Current Actions

  • Urge Congress to support America's wildlife

    One-third of species in the United States are currently threatened with extinction. That includes everything from bumblebees to manatees.

    To protect threatened and endangered wildlife and plants, join us in calling on the U.S. Senate to support the Recovering America's Wildlife Act. If passed, this bill will give state and tribal agencies funding to protect at risk species.

  • Tell your governor: Help wild animals cross the road

    Roughly one million animals are killed on America's roads every day. This includes birds, large mammals and amphibians as well as rare and endangered species such as the Florida panther, Mexican wolf and ocelot. These incidents hurt people, too. Vehicle collisions with large mammals cause over $8 billion in damages and around 200 deaths annually.

    Fortunately, there's a solution: wildlife crossings over or under roads that link fragmented habitat so animals and people can travel safely. Thanks to a new Wildlife Crossing Pilot Program in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, states can now apply for federal funding to build these pathways. Tell your governor to apply and establish more wildlife crossings.

  • Tell the governor: Electric vehicles are good for climate action & government budgets

    Climate action can happen at the state and local level with decisions like the cars and trucks our state and local governments buy. In the next decade, close to 900,000 light-duty vehicles in government fleets will need to be replaced. If we replaced these cars and trucks with electric vehicles, we could save governments -- and taxpayers -- more than $10.8 billion because EVs have lower maintenance costs and you fill up their tanks with electricity -- not polluting gas.

    EVs can be a clean air and budget winner for our local and state governments. Tell your governor to take action today by making the commitment to transition to EVs.

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  • Tell Procter & Gamble: Switch to forest-free products to help save the boreal forest

    P&G CEO John Moeller,

    The North American boreal is our planet's largest intact forest. Logging is steadily flushing these trees down the toilet. Destroying this bountiful forest is a disaster. P&G should move away from virgin wood fibers and incorporate more recycled and forest-free fibers in its home paper products, including Charmin toilet paper, Puffs tissues and Bounty paper towels.

    Customers would "enjoy the go" even more if your toilet paper didn't come at the expense of our forests. P&G's Charmin Ultra Eco bamboo toilet paper is a step in the right direction and we hope it is available online again soon. P&G should make a stronger commitment to switch to forest-free tissue products. We, the undersigned, urge P&G to commit to protect the boreal and reduce the amount of virgin wood fibers in your tissue products by 50% or more by 2025.

  • Tell Costco to stop supersizing its packaging

    Costco CEO W. Craig Jelinek:

    Costco is contributing to our waste crisis with its oversized and excessive packaging, and our environment is paying the price.

    There's no good reason to package a tiny product in an oversized plastic or coated cardboard shell -- such as the example recently spotted in your stores of a 2-inch jar of eye cream encased in 10-inch by 11-inch packaging.

    We need to be producing less waste, not more. I urge Costco to reduce its product packaging.

    Sincerely,

  • Tell the EPA: Crack down on coal and gas plant pollution

    EPA Administrator Michael Regan,

    Thank you for proposing to cut global warming pollution from power plants. We must require America's biggest polluters to clean up their act, instead of continuing to harm our climate and our health, and we shouldn't allow new power plants to make these problems worse.

    The proposal allows more pollution from some coal plants and smaller or intermittently running gas plants -- we urge you to extend the limits to even more power plants to accelerate the transition away from dirty, polluting energy.

    Most of the top 50 polluters in the U.S. are coal and gas-fired power plants. Together, those 45 power plants emitted 28% of all greenhouse gases from electricity generation nationwide, while generating only 11% of the nation's power.

    Please finalize the strongest possible limits to cut global warming pollution from power plants.

  • Protect our communities from toxic air pollution

    I am writing in support of the EPA's proposed emissions regulations to cut air pollutants from chemical plants. This would greatly reduce risks of cancer and other serious illnesses in communities across the nation and prevent over 6,000 tons of air pollution every year.

    Millions of Americans live close to chemical plants that release massive amounts of toxic substances, causing severe health problems like lung and heart disease. The proposed emissions standards will greatly help protect public and environmental health as well as reduce overall air pollution. I urge you to put this plan into action to keep people and the air healthy.

  • Tell Secretary Haaland: Support saving monarch butterflies

    Department of the Interior Secretary Haaland,

    We, the undersigned, urge you to support listing the monarch butterfly as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. Since the 1980s, the western subpopulation has declined more than 90% and the eastern subpopulation has declined by 80%. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature has listed the monarch butterfly on its red list of endangered species.

    Endangered Species Act protections are 99% effective in preventing extinction -- and they're our best chance to save monarchs. We urge you to help ensure the monarch's long-term survival by supporting listing the butterfly as endangered.

    Sincerely,

  • Tell the Biden administration: Protect the Pacific Remote Islands

    The Pacific Remote Islands are among the last wild and healthy marine ecosystems in the world. Submit your public comment before the deadline on June 2 to expand protections for the Pacific Remote Islands.

    Dear Administrator Spinrad,

    The Pacific Remote Islands are among the last wild and healthy marine ecosystems in the world. This ocean area is home to wildlife including coral, fish, sharks, turtles, rays, whales, dolphins and birds.

    Unfortunately, this wild place is facing threats like deep-sea mining and industrial fishing while also suffering from the effects of climate change.

    The Pacific Remote Islands also have cultural and historical significance. Protecting this place would honor the memory and sacrifice of young men who served here in World War II, many of them Native Hawaiians. The area also supports traditional wayfinding by Indigenous Pacific Islanders.

    I support the Pacific Remote Island Coalition's proposal in its entirety, including a co-management structure that includes Pacific Island communities in decision-making. I urge you to act swiftly to designate a National Marine Sanctuary, extending protections to the full limit of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) around Howland and Baker Islands, Kingman Reef, and Palmyra Atoll. This action will create the largest highly protected marine protected area in the world, ensuring safeguards for the wildlife populations for future generations.

    Sincerely,

  • Support energy efficiency standards to reduce global warming pollution

    The cleanest, cheapest energy is the energy we don't have to produce in the first place. That's why supporting energy efficiency policies is so critical for protecting our planet and helping solve climate change.

    A bipartisan group of state legislators have introduced a proposal to implement energy efficiency standards for a set of commonly used appliances in the state that are expected to reduce global warming pollution in Pennsylvania by an estimated 356,000 metric tons per year by 2030.

    Tell your state legislators to cosponsor this proposal for energy efficiency appliance standards in Pennsylvania so we can reduce our energy consumption and fight climate change.

  • Tell the Biden administration: Save our oldest forests

    Logging and other threats are encroaching on what little mature and old-growth forests we have left.

    Our oldest forests support a vast network of plants, animals and insects, sheltering the diversity of nature. And trees grow even faster the older they get, storing more carbon from the atmosphere and acting as a natural climate solution. Protecting our old-growth and mature forests is one of the best things we can do to help tackle climate change, save wildlife habitat, and keep our country beautiful.

    Our oldest forests deserve to be kept whole and wild. We, the undersigned, urge you to choose to permanently protect mature and old-growth trees and not sell them to logging companies.

  • Tell President Biden to ban the trapping and hunting of beavers

    Beaver dams create vibrant wetlands that provide wildlife with habitats, enrich aquatic ecosystems and absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Once nearly hunted to extinction, beaver populations have reached stable levels but are still only a fraction of what they once were.

    Given their immense value, we are asking President Biden to issue an executive order that bans beaver trapping and hunting on our public lands. Send a message now urging the president to protect these crucial critters.

  • Tell the EPA to enact stricter limits on toxic coal plant wastewater

    Docket No. EPA-HQ-OW-2009-0819

    Coal-fired power plants routinely dump wastewater laced with mercury, arsenic and other toxic heavy metals into our waterways -- pollutants that harm aquatic ecosystems and have been linked to serious human health effects including cancer and heart disease.

    I urge you to strengthen the wastewater discharge standards for coal-fired power plants as proposed.

  • Tell the EPA: Enact strong new Mercury and Air Toxics Standards

    I urge the Environmental Protection Agency to strengthen and update the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for power plants as proposed. These commonsense protections will reduce the amount of mercury and other toxic substances being pumped into our air by coal-fired power plants and help protect the public from the serious health risks associated with exposure to these substances.

    Sincerely,

  • Tell Amazon to reduce its plastic packaging

    Amazon CEO Andy Jassy:

    As the world's largest online retailer, Amazon uses a lot of single-use plastic packaging. In 2021, your company generated 709 million pounds of plastic waste -- enough to circle the globe 800 times in the form of plastic air pillows.

    Amazon can deliver packages without all this plastic waste. I urge you to reduce Amazon's use of plastic packaging, including air pillows, bubble wrap envelopes and more.

    Sincerely,

  • Tell the EPA: Take action to get toxic PFAS out of our drinking water

    PFAS are known as "forever chemicals" and can be found everywhere, including clothes, food packaging and even Norwegian Arctic ice. And now these toxic substances are getting into our drinking water, threatening the health of millions of Americans.

    I am writing in support of the proposed National Primary Drinking Water Regulation to set low, health-based limits on 6 PFAS chemicals in our drinking water. I also urge the EPA to prevent future PFAS contamination by phasing these dangerous substances to begin with.

  • Tell the EPA: Factory farms need to stop polluting our rivers with liquid manure

    It's a crappy situation. Large-scale factory farms produce tons of manure. And all too often, manure from factory farms raising cows or pigs winds up in our rivers, lakes and streams.

    And yet two-thirds of America's corporate animal feeding operations (CAFOs) have no oversight from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

    Tell the EPA: Factory farms need to stop polluting our rivers with liquid manure.

  • Tell Whole Foods: Take single-use plastic packaging off your shelves

    Whole Foods CEO Jason Buechel:

    People want plastic-free groceries, but they can't always get them at Whole Foods.

    As a major grocery chain, Whole Foods has the power to push the industry in a greener direction -- especially with the 365 in-house brand products that are within your control. I urge your company to:

    • Implement a 25% reduction in single-use plastic packaging used by the 365 brand by 2025.
    • Generate 15% of its annual revenue from the sale of products sold in reusable or refillable packaging by 2025.
    • Publicly report the amount of plastic packaging sold each year by 2025.

    Whole Foods was a pioneer in the movement to make grocery shopping more environmentally friendly -- it was the first U.S. grocer to ban plastic bags at checkout back in 2008. It's time for your company to step up once again.

    Sincerely,

  • Tell Red Lobster to help save the Right whale

    Lobster trap lines are entangling endangered North Atlantic Right whales, causing serious injury and even death. With just 340 Right whales left on the planet, we can't afford to lose even one more.

    As one of the world's largest purchasers of seafood, Red Lobster sets the standard on sustainable, responsibly sourced seafood for all its suppliers -- and it can steer the industry in a safer direction.

    Red Lobster has a sustainability policy in place, but it doesn't yet address the conflict between lobstering and the Right whale. I urge Red Lobster to commit to purchasing lobster caught with ropeless gear for 50% of its lobster by the end of 2025 and 100% by 2030.

    Sincerely,

  • Support Lower Merion's proposal to ban plastic bags

    Local officials in Lower Merion have proposed an ordinance to ban the distribution of single-use plastic bags in the township. Lower Merion's residents use an estimated 23.2 million plastic bags EACH YEAR, so this proposal would mean fewer plastic bags blowing through our streets, polluting our environment and water, and littering our neighborhoods. Call on your commissioner to support this important effort to reduce plastic pollution today.

    Lower Merion can be a leader in keeping our streets and rivers litter-free. Tell the board of commissioners to pass a ban on single-use plastic bags.

  • Tell the Fish and Wildlife Service: List the American bumblebee as endangered

    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

    American bumblebees once lazily buzzed over backyards, fields and meadows all across our country -- but today, its population has plummeted by 90% over the past two decades, and it's vanished completely from eight states. It's not too late to save the American bumblebee, but we need to act fast.

    Initial findings by your agency were that new protections for this bee may be warranted. Given the sharp decline in this species, I urge you to move quickly to list the American bumblebee as an endangered species.

    Sincerely,

  • Tell President Biden to protect our mature and old-growth forests for Earth Day

    Dear President Biden,

    We urge you to follow through on your executive order and create a strong, lasting rule that protects mature and old-growth forests on federal public lands from logging.

    Protecting and recovering these natural climate solutions would be a key piece of U.S. climate policy and an enduring legacy of your administration.

    Safeguarding carbon-rich forests on federal lands is a cost-effective and timely climate solution. Mature trees store and continue to absorb large amounts of carbon, provide clean drinking water, and serve as habitat for imperiled wildlife. Larger, older trees are also more fire resistant, and the rule would allow for necessary efforts to address the risk of fire.

    Sincerely,

  • Tell Amazon: Switch to toilet paper that doesn't destroy forests

    To: Amazon CEO Andy Jassy

    Our world's forests are chopped down and turned into wood pulp for tissue products. Amazon's Presto! and Amazon Basics toilet paper brands are made with virgin wood pulp, and you should do more to reduce Amazon's impact on forests. We thank you for producing Amazon Aware toilet paper which is produced from recycled paper and we believe that your company is capable of doing more to protect forests from logging.

    Amazon can play a leadership role in protecting the world's forests like Canada's boreal by committing to reduce the amount of virgin wood pulp fibers in its home paper products by 50% (or more) by 2025.

    Sincerely,

  • Tell Keurig Dr Pepper: Take single-use plastic out of your products

    To keep our planet safe from plastic, we need to stop using so much of it in our everyday products -- and we can start with plastic bottles.

    Keurig Dr Pepper owns 7-Up, Canada Dry, A&W, Evian and Snapple, in addition to Keurig and Dr Pepper. As one of the leading beverage companies in North America, the company can help by sparking an industry-wide shift away from single-use plastic bottles.

    Call on Keurig Dr Pepper to take single-use plastic out of its products.

  • Tell the FTC: Make sure recycling labels are accurate

    Re: Green Guides Review, Matter No. P954501

    The term "recyclable" should only be used for items that are actually recyclable. Companies are using misleading labels to make their products seem better for the environment.

    One example of this greenwashing is How2Recycle's "widely recyclable" label used on #5 polypropylene plastics. Many community recycling programs don't accept #5 plastics and even where it is accepted, facilities often send this plastic to the landfill instead. According to the EPA's most recently available data, only 2.7% of polypropylene plastic packaging is ever recycled.

    We need to make sure more of our plastic is actually recycled instead of polluting our oceans, rivers and landscapes.

    The FTC should prohibit the use of the word recyclable, the chasing arrows recycling symbol, or other statements that imply a product is recyclable unless the item is actually recyclable. Clearer guidelines would make it easier to stop the greenwashing that is misleading consumers.

    Sincerely,

  • Tell Congress: Oppose the TAP American Energy Act

    This bill would increase oil and gas drilling and put our environment at risk. It could also prevent us from protecting marine life from deafening seismic blasts. Tell Congress to vote no on the TAP American Energy Act.

  • Tell the EPA to protect the rusty patched bumblebee from toxic cyantraniliprole

    Docket No. EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0668-0063

    The Environmental Protection Agency's own assessment shows that cyantraniliprole is likely to harm more than 600 of the 1,718 species that are listed as endangered or threatened.

    That's far too great of a risk to take, especially for the endangered rusty patched bumblebee, which has experienced a population decline of 90% since the 1990s. The EPA's duty is to protect our environment and the endangered and threatened species that live in it, and I urge you to fulfill that duty by banning cyantraniliprole unless and until it can be proven safe.

  • Tell your U.S. House representative: Don't erase gray wolf protections

    A new bill in Congress could undo wolves' endangered species protections and unleash wolf hunting and trapping in every state in the U.S.

    We need to protect endangered wolves from this disastrous bill. Tell your U.S. House representative: Don't erase gray wolf protections.

  • Tell the EPA to clean up soot pollution

    Dear EPA Administrator Michael Regan,

    Thank you for proposing stronger air quality standards for particulate matter. New limits on soot pollution are one of the best ways the Biden administration can improve Americans' health.

    We encourage the EPA to move swiftly to adopt the strictest possible standard (no higher than 8 mcg/m3 annual and 25 mcg/m3 daily), which could save an estimated 15,000 lives per year. Anything less would mean a missed opportunity to secure cleaner air for millions of Americans.

    Recent scientific studies have found that no level of fine particulate pollution is safe, and our current standards don't protect people's health and safety enough. Please do all you can to tackle air pollution.

    Sincerely,

  • Tell Secretary Haaland: 90% of plastic out of national parks by 2025

    Secretary Haaland,

    Thank you for taking the first step toward reducing plastic pollution by announcing a plan to phase out plastics in our national parks. These beautiful places are constantly strewn with single-use plastic waste, an issue only worsening with every bottle on a trail or bag in a tree. Plastic threatens to ruin nature for centuries with items used for minutes, and these products shouldn't be spoiling our national parks' beauty and endangering wildlife.

    2032 is too long to wait to remove plastics from parks. The National Park Service already deals with an average of nearly 70 million pounds of waste annually, 81% of it plastic. It shouldn't take a decade to get plastic out of our parks.

    We urge you to act swiftly for the health of national parks by phasing out 90% of single-use plastics on Department of Interior lands by 2025. These magnificent areas and the wondrous nature they hold were never meant for waste disposal.

    Sincerely,

  • Tell your U.S. senators: Defend the Clean Water Act

    Polluters and their allies in Congress want to repeal federal protections for thousands of wetlands and streams that millions of Americans rely on for drinking water and recreation. We need to convince the U.S. Senate to stop this latest attack on the Clean Water Act. Tell your U.S. senators to defend clean water protections.

  • Tell the Georgia Department of Natural Resources: Don't let Twin Pines mine near the Okefenokee

    Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp is part of the largest wildlife refuge east of the Mississippi River and home to some of our nation's rarest animals. But plans to develop a titanium mine in its backyard are moving forward. The clock is ticking, and we only have until March 20 to make our voices heard to save this iconic swamp.

    Make your public comment opposing this dangerous mine before the March 20 deadline.

  • Tell Amazon: Switch to toilet paper that doesn't destroy forests

    To: Amazon CEO Andy Jassy

    Our world's forests are chopped down and turned into wood pulp for tissue products. Amazon's Presto! and Amazon Basics toilet paper brands are made with virgin wood pulp, and you should do more to reduce Amazon's impact on forests. We thank you for producing Amazon Aware toilet paper which is produced from recycled paper and we believe that your company is capable of doing more to protect forests from logging.

    Amazon can play a leadership role in protecting the world's forests like Canada's boreal by committing to reduce the amount of virgin wood pulp fibers in its home paper products by 50% (or more) by 2025.

    Sincerely,

  • Tell your state representative: Protect Pennsylvania's wildlife habitat

    Pennsylvania is blessed to be home to incredible native species, from our elk, bobcats and black bears to butterflies and songbirds. But our wildlife is threatened by development that fragments habitat, threatening our ecosystems and making it harder for wildlife to forage, migrate and mate.

    A bipartisan group of state legislators have introduced a proposal that would lay the groundwork to protect habitat and reconnect places where it's been fractured.

    Ask your state representative to cosponsor this proposal today.

  • Tell the Biden administration: Keep us safe from hazardous chemical trains

    A chemical train derailed in eastern Ohio, spilling hazardous chemicals that caught on fire, endangering the surrounding community. Families are wondering if their water is safe to drink and if the air will make them sick.

    Chemical trains carrying dangerous materials crisscross through our communities with few safety regulations -- threatening the environment and our health. We're calling on the Biden administration to protect us from dangerous chemical trains and ensure we have the right to know what toxic materials are on board.

  • Tell the Biden administration: Stop the Willow Project

    Dear President Biden and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland,

    The Willow Project would be a lose-lose-lose scenario -- a loss for people, a loss for wildlife, and a loss for our climate. If approved, the project would do irreparable damage to the frozen, fragile ecosystem of northern Alaska, and it would unleash the carbon equivalent of 76 new coal-fired power plants into our atmosphere.

    Approving the Willow Project makes no sense -- especially not when it runs counter to President Biden's commitment to protecting 30% of our country's land and water by 2030. We, the undersigned, urge you to stop the Willow Project today.

    Sincerely,

  • Tell Amazon: No more plastic packaging

    We urge Amazon to cut down on plastic packaging. Your customers are forced to deal with plastic envelopes, plastic air pillows and other kinds of plastic packaging that aren't accepted by most recycling programs. And when Americans try to recycle the plastic packages with the recycling symbol, it's often shipped halfway around the world to be burned, polluting the air and making people sick.

    This plastic trash also pollutes our oceans, killing marine life that accidentally eats the plastic including whales, dolphins and turtles. Amazon should take responsibility for its plastic waste and do more to zero out plastic packaging. In June 2022, 48.9% of Amazon shareholders voted for a resolution calling on the company to limit its single-use plastic packaging. Please listen to your customers and shareholders and stop shipping so much plastic packaging to our doorsteps.

  • Tell the EPA: Regulate neonic-coated seeds as pesticides

    The EPA should regulate seeds that are dipped or coated with neonicotinoid pesticides. These pesticide-treated seeds can leach into the soil, contaminate waterways and create airborne dust that is toxic to bees.

    In the last 25 years, America's agricultural landscape has become 48 times more toxic to bees. Seed coatings represent the most common use of neonics in the U.S. Every year, 150 million acres are planted with neonic-coated seeds, from soybeans to corn to wheat.

    These seeds are commonly used, but the economic benefits are debatable. EPA's own research found little benefit to coating soybeans in neonics. And some studies have found the seeds reduced crop yield by killing off the target pests' natural enemies.

    Seeds coated with pesticides should be treated like any other pesticide. We urge you to consider neonic-coated seeds to be pesticides and regulate their use.

    Sincerely,

  • Tell the EPA: Slash methane pollution

    Re: EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0317

    We, the undersigned, urge you to finalize strong air pollution standards for new and existing gas and oil infrastructure. Oil and gas facilities leak large amounts of methane into the air, accelerating global warming and threatening public health. Some of these methane clouds are so big, they can be seen from space.

    We support the provisions to monitor, identify and fix methane leaks. Phasing out heavily polluting equipment like pneumatic controllers is a positive step forward. And the Super-Emitter Response Program will help reign in some of the worst methane leaks that are supercharging global warming.

    The rule should be strengthened by phasing out pollution from routine venting and flaring. Venting and flaring are wasteful practices that release massive amounts of global warming pollution and harm communities near oil and gas wells.

    Please act quickly to strengthen limits on methane pollution.

  • Tell the EPA to regulate the "widely recyclable" label

    The raised edge of a recycling symbol on a piece of plastic should inspire confidence that we can repurpose some of the plastics we aren't able to avoid.

    A new "widely recyclable" label created by the plastics industry will make it look as though many plastics can be recycled. But widely used plastics like polypropylene are not widely recycled -- only 2.7% of polypropylene plastic packaging is recycled in the U.S.

    Tell the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that "widely recyclable" labels shouldn't apply to plastic that never gets recycled.

  • Tell the FWS: Let's bring back the sea otter

    Sea otters are one of the most beloved animals on Earth. But after fur traders hunted sea otters to near extinction off of the Pacific coast over a hundred years ago, we and our ocean ecosystems are still paying the price.

    Without otters around to keep them in check, sea urchin populations have exploded, mowing down critical kelp forests and creating a nearshore wasteland. Without kelp and the otters who help protect it, many fish and sea creatures are left without shelter, habitat or their primary food source.

    We, the undersigned, urge the Fish and Wildlife Service to take concrete action to reintroduce sea otters off the California and Oregon coast, which will help bolster the threatened species and restore the health of kelp forest ecosystems.

  • Support Cheltenham’s proposal to ban plastic bags

    Local officials in Cheltenham have proposed an ordinance to ban the distribution of single-use plastic bags in the township. Cheltenham’s residents use an estimated 13.7 million plastic bags EACH YEAR, so this proposal would mean fewer plastic bags blowing through our streets, polluting our environment and water, and littering our neighborhoods. Call on your commissioner to support this important effort to reduce plastic pollution today.

    Cheltenham can be a leader in keeping our streets and rivers litter-free! Tell the board of commissioners to pass a ban on single-use plastic bags.

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  • Tell major food distributor Sysco to cut out single-use plastic packaging

    Most plastic packaging, such as the kind used by Sysco and other major players in the food industry, is used once and then tossed -- ultimately polluting our oceans, rivers and lands. In fact, it's estimated that 11 million tons of plastic are spewed into the ocean every year, killing over 1 million marine animals annually.

    Less than 10% of plastic gets recycled -- which means if we're going to meaningfully address this problem, we need to stop using so much of this unnecessary, throwaway plastic in the first place.

