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As part of the Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families coalition, NRDC is gathering petition signatures pushing Congress to pass the Safe Chemicals Act. Show your support and send a letter to your senator today.
Don't let your representative weaken light bulb efficiency standards
The House of Representatives is expected to vote soon on legislation that would effectively block energy efficiency standards for light bulbs, costing each American household up to $200 per year. Urge your representative to oppose any amendment that would prohibit the Department of Energy from enforcing light bulb efficiency standards.
Tell Congress: Just say no to back-room deals with drug companies
Drug companies and factory farms are pushing antibiotics on healthy animals, incubating dangerous, drug-resistant strains of bacteria that are spreading to humans. Send a letter to your senators and representative right now to make sure that they don't block the FDA from protecting our health.
Congress to reconsider Keystone XL pipeline
Don't let Congress revive the tar sands pipeline and strip away important environmental protections: Send a letter now demanding that your senators and representative stand firm on rejecting the Keystone XL pipeline.
Support the EPA's proposal to limit industrial carbon pollution from power plants
The EPA's new limits on industrial carbon pollution from power plants are critical to protect the health of our kids and families, spark innovation in clean technologies and create American jobs. Before the June 25th deadline, tell the EPA that you support its efforts to protect our health with new standards to reduce carbon pollution from power plants.
Tell Congress we need safer nuclear power plants now
The nuclear crisis that began in Fukushima, Japan in March 2011 was the world's worst nuclear accident since 1986. With more than six million people living within the 10-mile evacuation zones around the 104 U.S. nuclear reactors, we cannot afford to just stand by and hope the worst won't happen here. Urge your senators and representative to tell the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to make nuclear plants in America safer today.
Tell Congress to help increase global access to safe drinking water
Lack of safe drinking water and sanitation is the single largest cause of illness in the world. The Water for the World Act, a bipartisan bill introduced in both the Senate and the House of Representatives, would improve America's ability to provide assistance in developing countries to help address this global crisis. Urge your senators and representative to co-sponsor the Water for the World Act (H.R. 3658/S. 641).
Californians: Tell Gov. Brown to stop illegal mining near Joshua Tree National Park
Last year thousands of you urged the Obama administration to reject a massive garbage dump that would be built right at the doorstep of Joshua Tree National Park. Now, unbelievably, we've learned that the company behind the proposed garbage dump has been mining illegally for years on land that rightfully should be part of the park. Urge Governor Brown to enforce the law and stop Kaiser's illegal mining on land that belongs to Joshua Tree National Park.
Urge your representative to keep our clean energy economy moving forward
One vitally important tool to help promote renewable energy has been a tax credit that supports new sources of clean power, lowering energy costs and creating jobs for thousands of Americans. The House of Representatives is considering a bipartisan bill that would extend the credit for four years. Urge your representative to co-sponsor the American Renewable Energy Production Tax Credit Extension Act (H.R. 3307).
Tell Interior Secretary Salazar to deny Shell the final permits it needs to drill in the Polar Bear Seas
The Obama Administration is now paving the way for Shell to begin drilling this summer in both of our nation's "Polar Bear Seas," home to more than half of America's polar bears. Tell Secretary Salazar to deny Shell the final go-ahead to drill in this pristine environment.
Tell the Obama administration to keep mining waste out of our rivers and streams
The Obama administration has the power to close a dangerous Clean Water Act loophole, created during the Bush administration, that allows mining companies to dump waste directly into waterways. Urge the Obama administration to prohibit mining companies from dumping their waste into streams and lakes.
Tell foreign mining corporations to abandon their proposed Pebble Mine and stay out of Bristol Bay
Despite overwhelming local opposition, foreign mining giants Anglo American and Rio Tinto are pressing forward with plans to build a gargantuan, open-pit gold and copper mine above Alaska’s Bristol Bay. Tell these two companies not to build a mega-mine against the will of local citizens.
Tell the EPA to protect kids from toxic pesticides in pet flea collars
Although we have safer options for controlling fleas on our pets, the EPA still allows dangerous pesticides, such as propoxur, to be used in flea collars. Tell the EPA to ban these toxic chemicals in pet products.
Tell Congress to implement the recommendations of the presidential oil spill commission to prevent another Gulf oil disaster
The bipartisan commission appointed by President Obama in the wake of the Gulf oil disaster found that the disaster was not a one-time fluke, but a result of systemic failures in government oversight and industry management. Urge your senators and representatives to support and implement the commission's recommendations to reform offshore oil and gas drilling, and to protect and restore our oceans.
Urge the Department of Agriculture to act now to save bees
Although honey bees are crucial to producing about one-third of all the food we eat, the Department of Agriculture has failed to meet crucial research needs to determine the cause of colony collapse disorder, which is devastating hives across the country. Urge the Department of Agriculture to act now to save bees.
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