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Biofuels this and emissions standards that…
Tuesday, June 12th, 2007
UPDATE, 6/12/07:
…and the Sierra Club weighs in….
Take Action: Support Energy Efficiency Standards!
Incandescent Light BulbIn order to achieve energy independence and curb global warming we must increase energy efficiency. We need an energy efficiency standard that will move America toward the 80% reductions in greenhouse gases that scientists say are necessary to avoid the worst consequences of global warming. By making better use of the electricity we already produce, we can not only save 300 million metric tons of global warming causing carbon dioxide by 2020, but consumers can also save a total of $26 billion.
Urge your Senators to support Energy Efficiency Standards!
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I’m running late, so I though I might take a shortcut and consolidate all of today’s climate change/fuel efficiency/general enviro alerts into one big link farm post.
(In fact, climate change is such a “hot” topic* right now that I may even do a link roundup post every day or two.)
So, yeehaw.
(More below the fold…)
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NWF: Support Fair Funding and Incentives for Endangered Species
Saturday, May 19th, 2007
Via the National Wildlife Federation:
Support Fair Funding and Incentives for Endangered Species
Congress is RIGHT NOW making important decisions about how America treats our endangered species. Please contact your senators and representative, and urge them to:
* Co-sponsor the Endangered Species Recovery Act (S. 700/H.R. 1422), which will put in place financial incentives for private landowners to help save endangered plants and animals. The bill provides $400 million annually in new tax credits and deductions for landowners who take steps to help wildlife on their property.
* Provide fair funding for endangered species management. The current Endangered Species Act is chronically under funded when it comes to species listing and recovery planning to habitat restoration and beyond. Ask your lawmakers to provide $470 million in 2008 for the two key agencies that implement the Act–the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service.
You can read more and take action here.
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NRDC: Tell Congress not to let polluters weaken the Clean Water Act
Thursday, May 3rd, 2007
UPDATE, 5/15/07:
See also: Support the Clean Water Authority Restoration Act, from the National Wildlife Federation.
Tiny Violin alert: If you do use the NWF’s sample letter, there’s one reference to fishing that you’ll want to edit out.
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Via the Natural Resources Defense Council:
Tell Congress not to let polluters weaken the Clean Water Act
Since the Clean Water Act was enacted in 1972, we have made great progress in cleaning up our nation’s waters. But polluters have tried repeatedly to use the courts to cut back on the law’s protections, and last year their efforts paid off when a Supreme Court decision left significant doubt about what kinds of water bodies remain protected by the Clean Water Act.
Now a number of small streams and other waters are in legal limbo. This uncertainty is enormously dangerous — 20 million acres of wetlands and nearly two million miles of streams are at risk of pollution or destruction if they lose their Clean Water Act protections. In response, concerned members of the House and Senate will soon introduce the Clean Water Authority Restoration Act to thwart polluters’ attacks by specifying the kinds of waters that the law must cover.
Americans need these water bodies to be protected — the small and seasonal creeks, brooks and streams that make up over half the river miles outside of Alaska contribute to the drinking water of roughly 111 million people. In addition, wetlands purify water, reduce the risk of flooding and provide important wildlife habitat.
Send a message urging your senators and representative to co-sponsor the Clean Water Authority Restoration Act.
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NWF: Stop a Landing Strip from Destroying the Pocosin Lakes Refuge
Wednesday, April 11th, 2007
Via the National Wildlife Federation:
Stop a Landing Strip from Destroying the Pocosin Lakes Refuge
The United States Navy is planning on constructing a jet landing field in eastern North Carolina within 3.5 miles of the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, one of the most critical wintering grounds for waterfowl in the Atlantic flyway and home to endangered red wolves.
This would be a disaster for the refuge and the hundreds of thousands of waterfowl that winter in the area, as well as the many sportsmen, birdwatchers and wildlife enthusiasts who regularly enjoy the refuge. The landing strip would not only put wildlife at risk. It would also pose unacceptable risks to the safety of Navy pilots.
Write your Members of Congress below and demand that the Navy select an alternative site for this jet landing field!
As always with action alerts and sample letters generated by enviro groups, be sure to edit out the whole part about how issue xyz will negatively impact hunters, anglers, and the like.
Read: if the Navy’s proposed landing strip kills any waterfowl, then there’s less left for “sportsmen” to blow away. Poor buhbies.
Tiny violin, anyone? (Via.)
Boo fucking hoo.
(And dontcha just love how they’re referred to as “sportsmen”, as opposed to the more generic term “sportspeople”? Way to go, NWF: speciesism and misogyny in one tidy little sentence. Blech.)
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Earthjustice: Help Keep Wolves Protected in the Northern Rockies
Thursday, March 29th, 2007
UPDATE, 5/15/07, via the Natural Resources Defense Council:
Over the past 60 days you’ve given wolves a fighting chance against the Bush Administration’s proposal to strip them of their Endangered Species protection and leave them vulnerable to mass killing.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service estimates that more than 200,000 citizens registered their opposition to a dangerous plan that could doom up to one half of the wolves in Greater Yellowstone to a cruel and senseless death.
I’m proud to report that NRDC Action Fund supporters like you generated 137,000 of those 200,000 comments!
Thanks to your support, we also made sure that concerned citizens turned out in force at public hearings across the Northern Rockies to testify for wolf protection. Wolf supporters outnumbered opponents at key hearings in Cheyenne, Wyoming and Boise, Idaho, where the wolf faces fierce hostility from state officials.
And the outcry we raised was bolstered by more than 250 scientists, who expressed their own opposition to the Bush Administration proposal.
What’s next? The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service will review all the comments it has received and will make a decision in about six months on whether or not to maintain protection of the wolf under the Endangered Species Act.
Way to go, guys and gals!
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UPDATE, 4/11/07:
Allrighty then…yet another action alert and sample letter, from the Natural Resources Defense Council: Tell the Bush Administration to Protect Gray Wolves!
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(More below the fold…)
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