    Currently, Sysco does not report any information about its plastic footprint and has not set any comprehensive goals for reducing its plastic use. But 92% of Sysco shareholders just voted for the company to substantially reduce its plastic packaging and be more transparent about the materials it uses. We, the undersigned, agree. Please act quickly to cut out single-use plastic packaging from your operations.

  • Tell Bayer-Monsanto: Stop manufacturing neonicotinoid pesticides

    Dear Bayer CEO Werner Baumann,

    Pollinators are struggling -- in large part because pesticides have made much of their environment toxic.

    Over the past quarter century, the increased use of a class of pesticides called neonicotinoids has made America's agricultural landscape roughly 48 times more toxic for bees. We need pollinators to thrive -- and we need to protect them.

    That's why we, the undersigned, are calling on Bayer -- which makes neonics and purchased Monsanto and its neonic-coated seeds -- to do right by the bees and stop making and selling products that contain neonicotinoids.

    We understand that discontinuing neonics could be economically painful in the short term, but Bayer's business is large and diverse enough to survive, and in the long run, we all need a healthy planet filled with buzzing pollinators.

    Sincerely,

  • Tell Amazon: Stop the sale of neonicotinoid pesticides

    Over the past 25 years, America's agricultural landscape has become 48 times more toxic to honeybees, and likely to other pollinators as well.

    In large part, this is due to the widespread overuse of neonics, which are some of the most commonly used pesticides in the world. These pesticides are driving a collapse in pollinator populations.

    Neonics are bad for bees -- and we need to protect pollinators from them. Amazon can and should stop contributing to the decline of bees -- because while the company is great at speedy delivery, it can't next-day ship a new species. That's why we're urging you to halt the sale of neonicotinoid pesticides on Amazon.

  • Tell the Biden administration: Grant manatees endangered species status

    As we head into winter, Florida's manatees face a perilous future.

    The manatees aren't finding enough to eat in the places that will keep them warm -- meaning they will have to venture out in the cold or risk starvation. The last few winters contributed to a record-setting number of losses. So far this year, more than 700 manatees have died -- and things will only get worse as temperatures drop.

    This winter, let's make sure Florida's manatees have the protections they need. That is why we're calling on the Fish and Wildlife Service to restore manatees' endangered species status under the Endangered Species Act.

    Sincerely,

  • Tell the USDA: Plant prairie habitat for the bees

    We urge you to use new funding from the Inflation Reduction Act to support the planting of prairie strips. Prairie ecosystems are few and far between for pollinators. The endangered rusty patched bumblebee once lived in these grasslands, and habitat loss is a major factor that led to their decline.

    Agriculture can be part of the solution by planting prairie strips and restoring critical bee habitat. Restoring prairieland would provide bees the nectar and pollen they need to survive. It would also benefit farmers -- prairie strips have been shown to help reduce soil erosion and filter water pollution.

    Clean water, healthy soil and happy bees is a win-win-win. Please use USDA's conservation programs to support the planting of more bee-friendly prairie habitat.

    Sincerely,

  • Take action to convince EPA to rein in global warming pollution from oil and gas drilling

    The U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed new protections aimed at cutting methane emissions from the oil and gas industry, which is one of the worst global warming pollutants on the planet. EPA’s proposed safeguards would help reduce harmful air pollution, protecting our climate and our health.

    Although the proposal is strong, there are still improvements to be made - so Pennsylvanians need to make our voices heard in support of the strongest possible protections for methane pollution.

  • Tell the Biden administration: No drilling near Chaco Canyon

    We, the undersigned, urge you to protect Chaco Canyon from destructive fracking and oil development. Chaco is a priceless wonder and shouldn't be sold to the highest bidder -- especially not to the oil and gas industry, which could destroy this enchanting place.

    The landscape around Chaco is a thriving desert ecosystem with bobcats and elk, pinyon pine and juniper trees. Nocturnal wildlife rely on the park's natural darkness. If oil drilling and fracking inch their way closer toward the park's boundaries, it will bring more noise, light and air pollution, threatening the wildlife of the region.

    This proposed withdrawal would safeguard the Chacoan landscape's biological marvels, cultural resources and sacred sites. Please finalize the mineral withdrawal to protect nearly 350,000 acres surrounding the park from new federal oil and gas leasing for the next 20 years.

  • Tell your senators to stop this forest-destroying bill in its tracks

    Environmental advocates like you have been sending a steady message to decision-makers: Don't log our oldest trees and forests.

    And we've made major progress in the past year -- but right now, we have to stand together against a proposal that would undo protections we've worked so hard to win for our nation's mature and old-growth forests.

    Send an urgent message to your U.S. senators: Oppose the Promoting Effective Forest Management Act, which would decimate irreplaceable forests.

  • Tell ExxonMobil: Don't drill in the Arctic Refuge

    We, the undersigned, urge ExxonMobil to commit to not drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Located in northeast Alaska, the Arctic Refuge is a truly wild and special place. Its 19 million acres support thousands of species, including caribou, polar bears and migratory birds.

    Oil and gas drilling would permanently scar this special place. Drilling comes with infrastructure that can fracture animal habitat. Transporting oil can result in spills on the frozen tundra.

    We call on ExxonMobil to protect the Arctic Refuge by pledging to not conduct business in the area.

    Sincerely,

  • Tell Chubb: No insurance for Arctic Refuge drilling

    We, the undersigned, urge Chubb Insurance to pledge not to insure oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Oil and gas drilling would be disastrous for the Arctic Refuge. It can result in spills that pollute wildlife habitat, and general operations release toxins into the atmosphere that threaten public health.

    To prevent destruction in this special place, a growing list of insurance companies and banks have declined to help do business in the Arctic Refuge. Chubb Insurance should follow this lead. Oil and gas drilling in the Arctic is bad for business, the environment and public health.

    Sincerely,

  • Tell ConocoPhillips: Stop this proposed Arctic drilling project before it's too late

    ConocoPhillips CEO Ryan Lance:

    ConocoPhillips' proposed Willow Master Development Project is the single largest oil extraction project proposed on federal lands, estimated to add more than 250 million metric tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere over the next 30 years -- equivalent to the annual emissions from 66 coal-fired power plants (roughly one-third of all U.S. coal plants).

    Furthermore, even before the oil drilling begins, the construction of roads and infrastructure will fragment wildlife habitats and put animals at risk in their own homes.

    We, the undersigned, strongly urge you to stop this project before it spoils the Arctic forever.

  • Tell your senators to stop this forest-destroying bill in its tracks

    Environmental advocates like you have been sending a steady message to decision-makers: Don't log our oldest trees and forests.

    And we've made major progress in the past year -- but right now, we have to stand together against a proposal that would undo protections we've worked so hard to win for our nation's mature and old-growth forests.

    Send an urgent message to your U.S. senators: Oppose the Promoting Effective Forest Management Act, which would decimate irreplaceable forests.

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  • Add your name: Tricolored bats need federal protections

    Re: Docket # FWS-R5-ES-2021-0163

    We support listing tricolored bats as an endangered species. The tricolored bat is one of the smallest bat species in America and 90% of them are gone. It once flew through the night skies of 39 states, helping keep ecosystems in balance.

    Federal protection will ensure more resources are dedicated to getting white-nose syndrome under control, while also giving tricolored bats a chance to bounce back. Because tricolored bats only give birth to up to two twin pups per year, recovery will take a long time.

    White-nose syndrome is a primary threat to these bats, but habitat loss could put additional stress on bats already headed for extinction. With few older forests remaining in America, we must protect their habitat from logging. You should also designate critical habitat to ensure forest habitat is safeguarded.

    This tiny nocturnal creature needs our help. Please finalize strong federal protections for tricolored bats.

    Sincerely,

  • Tell Costco: Commit to protecting the boreal

    Costco CEO W. Craig Jelinek,

    The Canadian boreal forest is of incredible importance to current and future generations of people and wildlife. The forest's 1.5 billion acres are a carbon sink, storing enough carbon to offset the global warming pollution of 24 million cars annually. It also provides critical habitat to caribou, cougars, grizzly bears and more.

    We call on Costco to commit to conserving forests around the globe, including the boreal, by increasing the amount of forest-free fibers in your tissue products, hitting a threshold of 50% or more by 2025 by using recycled and sustainable forest-free alternative fibers, such as bamboo or wheat straw. Additionally, we call for Costco to reduce Scope 3 emissions by 50% by 2030, with a plan to analyze, disclose and cut emissions from land use changes (including forest sourcing) by 50% by 2025.

    Costco can help save the boreal and set an industry-wide example by sustainably sourcing its tissue paper products.

    Sincerely,

  • Tell the FWS: Protect the rusty patched bumblebee

    Known for the small pop of rust-colored fuzz on their backs, the rusty patched bumblebee population has plummeted by 90% since the 1990s. They were the first bee in the continental U.S. to be listed as endangered.

    We're calling on the Fish and Wildlife Service to establish critical habitat for the rusty patched bumblebee. Join our call and add your name today.

  • Exxon needs to pay for its air pollution

    It's time to pay the $14.25 million fine for illegal air pollution at ExxonMobil's Baytown oil refinery. In the Environment Texas, Sierra Club v. ExxonMobil case, lawyers have demonstrated that Exxon has broken the law time and again. Exxon should drop the endless appeals and stop dragging out this case.

    For decades, the community downwind of the Baytown oil refinery in Texas were forced to breathe dirty air.

    After violating the Clean Air Act and spewing millions of pounds of illegal pollution into Texas communities, Exxon should own up to the consequences.

  • Tell the EPA: Designate PFAS as hazardous under Superfund law

    Docket No. EPA-HQ-OLEM-2019-0341

    EPA Administrator Michael Regan:

    I support the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed rule to designate PFOA and PFOS as hazardous substances under the Superfund law. This is a crucial step to ensure the cleanup of PFAS contamination and to protect our environment and public health.

    Sincerely,

  • Tell the FWS: Don't remove protections for endangered Southern sea otters

    We, the undersigned, urge the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to keep Endangered Species Act protections for Southern sea otters. Once numbering in the hundreds of thousands, fewer than 3,000 Southern sea otters remain today. These otters, which only occupy 13% of their historical range, are not yet out of the woods.

    Last year's Huntington Beach oil spill was a reminder that threats to otters are ongoing. Federal protections are necessary to ensure that the Southern sea otter and its habitat are protected.

    Sincerely,

  • Tell our governor: Support monarchs and plant milkweed on public lands

    Monarch butterfly populations are plummeting across the United States. One driving factor is the disappearance of the only food monarch butterflies eat: a plant called milkweed. Join us in calling on our governor to plant native milkweed species on public land.

  • Take action to permanently protect the Boundary Waters

    The Boundary Waters Canoe Wilderness Area -- America's most visited canoeing spot -- is overdue for permanent protections. For years, companies have sought to mine the region for nickel, copper and other metals.

    If passed, the Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act will permanently bar mining on 234,000 acres near the Boundary Waters. Call on your U.S. House representative to support this bill today.

  • Support efforts to improve PA's electronic waste recycling programs

    We've all had the experience of having an old TV, computer, cell phone or other outdated electronic equipment and not being able to recycle it so that the valuable components can be reused instead of ending up in a landfill or incinerator.

    Now a bipartisan group of state legislators are working to improve and expand Pennsylvaina's electronic waste programs, and make the state a national leader in this effort. Email your state representative and ask them to be a co-sponsor of this electronic waste legislation today.

  • Urge NOAA to protect the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

    We, the undersigned, thank the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for its efforts thus far to save the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, and we urge NOAA to do more. The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary is a special place. It is home to more than 6,000 species of marine life, and contains mangroves, seagrass beds and more.

    Unfortunately, this wild place and the wildlife it supports are at risk. The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary is threatened by overuse, water pollution and more. In order to save this special place, NOAA ought to include large areas like the Tortugas Corridor, and two shore-to-reef protected areas from Key Largo to Carysfort Reef and Long Key State Park to Tennessee Reef in its final rule. NOAA should also adopt a Sanctuary-wide regulation that would require idle speeds within 100 yards of all shorelines throughout the Sanctuary, which would prevent seagrass scars and wildlife scares in these important habitats.

    Sincerely,

  • Tell the Army Corps of Engineers to stop this pipeline plan in its tracks

    Docket ID: DoD--2022--HA--0100

    I strongly urge you to reject the proposal for the construction of a new tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac to house Enbridge's Line 5 oil pipeline.

    Oil pipelines, with their leaks, spills and other disastrous environmental consequences, have no place near our iconic Great Lakes. Line 5 already poses a threat to the region and its natural wonders -- we don't need another, deeper pipeline adding fuel to the fire.

    Environmental impact statements are meant to determine what the potential consequences of a given industrial project may be, whether it is "contrary to the overall public interest." This new proposal will have serious environmental consequences, and the threats it poses to our Great Lakes are certainly contrary to the public interest. Please stop this project from moving any further.

  • Tell the EPA: Ban the worst uses of bee-killing pesticides

    We, the undersigned, urge the EPA to protect bees by banning the consumer sale of neonicotinoids. Neonicotinoids are among the leading causes of colony collapse. Exposure has been found to poison bees' nervous systems, causing neurological damage, paralysis and death.

    Action is critical as bees are dying off at an unsustainable rate. They play a vital role as pollinators, and losing them would have a devastating ripple effect across all ecosystems.

    Sincerely,

  • Help protect wildlife habitat in PA

    Pennsylvania is home to incredible native wildlife species, including elk, bobcats, black bears and songbirds. Yet each year, Pennsylvania’s species are losing more and more of their habitat to development. Fortunately, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives is considering a bipartisan proposal (House Resolution 74) to help protect the critical wildlife habitat that our species need to survive. Ask your state representative to call on their legislative leaders to pass this proposal before the session ends in November

  • Tell General Mills to reduce its plastic food packaging

    Re: Sustainability and Plastic Packaging

    We urge General Mills to reduce its plastic food packaging. All that packaging is contributing to overwhelming amounts of plastic littering our rivers and oceans, where it is choking sea turtles, birds and other wildlife.

    Using less plastic across General Mills' brands and products will help lighten the load of plastic that everyday consumers are forced to deal with.

    While it's a good start to aspire to all recyclable or reusable packaging by 2030, General Mills should also work to reduce its absolute plastic packaging use. Only 5% of plastics in the U.S. are actually recycled. The company should focus on reducing plastic first.

    Sincerely,

  • Tell Congress: This law is critical to protecting our environment

    Whether it's oil and gas drilling on public lands, offshore oil rigs, or toxic mining in incredible places like the Boundary Waters, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) is one of our most important tools to defend our environment.

    But now there's an effort underway in Congress to significantly weaken this bedrock environmental law.

    Tell Congress: Don't weaken NEPA's environmental protections.

  • Add your name: No new offshore drilling

    Re: Docket # BOEM-2022-0031

    When we drill, we spill -- and that spells devastation for our sea turtles, seabirds and ocean ecosystems. New offshore drilling leases in U.S. oceans will lock us into decades more risk of oil spills and day-to-day pollution.

    With renewable energy on the rise, we don't need to jeopardize our marine life or our coastal communities. Indeed, if we are going to escape the worst effects of climate change, we can't afford to keep investing in this dirty, dangerous practice for years to come.

    I was heartened to see that you are considering holding no new lease sales from 2023 to 2028. For the sake of our ocean and our climate, I urge you to protect our coasts and halt leasing for oil and gas drilling in our ocean.

    Sincerely,

  • Urge the DOT to finalize a strong rule requiring states to reduce transportation emissions

    Re: Docket No. FHWA-2021-0004

    Once again, Americans across the country are feeling the effects of another hotter-than-usual summer. And that's not to mention other severe and widespread consequences of global warming like wildfires and sea level rise.

    It's encouraging to see the Biden administration is taking aim at transportation pollution -- especially when we already know what's needed to reduce these emissions. States and municipalities can expand transit and make our streets safe for walking and biking. They can install electric vehicle charging and create incentives for consumers to buy electric vehicles, so that when we do need to drive, we aren't driving climate change.

    I urge your agency to move quickly to finalize this proposed rule, and to make it as strong as possible to move our country toward cleaner transportation.

  • Tell NOAA: Protect North Atlantic Right whales

    Re: Amendments to the North Atlantic Right Whale Vessel Strike Reduction Rule

    I urge you to finalize the strongest possible rule to protect North Atlantic Right whales from boat strikes. Thank you for proposing a rule that makes speed restrictions mandatory and expands which boats need to comply.

    A stronger rule will help protect these critically endangered whales. Fewer than 350 North Atlantic Right whales remain in the ocean, and every loss makes it harder for them to recover.

    While the rule expands the areas of seasonal slow speed zones, more times and areas should be included. Ensuring these protections are in place whenever North Atlantic Right whales are expected to be present is important to protect them throughout their migration.

    NOAA should also improve enforcement of the non-speeding zones and require boats to use an Automatic Identification System (AIS) so that bad actors can be tracked and located.

    Please enact the strongest possible protections for North Atlantic Right whales.

  • Add your name: We need to ban the use of toxic sludge as fertilizer

    Sewage sludge contaminated with toxic PFAS "forever chemicals" is being spread on millions of acres of farmland across America. These chemicals never break down once they get into the environment, and they've been linked to immune issues, birth defects and some kinds of cancer.

    We shouldn't be growing our food this way.

    Tell your U.S. House representative to support a ban on PFAS-laden sludge on farms.

  • Tell Congress: Pass the Saving America's Pollinators Act

    Our world wouldn't be the same without bees, but their numbers have been dropping across the planet.

    Bees play a central role in the ecosystems in which they live -- and their decline is threatening everything that relies on them.

    We're working to protect them: Join us in calling on the U.S. House to support legislation that would protect our best pollinators.

  • Submit your comment urging the Biden administration to stop buying single-use plastics

    Docket No. GSA-GSAR-2022-0014 Sequence No. 1

    The U.S. government is the largest single consumer of goods and services in the world, and wasteful single-use plastic packaging is used in a variety of its operations, from construction and concession contracts to the maintenance of its facilities.

    Plastic pollution is endangering wildlife and the environment around the world. Less than 10% of all plastic ever produced has been recycled -- the rest will stick around for centuries in our landfills, oceans, waterways and other wild spaces.

    If we hope to truly tackle the plastic pollution crisis, we need the federal government to lead the way on cutting out the single-use plastic "stuff" that we just don't need. I urge the administration to enact a strong rule to eliminate the federal government's purchase and use of single-use plastics.

  • Thank Radnor Township's Commissioners for banning plastic bags

    Local officials in Radnor Township are leading the fight to tackle plastic pollution with a new ordinance to ban single-use plastic bags from being distributed at grocery stores, pharmacies and other stores within the town's borders. This policy could lead to 12 million fewer plastic bags being used in Radnor each year!

    Thank the Radnor Township Commissioners for passing the ban on single-use plastic bags, and being a leader in the effort to protect our planet from pollution.

  • Deadline Sept. 6: Email the Department of Energy to reduce pollution from furnaces

    The Department of Energy has proposed the first meaningful update in over 30 years to efficiency standards for furnaces. Urge the agency to enact strong efficiency standards.

  • Support Radnor's proposal to ban plastic bags

    Local officials in Radnor have proposed an ordinance to ban single-use plastic bags. It's estimated that Radnor's residents use 12 million plastic bags each year, yet studies show that less than 2% of all plastic bags get recycled. Radnor's proposal would mean fewer plastic bags blowing through our streets, polluting our environment and water, and littering our neighborhoods. Call on your member of the Board of Commissioners to support this important effort to reduce plastic pollution today.

    Radnor can be a leader in keeping our streets and rivers litter-free! Tell your commissioner to pass a ban on single-use plastic bags.

  • Call on Costco to move beyond single-use plastic packaging

    Costco CEO W. Craig Jelinek,

    In the face of a plastic pollution crisis that's growing more dire by the day and putting hundreds of species of wildlife in harm's way, retailers like Costco have a responsibility to reduce the use of wasteful single-use plastic wherever and however they can.

    Plastic packaging is the largest single contributor to the plastic waste crisis --14.5 million tons of plastic containers were generated in 2018 alone. It's clear we need a large-scale shift away from single-use plastic packaging, and Costco can play a crucial role. By taking unnecessary plastic packaging off its shelves, your company can both immediately reduce the amount of plastic in our environment and set an important example for others in the industry to follow.

    I urge you to eliminate single-use plastic packaging from your stores.

  • Tell the Biden administration: Protect old-growth and mature forests

    Re: FR Doc. 2022-15185

    I urge you to act quickly to establish a durable rule that protects mature and old-growth forests.

    Older trees accumulate and store tremendous amounts of carbon over many centuries, providing vital wildlife habitat, clean water, clean air and mitigation for floods and droughts. Protecting them is a key tool in the fight against climate change.

    The U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management need to consider the impacts of commercial logging, an easily preventable threat. Your rule must protect both old-growth and mature trees, the future old-growth, from timber harvesting. These trees are a critical component in our fight against climate change, we must let them grow to take advantage of their carbon storage capacity.

    With forests disappearing and climate change accelerating, preserving existing trees is paramount and we have no time to lose.

    Sincerely,

  • Tell NOAA: Hudson Canyon should be our next national marine sanctuary

    We, the undersigned, urge NOAA's Office of Marine Sanctuaries to designate Hudson Canyon a National Marine Sanctuary. Hudson Canyon, located offshore about 100 miles southeast of the Statue of Liberty, is an ecologically rich area and provides clean air, fresh water and recreation to nearby residents. It is critical that the canyon and its interconnected ecosystems be permanently protected from oil, mineral and gas exploration.

    Thank you for beginning the public process to designate Hudson Canyon a National Marine Sanctuary. We can't wait to see this area protected for current and future generations.

    Sincerely,

  • Protect PA's Yellow Creek State Park from coal mining proposal

    One of western Pennsylvania's great state parks -- Yellow Creek State Park -- is being threatened by a proposal to allow harmful coal mining up to the park's boundaries. This proposal could threaten the rivers and streams that flow into the park, the wildlife that make these wildlands their home, and the nearby communities that get their drinking water from these streams. State environmental officials will take public comments through Aug. 2. Make your voice heard today to protect Yellow Creek State Park!

  • Help stop the Uinta Basin Railway

    The U.S. Forest Service has recently approved plans for the construction of the Uinta Basin Railway, which would cut through the Uinta Basin in Utah's Ashley National Forest. If constructed, the Uinta Basin Railway will be the largest freight rail infrastructure project in the U.S. since the 1970s, and it could damage up to 10,000 acres of wildlife habitat.

    Send a message to President Biden urging him to take action to stop the construction of the Uinta Basin Railway.

  • Tell the Bureau of Land Management: No drilling in the Arctic tundra

    Re: DOI-BLM-AK-0000-2018-0004-EIS

    I urge you to protect the Arctic from drilling and reject the Willow Project. Drilling this undisturbed landscape would be devastating for our wildlife. The wetlands on Alaska's North Shore are critical habitat for caribou, polar bears and hundreds of species of migratory birds.

    Over the 30-year lifespan of the Willow Project, 250 million metric tons of global warming pollution will be released into the atmosphere. That's equivalent to the annual carbon emissions of nearly a third of all U.S. coal-fired power plants.

    Allowing this project to move forward would undermine President Biden's goal to tackle the climate crisis and cut pollution in half by 2030. Instead, more oil will be burned, making climate change worse and destroying wildlife habitat in the process.

    I ask you to choose the proposed Alternative A: No Action Alternative. That is the only option that will adequately protect wildlife and stop the project from moving forward.

    Sincerely,

  • Tell Amazon to stop selling bee-killing pesticides

    Amazon CEO Andy Jassy,

    Across the country, bee populations are dropping to dangerous lows. Western bumblebee populations have declined by 93%, nearly 1 in 4 native bee species is imperiled, and honeybees are hurting too.

    Bee-killing pesticides are a big driver of bees' decline. And right now, Amazon still hasn't committed to removing pesticides that contain neonicotinoids from its site. Amazon can be a leader -- that's why I urge you to remove products that contain bee-killing pesticides from Amazon today.

  • Tell the U.S. Forest Service to protect the Boundary Waters

    Connie Cummins, Forest Supervisor, United States Forest Service:

    Thank you for the strong, science-based environmental assessment of a proposed 20-year mineral withdrawal from Superior National Forest lands in the watershed of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

    Protecting the Boundary Waters from the risk of sulfide-ore copper mining would also protect the Mining Protection Area of Superior National Forest, Voyageurs National Park and Canada's Quetico Provincial Park, all of which are downstream of the proposed withdrawal area. The mineral withdrawal would protect this stunning wilderness and its diverse wildlife from toxic pollution.

    We, the undersigned, fully support the proposed 20-year mineral withdrawal.

