I just sent a registered a public comment with the EPA in support of the agency's recent action on curbing greenhouse gas emissions, and you should too. Check it out.
To take action on this issue, click on the link below:
https://secure2.convio.net/sierra/site/Advocacy?s_oo=JtLQYi-LYnvwC0...
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Sierra Club Action: Tell Congress to Revitalize the Economy and Our Public Lands
Today's young people are growing up indoors, but a new bill, the Public Lands Service Corps Act, could help build a bridge between young people and America's public lands.
The bill will protect, preserve and restore our public lands, while giving young Americans employment opportunities and the training they need to get green jobs with our public land agencies.
To take action on this issue, click on the link below:
https://secure2.convio.net/sierra/site/Advocacy?s_oo=qxp_26q23SGQBX...
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NWF Action: Help Reform the 1872 Mining Law
I thought you might be interested in urging your senators to support new legislation to protect public lands and wildlife from a 137 year-old mining law.
Back in 1872, Jesse James was robbing banks, Ulysses S. Grant was president, only white males had the right to vote and neither the automobile nor the airplane had been invented.
A lot has changed in 137 years, but what has stayed the same is how little we protect our wildlife, water and land from harmful mining practices.
For more than a century, the 1872 Mining Law has allowed mining companies to buy up America's public lands for $5 or less per acre with little or no cleanup required. It also allows mining to take precedence over protecting public land for wildlife habitat, clean water, hunting, fishing and other outdoor recreation.
We can't keep living in the past, it's time to look to the future.
To take action on this issue, click on the link below:
https://online.nwf.org/site/Advocacy?s_oo=Vx4ZtdK60_ryzGKZsoD3gw..&...
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EarthJustice ACTION: Urge Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to take the lead on reducing black carbon pollution
Black carbon casts a deadly shadow worldwide, from the sprawl of
Los Angeles, to the slums of Mumbai, to the Arctic ice that
sustains polar bears and other wildlife. Quick action to cut
black carbon can slow Arctic melting, fight global warming and
save lives.
And you can help make it happen.
Last month the nations of the Arctic Council, including the
United States, met in Norway and agreed to undertake a two-year
study on black carbon's role in global warming, and what can be
done to control it. The same week, Nobel laureate al Gore called
for the world to burn less diesel fuel and wood to reduce black
carbon emissions. And four U.S. senators, including John Kerry
and Barbara Boxer, introduced legislation directing the EPA to
study the problem.
That's all good. But studies aren't enough. We must urge the
United States to take action now to reduce black carbon
emissions at home and abroad. We must encourage EPA
Administrator Lisa Jackson to continue cracking down on diesel
and other dirty fuels, and encourage Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton to make the U.S. a global leader on this issue.
Here's what you should know:
* The chief culprit in global warming is carbon dioxide. But
recent studies show that black carbon -- microscopic airborne
particles commonly known as soot -- is also a big factor. Black
carbon may account for as much as half of Arctic warming.
Curbing black carbon is crucial for slowing Arctic and global
warming, and for averting catastrophic tipping points such as
the melting of sea ice and the Greenland ice sheet.
* Black carbon comes from diesel engines, industrial smokestacks
and residential cooking and heating stoves. Most black carbon
that falls in the Arctic comes from North America, Europe and
Asia. Because black carbon air pollution is also a leading cause
of respiratory illness and death, controlling emissions will
save lives and improve health around the world. In India alone,
black carbon-laden indoor smoke is responsible for over 400,000
premature deaths annually, mostly of women and children.
The U.S. and Europe must lead on this issue by committing to
stricter standards at home for diesel engines and other sources
of black carbon pollution, and by committing to increased
financial and technological assistance to the developing world
to reduce black carbon pollution from diesel, home cooking and
heating and other sources.
It's important that Secretary Clinton and Administrator Jackson
know you want them to act -- now.
Take Action at the link below:
http://action.earthjustice.org/campaign/blackcarbon_stopsoot_0409?r...
_____
HSUS Update and Action Alert too: Thanks to You, Wendy's Starts Using Cage-Free Eggs
Many thousands of you contacted Wendy's over the past 22 months to ask the company to move away from battery cage confinement of laying hens. The Humane Society of the United States has discussed this issue with Wendy's for a long time, too. Today, we're proud to announce that Wendy's has started to move away from eggs from caged hens.
Thanks to your actions, the company's modest but meaningful actions will prevent thousands of hens from being crammed into tiny battery cages.
Latest Advancement
Wendy's new policy is the latest advancement in the ongoing transition away from cruel cages on factory farms. Just last week, The HSUS celebrated our victory in Maine, where we successfully pushed for legislation making Maine the sixth state to ban gestation crates and veal crates.
There's More to Do
This milestone wouldn't be possible without the tens of thousands of you who called or wrote to Wendy's, donated funds, leafleted outside of Wendy's restaurants, took action online, and more. Thank you so much for taking action for farm animals -- your advocacy makes a difference!
Even with this progress, we need to keep up the momentum. McDonald's only uses eggs from caged hens in the United States. Call 1-800-244-6227 and ask the company to start using cage-free eggs.
Thank you, as always, for everything you do for animals.
Sincerely,
Wayne Pacelle
President & CEO
The Humane Society of the United States
_______________
IDA Action: Death Of Elephant Ned Reinforces IDA's Demand For Action
IDA is deeply saddened to report that the elephant Ned, who was confiscated by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in November 2008 and sent to The Elephant Sanctuary thanks to the diligence of IDA, has passed away. Ned's sad life was filled with abuse and suffering, but in his last six months he finally experienced love, caring and trust.
Despite the sanctuary's heroic efforts to heal Ned, his body appears to have been too damaged from his years of abuse. Only 21 years old, Ned left us far too soon. Amazingly, he died just 12 hours after the passing of Bunny, another of the sanctuary’s elephants and the first to die from natural causes related to old age.
Ned’s passing is a tragic reminder of the inaction of the USDA, which waited until Ned was at death's door before confiscating him. Our staff will work hard in Ned's memory to force the USDA to fulfill its mandate to uphold our nation's animal welfare laws before it is too late for Tina, Jewel, Queenie, Val and other elephants who are victims of abuse at the hands of the circus and zoo industries.
Read more about Ned’s passing below.
Take Action
1) Email Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and demand that his agency start to enforce the Animal Welfare Act to protect elephants. The USDA must start by confiscating Jewel, Tina and Queenie and send them to an elephant sanctuary.
mailto:AgSec@usda.gov
We are not including a prepared letter for you on this alert, as we want your letters to be unique and from the heart. Please tell the Secretary in your own words how you feel about the USDA's slowness in protecting elephants in trouble.
2) Join IDA's Elephant Task Force and stay up-to-date with news you can use to help elephants in captivity.
http://ida.convio.net/site/Survey?ACTION_REQUIRED=URI_ACTION_USER_R...
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