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Sign Petition: We Don't Need More Dirty Coal!
Environment  (tags: environment, coal, energy, ecosystems, habitat, destruction, conservation, CO2emissions, climate-change, pollution, nature, humans, wildlife, protection, congress, government, money, politics, americans )

Tom
- 82 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
We already have renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies readily available that can meet our country's near-term energy needs. Please urge Congress to oppose the construction of new coal-fired power plants unless they feature CCS technology.
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Climate Emergency: Call the U.S. House Today!
Environment  (tags: climate-change, avaaz.org, global-warming, climate, weather, politics, congress, HouseofRepresentatives, u.s., USA, legislation, law, rights, freedoms, constitution, petition, environment, government, world, information, resources, education, CO2emissions )

SirRobert
- 136 days ago - care2.com
Your participation could help cast the deciding vote! Please visit this entry site and receive telephone details, along with Climate Change Resource Information. TY!!!
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Take Action: Tell Congress To Strengthen Climate Bill - Amend H.R. 2454
Environment  (tags: H.R. 2454, CleanAirAct, ClimateBill, congress, climate, climate-change, global-warming, weather, government, politics, democrats, republicans, u.s., world, petition, environment, health, society, humans, americans, energy, nature, pollution, protection )

SirRobert
- 141 days ago - salsa.democracyinaction.org
The current H.R. 2454 Climate Bill is not going to be fast enough, nor cut deep enough to make any significant difference in time! As it stands now, it would precisely give the same odds as flipping a coin at 50/50 chance of any positive impact. Act Now!!
38 comments
Sign Petition: Protect Our Oceans, Coastal Communities and Consumers
Environment  (tags: environment, ocean, fish, farming, Bush, NOAA, gulf of mexico, seafood, aquaculture, congress, nature, protection, habitat, humans, ecosystems, conservation, health, risks, humans, food, habitat, pollution, wildlife )

Tom
- 184 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council approved a devastating plan to permit industrial ocean fish farms in U.S. waters. Advertised as a blueprint for ocean waters nationwide, it's now headed to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
41 comments
Public Lands Victory -- Wyoming Range Saved, 2 Million Acres of New Wilderness: TAKE ACTION!
Environment  (tags: congress, government, ethics, conservation, environment, habitat, nature, protection, GoodNews )

Kat
- 219 days ago - action.earthjustice.org
Please join with us in applause for what Congress has done to permanently protect millions of acres of American wildlands--including such special places as Mineral King, Mt. Hood and the Wyoming Range...
13 comments
Pelosi Statement on President Obama Signing Omnibus Public Lands Management Act
Environment  (tags: Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, President Obama, Congress, americans, culture, society, politics, ethics, GoodNews, usa, conservation, environment, GoodNews, habitat, nature, protection )

Kat
- 221 days ago - news.yahoo.com
WASHINGTON, March 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement this afternoon after President Obama signed H.R. 146, the Omnibus Public Land Management Act into law. "I was so pleased to join President Obama today...
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Great News! Congress Votes 'Yes' to Sweeping Public Lands Protection Act
Environment  (tags: obama, congress, GoodNews, democrats, republicans, government, usa, protection, wildlife, nature, habitat, environment, ecosystems, conservation, rivers, trails, parks, scenic, wilderness, water, fish, landscapes, Omnibus )

Tom
- 228 days ago - ens-newswire.com
Congress just approved a massive public lands bill that protects 200 million acres of wilderness in nine states and 1,000 miles of rivers in the wild and scenic river system. It establishes new national trails, national parks and a new national monument.
14 comments
Bill to Protect Wilderness Areas Is Defeated in House
Environment  (tags: nature, habitat, environment, ecosystems, conservation, wildlife, trees, habitatdestruction, forests, Congress, MaryNeal )

Mary
- 241 days ago - washingtonpost.com
A bill that would have designated 2 million acres in nine states as protected wilderness was narrowly defeated yesterday in the House when it failed to garner the necessary two-thirds vote.
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Environmentalists Blast Changes To Endangered Species Rules
Environment  (tags: americans, bush, bushadministration, government, congress, news, obama, politics, ethics, u.s., usa, destruction, ecosystems, endangered, environment, forests, habitat, habitatdestruction, humans, nature, oceans, pollution, suffering, world, wildlife )

SirRobert
- 331 days ago - cnn.com
The Bush administration cleared the way Thursday for federal agencies to skip consultations with government scientists, when embarking on projects that could impact endangered wildlife!
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Interior Dept. Changes Rule to Remove Congress Veto
Environment  (tags: Congress, Interior Department, Environment, Mining, climate, climatechange, conservation, ecosystems, environment, endangered, destruction, habitat, habitatdestruction, pollution, protection, nature, wildlife, animals, forests, government, humans, politic )

Kat
- 336 days ago - nytimes.com
In another regulatory action in the waning days of the Bush administration, the Interior Department on Thursday unveiled a new rule that challenges Congress's authority to prevent mining planned on public lands.
29 comments
The Sky Belongs To All Of Us.
Environment  (tags: globalwarming, destruction, environment, Congress, take action, protection, conservation )

Cher
- 619 days ago - salsa.democracyinaction.org
As Vice President Gore has said, we are in a planetary emergency--an emergency that demands bold and courageous action. To stop global warming and to reverse the extraordinary environmental destruction that is taking place around the world, we must tell
2 comments
No More Gas Guzzlers for Congress?
Environment  (tags: Congress, commitment, environment, liars )

Pretty
- 796 days ago - mcclatchydc.com
WASHINGTON -- Republican Rep. Joe Barton, who drives a gas-guzzling Chevy Tahoe to get around his home state of Texas, says he's very happy with his large sport utility vehicle."It is a very good vehicle. ... But I don't believe it would be certified...
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Controversy Erupts Over Endangered Species Act
Environment  (tags: bushadministration, congress, constitution, corruption, ethics, government, propaganda, republicans, neocons, SupremeCourt, animals, conservation, destruction, eco-friendly, ecosystems, endangered, environment, habitat, habitatdestruction, wildlife, Susta )


- 837 days ago - csmonitor.com
Congress and the Interior Department investigate whether the Bush administration undermined federal protections.
2 comments
ACTION ALERT: Tell Congress to Support Conservation Friendly Farming
Environment  (tags: Sustainabile farming, Congress, legislation, 2007, conservation, eco-friendly )

Maureen
- 838 days ago - action.environmentaldefense.org
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE - The US House is poised to vote on the 2007 Farm Bill any day. This is one of the most important pieces of conservation legislation that Congress will vote on this decade.
3 comments
 
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