    Sincerely,

  • Take action to get toxic 'forever chemicals' out of outdoor gear

    Columbia Sportswear CEO Timothy Boyle:

    PFAS chemicals (short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) pose a threat to our environment and our health at just about every step from their production to their use in clothing and outdoor gear. But in a recent survey of various clothing and outdoor gear brands, Columbia Sportswear received an "F" for its efforts to phase out the use of all PFAS in its operations and supply chain.

    As one of the biggest and most popular outdoor apparel stores in the country, a strong commitment from Columbia Sportswear to stop using all PFAS would set the stage for other brands to follow suit. I urge you to commit Columbia Sportswear to phasing out the use of all PFAS in its products by 2024.

  • Tell state legislators: Make PA a clean energy leader

    On the heels of the recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to limit the EPA's ability to tackle climate pollution from power plants, it's more critical than ever that state officials take action.

    Call on Pennsylvania's elected officials to transition the Keystone State to 100% renewable energy as quickly as possible, and achieve the solutions set forth by the global scientific community. This will help us eliminate our emissions of global warming pollution by 2050 and ensure we leave a climate-safe planet for our children and future generations.

    Tell your state legislators to put Pennsylvania on the path to 100% renewable energy as quickly as possible.

  • Thank Easttown’s Supervisors for leading the charge to rein in plastic pollution

    Local officials in Easttown are leading the fight to tackle plastic pollution with the recent passage of their ordinance to ban single-use plastic bags and place a $0.15 fee on other bags from being distributed at grocery stores, pharmacies and other stores within the town’s borders. It is expected that this policy will lead to 4 million fewer plastic bags being used in Easttown each year!

    Thank Easttown’s Supervisors for passing the ban on single-use plastic bags, and being a leader in the effort to protect our planet from pollution.

  • Tell Congress to stop propping up polluters

    As devastating as it is, we can't let the Court's decision hold up our other efforts to fight climate change. Ending federal fossil fuel subsidies is something our leaders can do right now that will have an immediate and lasting impact.

    Will you send a message right now urging Congress to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies?

  • Tell President Biden: Protect our coast from offshore drilling

    When we drill, we spill. The Biden administration's new plan could lock in decades more offshore drilling in U.S. oceans. But the plan isn't set in stone--we still have time to protect our coast. Add your name to tell the administration "no new leasing" today.

  • Tell your U.S. House representative: Make this special place our newest national park

    From the unbelievable Pinnacle Balanced Rock to the grottoes of Echo Canyon, Chiricahua is full of national park-worthy sites and hikes. It's time to recognize the wonder of this place and permanently protect it by making Chiricahua the next great national park.

    We just helped pass the Chiricahua National Park Act in the Senate, and need to use this momentum to pass it in the House.

    Tell your U.S. House representative to support the Chiricahua National Park Act and create America's newest national park.

  • Tell your Senator: Support the M.H. Dutch Salmon Greater Gila Wild and Scenic River Act.

    New Mexico Sens. Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujan introduced the M.H. Dutch Salmon Greater Gila Wild and Scenic River Act. The bill aims to protect more than 440 miles of the Gila River watershed. With protections, endangered species such as the Gila trout, Southwestern willow flycatcher, and Northern Mexican garter snake, will have the opportunity to restore their populations.

    Contact your senators today and urge them to support the M.H. Dutch Salmon Greater Gila Wild and Scenic River Act

  • Help clean up dangerous air pollution from the Edgar Thomson Plant in Braddock

    U.S. Steel’s Edgar Thomson Plant is one of Allegheny County’s Toxic Ten industrial polluters that give the region some of the dirtiest air in the country. In 2019, Edgar Thomson released 2,000 pounds of manganese pollution, which has been linked to neurological problems. Now, for the first time in 5 years, local officials are proposing new pollution standards for this facility – but they need to be even stricter.

    Make sure you have your voice heard before the June 30th public comment deadline, to help guarantee the strongest steps to reduce air pollution are put into Edgar Thomson’s renewed permit.

  • Help keep South Philadelphia’s FDR Park Wild!

    City officials are considering a proposal to destroy nearly 200 acres of the wild meadowlands at South Philadelphia’s FDR Park to convert it to artificial turf soccer fields, roads, bleachers, buildings and parking lots.

    This shortsighted proposal would do irreparable harm to a park beloved by residents from all corners of the city, and one of South Philly’s largest open spaces. Email Mayor Kenney and Philadelphia City Council and tell them to cancel this proposal today.

  • Tell Procter & Gamble: Save the boreal forest

    We, the undersigned, urge Procter & Gamble to help save the boreal forest by committing to ending the use of virgin wood in paper products. Currently, Charmin toilet paper, Bounty paper towels and Puffs facial tissues are all made with 100% virgin forest fiber. Sourcing the virgin fiber for these products involves cutting down precious forests.

    Procter & Gamble should rethink its product sourcing and instead use forest-free and recycled materials. This is critical to protecting our most vulnerable and special places.

    Sincerely,

  • Tell your state legislators: No more damaging methane gas

    For as long as we have used methane gas to heat and cook in our homes, it has posed a risk to communities and the environment. A major gas leak happens in the U.S. every 40 hours. To protect public health and the environment, and to help stop the worst effects of climate change, ask your state representatives to put an end to new gas infrastructure.

  • Thank Philly City Council for voting to protect kids from lead in school drinking water

    After our year-long campaign to get the lead out of the water in Philadelphia schools, City Council voted to require all schools’ drinking fountains to have lead filters. With the passage of this legislation, Philadelphia joins just three other cities in the country with similar laws to tackle the threat of lead in school drinking water.

    Send a message to your City Council members today to thank them for this historic vote. This policy change will help prevent kids from being exposed to lead in their school drinking water and protect them from the harmful effects of lead.

  • Thank Haverford Twp Commissioners for leading the charge to rein in plastic pollution

    Local officials in Haverford Township are leading the fight to tackle plastic pollution with the recent passage of their ordinance to ban single-use plastic bags from being distributed at grocery stores, pharmacies and other stores within the town’s borders. It is expected that this policy will lead to 18 million fewer plastic bags being used in Haverford each year!

    Thank Haverford Township Commissioners for passing the ban on single-use plastic bags, and being a leader in the effort to protect our planet from pollution.

  • Take action to help save America's wildlife

    Right now, over 1,300 species are listed under the Endangered Species Act as either endangered or threatened. Another 12,000 are considered vulnerable and in need of conservation.

    Protecting wildlife requires urgent action. Call on your U.S. House representative to support the Recovering America's Wildlife Act today.

  • Help keep South Philadelphia’s FDR Park Wild!

    City officials are considering a proposal to destroy nearly 200 acres of the wild meadowlands at South Philadelphia’s FDR Park to convert it to artificial turf soccer fields, roads, bleachers, buildings and parking lots.

    This shortsighted proposal would do irreparable harm to a park beloved by residents from all corners of the city, and one of South Philly’s largest open spaces. Email Mayor Kenney and Philadelphia City Council and tell them to cancel this proposal today.

  • Support Easttown Township’s proposal to ban plastic bags

    Easttown’s Board of Supervisors is expected to vote on an ordinance to ban single-use plastic bags on Monday June 20th. It’s estimated that almost 4 million single-use plastic bags are used in Easttown EACH YEAR, so this proposal would mean fewer plastic bags blowing through our streets, polluting our environment and water, and littering our neighborhoods. Tell the Easttown Township Supervisors that you support this important effort to reduce plastic pollution today.

    Easttown is positioning itself to be a leader in keeping our streets and rivers litter-free! Support the Board of Supervisors’ effort to pass a ban on single-use plastic bags.

  • Help keep South Philadelphia’s FDR Park Wild!

    City officials are considering a proposal to destroy nearly 200 acres of the wild meadowlands at South Philadelphia’s FDR Park to convert it to artificial turf soccer fields, roads, bleachers, buildings and parking lots.

    This shortsighted proposal would do irreparable harm to a park beloved by residents from all corners of the city, and one of South Philly’s largest open spaces. Email Mayor Kenney and Philadelphia City Council and tell them to cancel this proposal today.

  • Tell Congress to act now for a livable climate

    Global warming is already making extreme weather worse. In order to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, we need bold and immediate reductions in carbon pollution. We have the solutions: We need to increase our use of clean, renewable energy; we need to expand public transit and transition our cars, trucks and buses to run on clean electricity; and we need to waste less energy.

    So we're asking Congress to act now to implement commonsense climate solutions to preserve a livable planet, clean air, and clean water, right now and for generations to come.

    Tell your U.S. representatives and senators to act on climate by investing in clean energy and clean transportation.

  • Tell your state representative to vote no on this anti-clean energy bill

    Legislation recently passed the state House that would prevent Pennsylvania cities from transitioning off of fossil fuels. This legislation, HB1947, would remove the authority of Pennsylvania cities and towns to implement clean energy policies at the local level to reduce climate and air pollution.

    There’s still time to stop this anti-environmental attack. Email your state senator and let them know that now is the time to embrace clean energy solutions across Pennsylvania -- not put up roadblocks to progress.

  • Deadline 6/28: Tell NOAA to protect Oculina Bank

    We, the undersigned, urge NOAA to reject the proposal to open Oculina Bank to shrimp trawling. Located off the coast of Florida, Oculina Bank is a wild place that wildlife depend on. Its deep-sea coral is essential habitat to many species of fish.

    Shrimp trawling is a serious threat to this delicate and special ecosystem. It involves dragging weighted nets across the ocean floor, causing sediment plumes that smother coral reefs and prevent juveniles from settling. We can't risk harming the healthy oculina coral or the wildlife it supports.

    Sincerely,

  • Tell the EPA: Limit smog pollution

    Millions of Americans are exposed to unhealthy levels of air pollution, but it doesn't have to be that way. I strongly support the adoption of the updated Cross-State Air Pollution Rule that requires power plants and other industrial polluters to adopt modern controls to limit smog in our communities.

    Clean air is critical to protecting the environment and public health. If adopted, the rule would prevent approximately 1,000 premature deaths and avoid more than 2,000 hospital and emergency room visits, 1.3 million cases of asthma symptoms, and 470,000 school absence days in 2026. We can't pass up this opportunity to promote healthier communities across the country.

  • Tell Congress to stop propping up polluters

    We all know how big of a problem carbon pollution is for the health of our environment. And we know that by severely limiting the EPA's power to take meaningful action against carbon emissions and other global warming pollution, the Supreme Court has put decades of progress toward a cleaner, greener future for our planet on the line.

    As devastating as it is, we can't let the Court's decision hold up our other efforts to fight climate change. Ending federal fossil fuel subsidies is something our leaders can do right now that will have an immediate and lasting impact.

    Will you send a message right now urging Congress to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies?

  • Your action needed: Help prevent mining at Bristol Bay

    We, the undersigned, urge the Environmental Protection Agency to veto Pebble Mine and protect Bristol Bay. The Bristol Bay watershed is home to the largest sockeye salmon fishery in the world and more than 40 mammal and 190 bird species. It is also one of the last remaining truly wild spaces, with no roads in or out of the bay.

    Pebble Mine threatens this wild place and the wildlife that depend on it. The EPA should veto the mine and take steps to permanently protect this unique ecosystem.

    Sincerely,

  • Tell your governor to protect our bees

    Bees work hard to pollinate our gardens and nourish local produce -- but unless we ban the worst uses of toxic neonics in our state, they won't stand a chance.

    Tell your governor to save the bees by banning the consumer sale of neonic pesticides.

  • Urge your local decision-makers to reduce plastic pollution and ban plastic bags

    Every day, people throw away tons of plastic "stuff" -- cups, plates, bags, containers and more. This "stuff" adds up: Each year, Pennsylvanians use more than 4.7 billion plastic bags -- less

    than 2% of which are ever recycled.

    That's why we're calling on our local leaders to pass ordinances banning single-use plastic bags here in Pennsylvania.

  • Take action: Protect the Shenandoah Mountain area from mining and development

    The Shenandoah Mountain area is one of the last undeveloped stretches of public land east of the Mississippi River and boasts some of the most spectacular, uninterrupted views in the Southern Appalachians.

    Unfortunately, this pristine landscape is at risk from industrial development, such as mining and pipeline construction.

    Contact your senators today and urge them to support the Shenandoah Mountain Act and help ensure that hikers, hunters, anglers and many others will be able to continue to enjoy this exceptional landscape for generations to come.

  • Tell your U.S. senators: Keep toxic pesticides out of wildlife refuges

    In 2018, the Trump administration lifted a ban on the use of bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides in wildlife refuges. The result? Refuges that should be safe havens for pollinators could instead pose deadly risks.

    It's time to give our best pollinators their wildlife refuges back, and stop the use of bee-killing pesticides in these important habitats.

  • Protect the northern long-eared bat from extinction

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    The northern long-eared bat is being ravaged by white-nose syndrome. If forceful action isn't taken soon, we could lose this species forever.

    This disease is wiping out the bats at an unprecedented rate, and could soon affect its entire range. With endangered species protections and strong conservation measures, we can turn around the fate of this species.

    I urge you to enact the strongest protections for the northern long-eared bat.

  • Urge the EPA to cut pollution from trucks

    Dear EPA Administrator Michael Regan,

    I urge the EPA to create the strongest possible limits on pollution from heavy-duty trucks and buses. Trucks create pollution that is warming our planet and polluting our communities. Smog pollution from trucks is a threat to public health, causing childhood asthma, cancer and even premature death. To protect our health and fight climate change, you must strengthen the proposed heavy-duty truck rule.

    Proposed Option 1 to limit smog-forming nitrogen oxides (NOx) is a start, but should be revised to reduce deadly NOx pollution 90% by 2027. The proposed greenhouse gas emission standard is weak and must be improved to push the market to reduce global warming pollution and accelerate the market for electric trucks.

    Cleaner trucks can deliver cleaner air. The EPA should go back to the drawing board to create a rule that will safeguard our health and climate.

    Sincerely,

  • Support a historic bipartisan proposal to preserve our parks and forests

    Right now, we have an incredible opportunity to invest in the preservation and expansion of Pennsylvania’s parks, forests and open spaces. A bipartisan group of state legislators have proposed investing $500 million in the state's preeminent conservation program known as Growing Greener. Through this program, funding will be directed towards the upkeep, expansion and long-term preservation of Pennsylvania’s great outdoor places. This legislation, House Bill 2020 and Senate Bill 525, is a historic opportunity to preserve parks and forests, open spaces, rivers and streams, and protect our most threatened family farms.

    Email your state legislators and ask them to support this historic funding initiative for Pennsylvania’s parks, forests and other great public lands.

  • Tell your U.S. senators: Keep toxic pesticides out of wildlife refuges

    In 2018, the Trump administration lifted a ban on the use of bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides in wildlife refuges. The result? Refuges that should be safe havens for pollinators could instead pose deadly risks.

    It's time to give our best pollinators their wildlife refuges back, and stop the use of bee-killing pesticides in these important habitats.

  • Tell Congress: Pass this bill to electrify the Postal Service

    The federal Green Postal Service Fleet Act would stop a plan to keep the Postal Service's massive delivery fleet running on fossil fuels -- and instead require that 75% of new vehicles be electric.

    It's a no-brainer for our air, our health and our climate. Fossil fuel-powered transportation is America's No. 1 source of greenhouse gas emissions; meanwhile, the Postal Service's own Inspector General found that nearly all mail routes could already be served by clean electric vehicles and that EVs are much cheaper in the long run.

    Will you join us in urging Congress to pass this crucial legislation?

  • Support East Marlborough’s proposal to ban plastic bags

    Local officials in East Marlborough have proposed an ordinance to ban single-use plastic bags. East Marlborough residents use an estimated 2.7 million plastic bags EACH YEAR, so this proposal would mean fewer plastic bags blowing through our streets, polluting our environment and water, and littering our neighborhoods. Call on your supervisor to support this important effort to reduce plastic pollution today.

    East Marlborough can be a leader in keeping our streets and rivers litter-free! Tell the board of supervisors to pass a ban on single-use plastic bags.

  • Support Ambler’s proposal to rein in pollution from single-use plastics

    Local officials in Ambler have proposed an ordinance to rein in the pollution from single-use plastic bags, utensils, straws, and polystyrene containers. Ambler’s residents use an estimated 2.5 million plastic bags EACH YEAR, so this proposal would mean less plastic littering our streets, polluting our environment and water, and harming our neighborhoods. Call on your borough council member to support this important effort to reduce plastic pollution in Ambler today.

    If passed, this would be the strongest plastic ordinance in Pennsylvania, making Ambler a leader in keeping our streets and rivers litter-free! Tell borough council to pass restrictions on plastic bags, utensils, straws, and polystyrene containers.

  • Urge your U.S. senators to support the PFAS Action Act

    Toxic chemicals called PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) have contaminated waterways across the country, endangering up to 110 million Americans.

    To protect public health and our waterways, we're calling on the U.S. Senate to pass the PFAS Action Act, which would require the EPA to limit dumping of PFAS into our waterways and place a moratorium on new PFAS chemicals. Send a message to your senators today.

  • Tell Congress: Make the Roadless Rule permanent

    For thousands of years, the Tongass and its trees have stood tall and given us the gifts of ecological biodiversity and carbon capture. It's time to return the favor and protect our ancient wilderness.

    With your help, we're working to preserve our forests for future generations. Urge your U.S. representative to support the Roadless Area Conservation Act, which would protect 58.5 million acres of roadless areas in forests like the Tongass from development.

  • Tell Congress: Act now to protect America's biodiversity

    Many leading experts are warning that a mass extinction is currently underway. Protecting our planet's biodiversity requires urgent action.

    If passed, Recovering America's Wildlife Act would provide funding to every state, territory and the District of Columbia to proactively conserve more than 12,000 at-risk fish and wildlife species. Call on your U.S. senators to support this legislation today.

  • Take action to stop offshore drilling

    The Biden administration has a chance to commit to no new lease sales for offshore drilling for the next half-decade -- safeguarding crucial ocean habitats like the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska's Cook Inlet from the harm and destruction inherent in offshore drilling.

    It was just last fall that a pipeline breach off of California's southern coast created an oil slick spanning 8,320 acres and leaving ecological catastrophe in its wake. If the best time to stop offshore drilling was before this spill, before Deepwater Horizon in 2010 or the Exxon Valdez spill in 1989 -- the second-best time is right now.

    Committing, as a nation, to no new offshore oil leases for the next half-decade would mean a cleaner future for our oceans, a safer future for our wildlife, and a healthier future for our planet. Will you join us in calling on the Biden administration to protect our oceans from offshore drilling?

  • Tell DEP: strengthen proposal to protect Pennsylvanians from 'forever chemicals'

    State officials have proposed new safeguards meant to protect the public from the "forever chemicals" known as PFAS that are contaminating drinking water supplies across the state. Sadly, the proposal put forth doesn't go far enough to protect public health, since it excludes dozens these types of chemicals, leaving Pennsylvania communities vulnerable to ongoing PFAS contamination.

    Call on DEP to strengthen this proposal and set health-based standards for all types of PFAS putting our health at risk.

  • Tell Amazon to stop selling bee-killing pesticides

    Amazon CEO Andy Jassy,

    Across the country, bee populations are dropping to dangerous lows. Western bumblebee populations have declined by 93%, nearly 1 in 4 native bee species is imperiled, and honeybees are hurting too.

    Bee-killing pesticides are a big driver of bees' decline. And right now, Amazon still hasn't committed to removing pesticides that contain neonicotinoids from its site. Amazon can be a leader -- that's why I urge you to remove products that contain bee-killing pesticides from Amazon today.

  • Tell Travelers Insurance: Don't insure drilling in the Arctic

    We, the undersigned, urge you to commit to not providing insurance cover for any energy project in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The Arctic Refuge is the crown jewel of Alaska's wild frontier. Its 19 million acres are home to 42 species of fish, 45 mammals, and more than 200 types of birds. There is no cell phone service, no roads, and the only trails are the ones paved by wildlife.

    Oil drilling and exploration risk all this. Oil drilling comes with infrastructure, which disrupts wildlife habitats and destroys sensitive tundra. It also comes with air pollution. As such, we urge you to commit to protecting the Arctic Refuge.

    Sincerely,

  • Get the lead out of Philly school drinking water, once and for all

    A recent review of data released by the School District of Philadelphia shows that lead contamination at school drinking fountains and sinks across the city remains a significant problem, with 98% of schools sampled having at least one water outlet testing positive for lead contamination.

    Sadly, school district officials have been non-committal about tackling this threat. So members of Philadelphia City Council have proposed protections to rein in this threat by requiring that all drinking fountains posing a risk to kids' health be replaced with lead-filtering spouts and fountains by 2025.

    Call on Philadelphia city council to pass this proposal today.

  • Call for an end to fossil fuel subsidies

    Every year, the U.S. government gives away $20 billion in the form of tax breaks, incentives and other subsidies to the fossil fuel industry. Fossil fuel companies are even awarded tax breaks for "enhanced oil recovery," whereby carbon dioxide is injected into the ground to squeeze even more oil and gas out of the earth.

    We shouldn't waste taxpayer dollars fueling the climate crisis. Call on your U.S. senators to support ending fossil fuel subsidies today.

  • Tell your City Councilmember to pass the Pittsburgh Bag Ban today!

    Every day we delay in implementing the proposed Pittsburgh ordinance to ban single-use plastic bags, it's estimated that nearly 300,000 more of those wasteful plastic items end up littering our neighborhoods and environment, or going to a landfill or incinerator where they'll lead to air and water pollution for nearby communities. We need City Council to act TODAY to pass this critical environmental protection.

    Tell your Councilmember to pass the bill today!

  • Tell your City Councilmember to pass the Pittsburgh Bag Ban today!

    Every day we delay in implementing the proposed Pittsburgh ordinance to ban single-use plastic bags, it's estimated that nearly 300,000 more of those wasteful plastic items end up littering our neighborhoods and environment, or going to a landfill or incinerator where they'll lead to air and water pollution for nearby communities. We need City Council to act TODAY to pass this critical environmental protection.

    Tell your Councilmember to pass the bill today!

  • Take action: Permanently protect our beloved Grand Canyon from uranium mining

    Our country's iconic Grand Canyon is threatened by the return of toxic uranium mining.

    But right now, we have the opportunity to take new mining near this special place off the table permanently. If passed, the Grand Canyon Protection Act would do just that -- but to win, we need your help.

    Tell your U.S. senators: Stand with the Grand Canyon and support this critical conservation measure.

  • PA climate program at risk

    Pennsylvania is on the verge of joining one of the nation’s most successful programs to reduce climate pollution, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). But climate polluters and their political allies are continuing their push to keep Pennsylvania out of RGGI and prevent the Department of Environmental Protection from taking ANY steps to regulate carbon pollution, meaning more climate and fossil fuel pollution. 

    Email your state representative and ask them to vote NO on HB637, SB119, or other attempts to prevent Pennsylvania from taking steps towards tackling the climate crisis.

  • Tell Chevron: No drilling in the Arctic Refuge

    We, the undersigned, urge Chevron to abandon any and all plans to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

    The Arctic Refuge is a special place, home to polar bears, caribou, wolves, and millions of migratory birds, among other wildlife. And, due to this abundance of wildlife, for thousands of years, the native Gwich'in people have depended on this biological jewel for survival, with a culture centered around the caribou herd.

    Drilling and development in the Arctic Refuge threatens both wildlife and the Gwich'in people. It is too special and sacred a place to ruin.

    Signed,

  • Let’s get the lead out of Philly schools' drinking water

    Health professionals have been crystal clear: there is no safe level of lead in drinking water. Yet a recent study found lead contamination in water outlets across 98% of Philadelphia schools’ that were tested.

    Outrageously, officials at the Philadelphia school district have been non-committal about reining in this threat facing the city's school children.

    Email city leaders and call on them to support efforts to protect our kids' health, and comprehensively address the threat of lead in Philadelphia school drinking water.

    You can learn more about the problem of lead in drinking water at Philly schools in our recent "Lead in the Water" study.

  • Speak up to protect Chaco Canyon

    Chaco Canyon is a desert wonder, a sanctuary for wildlife and a dream for stargazers. But drilling -- and the rigs, floodlights, trucks and pollution that come with it -- could snuff out Chaco Canyon's special light.

    As the Bureau of Land Management accepts comments on a plan that could protect Chaco Canyon from drilling for at least 20 years, will you speak up to save this desert wonder?

  • Support Haverford’s proposal to ban plastic bags

    Local officials in Haverford have proposed an ordinance to ban single-use plastic bags. Haverford's residents use an estimated 18 million plastic bags EACH YEAR, so this proposal would mean fewer plastic bags blowing through our streets, polluting our environment and water, and littering our neighborhoods. Call on your commissioner to support this important effort to reduce plastic pollution today.

    Haverford can be a leader in keeping our streets and rivers litter-free! Tell the commissioners to pass a ban on single-use plastic bags.

  • Tell Congress: Save Oak Flat

    Part of Tonto National Forest, Oak Flat is home to bears, bobcats and incredible birds like the great horned owl and belted kingfisher, all of which rely on Oak Flat for habitat and protection.

    But dangerous copper mining could turn this precious landscape into a sinkhole.

    The Save Oak Flat Act is our best chance to keep mining out of this incredible place. Tell your U.S. House representative to support the act today.

  • Save the monarchs by providing critical protections for the prostrate milkweed

    The majestic monarch butterfly that we know and love is in trouble.

    The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has the power to save eastern monarchs by providing critical protections for the prostrate milkweed, a rare type of milkweed in southern Texas that these important pollinators rely on during their journey.

    Add your name in support of listing prostrate milkweed under the Endangered Species Act today.

  • Tell Whole Foods: It's time to take the lead on reducing your plastic footprint

    The numbers are in -- the U.S. is the world's largest contributor of plastic waste.

    To begin to turn the tide on harmful plastic pollution, we need companies like Whole Foods to make bold, time-bound commitments to reducing their plastic footprints.

    Send a message to Whole Foods today, urging it to eliminate harmful single-use plastic packaging from its stores. And feel free to customize your message, especially if you're a Whole Foods customer!

  • Tell Red Lobster: Protect the North Atlantic Right whale

    Dear Red Lobster CEO Kelli Valade,

    North Atlantic Right whales are critically endangered, and Red Lobster could play an important role in saving them.

    One of the main causes of death for this marine mammal is entanglement in the ropes used to connect lobster traps on the ocean floor to buoys on the surface. When the whales become entangled, these ropes wrap themselves and slowly constrict the animal, often leading to a slow, painful death. It doesn't need to be this way. New ropeless fishing technology can allow fishermen to keep reeling in their catch without threatening these vulnerable whales.

    As one of the largest purchasers of seafood in the world, you can set a new industry standard for safe, sustainable lobster fishing. That's why I'm urging you to commit only to purchase lobsters from ropeless traps.

  • Submit your comment to stop the Willow Project today

    ConocoPhillips' proposed "Willow Project" would be an ecological misadventure. Every creek and cranny in this untouched region of the Arctic hosts natural magic: caribou, migratory birds, polar bears and more need the Western Arctic for survival.

    Oil rigs, and the trucks, pollution and development that follow, could irreparably damage this pristine place. Plus, the last thing the vulnerable tundra wildlife of the Western Arctic need is more climate-warming pollution.

    I urge you to stop the Willow Project and move forward with a plan to return the contested 7 million acres of the Western Arctic to their 2013 NPR-A Integrated Activity Plan protection status today.

  • Tell the FWS: Give manatees endangered species protections

    Last year, more than 1,100 manatees died -- more than 10% of their population. The problem is pollution, which has contributed to the loss of 90% of their seagrass in the past decade.

    We need to relist manatees and give them Endangered Species Act protections. And we need to do it urgently.

    2021 was a devastating year for manatees, but if we don't intervene, 2022 could be catastrophic. I urge the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to relist manatees and give them the life-saving protections of the Endangered Species Act today.

    Sincerely,

  • Call on your governor to support a polystyrene ban

    With the help of supporters like you, we're working to spare birds, fish and other marine wildlife from the harm caused by needless plastic pollution. Join us in advancing a plastic-free future by calling on your governor to support a ban on polystyrene.

  • Tell your U.S. House representative: Expand Berryessa National Monument

    California's Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument provides critical wildlife habitat and is an escape for city-dwellers from the hustle and bustle of urban life. This land deserves protection, and it's time that protection be expanded to include the adjacent Condor Ridge.

    Now is our chance to secure greater protections for this area. Sign this petition to urge your U.S. House representative to support the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument Expansion Act.

  • Tell President Biden: Stop the logging of our most important trees

    Amidst our current biodiversity and climate crisis, the destruction of older forests and trees is the embodiment of a wasteful, short-sighted mentality. We should not be destroying precious habitat and some of our most valuable natural carbon sinks.

    Our national forests should be places of conservation, not destruction.

    Tell President Biden to protect the most valuable trees on our federal land.

  • Add your name: No new gas-powered USPS trucks

    We, the undersigned, urge the USPS Board of Governors to reevaluate its plans to spend billions of dollars on a new gas-powered fleet of delivery trucks. Gas-powered vehicles pose a threat to both our climate and public health. Their greenhouse gas emissions accelerate global warming and increase the risk of cancer and respiratory diseases. Instead of increasing the number of gas-powered delivery trucks, USPS should procure more electric vehicles.

    Sincerely,

  • Help clean up dangerous pollution from the Clairton Coke Works.

    Allegheny County has some of the dirtiest air in the country and U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works is one of the region’s largest air polluters. For the first time in 10 years, local officials are proposing new pollution standards for this polluting facility.

    Make sure you have your voice heard before the March 15th deadline to help guarantee the strongest steps to reduce air pollution are put into Clairton Coke Works' renewed permit.

  • Urge your U.S. senators to support recovering fish and wildlife

    Many leading experts are warning that a sixth mass extinction is currently underway. Protecting our planet's biodiversity requires urgent action.

    If passed, the Recovering America's Wildlife Act would provide funding to every state, territory and the District of Columbia to proactively conserve more than 12,000 at-risk fish and wildlife species. Call on your U.S. senators to support this legislation today.

  • Take action: Help stop the production of new single-use plastics

    You try your best, but single-use plastics are nearly impossible to avoid -- encasing everything from grocery store bananas to online deliveries, and ultimately polluting our oceans and threatening wildlife.

    And yet our country is producing more new plastic items than ever before -- generating nearly 46.5 million tons of plastic waste each year. But a proposal before Congress called the REDUCE Act would require companies that produce new single-use plastic items to pick up the tab for this harmful form of pollution. 

    Contact your U.S. House representative today and urge them to stop the flow of new plastics by supporting the REDUCE Act.

  • Tell Home Depot: Protect the boreal forest

    Home Depot CEO Craig Menear,

    We, the undersigned, urge The Home Depot to protect the boreal forest by reducing the amount of wood sourced from critical parts of these forests.

    The Canadian boreal forest is the world's largest remaining intact forest. It is home to diverse and vulnerable species, including threatened boreal caribou, lynx and 3 billion birds. The forest is also essential to mitigating climate change, and stores 300 billion tons of carbon.

    Clearly, this wild and environmentally critical place should be protected. By committing to preserving the boreal, The Home Depot will establish itself as a leader in sustainable forestry.

    Sincerely,

  • Pledge to Protect Forests

    To reduce my individual impact on forests and help shift the market towards sustainably harvested wood products, I, a consumer of toilet paper, tissues and timber, pledge to:

    1. Stop purchasing tissues, paper towels and toilet paper made from virgin wood fibers. Instead, I will purchase products made from recycled paper, sustainable bamboo or another sustainable alternative.

    2. Whenever possible, opt for wood products made from reclaimed wood.

    3. Look for the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) logo whenever I must buy virgin wood or wood products, because FSC is the best way to ensure wood is harvested responsibly.

  • Tell the Biden administration: ban bee-killing pesticides from wildlife refuges

    A dangerous class of bee-killing pesticides known as "neonics" lurk around every corner for bees. One study found them on half of all sampled plants across the country.

    Right now, neonics are even allowed to be sprayed where bees should be safest: wildlife refuges. Our dwindling bee populations need an escape from neonics, which poison baby bees' brains, interrupt bee sleep patterns, and prevent healthy bee reproduction.

    We can't afford to lose more bees -- especially in areas designated to protect them. I urge you to give bees a chance and reinstate an Obama-era ban on neonicotinoids in wildlife refuges.

    Sincerely,

  • Tell the Biden Administration: Protect Greater Chaco Canyon

    The Biden administration has proposed to protect more 350,000 acres of public land surrounding Chaco Canyon and they're asking for public input. Submit your public comment to the Bureau of Land Management.

  • Add your name in support of sage grouse

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    We, the undersigned, urge the Bureau of Land Management to instate strong protections to support the long-term health of sage grouse. Sage grouse populations require large, contiguous areas, free from development, for feeding, nesting and hiding from predators. This type of designated, protected habitat is increasingly important as sage grouse contend with drought and wildfires.

    Sincerely,

  • Tell the FWS to protect the American bumblebee

    In the past two decades, American bumblebee populations have dropped by 90%.

    Pesticides, climate change, disease and habitat loss have all been putting increasing pressure on the bumblebees in recent years. In the Midwest and Southeast, as much as half of all American bumblebees have disappeared. In other states, that number rises dramatically -- in New York, as many as 99% of the bumblebees have disappeared. And in eight states, the bee has vanished entirely.

    American bumblebees play an important role in many ecosystems' food webs, providing food for birds and reptiles and helping the growth of a number of plants. They also play an important role in pollinating a range of crops and wildflowers. But if nothing changes, the continued collapse of species like this bee will have devastating consequences that will ripple across our country's food webs and ecosystems. For that reason, I write to urge you to grant endangered species protections to the American bumblebee.

  • Support endangered species status for manatees

    Dear Interior Secretary Deb Haaland,

    We, the undersigned, urge you to support restoring the manatees' endangered status. According to Florida's Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, nearly 1,000 manatees have died in 2021 alone. That's more than double the five-year annual average.

    This calamity comes four years after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service downlisted the manatee from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act, over the objection of many environmentalists and biologists. In order to give these gentle sea cows the best chance at survival, it's critical that the manatees' endangered status be restored and their critical habitat protected.

    Sincerely,

  • Let’s get the lead out of Philly's school drinking water

    Exposure to even small amounts of lead can cause irreversible harm to children's learning, growth and development. Yet recent studies found lead-tainted water coming out of drinking fountains in nearly every Philadelphia school tested.

    The good news is that the School District of Philadelphia has a great opportunity to fix the threat of lead in drinking water, once and for all. By investing less than 1 percent of the stimulus money that the federal government gave to the Philadelphia School District this past spring, district officials could remove every drinking fountain that poses a risk of lead contamination, and replace it with a lead-filtering hydration station.

     Call on Superintendent Hite and city officials to take this crucial step to protect our school children from the threat of lead contamination.

  • Tell Costco to count and cut its carbon footprint

    Costco CEO Craig Jelinek and members of the Costco Board of Directors,

    Scientists around the world have agreed that we need to cut carbon emissions in half by 2030 to prevent the worst effects of climate change. As a result, many companies have already calculated their carbon emissions and set reduction targets with the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi).

    Costco has not. In fact, even Costco has acknowledged that it isn't counting the overwhelming bulk of its emissions. These emissions are produced indirectly, in part from the deforestation involved in producing items like beef, tissues and much more. We urge you to rapidly disclose all of Costco's carbon emissions and set science-based targets to reduce emissions.

  • Tell the U.S. Forest Service: Protect Utah's Ashley National Forest

    This November, your agency approved plans to build an oil-hauling railway through the Uinta Basin, an area of protected land in the Ashley National Forest, which is home to 1 million acres of pristine wilderness.

    If construction plans go through, the railway could devastate at least 10,000 acres of protected lands. The oil trains will cause further pollution and possibly even more severe damage in the event of explosions or spills.

    I urge you to stop this plan in its tracks and protect the Ashley National Forest.

    Sincerely,

  • Restore the Roadless Rule to protect the Tongass

    The Tongass National Forest is full of trees older than America and is a refuge to bears, eagles, moose and so much more. If we do not restore the Roadless Rule to this green marvel, we leave the largest intact temperate rainforest in the world vulnerable to destruction and countless animals without a home.

    I urge you to fully protect the Tongass by restoring the full environmental protections of the Roadless Rule across the 9.2 million roadless acres.

  • Protect Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary

    Docket #: NOAA-NOS-2020-0003

    Critically endangered species like the North Atlantic Right whale rely on places like the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary for protection, but the current draft management plan fails to do enough to protect these sea creatures. Without updating rules around recreational and commercial fishing and shipping within the sanctuary, human actions will continue to threaten many of the species that call it home.

    Stellwagen Bank is meant to protect marine life, and unless we strengthen protections, it will continue failing at this purpose. Revising the draft management plan will determine the future of this critical sanctuary.

    I urge you to strengthen protections for Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary in the draft management plan.

  • Tell the EPA: Stop letting polluters leak planet-warming methane into our atmosphere

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    This past summer alone, 1 in 3 Americans lived in a county that was hit by a weather disaster. The climate crisis is supercharging storms, fires, hurricanes and more -- and one of the most important things we can do to curb it is to comprehensively tackle methane emissions, a potent greenhouse gas that traps more than 85 times as much heat as carbon dioxide over the course of two decades.

    If we want to slow down one of the leading contributors to global warming, we need to hold oil and gas companies accountable for the methane they leak into our atmosphere. I urge you to protect our planet from methane leaks by enforcing stricter regulations on existing methane sources.

  • Tell Costco: Save the boreal forest

    Costco CEO W. Craig Jelinek:

    In the time it takes you to brush your teeth tonight, Canada's boreal will lose three football fields of forest. The rapid deforestation is thanks, in part, to the production of toilet paper.

    Canada's boreal forest is irreplaceable. Home to caribou, wolves, lynx, elk, billions of migratory birds and more -- countless creatures rely on the forest staying intact to survive. Plus, the boreal's trees remove enough carbon from the air each year to offset 24 million cars.

    Costco can help. I'm urging Costco to make its Kirkland Signature tissue products from at least 50% recycled materials and refuse to sell other brands of tissue products until they implement the same change.

    Sincerely,

  • Take action: Protect our national parks from single-use plastics

    From the impressive geysers at Yellowstone National Park to the stunning wetlands of the Everglades, plastic pollution is threatening our national parks and the fragile wildlife that call them home.

    Each year, the National Park Service manages nearly 70 million pounds of waste -- the same weight as 155 Statues of Liberty. It's time to end the sale of the most harmful and pervasive plastic products infiltrating our national parks.

    Contact your U.S. House representative today and urge them to support the Reducing Waste in National Parks Act.

  • Tell the Fish and Wildlife Service: Protect the American bumblebee

    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

    The sight of an American bumblebee hovering over meadows and fields is becoming increasingly rare -- in eight states, the species has disappeared entirely. If we don't act quickly to protect these fuzzy fliers, we could lose them forever. We can't risk the extinction of such an iconic and valuable pollinator.

    I urge you to list the American bumblebee as an endangered species.

    Sincerely,

  • Take Action: Electrify UPS

    Delivery trucks drive through our neighborhoods and near our homes every day, delivering packages with a side of unhealthy air pollution and warming our planet at the same time. UPS -- the world's largest package delivery company -- could change that by ditching fossil fuels and committing to all-electric purchases for its fleet of big brown trucks by 2030.

    Join our effort to Electrify UPS by calling on the company to electrify its fleet and deliver cleaner air and a safer climate for future generations.

  • Tell the Interior Department: Protect the belugas of Cook Inlet

    Docket # BOEM-2020-0018-0049

    Cook Inlet is home to a unique population of beluga whales that has been on the decline for decades.

    Since 1979, Cook Inlet's belugas have dropped in number by 80%, and their population is still struggling to recover. One of the major threats facing these iconic Arctic whales is the pollution and habitat destruction that results from oil and gas exploration and drilling. Cook Inlet's iconic belugas are already struggling for their survival -- and new oil and gas projects in Cook Inlet that will pollute and fracture their habitat could be the final nail in their coffin.

    One million acres of land are currently up for sale to entities that would develop them for oil and gas drilling. To protect Cook Inlet's endangered beluga whales, I urge you to cancel the lease sales in Cook Inlet.

  • Tell Lehigh County’s elected officials: Take a stand on single-use plastic

    Lehigh County officials have proposed legislation to implement a 10-cent fee on single-use plastic bags to help reduce litter and plastic pollution. Plastic bag fees passed elsewhere have proven effective at curbing the plague of plastic pollution -- when Washington, D.C. implemented a fee on plastic bags in 2010, 80% of residents reported seeing fewer bags each week and in San Jose, CA plastic bag pollution dropped to one third the pre-ordinance level.

    It’s estimated that over 100 million single-use plastic bags are used--and thrown away--in Lehigh county each year. Less than 1% of these bags are returned for recycling, and instead end up littering our neighborhoods, sitting in landfills that can leach into our groundwater, being dumped in rivers and oceans, or ending up in nearby incinerators that spew air pollution.

    The Lehigh Valley can be a leader in keeping our streets and rivers litter-free! Tell the County Commissioners to pass the 10-cent fee on single-use plastic bags.

  • Tell the Interior Department: Don't subsidize coal

    Coal is the dirtiest fossil fuel around -- leaving behind acid runoff, methane and carbon pollution. Now, the second-largest coal company is trying to get a discount for mining our public lands while leaving behind the bill.

    We have a chance to stop this discount and prevent more like it. Tell the Interior Department to reverse course and stop its discount for Arch Resources.

  • Submit your public comment: Protect polar bears from harassment in the Arctic

    The Southern Beaufort polar bears are the world's most imperiled bear population.

    And yet, despite their tenuous foothold on survival, there is a proposal before the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to allow one oil company to "harass" these polar bears in the course of its exploratory oil drilling.

    We can't allow that. Send your message to the FWS today: Don't let polar bears be harassed.

  • Tell The Home Depot: Preserve the boreal forest

    The Canadian boreal forest is the largest remaining primary forest on the planet. It stores 300 billion tons of carbon, provides habitat for threatened boreal caribou, billions of birds and a multitude of other species. The boreal is essential to the sustenance and culture of hundreds of Indigenous communities. Unfortunately, one and a half football fields' worth of the forest are cut down every minute to produce softwood lumber, wood pulp and other products. American companies like The Home Depot contribute to demand for these products.

  • Vote for David Masur or Dana Dorman

  • Restore the Roadless Rule to protect the Tongass

    The Tongass National Forest is full of trees older than America and is a refuge to bears, eagles, moose and so much more. If we do not restore the Roadless Rule to this green marvel, we leave the largest intact temperate rainforest in the world vulnerable to destruction and countless animals without a home.

    I urge you to fully protect the Tongass by restoring the full environmental protections of the Roadless Rule across the 9.2 million roadless acres.

  • Tell the Biden administration: Protect endangered species

    Docket Nos. FWS-HQ-ES-2019-0115, FWS-HQ-ES-2020-0047

    From North Atlantic Right whales to the rusty patched bumblebee, our endangered species need their habitat for survival.

    Critical habitat serves as a vital safe haven for these species, letting them take shelter, breed and forage without the threatening disruptions of development.

    If we want to keep these species alive for future generations, we must protect the only homes they know. I urge you to roll back the Trump administration's "critical habitat" rule changes and restore habitat protections for endangered species.

  • Tell your city councilperson: Ban single-use plastic bags in Pittsburgh!

    Pittsburgh City Council is considering joining hundreds of cities across the country in tackling our dependence on single-use plastics by banning single-use plastic bags. Email Pittsburgh’s city council members and ask them to support this effort today to put our environment, communities, and wildlife over waste!

  • Help us get “National Park” status for the Delaware Water Gap

    The Delaware Water Gap is one of the most popular outdoor places on the east coast, with as many visitors each year as Yosemite or Yellowstone. And with over 700,000 acres of incredible majestic vistas, serene waterfalls, and even a portion of the Appalachian Trail, the Delaware Water Gap has something for everyone.

    Now a movement is afoot to convince Congress to give the Delaware Water Gap “National Park” designation.

    Sign our petition in support of this proposal today.

  • Tell BOEM: End offshore oil and gas drilling

    Just one month after a pipeline leak spilled 25,000 gallons of oil into California's coastal waters, an oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico is set to take place.

    The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has scheduled the lease sale for mid-November. Once the lease is sold, oil and gas exploration, drilling, and mining will begin, putting marine ecosystems and wildlife at risk.

    Instead of paving the way for future oil and gas projects, BOEM should instead cancel all existing offshore drilling leases. We're calling on the agency to do just that, but we need your help to build the necessary support.

  • Tell the EPA: Get toxic "forever chemicals" out of food and drink containers

    New research suggests that toxic PFAS "forever chemicals" could be leaching into our food and water by way of plastic bottles, containers and packaging.

    We need to get these harmful substances away from food and drink packaging -- but as one plastics industry consultant says, packaging companies aren't likely to change their ways until they're compelled to do so.

    Tell the EPA: Take action to ban PFAS in food contact surfaces like plastics.

  • Tell your state representative to vote no on this anti-clean energy bill

    Legislation recently passed the state Senate that would prevent Pennsylvania cities from transitioning off of fossil fuels. This legislation, SB275 and HB1947, would remove the authority of Pennsylvania cities and towns from implementing clean energy policies at the local level to reduce climate and air pollution.

    There’s still time to stop this anti-environmental attack. Email your state representative and let them know that now is the time to embrace clean energy solutions across Pennsylvania -- not put up roadblocks to progress.

  • Tell Costco: Don't trade the boreal forest for toilet paper

    Costco CEO Craig Jelinek:

    In the time it takes you to brush your teeth tonight, Canada's boreal will lose three football fields of forest.

    Canada's boreal forest is irreplaceable. Home to caribou, wolves, lynx, elk, billions of migratory birds and more -- countless creatures rely on the forest staying intact to survive. Plus, the boreal's trees remove enough carbon from the air each year to offset 24 million cars.

    Costco can help. I'm urging Costco to make its Kirkland Signature tissue products from at least 50% recycled materials and refuse to sell other brands of tissue products until they implement the same change.

    Sincerely,

  • Protect Communities from Explosive Gas Trains

    One rail car full of liquified natural gas (LNG) could be enough to destroy a city. Twenty-two cars have the equivalent energy of the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Yet, a company called New Fortress Energy has plans to run more than 100 LNG rail cars through Pennsylvania each day.

    The company would transport gas 200 miles across the state, passing through Allentown, Philadelphia and other Pennsylvania communities along the way to a processing facility in New Jersey.

    But there’s still time to stop this disastrous proposal. Ask the Biden administration to cancel the permits for this dangerous plan.

  • Tell the EPA: Stop the plastic to fuel pipeline

    DOCKET ID NO. EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0382

    Every stage of the life cycle of plastic is toxic -- it's made from oil and gas, it harms our wildlife in the form of pollution, and it dirties our public lands.

    Now, an added toxic step in that life cycle is on the verge of going big. "Chemical recycling" isn't recycling at all. It's a process that emits harmful toxins and leaves us with even more air and climate pollution.

    I urge you to regulate these facilities and the practice of "chemical recycling" today with the same standards applied to incineration under the Clean Air Act.

  • Tell Pilgrim's Pride: Stop slaughterhouse water pollution

    Pilgrim's Pride is part of a huge problem plaguing our waters: slaughterhouse wastewater pollution. When slaughterhouses dump waste into our waters, Americans, our wildlife and the surrounding ecosystems pay the price.

    For our drinking water and our wildlife, Pilgrim's Pride must make a change. Call on the Pilgrim's Pride CEO to curb the company's pollution.

  • Tell your U.S. senators to make the biggest polluters pay

    Giant fossil fuel companies are responsible for far more greenhouse gas pollution than individuals, yet average Americans are stuck with the bill for climate change impacts.

    The "Make Polluters Pay" plan would balance the scales and make the largest polluters pay into a climate fund to help communities impacted by climate change and aid the transition to renewable energy.

    We need your help to push this plan through Congress. Tell your U.S. senators to include this plan in the Build Back Better Act and make polluters pay.

  • Tell City Council: Vote Yes on the Pittsburgh Lead Safety Law

    Every year, hundreds of Pittsburgh kids test positive for exposure to lead, a potent neurotoxin that can have lifelong cognitive and behavioral effects. Pittsburgh City Council is now considering a bill that would identify and remediate lead in homes and places where kids spend the most time. Tell your Councilmember to vote YES.

  • Tell Congress: Stop plastic pollution today

    A microplastic chemical is confusing and starving hermit crabs. Sea turtles, whales and seabirds have been found dead with plastic in their stomachs. Plastic is destroying our ocean and it's time we break free.

    The Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act would curb plastic pollution across the country and be a huge step forward for protecting our planet. Tell your U.S. House representative to support it today.

  • The Arctic isn't meant for drilling

    To Chairman Philip Byrne:

    The Arctic is one of the last truly wild places on earth. Its delicate ecosystem needs our protection, not more dangerous drilling.

    Extracting your new oil discovery would be detrimental to the Arctic and all the creatures that call it home, not to mention devastating to the effort to stop climate change.

    I urge you not to drill in the Arctic.

  • Tell Governor Wolf: Keep fracking out of our state parks and forests!

    Governor Wolf,

    Pennsylvania's state parks and forests are what make the state great, and we have a responsibility to protect them now and for future generations.

    But destructive fracking pipelines that cut through our public lands are destroying tracts of forest and putting rivers and streams at risk for contamination from spills and pollution. I call on you to halt all further fracking activity in and near our state parks and forests so we can protect them now and for future generations.

  • Tell your legislators: Support a 100% renewable energy future for PA

    With nine states already committed to 100% clean energy, it’s time for Pennsylvania to get on board. Fortunately, state legislators in Harrisburg have introduced proposals to do just that -- HB100 and SB872 would transition the state to 100% renewable energy by 2050, with milestones of 50% by 2030 and 80% by 2040 along the way.

    Call on your state legislators to cosponsor this legislation today!

  • PA climate program at risk

    Pennsylvania is on the verge of joining one of the nation’s most successful programs to reduce climate pollution, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). But climate polluters and their political allies are continuing their push to keep Pennsylvania out of RGGI and prevent the Department of Environmental Protection from taking ANY steps to regulate carbon pollution, meaning more climate and fossil fuel pollution. These climate attacks are House Bill 637, Senate Bill 119, and Senate Concurrent Regulatory Review Resolution 1.

    Email your state representative and ask them to vote NO on HB637, SB119, SCRRR1 or other resolutions that would prevent us from taking steps towards tackling the climate crisis.

  • Tell the EPA: Ban the worst uses of bee-killing neonics

    Docket #EPA-HQ-OPP-2021-0575-0001

    We, the undersigned, urge the Environmental Protection Agency to ban the worst uses of clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam, the three most commonly used neonicotinoid pesticides. This includes both a ban on the consumer sale of these pesticides and the pre-treatment of seeds with them.

    The EPA's biological evaluation of these neonicotinoids found that they are likely to adversely affect more than 1,000 endangered and threatened species, including vital pollinators. The further decimation of bees, butterflies and various other pollinators will have devastating consequences for our environment and global food supply.

    Sincerely,

  • Support legislation to increase clean energy funding in PA

    Pennsylvania is poised to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) and start raising money by making climate polluters pay for their emissions. Environmental leaders in the Pennsylvania General Assembly have introduced the RGGI Investment Act, a bill that, if passed, will direct RGGI funds towards renewable wind and solar energy projects, and energy conservation and efficiency programs.

    Ask your state legislators to cosponsor the RGGI Investment Act today!

  • Let's Go Big On Offshore Wind

    The United States has enough offshore wind potential to power our current electricity needs twice over. But as of 2021, there are only two operational offshore wind farms in the United States. Offshore wind has a huge role to play in getting us to 100% renewable energy. Add your name in support of America going big on offshore wind!

  • Defend PA’s cornerstone law for protecting our streams

    Legislation is moving in the Pennsylvania General Assembly that would eviscerate the Clean Streams Law, the state’s best program for protecting our rivers and streams from pollution. Senate Bill 545 & House Bill 1842 would allow polluters to decide when they report spills to state environmental officials, and doesn't make it clear that state environmental officials can order the polluter to clean up a spill or fix the cause of the spill.

    We must stop this attack on our clean water laws. Email your state legislators and tell them to oppose SB545 and HB1842 today.

  • Tell the EPA: Keep PFAS forever chemicals away from our water

    Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2021-0547

    Every day, millions of Americans rely on our rivers, lakes, and streams for safe drinking water. When PFAS "forever chemicals" contaminate these waters, we're left with exposure to chemicals linked to cancer, birth defects and more.

    Generations to come could benefit from your agency stopping the senseless dumping of these chemicals into our waters. And existing technology can virtually eliminate discharges of these dangerous chemicals. So as your agency revises the Preliminary Effluent Guidelines Program Plan, please set pollution control standards that stop all industries from dumping PFAS into our waterways.

    Sincerely,

  • Tell the EPA: Strengthen the rules protecting our water from slaughterhouse pollution

    Docket # EPA-HQ-OW-2021-0547

    Meat processing plants are dumping huge volumes of pollution into our nation's rivers, contributing to toxic algal outbreaks and threatening our drinking water sources.

    Thank you for agreeing to update the effluent limitation guidelines -- and issue pretreatment standards -- for the Meat and Poultry Products category of industrial dischargers to America's waterways, as required by the Clean Water Act. These actions are urgently needed to protect our rivers and our health.

    Please enact these new pollution control standards as soon as possible, and ensure they are stringent enough to stop slaughterhouses from contributing to toxic algal outbreaks, dead zones, and other threats to public health and the environment.

  • Urge EPA Administrator Michael Regan to tighten clean air rules

    Air pollution cuts short the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans every year. Air pollution also increases the risk of asthma attacks, cancer and other diseases.

    Yet the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) currently allows levels of air pollution that many American public health groups and international agencies consider unhealthy. Please join us in urging EPA Administrator Michael Regan to strengthen the limits on health-threatening pollution, including ozone and fine particulate pollution.

  • Tell Congress: End offshore drilling

    Oil is once again gushing onto California's beaches. We need our members of Congress to end offshore drilling -- because when we drill, we spill.

  • Tell your senators: Prioritize clean energy tax credits

    We can repower America with 100% renewable energy and see the benefits of cleaner air, cleaner water and improved health. Clean energy tax incentives are one of the best tools we have to grow renewables.

    Tax credits have helped lower the cost of wind and solar power over the last decade, bringing renewables in reach for more Americans and boosting the clean energy market. But with some current incentives set to expire at the end of December, we need Congress to act and keep our energy system moving in the right direction.

    Send a message to your U.S. senators asking them to prioritize clean energy tax credits.

  • Call on PA-DEP to require stronger air pollution standards for Covanta’s Chester incinerator

    The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is renewing the air pollution permits for one of the largest and dirtiest trash incinerators in the country, found in the City of Chester, Delaware County, PA. Sadly, instead of making sure the facility uses best-available technologies to monitor pollution and protect public health, DEP is proposing to increase pollution levels at the facility, and set no requirements to test for many of the most dangerous pollutants being released at the facility.

    With only days left until the public comment period ends for the Chester incinerator’s pollution permit, write to DEP and tell them to strengthen their proposal to reduce pollution and protect public health from this facility. 

  • Tell our leaders: We need clean air now!

    All people have a right to breathe clean, healthy air. Unfortunately, that’s not the case for many people in Western Pennsylvania, who deal with high levels of pollution that are unhealthy and put our health at risk. That’s because the Pittsburgh region is home to polluting industrial facilities that release millions of pounds of air pollution known to cause asthma, cancer, and premature death.

    Luckily, the Biden administration is considering strengthening our air pollution laws, which will force these facilities to cut down on their pollution. Tell the Biden administration you support their efforts today!

  • Help protect Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers from pollution!

    Western Pennsylvania’s rivers are the backbone of our communities. Unfortunately, the smaller creeks and streams that feed into these iconic waterways are vulnerable to polluters due to massive loopholes in the Clean Water Act.

    Call on the Biden administration to close these polluter loopholes to protect our rivers and the streams that feed them.

  • Tell State Officials: Support Cleaner Cars to Reduce Asthma & Air Pollution!

    Dear Governor Wolf and DEP Secretary Patrick McDonnell, 

    A 2020 MIT study showed that Pennsylvania has the worst per capita number of premature deaths due to air pollution in the country. The Pittsburgh region in particular suffers rates of asthma that are 2-3 times higher than the national average. That’s thanks in part to tailpipe pollution from dirty cars and trucks. 

    Pennsylvanians have a right to clean, healthy air to breathe. That’s why I urge the Department of Environmental Protection to adopt the Zero Emission Vehicle program with a strong 100% electric vehicle sales rule. 

  • Tell Interior Secretary Deb Haaland: Use your emergency powers to save monarchs

    Dear Interior Secretary Deb Haaland,

    Monarch butterflies are as beautiful as they are iconic, but they're also slipping away from us.

    This winter, only 1,914 western monarchs returned to their California wintering sites -- the lowest number ever recorded. And eastern monarchs, having dropped by at least 80%, are in a tailspin of decline, too.

    It's clear that these monarchs need Endangered Species Act protections -- even the Trump administration agreed. But when that administration refused to grant them the protections they deserve, monarchs were pushed closer to the brink of extinction.

    I urge you to right this wrong and use your emergency powers to list monarch butterflies under the Endangered Species Act so we can save this species.

    Sincerely,

  • Tell your U.S. House representative: Support funding to create pollinator-friendly habitat

    Pollinators face a number of threats, including habitat loss. One simple way to address this is to increase pollinator-friendly habitat along roadsides. Send a message to your U.S. House representative telling them to support funding to create pollinator-friendly habitat.

  • Tell Procter & Gamble: Preserve the boreal forest

    Dear Procter & Gamble Shareholders,

    We, the undersigned, urge you to help preserve the Canadian boreal forest by ending the use of virgin wood in tissue paper products. The ancient boreal forest, home to caribou, wolves and migratory birds, is currently disappearing at a rate of one and a half football fields every single minute. This is in part due to logging used to source the virgin fibers in P&G brands' tissue products.

    When it comes to choosing between a product we use for five seconds and our world's special places, the choice is easy. Please commit to using only recycled or forest-free fibers in Charmin, Bounty and other tissue brands.

    Sincerely,

  • Tell President Biden: Restore protections for the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument

    President Biden,

    Warming waters, acidifying oceans, pollution, and industry threaten our marine environments, but safeguarding our seas can help mitigate the worst effects of climate change. The creation of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument in 2016 represented an important step toward that goal -- a step that was undone by the Trump's administration's decision to gut protections for this special place in 2020. Opening this area to commercial fishing will harm or destroy irreplaceable marine life.

    To celebrate the fifth birthday of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, I urge you to complete the process to restore protections and ensure that this incredible ecosystem continues to thrive.

  • Tell the EPA: Keep our air clear with cleaner cars

    Dear EPA Administrator Michael Regan,

    The EPA should implement the strongest clean cars rule possible to effectively solve the climate crisis and protect public health. At a minimum, the EPA should reinstate the Obama-Biden era standards and ideally make them even stronger.

    This proposed rule is not as strong as the Obama-Biden standards and is riddled with loopholes and giveaways to automakers that undermine otherwise strong emissions reduction targets. The EPA itself has identified a far more effective rule (Alternative #2), which would put 400,000 extra electric vehicles on the road by 2026 and result in 130 million fewer metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions. I urge you to adopt Alternative #2 to help clean our air.

    Sincerely,

  • Return 3.4 million acres of protected habitat to spotted owls

    Docket ID: FWS-R1-ES-2020-0050

    The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service estimates that spotted owls could lose much of their unprotected habitat by as early as 2030. As habitat loss drives their population down -- dropping by as much as 77 percent in Washington state -- their protected habitat could soon be the final lifeline for spotted owls.

    I urge you to move forward with your proposal to restore 3.4 million acres of protected habitat that was stripped away from spotted owls. Let's give these owls all the protections they need to survive.

  • Electric homes are our future -- support the Zero Emission Homes Act

    Electrifying our home appliances is a crucial step in moving our energy system away from polluting fossil fuels. Removing harmful fumes from fossil fuel reliant appliances will not only improve our health, but it will also reduce the emissions that are ravaging our planet.

    Send a message to your U.S. senators to show your support for greener, safer households.

  • Tell Red Lobster to protect the Right whale

    One of the critically endangered North Atlantic Right whales' greatest threats is entanglement in fishing gear. By committing to only sourcing lobster caught with ropeless fishing gear, Red Lobster can protect these whales and help move the industry toward safer, ropeless fishing.

    Tell Red Lobster to protect the Right whale by signing our petition.

  • Stop the Uranium Reserve Program from contaminating our air and water

    Docket #: 2021-17145

    The Uranium Reserve Program would put taxpayer money toward uranium mining, a declining industry in which air and water contamination are all but guaranteed.

    Every uranium mine ever operated in the U.S. has necessitated toxic waste cleanup, some over hundreds of acres of land. We should not fund an activity that will endanger our neighbors, wildlife and environment with radioactive contamination.

    The Uranium Reserve Program should be abandoned.

  • Tell the EPA: Protect America's Waters

    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Regan,

    The Clean Water Act was intended to protect all of America's waterways. Unfortunately, the Dirty Water Rule removed Clean Water Act protections from half the nation's remaining wetlands and thousands of streams. These streams help provide drinking water to millions of people. And wetlands provide vital filtering to protect our rivers and lakes from pollution. I urge you to immediately repeal the "Dirty Water Rule" and then restore Clean Water Act protections for all our waterways -- including ephemeral streams and our nation's remaining wetlands.

    Sincerely,

  • Give gray wolves their endangered species protections back

    In the nine months since the Trump administration stripped gray wolves of their Endangered Species Act protections, gray wolves have been targeted in hunts that will take generations to recover from.

    In Wisconsin alone, 216 gray wolves were killed in just 60 hours. But it's about to get worse: The state is doubling its killing quota, despite protests from the state's biologists.

    The only thing standing between more hunts and gray wolves is the Endangered Species Act. So, we're telling the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to relist gray wolves.

  • Call on the Port Authority of Allegheny County to go fossil fuel-free by 2040

    The Port Authority of Allegheny County is finalizing its plan for the next 25 years of public transportation in the region. Excitingly, the plan sets an ambitious goal to move the Port Authority’s entire bus fleet to zero-emission vehicles. However, the plan also allows for gas-powered buses -- and says nothing about where the power to run these electric buses should come from, which runs counter to the zero-emissions goal.

    The Port Authority is currently holding a public comment period to get input on their proposed plan. Send them an email asking them to remove gas buses from their plan to ensure that they can achieve a fossil fuel-free bus fleet by 2040.

  • Tell Congress to act now for a livable climate

    Global warming is already making extreme weather worse. In order to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, we need bold and immediate reductions in carbon pollution. We have the solutions: We need to increase our use of clean, renewable energy; we need to expand public transit and transition our cars, trucks and buses to run on clean electricity; and we need to waste less energy.

    So we're asking Congress to act now to implement commonsense climate solutions to preserve a livable planet, clean air, and clean water, right now and for generations to come.

    Tell your U.S. representatives and senators to act on climate by investing in clean energy and clean transportation.

  • Tell Amazon: Stop destroying unused or returned products

    Amazon CEO Andy Jassy:

    We're in the middle of a waste crisis -- with toxic electronic waste accounting for the fastest growing waste stream in the world.

    Right now, Amazon is adding fuel to that fire: A recent investigation revealed that your company destroys millions of unsold or returned products every year. One former employee has said the "target" for a given warehouse could be well over 100,000 destroyed items every week.

    For the sake of our water, our soil, our wildlife and our health, this has to stop. Amazon must do its part to mitigate our waste crisis by reusing or redistributing its unsold stock, rather than destroying it.

    Sincerely,

  • Tell PA DEP: Protect public health and ban “forever chemicals” from fracking

    A new health study shows that the fracking industry is using "forever chemicals" like PFAS in their drilling processes -- here in Pennsylvania and across the country. Perfluoroalkyl substances or “PFAS” are used in many industrial processes and consumer products. They never break down in our environment and they’re linked to multiple types of cancer, infertility, autoimmune diseases and a laundry list of other health problems.

    Using PFAS in fracking operations adds another dangerous contaminant to an already long list of toxic chemicals used in drilling and fracking, which ends up in our waterways and drinking water. Tell the PA-DEP they should be protecting us from PFAS -- not allowing frackers and other polluters to use these dangerous chemicals.

  • Help keep South Philadelphia’s FDR Park Wild!

    City officials are considering a proposal to destroy nearly 200 acres of the wild meadowlands at South Philadelphia’s FDR Park to convert it to artificial turf soccer fields, roads, bleachers, buildings and parking lots.

    This shortsighted proposal would do irreparable harm to a park beloved by residents from all corners of the city, and one of South Philly’s largest open spaces. Email Mayor Kenney and Philadelphia City Council and tell them to cancel this proposal today.

  • Protect Sproul State Forest from Fracking Pipeline

    State officials are considering a proposal to allow Renovo Energy to build a fracking pipeline through one of Pennsylvania’s largest and most beloved state forests, Sproul State Forest. If approved, nearly 20 acres of state forest will be razed, and a number of streams and wetlands that meet Pennsylvania’s highest standards for cleanliness and protection will be destroyed.

    Tell state officials to oppose this outrageous proposal today -- and keep our state forest off limits from frackers.

  • Tell the EPA: Protect Bristol Bay from Pebble Mine

    Bristol Bay is an ecological wonder of global importance. It's the last place we should be digging an open-pit gold mine the size of a city.

    But this is exactly what the people behind the Pebble Mine project have been trying to do for more than a decade. When the Army Corps of Engineers rejected their application for a permit in 2020, that was the right call.

    Now, Pebble Limited Partnership is appealing the decision. If we want to permanently protect Bristol Bay, we need the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reject Pebble Mine under the Clean Water Act.

    Tell the EPA: Protect Bristol Bay from Pebble Mine.

  • Tell Congress: Support the Recovering America's Wildlife Act

    Decades ago, our fields, forests and waters used to be abundant with wildlife. Now, if we don't speak up, the last generation of manatees, monarchs and more could be just around the corner.

    The Recovering America's Wildlife Act would earmark $1.4 billion annually for conservation efforts in our nation's states. With more than 12,000 species in need of stronger conservation efforts, it's time to stand up for these critters. Tell your U.S. House representative to support this critical conservation legislation by co-sponsoring the act.

  • Tell the Senate to act now for a livable climate

    Global warming is already making extreme weather worse. In order to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, we need immediate and real reductions in carbon pollution now. We have the solutions: We need to increase our use of clean, renewable energy from the sun and wind; we need more public transit and for all our cars, trucks and buses to run on clean electricity; and we need to waste less energy.

    We need Congress to act now to implement commonsense climate solutions so that we can preserve a livable planet, clean air and clean water, right now and for generations to come.

    Tell your U.S. senators to act on climate by investing in clean energy and clean transportation.

  • Tell Congress: The Arctic isn't for drilling

    Drilling interests are threatening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge with an amendment to a must-pass budget bill. We need to act fast and defend this untouched northern wonder from drilling before it's too late.

    Tell your senators to vote to protect the Arctic Refuge.

  • Tell our senators: Save manatees from the pollution that starves them

    Water pollution is killing seagrass, which is the key food manatees need to survive. If we want to save manatees for future generations, we have to stop the pollution that's killing them.

    There's legislation on the table that could help curb this lethal pollution and save manatees. The House already voted to fund $40 billion in clean water investments -- and with your voice on our side, the Senate could too.

  • Support federal investment in electric school buses

    Getting to school shouldn't include a daily dose of toxic pollution. But the vast majority of the school buses our kids ride every day run on diesel, which endangers the health of our children and releases climate-warming pollution.

    Transportation is currently the leading contributor to climate change in the U.S. We need to do all we can to cut transportation pollution and ensure our kids have a liveable future.

    There's a better option: electric school buses. These have zero tailpipe emissions, reducing exposure to toxic pollutants and cutting school buses' contributions to the climate crisis. Additionally, since they cost less to fuel and maintain, electric school buses actually save school districts money.

    Right now, a bipartisan group of senators are working on legislation to invest in America's infrastructure, including electric school buses. But some are instead suggesting spending federal funds on more dirty gas-powered buses that will pollute our health and climate for years.

    We shouldn't spend money on dirty buses instead of pollution-free, electric school buses. Tell your U.S. senators to oppose funding for dirty, diesel and gas-powered school buses in the infrastructure agreement.

  • Stop fossil fuel subsidies -- support the Clean Energy for America Act

    Billions of taxpayer dollars are used to prop up the toxic fossil fuel industry every year. It's time we stop funding the industry that is killing our planet and end fossil fuel subsidies for good.

    Tell your senators to support the Clean Energy for America Act today.

  • Tell the U.S. Forest Service to protect grizzly habitat

    The remaining 2,000 grizzly bears in the Lower 48 need our help. For decades, they've seen development shrink their habitat and hunting dwindle their population.

    Right now, the U.S. Forest Service can make a difference by protecting their habitat. I urge you to help save grizzlies by amending land management plans to expand, protect and link together grizzly habitats.

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  • Tell your representative: The Arctic Refuge needs permanent protection

    The Biden administration's suspension of drilling leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a welcome first step. But it won't be enough to keep this place protected for good.

    In 2017, Congress passed a budget bill that requires two oil lease sales before 2024. One sale has already been held and we need Congress to act to prevent another from happening.

    Tell your representative to support efforts to restore protections for the Arctic Refuge.

  • Tell the Biden administration: Protect the Boundary Waters

    Dear USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack,

    To stop the degradation of the natural world, we need to not only conserve more of our public lands, but also protect existing wilderness -- like Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness -- against threats, like the proposed Twin Metals mine.

    Toxic runoff from the mine, entering the Boundary Waters' highly interconnected system of lakes and waterways at any point, would quickly spread throughout the ecosystem -- and the U.S. Forest Service's own research says that would inflict "irreparable damage" on this special place.

    I urge you to oppose the Twin Metals mine.

  • Tell the Biden administration: Give monarchs Endangered Species Act protections

    The Biden administration has restored protections in the Endangered Species Act, which had been weakened by the previous administration. But monarch butterflies are still waiting in the wings for a spot on the Endangered Species Act list.

    As monarch habitats and food sources disappear, monarch populations are plummeting. With a success rate of 99 percent, Endangered Species Act protections can help save the monarchs. Will you join us in telling the Biden administration to give this iconic butterfly Endangered Species Act protections?

  • Stand up for the Okefenokee Swamp

    For centuries, the ecological treasure known as the Okefenokee Swamp has been home to hundreds of species and neighbor to creeks, forests and state parks -- but now a dangerous titanium mine could be moving in next door.

    If the Twin Pines titanium mine moves forward, it could inflict irreversible damage on the Okefenokee, lowering water levels and opening the door to increased drainage, pollution and risk of wildfires. We're telling the Georgia EPD to stop this plan. Will you join us?

  • Tell Secretary Deb Haaland: Protect Chaco Canyon

    Chaco Canyon is a cultural wonder and a haven for desert wildlife. If we allow oil and gas drilling near this national treasure, we run the risk of scarring this special place, damaging precious wildlife habitat, and snuffing out Chaco Canyon's unique light.

    I urge you to put an end to drilling near this irreplaceable park by withdrawing the federal minerals from future leasing within a 10-mile radius of Chaco Culture National Historical Park.

  • Tell the EPA: Let states lead the way on clean cars

    Dear EPA Administrator Michael Regan,

    I strongly support restoring California's waiver under the Clean Air Act for the Advanced Clean Cars Program. This program is one of the most important tools we have to reduce harmful pollution that threatens our health and warms our climate. Fourteen other states and Washington, D.C., have adopted the Advanced Clean Cars Program, bringing the benefits of clean air and clean cars to more than 1 in 3 Americans.

    The previous administration's decision to revoke California's waiver was unlawful, and put into question every state's ability to clean up tailpipe pollution. As the threats of climate change across the country continue to magnify, we need bold action at every level of government. I urge the EPA to restore state authority and California's waiver, reaffirming that states can and should lead the way for clean air and cleaner cars.

    Sincerely,

  • Tell PA officials: close loopholes for climate pollution from fracking & oil operations

    State officials recently proposed a new rule to reduce emissions of methane -- a potent greenhouse gas -- from fracking, oil, and gas operations in Pennsylvania. But their proposal has a massive loophole that would leave over half of Pennsylvania’s methane emissions unchecked.

    Tell Governor Wolf and the Department of Environmental Protection to close this dangerous loophole.

  • Tell Congress: Fix our water infrastructure

    Our lakes, rivers, and beaches should be safe for swimming. Yet billions of gallons of sewage and runoff continue to pollute our waterways. As Congress debates a national infrastructure package, we have an unprecedented opportunity to fix our wastewater plants and deploy nature-based solutions that prevent runoff.

  • State Senators just voted against reducing climate pollution. Voice your concern today.

    The Pennsylvania state Senate just voted to prevent state environmental officials from taking action on climate change.

    The legislation, Senate Bill 119,would keep Pennsylvania from joining the nation's most successful state-level program for tackling climate pollution, and strip authority from the Department of Environmental Protection to tackle climate pollution. At a time when we need to be taking steps to fight the climate crisis, this vote takes us in the wrong direction.

    Tell your state senator that their vote against reducing climate pollution puts our environment at risk and makes it harder to leave a healthy planet for future generations.

  • Renew PA’s cornerstone wind and solar energy law

    Pennsylvania’s cornerstone renewable energy law, the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard (AEPS), sunset earlier this summer without much fanfare or attention. Without this standard, utility companies in Pennsylvania are no longer required to increase the annual percentage of electricity they produce from clean wind and solar energy each year -- a crucial tool in the fight against climate change.

    Email your state legislators today and ask them to support renewing and increasing Pennsylvania’s Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard!

  • Tell the EPA to protect the bees

    The science is clear. Neonicotinoids are a major contributor to bee die-offs, as well as health defects in fish, deer and birds. Yet these pesticides are still the most widely used class of pesticides in the world. If we want to protect our precious pollinators and the ecosystems and foods that rely on them, we have to use pesticides more responsibly. I urge the agency to ban the sale of neonics to consumers and to regulate neonic-coated seeds, just as you would any other pesticide.

  • Add your name: No drilling near Dinosaur National Monument

    There's a reason that Dinosaur National Monument in Utah and Colorado has been protected for over a century. It's a magical place where nature appears to stand frozen in time.

    Its sheer cliff faces are studded with dinosaur fossils; its millennia-old rock petroglyphs remain preserved in detail; its dark skies and hundreds of square miles of untouched wilderness can make you forget that the civilization you came from even exists.

    But now, human development could come crashing in: An oil and gas company is proposing to drill right outside the monument's boundary -- in sensitive wildlife habitat that's just a mile from a world-renowned fossil quarry.

    The Biden administration's Bureau of Land Management is only accepting public comments on the plan until June 23. Submit your comment today.

  • Help reduce methane emissions by overturning one of Trump's most damaging environmental legacies

    Methane, which is a commonly released gas during the extraction of fossil fuels, is 28 times more potent as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. Tackling the climate crisis will require us to address every source of global warming pollution, and methane is no exception.

    But late last year, the Trump administration's EPA finalized a rule that allowed oil and gas companies to release methane at facilities across the country with little to no accountability. Help overturn this catastrophic rule. Call on your U.S. House representative to pass a bill reinstating strong methane emission standards.

  • Milkweed for Monarchs

    I am committed to do my part to keep monarch butterflies afloat for generations to come. I pledge to plant milkweed in my yard for monarch caterpillars and will find milkweed that is native to my region. If native milkweed is unavailable, I pledge to plant native, nectar-rich flowers to help fuel adult monarchs' winter migration. We have to save the monarch.

  • Tell our senators: Support a gillnet fishing ban

    A fishing gillnet is a dangerous tool used to trap fish by their gills -- but that's not all they're catching. Gillnets are nonselective in their catch, meaning from sea turtles to seagulls, these nets catch and even kill at least 60 marine species in addition to the fish they're meant to catch.

    Our precious marine ecosystems are already facing an ocean of threats -- we can't afford to lose any more senselessly to gillnets. Thankfully, there's a bipartisan bill in Congress that can ban these dangerous nets. So we're gathering support to convince our senators to take action.

  • Tell Congress to keep bee-killing pesticides out of wildlife refuges

    Right now, bees can be poisoned in their safe havens: wildlife refuges. But there's legislation that can help. Tell your U.S. House representative to support the Protect Our Refuges Act and keep bee-killing pesticides out of wildlife refuges.

  • Bee-killing pesticides are harming more than just bees

    In 2019, bees had their worst summer on record. In a season in which bees are supposed to regenerate their numbers, beekeepers reported losing a third of their hives.

    Bee population declines have been linked to neonicotinoid pesticides -- a class of pesticides that recent studies have linked to defects and health problems in birds, fish and mammals, too. The implications are concerning: The most widely used class of pesticides could be wreaking havoc on the natural world.

    The EPA should follow the precautionary principle, and the lead of the European Union and multiple states, by banning the worst uses of neonicotinoid pesticides nationwide, including the consumer sale of neonics and the use of pre-treated seeds in agriculture. I urge you to take action today.

  • Tell Whole Foods: It's time to do better on plastic packaging

    Plastic waste is devastating wildlife. Human beings have produced more than 8 billion metric tons of plastic since its invention, and most of it has ended up clogging landfills or polluting our oceans, where it can harm wildlife.

    We need companies like Whole Foods to take responsibility for the pollution their products create -- and that starts with getting rid of single-use plastic packaging.

    Send a message to Whole Foods today, telling it that it's time to do better on plastic packaging. And feel free to customize your message, especially if you're a Whole Foods customer!

  • Tell the Biden administration: Help save our species

    Even though several species qualified for Endangered Species Act protections, the Trump administration failed to grant them to monarch butterflies, spotted owls and more. Now, these animals are stuck waiting for the protections that have a 99 percent success rate in saving species.

    With Endangered Species Act protections, we can help protect the habitat where these species sleep, forage for food and grow their populations. Without them, the clock is counting down toward their extinction. Join us in calling on the Biden administration to help save these species.

  • Defend PA's recycling programs from attacks in the legislature

    Recycling plays a crucial part in keeping waste off our streets and out of landfills and incinerators. Yet last fall, our politicians in Harrisburg made historic cuts to the Recycling Fund, Pennsylvania's preeminent program to support local recycling programs across the state. Without this funding, state environmental officials have had to pause all local grants to cities, towns and counties that fund their recycling efforts.

    Email your state legislators in Harrisburg and tell them to defend the Recycling Fund from further attacks in this year's budget proposal.

  • Climate solutions in Pennsylvania at risk

    Some of the largest global warming polluters and their allies in the state legislature are pushing a proposal to stop state environmental officials from implementing new protections to reduce global warming pollution in Pennsylvania. This legislation will make it virtually impossible for the state to make the cuts in pollution necessary to avoid the worst effects from climate change. These proposals are Senate Bill 119 and House Bill 637.

    Email your state legislators and ask them to oppose this environmental attack today.

  • Protect Allegheny County's parks from fracking

    Allegheny County's nine county parks are some of the region's greatest outdoor places and public lands. Yet many local residents are shocked to learn that our county parks are not protected from harmful fracking. The good news is that three Allegheny Council Councilmembers -- Bethany Hallam, Olivia Bennett, and Anita Prizio -- have proposed a new ordinance to keep our county parks safe from fracking permanently. Support their proposal today.

  • Tell your state legislators to vote no on this anti-clean energy bill

    New legislation has been proposed in the state legislature that would prevent Pennsylvania cities from transitioning off of fossil fuels. This legislation, SB275, takes control away from our communities, blocking them from taking action to cut back on fossil fuels and electrify our homes and businesses for a cleaner, healthier future.

    Let your legislators know now is the time to embrace clean, renewable energy across Pennsylvania -- not put up roadblocks to progress.

  • Tell the Biden administration: Ban neonics in wildlife refuges

    One of the worst threats bees face is the use of a dangerous class of bee-killing pesticides called neonicotinoids, or "neonics."

    Yet due to the Trump administration's rollback of a ban on neonics in wildlife refuges, our country allows these bee-killing pesticides in the very places designed to help wildlife thrive.

    We can't afford to lose more bees -- especially in areas designated to protect them. I urge you to give bees a chance and reinstate a ban on neonicotinoids in wildlife refuges.

  • Tell your state leaders to vote no on this anti-clean energy bill

    Legislation recently passed the state Senate that would prevent Pennsylvania cities from transitioning off of fossil fuels. This legislation, SB275, would remove the authority of Pennsylvania cities and towns from implementing clean energy policies at the local level to reduce climate and air pollution.

    There’s still time to stop this anti-environmental attack. Email your state representative and let them know that now is the time to embrace clean energy solutions across Pennsylvania -- not put up roadblocks to progress.

  • PA climate program at risk

    State officials are on the verge of having Pennsylvainia join one of the nation’s most successful programs to reduce climate pollution, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). But climate polluters and their political allies are continuing their push to keep Pennsylvania out of RGGI and prevent the Department of Environmental Protection from taking ANY steps to regulate carbon pollution, meaning more climate and fossil fuel pollution. These climate attacks are House Bill 637 and Senate Bill 119. 

    Email your state representative and state senator and ask them to vote NO on HB637 & SB119 so we can take steps towards tackling the climate crisis.

  • PA climate program at risk

    State officials are on the verge of having Pennsylvainia join one of the nation’s most successful programs to reduce climate pollution, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). But climate polluters and their political allies are continuing their push to keep Pennsylvania out of RGGI and prevent the Department of Environmental Protection from taking ANY steps to regulate carbon pollution, meaning more climate and fossil fuel pollution. These climate attacks are House Bill 637 and Senate Bill 119. 

    Email your state representative and state senator and ask them to vote NO on HB637 & SB119 so we can take steps towards tackling the climate crisis.

  • Tell Amazon: Help save the bees

    To incoming Amazon CEO Andy Jassy:

    Bees are our best pollinators and play a critical role in our environment. But they're dying in alarming numbers, and neonicotinoids -- a dangerous class of pesticides -- play a significant role.

    Even though some retailers have taken important steps to phase out these bee-killing pesticides, Amazon still sells products that contain neonicotinoids. Please stop selling products with these chemicals on your site so that together we can help give bees a chance.

    Sincerely,

  • Submit your comment: Keep toxic "forever chemicals" out of our waterways

    Docket number: EPA-HQ-OW-2020-0582

    Dear EPA Administrator Regan,

    I am calling on you to stop companies from dumping all PFAS "forever chemicals" into our waterways.

    Cancers, low fertility, endocrine disruption, autoimmune diseases, birth defects; PFAS have been linked to all these health problems and more. And they're everywhere, used all over the country to make everything from firefighting foam, to raincoats, to nonstick pans and fast food takeout containers.

    As a result, these toxic chemicals have now contaminated the drinking water of millions of Americans. It has to stop.

    Ultimately, we should work to phase out the use of these dangerous chemicals wherever possible. Barring companies from dumping them directly into our waterways is an urgently needed first step.

  • Tell Amazon: Stop selling products that contain bee-killing pesticides

    To Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon:

    Bees are our best pollinators and play a critical role in our environment. But they're dying in alarming numbers, and neonicotinoids--a dangerous class of pesticides--play a significant role in bee die-offs.

    Even though some retailers have taken important steps to phase out these bee-killing pesticides, Amazon still sells products that contain neonicotinoids. If you stop selling products with these chemicals on your site, we can help give bees a chance.

    Sincerely,

  • Make Allegheny County's air polluters pay their fair share

    Allegheny County has some of the dirtiest air in the country. Making matters worse, local clean air watchdogs have been chronically underfunded. Fortunately, Allegheny County Council is considering a proposal to make polluters pay their fair share and increase fees for the first time in a decade and a half. The funds raised will support Allegheny County’s clean air programs, which are critical for protecting our health and environment.

    Let’s make sure industrial polluters are paying their share to clean up Allegheny County's dirty air.

    Ask County Executive Rich Fitzgerald and Allegheny County Council to support these “polluter pays” fees today.

  • Tell the Biden administration to protect the Arctic

    When the Trump administration opened up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for drilling, they opened the floodgates. Even though new leases in this precious place have been paused, we need to make sure the floodgates are fully shut.

    Across the windswept tundra of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the fate of hundreds of bird species, caribou, and polar bears hangs in the balance. As caribou mothers travel hundreds of miles across the Arctic Refuge to give birth to the next generation of Arctic caribou, we know now is the time to win permanent protections for the refuge once and for all. That's why I'm urging you to support legislation that closes the floodgates for drilling in the Arctic Refuge.

  • Tell Congress: Pass the REPLANT Act
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    Across our country, thousands of acres in our nation's forests are missing their trees. And without trees, forests can't mitigate climate change, protect wildlife or clean our air.

    So this Arbor Day, we're working to reverse the damage of deforestation by calling on Congress to pass the REPLANT Act, which would ensure the planting of 1.2 billion trees across our national forests in the next decade. Will you urge your representative to vote yes on the act?

  • Tell Congress: clean up coal mining’s toxic legacy

    The legacy of coal mining pollution in Pennsylvania is one of the worst culprits of water and land contamination in the state. In fact, over 5,500 miles of Pennsylvania streams have been polluted by legacy mining pollution, and over 280,000 acres of land remain toxic and dangerous from past mining activity.

    Luckily, there are two proposals in Congress that will direct much-needed funding to clean up and restore these sites, helping cleanup contaminated water and remediate contaminated land. They're HR 1733 and HR1734, the RECLAIM Act and the 2021 amendments to the Surface Mining & Reclamation Act. Ask your congressperson to support them today.

  • Tell your senators: Stand with our lands

    In February, the U.S. House of Representatives did right by one of America's most beloved wild places, passing a bill to permanently take uranium mining off the table near the Grand Canyon.

    Now, it's time for the Senate to step up. We're on the verge of a critical win for this priceless natural treasure -- send a message to your senators to help make it happen.

  • Tell Costco: Help save the Boreal

    Costco, a major seller of toilet paper, has a chance to make a major difference on preventing widespread deforestation in the boreal forest. Tell Costco CEO Craig Jelinek: Help save North America's biggest and most vital forest by committing your company to only sell products made sustainably.

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  • Tell Amazon: Stop selling bee-killing neonic pesticides

    Our bee populations are in rapid decline, and neonicotinoids -- a dangerous class of bee-killing pesticides -- aren't helping. Yet you can still find these pesticides for sale on the world's No. 1 online marketplace: Amazon.

    Right now, Amazon has a chance to make a major difference in protecting our best pollinators by removing bee-killing pesticides from its site. Tell incoming Amazon CEO Andy Jassy to help save our bees by ending the sale of products that contain neonicotinoids.

  • Host a screening of A River Reborn!

    Are you interested in learning how you can host a screening of “A River Reborn” with your local organization, school or community? Fill out this short form and one of our staff will reach out to you to get you more details!

  • Tell Congress: clean up coal mining’s toxic legacy

    The legacy of coal mining pollution in Pennsylvania is one of the worst culprits of water and land contamination in the state. In fact, over 5,500 miles of Pennsylvania streams have been polluted by legacy mining pollution, and over 280,000 acres of land remain toxic and dangerous from past mining activity.

    Luckily, there are two proposals in Congress that will direct much-needed funding to clean up and restore these sites, helping cleanup contaminated water and remediate contaminated land. They're HR 1733 and HR1734, the RECLAIM Act and the 2021 amendments to the Surface Mining & Reclamation Act.. Ask your congressperson to support them today.

  • Tell PA officials: close loopholes for climate pollution from fracking & oil operations

    State officials recently proposed a new rule to reduce emissions of methane -- a potent greenhouse gas -- from fracking, oil, and gas operations in Pennsylvania. But their proposal has a massive loophole that would leave over half of Pennsylvania’s methane emissions unchecked.

    Tell Governor Wolf and the Department of Environmental Protection to close this dangerous loophole.

  • Tell Gov. Wolf: protect PA from fracking!

    Fracking operations and pipelines endanger our air, our water, and the health of people living nearby. State officials have uncovered more than 200 cases of drinking water that has been contaminated by fracking. Chemicals used in fracking are also known to cause cancer, and now state officials are investigating the link between fracking pollution and a cluster of rare childhood cancers in southwestern Pennsylvania. 

    We're calling on Governor Wolf to: 

    • keep fracking away from our homes and schools
    • require health-based safeguards for pipelines
    • require fracking companies to publicly disclose all chemicals used in drilling
    • keep radioactive fracking waste out of our communities

    Sign and send this message to Governor Wolf today! 

  • PA climate program at risk

    Pennsylvania is on the verge of joining one of the nation’s most successful programs to reduce climate pollution, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). But climate polluters and their political allies are continuing their push to keep Pennsylvania out of RGGI and prevent the Department of Environmental Protection from taking ANY steps to regulate carbon pollution, meaning more climate and fossil fuel pollution. These climate attacks are House Bill 637, Senate Bill 119, and Senate Concurrent Regulatory Review Resolution 1.

    Email your state representative and ask them to vote NO on HB637, SB119, SCRRR1 or other resolutions that would prevent us from taking steps towards tackling the climate crisis.

  • Create roadside habitat to save the bees

    Bees need healthy habitats with flowering vegetation to provide pollen and nectar. Tell your state Legislature to create healthy habitats for bees on roadsides.

  • Tell Amazon: Don't sell products with bee-killing pesticides

    Amazon, the world's No. 1 online marketplace, has a chance to make a major difference in protecting our best pollinators by removing bee-killing pesticides from its site.

    Tell Amazon's incoming CEO Andy Jassy: Help save our bees by banning products with neonicotinoids.

  • Tell your Representative in Congress: Put a price on carbon

    U.S. policymakers must use every practical policy tool to make this zero-carbon transformation a reality. A central element in this strategy must be putting a price on carbon pollution to push polluters to cut emissions and switch to clean energy. Tell your representative in Congress to make polluters pay for the damage they cause; incentivize them to use energy more efficiently; and shift from oil, coal and natural gas to clean, renewable energy.

  • Stop oil drilling near Everglades National Park

    Everglades National Park is home to some of our most threatened and endangered species -- including one of the most endangered mammals on Earth, the Florida panther.

    And even though the neighboring Big Cypress National Preserve plays a vital role in protecting the Everglades' health, one oil company is moving full steam ahead with its plan to drill the Big Cypress. So we're standing up against this dangerous plan and calling on U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland to block Burnett Oil's permits. Will you join us?

  • Tell Walmart to go solar

    To protect our communities and the future of our planet, we must move off of fossil fuels, and businesses have a big role to play in that transition. Walmart's goal to double the number of on-site solar projects on U.S. stores, Sam's Club locations and distribution centers by 2020 is a step in the right direction, yet given its tremendous potential and the benefits of on-site solar production, we are asking you to expand Walmart's commitment to on-site solar.

    That's why I'm calling on Walmart to continue its leadership among America's retailers by committing to put solar wherever viable, including rooftops and parking lots, on its more than 5,000 U.S. locations by 2035.

  • More Nature: 30 Percent by 2030 Resolution

    The wild places we love and need are under siege from oil drilling, overfishing and other threats. That's why we want to set a national target of protecting 30 percent of our land and 30 percent of our ocean by 2030.

  • Tell EPA: Stop Slaughterhouse Pollution

    Dear EPA Administrator Regan,

    Meat processing plants are dumping huge volumes of pollution into our nation's rivers, contributing to toxic algal outbreaks and threatening our drinking water sources.

    Please update the effluent limitation guidelines - and issue pretreatment standards - for the Meat and Poultry Products category of industrial dischargers to America's waterways, as required by the Clean Water Act. These actions are urgently needed to protect our water and our health.

    Sincerely,

  • Sign our petition in support of electrifying America's buildings

    All-electric buildings are the next step in reducing carbon emissions for a cleaner, greener planet. Using today's efficient, electric technology, we can meet all of our energy needs with renewable energy. But to fully harness the energy of the sun, the wind and the earth, we'll have to transition all of our buildings to run entirely on green electricity. I support the movement to electrify our homes and buildings for our planet and public health.

  • Protect wild salmon

    Wild salmon are under threat all along the West Coast. The best way to protect salmon is to preserve wild places -- to limit development and resource extraction in the places that they swim and spawn. One of our best tools to protect wild places is the Roadless Rule, an agency ruling that prohibits road building in heretofore untouched areas of our national forests.

    Yet the Trump administration removed this protection from the Tongass National Forest. Under the direction of the Biden administration, the Forest Service is reconsidering the Roadless Rule. By signing your name and telling the Forest Service to reinstate the Roadless Rule, we can help protect the places that are crucial for salmon to thrive.

  • Tell PA officials: Protect our streams from dangerous longwall mining

    Longwall coal mining is responsible for an estimated 99% of mining-related damage to streams in southwestern Pennsylvania, polluting or destroying hundreds of our state's local streams.

    Pennsylvania environmental officials at the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) are currently asking for the public’s input on longwall mining in the state. It’s time to halt this dangerous and harmful coal mining process. Call on DEP to protect our streams and rein in the companies using longwall mining in Pennsylvania.

  • Tell the Biden administration: Ban bee-killing pesticides in wildlife refuges

    Neonics -- a dangerous class of bee-killing pesticides -- are inflicting irreversible damage on our dwindling bee populations.

    And a wildlife refuge filled with neonics is no refuge at all. Join us in calling on the Biden administration to ban neonics in wildlife refuges.

  • Call on your U.S. representative to take action on plastic pollution

    Nothing we use for a few minutes should be allowed to pollute our lakes, rivers and oceans for hundreds of years. Urge your federal representatives to support the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act, which would ban the worst single-use plastics and place a moratorium on new plastic-producing facilities.

  • Protect Chaco Canyon

    Chaco Culture National Historical Park got a reprieve late last year when Congress passed a one-year moratorium on new drilling outside the park. But the fact that fracking near Chaco has been considered at all is outrageous.

    It's time to secure permanent protections for Chaco Canyon. Send a message to your senators urging them to support legislation that would protect this place for good.

  • Tell NOAA: Save our right whales from ship strikes

    Dear NOAA Fisheries,

    Our critically endangered North Atlantic right whales have earned a place in our culture -- named the state marine mammal for both Massachusetts and Georgia -- and our hearts, seen through our celebrations of the 16 baby right whales this winter. Today, we urge you to use the information in your report on the Right Whale Vessel Speed Rule to write strong protections for the species. Updated policy should:

    • Create more areas where boats must travel slowly: We urge you to expand the size of existing Seasonal Management Areas, and to require speed limits in Dynamic Seasonal Management Areas.
    • Reduce risk of whale collision with boats smaller than 65 feet: These smaller boats are causing right whale deaths -- but measures to reduce risk of collision don't apply to them. Vessel speed rules should extend to boats smaller than 65 feet.

    We care deeply about our right whales and hope that you use the report's findings to formulate strong policy that will keep our right whales safe.

  • Tell President Biden: No oil and gas drilling on public lands

    While on the campaign trail, President Biden pledged to "ban new oil and gas permitting on public lands and waters." Now, it's up to us to urge President Biden to turn this commitment into reality.

    Tell President Biden: Slow climate change and protect our special places by permanently banning fossil fuel extraction on public lands.

  • Tell your U.S. senators: Take action on plastic pollution

    The U.S. generates more plastic trash than any other country, and our consumption of plastic is increasing -- but we have a chance to turn the tide on plastic waste.

    The Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act requires plastic producers to fund the work needed to manage their waste and would begin a nationwide phase-out of the worst single-use plastics, which would dramatically reduce plastic pollution and save marine life in the process.

    Tell your U.S. senators: Co-sponsor the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act.

  • Tell Congress: Support wildlife corridors

    We're in the middle of an extinction crisis. Across the country, development is slicing wildlife habitats in half, blocking animals from the places where they eat and breed.

    In order to restore some of our most vulnerable animal populations, such as California mountain lions, we must stitch animals' homes back together and build wildlife corridors. Join us in urging our representatives to support and fund wildlife corridors.

  • Tell the EPA to ban glyphosate

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    Killing weeds with ease isn't worth the irreparable damage that glyphosate inflicts on America's wildlife, especially those species that are headed toward extinction.

    Research done by the EPA shows that glyphosate harms a staggering 93 percent of species on the endangered species list.

    I urge you to stand strong against any pesticide industry efforts to water down findings of harm caused by glyphosate. Please protect America's wildlife.

    Sincerely,

  • Tell the EPA: Chemical recycling is bad for our planet

    Converting plastic into waste fuel is bad for our planet and ineffective in creating new plastic products. Tell the EPA: Don't classify "chemical recycling" as recycling.

  • Help clean up U.S. Steel’s dangerous emissions

    Allegheny County has some of the dirtiest air in the country, and U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works and Edgar Thomson steel mill are two of the most toxic local sources of air pollution. Local officials at the Allegheny County Health Department are currently holding a public input process on air pollution permits for the facilities.

    Make your voice heard during this public comment period and join our call for Allegheny County officials to take critical steps to help address pollution from the Clairton Coke Works and Edgar Thomson steel mill.

  • Add your name to ban chlorpyrifos nationwide

    Docket no. EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0850

    I urge you to reject the proposed re-registration of chlorpyrifos. As demonstrated by a large body of scientific evidence, chlorpyrifos is a toxic pesticide that negatively impacts public health and our environment.

    Long-term studies reveal that children exposed to chlorpyrifos in the womb are more likely to have memory problems, attention disorders and lowered IQ. Farmworkers exposed in the fields are at higher risk of lung cancer and other serious illnesses.

    It's also harmful to bees, birds and fish. Wild birds, such as ducks and robins, have trouble breeding and die from overexposure, and chlorpyrifos can build up in the tissue of fish.

    Previous EPA scientists have recommended the total ban of chlorpyrifos in recent years. Please follow their recommendation and begin the cancelation process of chlorpyrifos.

  • Help clean up U.S. Steel’s dangerous emissions

    Allegheny County has some of the dirtiest air in the country, and U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works and Edgar Thomson steel mill are two of the most toxic local sources of air pollution. Local officials at the Allegheny County Health Department are currently holding a public input process on air pollution permits for the facilities.

    Make your voice heard during this public comment period and join our call for Allegheny County officials to take critical steps to help address pollution from the Clairton Coke Works and Edgar Thomson steel mill.

  • Support energy efficiency standards for commonly-used appliances in PA

    The cheapest, cleanest energy is the energy we don’t have to produce in the first place. Adopting appliance efficiency standards in Pennsylvania will help reduce air and water pollution, avoid climate-altering carbon pollution, and save consumers and businesses money on their utility bills.

    Tell your state legislators to support energy efficiency standards for commonly-used appliances sold in Pennsylvania so we can reduce our energy consumption and fight climate change.

  • Tell our governor: Support habitat for bees

    Bee populations are dying, and habitat loss is among the leading causes. As native vegetation is replaced by buildings, parking lots and roads, bees lose the food and nesting sites critical to their survival.

    The great thing about habitat is that small spaces can do wonders. Call on our governor to plant native vegetation and wildflowers along public lands.

  • Tell the Biden administration: Protect clean water

    Americans need clean water, yet every year billions of gallons of sewage and stormwater runoff pollute our waterways with sickening pathogens. We can keep these contaminants from reaching our waterways by investing in water infrastructure that cuts pollution off at the source by preventing stormwater runoff and sewage overflows.

  • Tell your U.S. representative: Protect our public lands

    From the Grand Canyon to the Olympic National Forest, our nation is home to striking and diverse wild places. Now, we have the opportunity to ensure that these iconic landscapes, among others, are safeguarded from drilling, mining and other dangerous activity for generations to come.

    As early as next week, the U.S. House of Representatives may vote on a package of public lands bills, which would permanently protect more than 1 million acres of public lands and wilderness areas. Call on your representative to support the Protecting America's Wilderness and Public Lands Act today.

  • Tell President Biden to restore protections for wolves

    One of the Trump administration's final actions was to remove gray wolves from the Endangered Species List -- a premature move, given that these creatures number fewer than 6,000 in the lower 48 states.

    Decades of difficult conservation work brought wolves in the lower 48 back from the brink of elimination. But without endangered species protections, they could face extinction all over again.

    Let's make sure that doesn't happen. Tell President Biden: Restore endangered species protections for gray wolves.

  • Tell NOAA: Support the strongest proposed protections for "America's Great Barrier Reef"

    The Florida Reef -- one of the biggest in the world, and the only living barrier reef in the continental U.S. -- is in serious trouble. Scientists report that the once-vibrant reef has lost up to 90 percent of its original coral cover.

    Right now, officials are trying to decide what kind of protections the Florida Reef should enjoy for the next few years. As they choose from a range of options, we need to let them know: America is more beautiful and healthy with a vibrant, intact Florida Reef.

    Tell the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Recommend the strongest possible protections for the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

  • Clean up smog-forming pollution from Pennsylvania’s power plants

    I am writing in support of cleaning up unhealthy, smog-forming nitrogen oxide pollution from coal fired power plants in Pennsylvania (docket # EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0351). These facilities are the largest source of smog-forming pollution on the east coast and jeopardize the health of millions of Americans who live downwind. Please approve Maryland’s petition to require these facilities run their pollution controls every day of the smog season.

  • Volunteer with PennEnvironment!

    Use this form to sign up to volunteer with PennEnvironment. In step 2, feel free to add any additional info about what environmental issues you're most passionate about and how you'd like to volunteer!

    After you submit the form, one of our volunteer organizers will be in touch within a few days to set up a phone call where we’ll brief you on our campaigns, and discuss your interests and availability for volunteering.

  • I support 100 percent renewable energy in Pennsylvania

    We have the tools we need to clean up pollution, protect our special places and safeguard our planet for future generations. Now we need to put those tools to work. That's why I support a bold, legislative commitment to transition Pennsylvania to 100 percent clean, renewable energy.

  • Tell the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Restore spotted owl protections

    Spotted owl populations are dropping at an alarming rate -- we lose 4 percent of Northern spotted owls each year.

    As you know, the new administration already announced its plan to review the Trump administration rule that will remove protections from 3.4 million acres of the owls' habitat, but if we want the restored protections to make the greatest impact, we have to act fast.

    I urge you to swiftly reverse the rule and restore protections for spotted owls.

  • Help protect PA’s forested stream banks and riverfronts

    Pennsylvania’s riverfronts and forested stream banks are some of our greatest and most ecologically important outdoor places. Yet many of our streams are threatened by pollution, severe erosion, and the loss of healthy forested “riparian” buffers along their shores. That's why state Rep. Joe Webster is introducing legislation to protect existing forested buffers along Pennsylvania's streams and rivers from fracking and other threats.

    Tell your state representative to become a co-sponsor of this important legislation to protect Pennsylvania’s remaining forested streambanks now and for generations to come.

  • Tell our U.S. senators: Protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

    The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is one of the last areas of untouched wilderness in the U.S. -- but its coastal plain is at risk of being destroyed by oil and gas projects.

    With a new Congress in session, environmental advocates like you have an opportunity to protect this special place from destruction. Tell our senators to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by closing it to all oil and gas projects.

  • Tell NOAA: Protect North Atlantic right whales

    Docket No. 201221-0351

    Right whales are majestic, important and too much at risk. This proposed rule does not do enough to protect right whales from fishing entanglements, which are a top threat for the critically endangered species.

    The proposed seasonal closures are too small and too short in duration. Additionally, weak rope -- another major tool used in the rule -- is not a proven, effective solution to preventing fatal or seriously damaging entanglement events.

    NOAA should require larger and longer seasonal closures. The agency should also continue to research, test, develop and provide incentives for the fishing industry to adopt ropeless fishing technology.

    Right whales could go extinct if we do not protect the species now. I urge NOAA to do everything it can to protect these magnificent creatures.

  • Tell President Biden: Restore the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument

    To slow the biodiversity crisis and mitigate climate change, we need to protect our country's oceans and marine life. The Obama administration's creation of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument represented an important step toward that goal.

    The Trump administration's decision to gut protections for this special place was a disastrous step backward for our country's conservation efforts. Opening this region to commercial fishing will harm endangered species, including whales, sea turtles and more.

    I urge you to restore protections for the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument.

  • Tell Costco: Help save the boreal

    Costco, a major seller of toilet paper, has a chance to make a major difference in preventing widespread deforestation in the boreal forest. Tell Costco CEO Craig Jelinek: Help save North America's biggest and most vital forest by committing your company to only sell products made sustainably.

  • I support 100 percent renewable energy in Pennsylvania

    We have the tools we need to clean up pollution, protect our special places and safeguard our planet for future generations. Now we need to put those tools to work. That's why I support a bold, legislative commitment to transition Pennsylvania to 100 percent clean, renewable energy.

  • Tell your Legislators: Support transitioning PA to 100% renewable energy

    Dear Legislator,

    Pennsylvania can and must accelerate our clean energy progress and end our dependence on fossil fuels in order to prevent the worst impacts of climate change. We owe it to our environment and future generations to transition Pennsylvania to a clean, green, renewable tomorrow.

    I urge you to support 100 percent renewable energy by 2050.

  • Tell your governor: Save the bees

    Our bees are in the midst of a crisis -- their populations are collapsing, and we need to take action.

    A bee-friendly future will require us to rethink our relationship with the natural world. And a great first step toward that future is banning the worst uses of bee-killing pesticides statewide.

    Tell our governor to take action.

  • Protect PA's environment from wasteful plastics

    Each year, Americans throw away millions of foam cups and food containers. Too often, this pollution ends up in our oceans and rivers, where it can harm or even kill birds, fish, and other wildlife.

    Something we use for a few minutes shouldn't be allowed to pollute our environment for hundreds of years. I urge you to support a ban on foam cups and boxes made of polystyrene to reduce pollution in our wares and protect wildlife.

  • More Nature: 30 Percent by 2030

    The wild places we love and need are under siege from oil drilling, overfishing and other threats. That's why we want to set a national target of protecting 30 percent of our land and 30 percent of our ocean by 2030.

  • Protect North Park from Fracking

    Local leaders have a chance to protect Allegheny County’s largest county park and one of the region’s most beloved outdoor spaces, North Park, from fracking. The McCandless Town Council is updating its zoning rules to keep fracking away from local residents, but a loophole in the proposal would leave North Park vulnerable to the threat of future fracking. The deadline for comments is Wednesday, February 3rd.

    Ask local officials to close this loophole and protect North Park from fracking.

  • Tell the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to give monarchs the protections they deserve

    With monarch populations falling between 80 and 99 percent over the past 40 years, these butterflies more than qualify for endangered species protections.

    The twin threats of climate change and habitat loss that are killing off monarchs aren't improving on their own. That's why it's critical that the species receive all the resources and protections that come with an endangered species listing.

    I urge you to protect monarchs with endangered species protections under the Endangered Species Act.

  • Tell President Biden: Restore Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante

    As an environmental advocate, I urge President Biden to swiftly restore Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments, which were splintered under the former administration. Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante are national treasures, home to stunning red-rock landscapes and 200 species of birds.

    These special places should not be jeopardized by mining. President Biden ought to return national monument status to Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante, prohibiting destructive development on 2 million acres surrounding the sites.

  • Beloved Pennsylvania State Parks Threatened by Fracked Gas Pipeline

    Some of Pennsylvania's most beloved public lands, including Hickory Run State Park, Weiser State Forest, and Beltzville State Park, are being threatened by a proposed fracked gas pipeline directly through these beautiful places.

    We know that there's no safe way to build a fracked gas pipeline. Allowing this project to move forward will do irreparable harm to the outdoor spaces we love and public lands we cherish.

    Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is taking input from concerned citizens about this proposal through Wednesday January 20, so make sure your voice is heard today!

  • Beloved Pennsylvania State Parks Threatened by Fracked Gas Pipeline

    Some of Pennsylvania's most beloved public lands, including Hickory Run State Park, Weiser State Forest, and Beltzville State Park, are being threatened by a proposed fracked gas pipeline directly through these beautiful places.

    We know that there's no safe way to build a fracked gas pipeline. Allowing this project to move forward will do irreparable harm to the outdoor spaces we love and public lands we cherish.

    Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is taking input from concerned citizens about this proposal through Wednesday January 20, so make sure your voice is heard today!

  • Let's move Pennsylvania toward zero waste

    In Pennsylvania and across the country, we're in the middle of a plastic waste crisis. Every year, Americans generate more than 35 million tons of plastic waste, 90 percent of which is landfilled or incinerated.

    That's why we're calling on lawmakers to support the Zero Waste PA legislation package, which can help tackle our plastic pollution problem and put us on a path to zero waste. Join the call.

  • Tell Georgia's governor: Protect the Okefenokee Swamp

    The Okefenokee Swamp isn't just home to the largest wildlife refuge in the eastern United States. It's also home to hundreds of plant, reptile, bird and mammal species. And it needs our protection.

    The plan to build the dangerous Twin Pines Minerals titanium mine could yield catastrophic effects for the fragile ecosystem in the Okefenokee Swamp -- not to mention the threatened and endangered species that need the swamp to survive.

    Even though the federal government failed to protect these wetlands, you can and should step up and take action. I'm urging you to block the mine's development and protect the Okefenokee Swamp.

  • Tell Whole Foods Market: Planet Over Plastic

    In 2019, The Ocean Conservancy found that plastic food wrappers were the number one item of trash picked up on beaches worldwide. Single-use plastic packaging is a glaring example of a culture that prioritizes a moment's convenience over the long-term health of our oceans. We don't need it and, to protect wildlife and our ecosystems, we need to move beyond it.

    That's why we're calling on Whole Foods to make a bold, time-bound commitment to reduce its plastic footprint. Help us tell Whole Foods Market that it must put the "planet over plastic" by eliminating all single-use plastic packaging from its stores.

  • Protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

    Tell your U.S. House representative to support permanent protection for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge today.

  • Support cleaning up one of Pittsburgh's dirtiest polluters

    Allegheny County officials are updating environmental protections on the Clairton Coke Works. Their proposal would make it easier to penalize the company for illegal emissions, but leaves more to be done to reduce the unhealthy pollution from this facility.

    Allegheny County has some of the worst air quality in the entire country. Children near our region’s largest polluters suffer from asthma at 3 times the national average. U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works is one of the largest single sources of this unhealthy air pollution, including sulfur emissions (linked to respiratory problems like asthma), soot (linked to everything from asthma to cardiovascular problems to premature death) and air toxics (such as benzene, a potent carcinogen).

    Tell the Allegheny County Health Department that you support their effort to hold U.S. Steel accountable for illegal violations, but that they must do more to rein in unhealthy emissions.

  • Support strong cleanup standards for Philly refinery site

    In June 2019, the refinery in South Philadelphia exploded, putting the health and safety of local communities at risk. Before the site can be redeveloped for future use, it must be cleaned up.

    But the plan being put forth to clean up the site is not strong enough to protect public health and nearby communities. The proposal sets weak standards to address existing lead contamination at the site, fails to assess levels of PFAS (a likely carcinogen), inadequately responds to the potential threat to downstream drinking water sources, and fails to prepare for toxic chemicals that could seep from the site due to worsening extreme weather events and sea level rise due to the growing climate crisis.

    Email Evergreen Resources and call on them to set a stronger cleanup plan for this contaminated site.

  • Call on your member of Congress to protect the Tongass

    The Tongass National Forest is one of the most unique and sacred forests in North America -- and it's under threat. Contact your representative today to support the Roadless Area Conservation Act.

  • No seismic surveys in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

    Docket No. FWS-R7-ES-2020-0129

    FXES111607MRG01-212-FF07CAMM00

    I oppose the proposal to perform seismic surveys in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge is one of the last pristine wildernesses left on Earth, and the coastal plain is a vital habitat for endangered polar bears. Seismic surveys of the refuge have a 1 in 5 chance of injuring or killing denning polar bears -- an unacceptable risk for an endangered species that is already suffering from the effects of climate change.

    I strongly urge you to reject any plan to perform seismic surveys in the Arctic, for the sake of this amazing ecosystem and all the wildlife that depend on it.

  • Protect our victory in the Arctic

    Docket ID: OCC-2020-0042

    The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is as beautiful as it is vast -- and it deserves our protection. I know that drilling in the refuge isn't worth endangering the hundreds of species -- caribou, polar bears, wolves, migratory birds and more -- that rely on this pristine place.

    And the six largest banks in the country agree. The refuge shouldn't be drilled, and our nation's banks shouldn't be forced to finance drilling there -- or anywhere -- if they refuse to do so. I urge you to withdraw the proposed rule forcing banks to finance dirty fossil fuels.

  • Protect our victory in the Arctic

    Docket ID: OCC-2020-0042

    The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is as beautiful as it is vast -- and it deserves our protection. I know that drilling in the refuge isn't worth endangering the hundreds of species -- caribou, polar bears, wolves, migratory birds and more -- that rely on this pristine place.

    And the six largest banks in the country agree. The refuge shouldn't be drilled, and our nation's banks shouldn't be forced to finance drilling there -- or anywhere -- if they refuse to do so. I urge you to withdraw the proposed rule forcing banks to finance dirty fossil fuels.

  • Tell your governor: Save the bees

    Our bees are in the midst of a crisis -- their populations are collapsing, and we need to take action.

    A bee-friendly future will require us to rethink our relationship with the natural world. And a great first step toward that future is banning the worst uses of bee-killing pesticides statewide.

    Tell our governor to take action.

  • Tell the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Don't let companies freely kill birds

    Since 1918, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act has provided critical protections for some of our nation's most vulnerable birds. The act has even saved some birds from the brink of extinction.

    Businesses have long faced consequences when their practices kill scores of birds, and with 3 billions fewer birds in North American skies, it makes no sense to weaken this law. I strongly oppose the proposal to allow companies to "incidentally" kill birds with no consequences.

  • Tell Costco: Help save the Boreal

    Costco, a major seller of toilet paper, has a chance to make a major difference on preventing widespread deforestation in the boreal forest. Tell Costco CEO Craig Jelinek: Help save North America's biggest and most vital forest by committing your company to only sell products made sustainably.

  • Protect the Arctic from drilling

    Agency/Docket Number: 19X.LLAK930000.L13100000.EI0000.241A

    The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge coastal plain is 1.6 million acres, home to denning polar bears, caribou, wolves, muskox, migratory birds from all over the country, and countless other wildlife. Causing irreparable damage to this unique landscape just to drill a little more oil would be a national tragedy.

    There is no way to do massive, industrial-level oil and gas drilling in the Arctic Refuge without damaging vital habitat. Building roads and bringing in heavy equipment disfigures the landscape before the drilling even begins. Once ruined, the refuge cannot be restored. I urge you to protect the Arctic from drilling.

  • It's time to act on climate

    Congress is getting back to work this month to pass a budget and a COVID-19 relief bill -- and there's a chance that an extension of clean energy tax credits could come up for a vote.

    Those tax incentives would make a big difference by giving people and businesses who want to invest in wind and solar power greater certainty in 2021 and beyond. But it's far more likely to happen if your U.S. senators and representative hear from you.

    Tell your U.S. senators and representative to act on climate.

  • Tell City Council to ban bee-killing herbicides in Philly’s parks and playgrounds

    Philadelphia City Council is considering a current proposal to ban the use of bee killing herbicides on city properties such as parks, playground and rec centers. This proposal is called the "Healthy Outdoor Public Spaces Act" and has been introduced by Councilwoman Cindy Bass. Bees play a vital role as pollinators, and losing them would have a devastating ripple effect across our ecosystems.

    Email your member of city council and Mayor Kenney to support this proposal today to protect pollinators and public health.

  • Tell Procter & Gamble: No clear-cutting in the boreal forest

    Shareholders of Procter & Gamble voted for a proposal asking the company to report on its efforts to reduce deforestation and forest degradation in its supply chains, an amazing first step to protect the ancient boreal forest in Canada from clear-cutting. Now we need to make sure leadership follows through. Join us in urging Procter & Gamble to stop using virgin wood to create tissue products.

  • Oppose Legislation to Penalize Electric Vehicle Owners

    The U.S. transportation sector has become the nation's largest source of climate pollution. Yet instead of working to promote clean alternatives like electric vehicles, legislators in Harrisburg are fast-tracking a proposal to penalize Pennsylvania residents and businesses that purchase these cleaner vehicles.

    This legislation is Senate Bill 845, which has been amended to establish exorbitant registration fees on electric vehicles in Pennsylvania. SB 845 would tax EVs at a higher rate than similar gasoline- and diesel-powered vehicles, disincentivizing the purchase of EVs at a time when we should be doing the opposite.

    To make matters worse, the $175 annual fee on plug-in EVs would be among the highest in the U.S., and would be much higher than the average annual gas tax bill for new vehicles in Pennsylvania.

    Ask your legislators to stand up for cleaner vehicles and reducing climate pollution by opposing this attack on EVs and voting no on SB845.

  • Tell Congress: Invest in clean water

    Each year, billions of gallons of sewage and stormwater runoff pollute our waterways with sickening pathogens. This pollution has worsened in recent years -- causing millions to become sick when exposed to this dirty water.

    Right now, the U.S. Senate has its best chance in a long time to fix our outdated, decaying water systems with an $11 billion investment. Join us in calling on them to take it.

  • Defend state parks and forests from funding cuts

    As Pennsylvanians flock to our great state parks and forests for peace of mind during the pandemic, politicians in the state capitol are threatening to slash funding for these important public lands. This could halt much-needed repair and maintenance that’s needed due to increased use during the pandemic, and cuts to staffing in our state parks and forests.

    Our state parks and forests are the Keystone State’s most special places. They need to be protected and preserved, not threatened by funding cuts and attacks.

    Email your state representative and senator and tell them to defend Pennsylvania’s incredible state parks and forests from legislative attacks today.

  • Tell Bank of America: Don't fund drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

    Every major bank in the country has pledged not to invest in oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge -- except for Bank of America.

    The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is one of the last truly wild places we have left. We can't afford to lose this place to drilling, and neither can the more than 200 species of wildlife that call it home. That's why I'm urging you to join the ranks of every other major bank in the country and pledge not to invest in drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

  • Support PA joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

    NOTE: The comment period for RGGI closed on 1/14/21. No additional signatures on this petition will be sent to DEP.

    Pennsylvania officials are proposing to join one of the most successful programs in the nation for reducing climate pollution. It’s called the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), and it has reduced climate pollution by 47% since 2008 in the states that have already joined.

    By joining RGGI, it’s estimated that Pennsylvania could reduce its climate pollution by 188 million tons over the next decade. It would be a positive step to help mitigate the climate crisis and protect public health by improving air quality throughout the state and the region.

    Voice your support for this important program today.

  • Support stronger energy efficiency standards

    If we're going to build a cleaner, more sustainable society, we need to tap into the cleanest form of energy: The energy we don't use in the first place. I support standards that require appliances and other commonly used products and machinery to be more energy efficient, for the good of our communities and our planet.

  • Tell Chevron: Don't drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

    Chevron CEO Michael Wirth:

    There are some places too special, too ecologically important, too sacred to drill in. The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is one of them.

    The coastal plain of the refuge is home to vulnerable denning polar bears, North America's largest caribou herd, and millions of migratory birds from all 50 states and 6 continents.

    Any drilling in this American jewel would be a national tragedy. I ask that you pledge not to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

    Sincerely,

  • Tell Whole Foods Market: Planet Over Plastic

    In 2019, The Ocean Conservancy found that plastic food wrappers were the number one item of trash picked up on beaches worldwide. Single-use plastic packaging is a glaring example of a culture that prioritizes a moment's convenience over the long-term health of our oceans. We don't need it and, to protect wildlife and our ecosystems, we need to move beyond it.

    That's why we're calling on Whole Foods to make a bold, time-bound commitment to reduce its plastic footprint. Help us tell Whole Foods Market that it must put the 'planet over plastic' by eliminating all single-use plastic packaging from its stores.

  • Support PA joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

    NOTE: The comment period for RGGI closed on 1/14/21. No additional signatures on this petition will be sent to DEP.

    Pennsylvania officials are proposing to join one of the most successful programs in the nation for reducing climate pollution. It’s called the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), and it has reduced climate pollution by 47% since 2008 in the states that have already joined.

    By joining RGGI, it’s estimated that Pennsylvania could reduce its climate pollution by 188 million tons over the next decade. It would be a positive step to help mitigate the climate crisis and protect public health by improving air quality throughout the state and the region.

    Voice your support for this important program today.

  • Volunteer to push forward climate solutions

    Use the form below to sign up to volunteer with PennEnvironment to collect public comments in support of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. After you submit the form, one of our volunteer organizers will be in touch within a few days to set up a phone call where we’ll brief you on our campaigns, and discuss your interests and availability for volunteering.

  • Tell Congress: Protect our oceans

    Rising ocean temperatures and other human impacts could doom entire marine ecosystems. The science is clear: Setting aside a certain percentage of our oceans as a sanctuary from drilling, fishing and other activities is a critical step towards addressing the extinction and biodiversity crises that threaten our oceans.

    The Thirty by Thirty Resolution to Save Nature would establish a nationwide goal of conserving 30 percent of the United States' land and oceans by 2030 to keep nature, and the climate, from its tipping point. Tell your U.S. representative to support the resolution today.

  • Support PA joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

    NOTE: The comment period for RGGI closed on 1/14/21. No additional signatures on this petition will be sent to DEP.

    Pennsylvania officials are proposing to join one of the most successful programs in the nation for reducing climate pollution. It’s called the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), and it has reduced climate pollution by 47% since 2008 in the states that have already joined.

    By joining RGGI, it’s estimated that Pennsylvania could reduce its climate pollution by 180 million tons over the next decade. It would be a positive step to help mitigate the climate crisis and protect public health by improving air quality throughout the state and the region.

    Voice your support for this important program today.

  • Don't remove gray wolves from the endangered species list

    Gray wolves were once nearly driven to extinction -- with only a few hundred left in the lower 48 states by the time they received endangered species protections in 1973.

    Right now, gray wolves only occupy 10 to 15 percent of their historical range. This critical species requires a national plan, if not a continental one, if we are to make sure its numbers continue to rise.

    I urge you to keep gray wolves protected under the Endangered Species Act.

  • Defend PA's clean air program from attacks

    Anti-environmental lawmakers have advanced a measure that could leave the PA Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) unable to protect us from unhealthy industrial air pollution. This proposal, known as House Concurrent Regulatory Review Resolution (H.C.R.R.R.) 3, would stop DEP from increasing the fees on the state’s largest air polluters. The DEP has warned that these critical clean air programs will run out of money as soon as 2021 unless they are allowed to update these fees.

    Let’s make sure our clean air watchdogs have the resources they need to protect us from unsafe air pollution.

    Email your state lawmakers today.

  • Tell Chevron: Don't drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

    Chevron:

    There are some places too special, too ecologically important, too sacred to drill in. The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is one of them.

    The coastal plain of the refuge is home to vulnerable denning polar bears, North America's largest caribou herd, and millions of migratory birds from all 50 states and 6 continents.

    Any drilling in this American jewel would be a national tragedy, and a risk to your reputation.

    I ask that you pledge not to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

  • Defend PA’s cornerstone law for protecting our streams

    Legislation is moving in the Pennsylvania General Assembly that would eviscerate the Clean Streams Law, the state’s best program for protecting our rivers and streams from pollution. Senate Bill 619 would fundamentally change the definition of pollution under the law. If it passes, most spills and discharges into our streams and rivers would no longer be categorized as “water pollution,” polluters would be allowed to decide when they report spills to state environmental officials, and our state environmental officials could no longer force them to clean up their messes.

    We must stop this attack on our clean water laws. Email your state representative and tell them to oppose SB619 today.

  • Tell the U.S. Senate: Support the Moving Forward Act

    The Moving Forward Act will help us combat climate change by taking on our country's largest contributor of global warming pollution emissions: the transportation sector.

    We can't solve global warming without changing how Americans get around. Tell the Senate to support the Moving Forward Act.

  • Protect our beautiful Youghiogheny River from a fracked-gas power plant

    The Youghiogheny River was recently named among America’s most endangered rivers of 2020, and is visited by hundreds of thousands of outdoor enthusiasts each year. But a private, Chicago-based company is proposing to build a massive power plant that will burn fracked gas on its riverbanks.

    Send your message to local officials voicing your opposition to this dirty power plant!

  • Protect our biggest ocean monument

    Hawaii's Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument is a national treasure. Established under the Bush administration and expanded by President Obama, it's one of the largest marine protected areas in the world, a priceless sanctuary to 7,000 species of marine creatures. A quarter of the wildlife it protects are unique to the Hawaiian Islands.

    But industry wants to open it to large-scale fishing, which would be disastrous for the monument's rich biodiversity and the sensitive species recovering in its critical habitat.

    Send a message to our senators telling them to protect this incredible place.

  • Vote for Tony Dutzik or David Masur

  • Defend the Endangered Species Act

    We don't just want our most precious endangered species to survive. We want them to thrive. When it comes to protecting our nation's unique creatures, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) is the most successful conservation law in the books. From the bald eagle to the grizzly bear, we've seen time and time again that recovery for endangered species is entirely possible -- but only if we give them the protection they need.

    The proposal by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to change "critical habitat" classifications under the ESA would make it more difficult for these incredible species to recover and thrive. We must protect these creatures before they vanish from our world forever.

  • Tell the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: List monarch butterflies as endangered

    Monarch butterflies are important pollinators, but their population and habitat are being destroyed as a result of human activity and climate change. In the past year alone, the eastern monarch population has declined by a whopping 53 percent.

    If we act now, we can save these beautiful creatures by giving them the federal protection they need. Tell the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list the monarch butterfly as endangered under the Endangered Species Act today.

  • Support PA joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

    NOTE: The comment period for RGGI closed on 1/14/21. No additional signatures on this petition will be sent to DEP.

    Pennsylvania officials are proposing to join one of the most successful programs in the nation for reducing climate pollution. It’s called the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), and it has reduced climate pollution by 47% since 2008 in the states that have already joined.

    By joining RGGI, it’s estimated that Pennsylvania could reduce its climate pollution by 180 million tons over the next decade. It would be a positive step to help mitigate the climate crisis and protect public health by improving air quality throughout the state and the region.

    Voice your support for this important program today.

  • Uphold Gov. Wolf's veto of anti-climate action bill

    Last fall, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) proposed that the state would enter into one of the nation’s most successful climate change pollution programs, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (commonly known as RGGI). But instead of embracing this important action, politicians in Harrisburg responded by passing legislation -- House Bill 2025 -- to strip the DEP’s authority to set safeguards to reduce carbon pollution and to keep PA out of RGGI. Governor Wolf vetoed this outrageous proposal, but now, anti-environmental legislators are threatening to override it in the upcoming weeks.

    Email your state representative and state senator and ask them to defend Gov. Wolf’s veto of HB 2025 so we can take steps towards tackling the climate crisis.

  • Tell your governor to save the bees

    Baby bees are being poisoned by dangerous pesticides that cause irreversible brain damage.

    As adults, this impairs bees' ability to forage for food and defend their hives, which contributes to declines in bee populations.

    Tell our governor to ban the worst uses of bee-killing neonics.

  • Tell the EPA: Protect our air and our respiratory health from ozone pollution

    Subject: Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0279

    I urge you to heed the recommendations of health experts and strengthen the existing protections on ozone pollution. Ozone exposure at current levels can cause inflammation of the airways and a decrease in overall lung function. Air pollution, including ozone, is linked to health problems including respiratory illness, heart attack, stroke, cancer and mental health problems.

    We need stronger standards so that we can save lives and breathe clean, healthy air. That's why I'm calling on the EPA to strengthen ozone standards.

    Sincerely,

  • Tell your representative to support the SAVE Right Whales Act

    The first North Atlantic right whale calf of the 2019/2020 calving season is already dead -- a terrible blow to the 400 remaining right whales.

    The SAVE Right Whales Act is critical legislation drafted to protect this critically endangered species from fatal vessel strikes and fishing line entanglement.

    By calling on our representatives to support the SAVE Right Whales Act, we can take steps toward saving North Atlantic right whales from extinction.

  • Tell Gov. Wolf to shut down construction of the Mariner East 2 fracking pipeline.

    On August 10th, Sunoco’s Mariner East 2 pipeline leaked thousands of gallons of fracking fluid into Pennsylvania’s Marsh Creek State Park. This contaminated Marsh Creek Lake, threatened local wildlife, and occurred just a few miles upstream from the intake for local drinking water supplies. To protect our beloved open spaces and local residents, construction of the Mariner East 2 pipeline must be shut down.

    Email Governor Wolf and tell him to permanently shut down this diasastrous project.

  • County Executive Fitzgerald: Clean up the Toxic Ten

    Allegheny County has some of the dirtiest air in the country, ranking in the worst 2% of the U.S for cancer risk from industrial air pollution. Much of this pollution comes from just ten sources, the Toxic Ten, which alone account for 70% of the industrial air pollution reported in the county.

    Despite recent progress, there’s still a lot of work that needs to be done. Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald and the Allegheny County Health Department need to take bold action to fulfill their Clean Air Act requirements to protect our health from this pollution.

  • We must block the Trump administration's methane rule

    The Trump administration just implemented a rule that lets oil and gas companies freely leak methane without reporting or repairing the leaks. What's worse: Methane leaks are one of the biggest contributors to global warming.

    We're calling on our senators to block this dangerous rule before it can inflict irreversible harm to our climate. Will you join us?

  • Stop a New Fracked-Gas Project on the Delaware

    Officials from Pennsylvania, New Jersey and neighboring states are on the verge of deciding if they’ll approve a dangerous facility for fracked gas along the banks of the Delaware River. After decades of working to restore the Delaware, this project will threaten this great river and put our communities at risk as trains and trucks transport this dangerous fuel over 200 miles through the state each day to get to this site. Call on Gov. Wolf to halt this dangerous proposal today.

  • County Executive Fitzgerald: Clean up the Toxic Ten

    Allegheny County has some of the dirtiest air in the country, ranking in the worst 2% of the U.S for cancer risk from industrial air pollution. Much of this pollution comes from just ten sources, the Toxic Ten, which alone account for 70% of the industrial air pollution reported in the county.

    Despite recent progress, there’s still a lot of work that needs to be done. Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald and the Allegheny County Health Department need to take bold action to fulfill their Clean Air Act requirements to protect our health from this pollution.

  • Submit your comment to the Department of Energy: Don't go backward on water and energy-saving standards for showerheads

    Now is not the time to go backward on standards that reduce emissions and cut back on needless water and energy waste. I urge you to protect consumers and our planet by maintaining showerhead efficiency standards.

  • PA climate program at risk

    Legislators in Pennsylvania are proposing to remove the DEP's authority to regulate climate pollution, while also preventing the state from joining the nation's most successful climate program -- the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). This legislation is House Bill 2025 and Senate Bill 950 and it is poised for a vote in the Senate as soon as THIS WEDNESDAY (9/9).

    Email your state legislators today and ask them to oppose this short-sighted and dangerous climate rollback.

  • Submit your comment: Protect endangered species from a dangerous new rule

    Docket No. NOAA_FRDOC_0001-5578

    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service:

    The Trump administration's proposed change to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) would narrow the very meaning of "habitat" and have a disastrous effect on the very species the Act was created to protect.

    The new definition would make it harder to save vulnerable wildlife under the ESA through the restoration of historical habitat. At a time when species are dying off at an unprecedented rate, it simply makes no sense to weaken a law that has a 99 percent success rate in preventing the extinction of listed wildlife.

    I urge you to reject this proposed rule, and to let the ESA continue protecting the natural world.

    Sincerely,

  • Tell the EPA: Incorporate climate science into flood planning at toxic Superfund sites

    More than 800 toxic Superfund sites in the U.S. could flood due to rising sea levels over the next 20 years and expose local communities to chemical contamination. But under the leadership of the Trump administration, the EPA isn't considering climate science when assessing and planning for flood risks in these hazardous areas. This means we're dangerously unprepared for floods and the havoc they could wreak on our communities.

    It is the EPA's responsibility to keep these hazardous sites from putting our health at risk. Tell EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler: Incorporate climate science into flood planning for toxic Superfund sites.

  • Tell your governor to protect our waterways from plastic pollution

    Plastic pollution is everywhere. Now it's even in the lowest part of the planet, the Mariana Trench. Tell your governor to ban polystyrene, one of the worst forms of plastic pollution.

  • Help give bees a chance

    Millions of bees are dying off, with alarming consequences for our environment and our food supply.

    It's urgent we protect our bees. Tell your state legislators to restrict bee-killing pesticides.

  • Tell your representative: Support "solar strong" legislation

    "Solar strong" legislation would support first responders and boost renewable energy by requiring solar and battery backup systems on every fire station across the country. Tell your representative to support it.

  • Tell Congress: Block oil and gas drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico

    Right now, Congress has a chance to block new offshore drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and protect a huge swath of our coast from disruptive exploration and the threat of a catastrophic spill.

    Take action to protect our oceans: Tell our senators to support a moratorium on new offshore drilling in the eastern Gulf.

  • Submit your comment: Protect endangered species from a dangerous new rule

    Docket No. NOAA_FRDOC_0001-5578

    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service:

    The Trump administration's proposed change to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) would narrow the very meaning of "habitat" and have a disastrous effect on the very species the Act was created to protect.

    The new definition would make it harder to save vulnerable wildlife under the ESA through the restoration of historical habitat. At a time when species are dying off at an unprecedented rate, it simply makes no sense to weaken a law that has a 99 percent success rate in preventing the extinction of listed wildlife.

    I urge you to reject this proposed rule, and to let the ESA continue protecting the natural world.

    Sincerely,

  • Send a message to save the Boundary Waters

    Minnesota's Boundary Waters is a pristine forest paradise -- but toxic mining pollution could destroy it forever. Luckily, this legislation will permanently ban destructive copper sulfide ore mining in the Boundary Waters ecosystem. Tell your U.S. representative to support the Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act.

  • Tell your representative to save the bees

    Bees had their worst summer on record, with beekeepers losing 43 percent of their hives in 2019.

    They're dying off due to multiple threats, including climate change, habitat loss, disease -- as well as the use of a class of pesticides called neonicotinoids.

    Tell your state representative to ban the worst uses of bee-killing pesticides today.

  • Tell your state legislator: their vote to give a $665 million tax break to frackers was wrongheaded
    The Pennsylvania General Assembly recently voted to give frackers and petrochemical companies a whopping $665 million tax break. Subsidizing dirty frackers and fossil fuel projects is a horrible idea, and it’s an even worse idea during the pandemic when so many Pennsylvanians are suffering and so many important programs are in dire need of funding. Email your legislator and voice your disappointment for this wrongheaded vote. Remind them that they’re expected to put Pennsylvanians over polluters in these tough times, not the other way around.
  • Take action against a proposal to allow burning plastic to be called “recycling”

    Legislators in the Pennsylvania General Assembly are moving a proposal that would create a new statewide definition for “advanced recycling” -- but would allow polluting alternatives like turning plastics into crude oil, jet fuel, and incineration to be categorized as “recycling.”

    This proposal is House Bill 1808 and it's part of an effort by the American Chemistry Council to convince politicians in state legislatures across the nation to reclassify recycling so that companies could take single-use plastics and turn them into fuels to be burned -- just like dirty fossil fuels -- but still be classified as “recycling” facilities. Passing this bill will mean more fracking to make single-use plastics, and more pollution.

    Email your state senator today and ask them to oppose House Bill 1808.

  • Choose wildlife over waste

    Each year, Americans throw away millions of foam cups and take-out containers. Too often, this pollution ends up in our waterways, and eventually the ocean, where it can harm or even kill birds and marine animals such as turtles and whales.

    Nothing we use for a few minutes should pollute our environment for hundreds of years. Tell your state representative to cosponsor House Bill 627 -- a ban on one of the worst types of plastic pollution: polystyrene foam cups and containers.

  • Our beaches should be safe for swimming

    Each year, swimmers in the U.S. suffer from an estimated 57 million cases of waterborne illness. Stormwater runoff and sewage overflows are contaminating our beaches and putting swimmers' health at risk.

    We're calling on our senators to take action to fix outdated sewage systems and to prevent water pollution by investing in natural, green water infrastructure. Will you join us?

  • Tell the Congress: No rocket fuel chemicals in drinking water

    A chemical that is commonly used in matches, fireworks, rocket propellants and signal flares has no business being in the water our children drink.

  • Tell Gov Wolf: Clean up fracking and get DEP to defend Pennsylvanians, not frackers

    Pennsylvania's Attorney General Josh Shapiro recently released a scathing report about the fracking industry putting the public health of local Pennsylvanians at risk and strong arming property owners into fracking. The report also showed that the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection "repeatedly failed to exercise their duties and responsibilities" to protect the public from fracking.

    Tell Governor Wolf to enact meaningful health protections against fracking.

  • Help stop dangerous pollution from fracking

    State officials are proposing new safeguards to reduce the emissions of cancer-causing chemicals and climate pollution from fracking operations, and are holding a public comment period to get input from concerned Pennsylvanians. The proposal is a step in the right direction, but more must be done to close loopholes that will put the public’s health and our environment at risk.

    The comment period closes on July 27th, so submit your comment supporting protections from this fracking pollution today.

  • Tell Congress: Stop this reckless attempt to fast-track mining, pipelines and other destructive projects

    The Trump administration has moved to allow pipelines, mines and other destructive projects to skip environmental review and public input. Join us in calling on Congress to block this reckless order.

  • Call on President Trump to sign the Great American Outdoors Act

    Congress just passed the Great American Outdoors Act, which would permanently and fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Now, the bill is in President Trump's hands.

    Join PennEnvironment and thousands of supporters like you in calling on President Trump to sign the Great American Outdoors Act into law. By raising our voices, we can demonstrate to the White House widespread support for our nation's best conservation tool.

  • Help stop dangerous pollution from fracking

    State officials are proposing new safeguards to reduce the emissions of cancer-causing chemicals and climate pollution from fracking operations, and are holding a public comment period to get input from concerned Pennsylvanians. The proposal is a step in the right direction, but more must be done to close loopholes that will put the public’s health and our environment at risk.

    The comment period closes on July 27th, so submit your comment supporting protections from this fracking pollution today.

  • Help stop dangerous pollution from fracking

    State officials are proposing new safeguards to reduce the emissions of cancer-causing chemicals and climate pollution from fracking operations, and are holding a public comment period to get input from concerned Pennsylvanians. The proposal is a step in the right direction, but more must be done to close loopholes that will put the public’s health and our environment at risk.

    The comment period closes on July 27th, so submit your comment supporting protections from this fracking pollution today.

  • Tell Congress: Protect our air from soot pollution

    As early as this week, Congress will be voting on measures that could improve our air quality. To make dirty air a thing of the past, join PennEnvironment in calling on your representatives to support strengthening soot protections.

  • Take action: No drilling near Chaco Canyon

    Docket number: 2020-04111

    Chaco Canyon is one of the most important cultural sites in the National Park System. It's also an International Dark Sky Park -- beloved by stargazers for its pristine dark skies full of constellations -- and a sanctuary for elk, bobcats, badgers, bats, lizards and other desert wildlife that thrive in the dark and away from development.

    More than 91 percent of the federal land around Chaco is already leased to oil and gas operations. And the development has already taken a toll on the health of the land and surrounding communities. So much methane has been released as a result of these operations that a methane cloud the size of Delaware looms overhead.

    We can't allow even more drilling on the doorstep of this priceless place. I oppose plans to expand drilling closer to Chaco Canyon, and urge the Bureau of Land Management to adopt a moratorium on oil and gas leasing on federal land within 10 miles of the park.

  • It's time to ban polystyrene foam in Pennsylvania

    Polystyrene foam -- what most of us call Styrofoam -- is a particularly destructive form of plastic pollution. It's time to put wildlife over waste and ban this harmful product. Send a message to our governor urging them to support a ban on polystyrene foam in Pennsylvania.

  • Oppose massive tax break for frackers

    The last thing we need during a pandemic is to open the door to more air and water pollution that puts our health at risk.

    As Pennsylvanians struggle to get by financially, and basic services like our schools and hospitals are stretched thin, the PA state legislature wants to open the door to more fracking by giving frackers a massive, $670 million tax break. Email your legislators and Gov. Wolf today and tell them that they should be helping hard-hit Pennsylvanians right now, not deep-pocketed polluters.

  • Tell Gov Wolf: Clean up fracking and get DEP to defend Pennsylvanians, not frackers

    Pennsylvania's Attorney General Josh Shapiro recently released a scathing report about the fracking industry putting the public health of local Pennsylvanians at risk and strong arming property owners into fracking. The report also showed that the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection "repeatedly failed to exercise their duties and responsibilities" to protect the public from fracking.

    Tell Governor Wolf to enact meaningful health protections against fracking.

  • Tell Congress: Stop this reckless attempt to fast track mining, pipelines and other destructive projects

    The Trump administration has signed an executive order that will allow pipelines, mines and other destructive projects to skip environmental review and public input. Join us in calling on Congress to block this reckless order.

  • Tell Gov Wolf: Clean up fracking and get DEP to defend Pennsylvanians, not frackers

    Pennsylvania's Attorney General Josh Shapiro recently released a scathing report about the fracking industry putting the public health of local Pennsylvanians at risk and strong arming property owners into fracking. The report also showed that the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection "repeatedly failed to exercise their duties and responsibilities" to protect the public from fracking.

    Tell Governor Wolf to enact meaningful health protections against fracking.

  • PA climate program at risk

    Last fall, Governor Wolf took the important step to have Pennsylvania join one of the nation’s most successful programs for reducing climate change-causing carbon pollution from power plants: the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). But instead of being applauded for this action, politicians in the state capitol have introduced legislation to strip the Governor’s authority to join this important program (House Bill 2025).

    Email your state legislators today and ask them to oppose this short-sighted and dangerous climate rollback.

  • PA climate program at risk

    Last fall, Governor Wolf took the important step to have Pennsylvania join one of the nation’s most successful programs for reducing climate change-causing carbon pollution from power plants: the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). But instead of being applauded for this action, politicians in the state capitol have introduced legislation to strip the Governor’s authority to join this important program (House Bill 2025).

    Email your state legislators today and ask them to oppose this short-sighted and dangerous climate rollback.

  • Call on your U.S. representative to take action on plastic pollution

    Nothing we use for a few minutes should be allowed to pollute our lakes, rivers and oceans for hundreds of years. Urge your federal representatives to support the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act, which would ban the worst single-use plastics and place a moratorium on new plastic-producing facilities.

  • Tell Congress to support these vital clean energy programs

    Renewable energy is at a critical moment. To build a sustainable society and leave dirty, dangerous fossil fuels in the past, we need to expand and update clean energy tax incentives. Join us in asking Congress to go big on clean energy for a brighter, healthier future.

  • Tell Congress: Support America's public lands

    The U.S. Senate just passed the Great American Outdoors Act to fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which helps to preserve public lands and protect recreation areas. Now, it's the U.S. House of Representatives' turn. Call on your representative to support the Great American Outdoors Act today.

  • Tell Congress: Support America's public lands

    The U.S. Senate just passed the Great American Outdoors Act to fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which helps to preserve public lands and protect recreation areas. Now, it's the U.S. House's turn. Call on your representative to support the Great American Outdoors Act today.

  • Tell your U.S. House representative: Keep the Tongass wild

    The Tongass National Forest is the world's largest remaining intact temperate rainforest, and it's home to more bears than people, as well as the largest concentration of nesting bald eagles in the world. All of this is at risk if roadbuilding, logging and mining invade the forest.

    Tell Congress to support the Roadless Area Conservation Act to keep the Tongass wild.

  • Add your voice to defend solar rights

    More than 2.2 million families and 100,000 businesses have already invested tens of billions of their own dollars in energy independence. The petition recently filed by the New England Ratepayers Association (NERA) would allow a federal takeover of my solar rights. For almost 40 years, states have appropriately had jurisdiction over solar rights. I urge you not to take up this petition and let states make their own energy choices.

    Local solar helps everyone save by reducing transmission costs, providing local peak energy resources, bolstering grid resilience, and more. We cannot afford to lose those savings now, during a global financial crisis, or in the future. I support my state's right to implement local clean energy policies, and I urge you not to take up the New England Ratepayers Association's petition to hand over this right and endanger important energy policies across the country.

  • Tell Congress: Protect the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument

    President Trump is rolling back protections for the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument. We need to stand up to protect this ocean treasure.

  • Protect the Chumash ocean sanctuary

    Docket Number: NOAA-NOS-2020-0063

    The coastal waters included in the proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary (CHNMS) are a priceless ocean wonder. There's so much in this area that must be protected for generations to come. The proposed sanctuary is home to rich cultural and historical sites. It also protects rare and endangered wildlife, like sea otters. And it features lovely stretches of beach that families can enjoy together. I strongly urge you to extend the Chumash sanctuary nomination for another five years.

  • Tell Procter & Gamble: Protect the boreal forest

    Dear CEO David Taylor,

    The Canadian boreal forest stores tons of carbon to help prevent climate change, and provides a home to irreplaceable wildlife -- but tree harvest for tissue production is contributing to the destruction of this precious ecosystem.

    The boreal is too important to destroy, especially since less damaging alternatives to virgin wood fiber are available. I strongly urge you to use forest-free materials such as post-consumer recycled paper, bamboo and wheat straw in your tissue products, and to ensure that 50 percent of your tissue materials are forest-free.

  • Tell the U.S. Senate: Support the Great American Outdoors Act

    Our best program to help create and maintain so many of our beloved outdoor spaces is consistently underfunded. That's why we're calling for the passage of the Great American Outdoors Act.

  • Tell Harrisburg: Don’t outlaw progress on plastics

    The Pennsylvania General Assembly may vote this week to strip power from local towns and cities to prevent them from implementing important policies that address single-use plastic pollution. This policy would outlaw plastic bag bans like those passed in Philadelphia and West Chester, and would take away some of the best tools that local governments have to protect our environment.

    Tell your State Representative & Senator to oppose any effort to preempt local officials from tackling plastic pollution.

  • Tell Harrisburg: Don’t outlaw progress on plastics

    The Pennsylvania General Assembly may vote this week to strip power from local towns and cities to prevent them from implementing important policies that address single-use plastic pollution. This policy would outlaw plastic bag bans like those passed in Philadelphia and West Chester, and would take away some of the best tools that local governments have to protect our environment.

    Tell your State Representative & Senator to oppose any effort to preempt local officials from tackling plastic pollution.

  • Tell Congress: No bailout for plastic polluters

    Every year, we produce more than 300 million tons of plastic waste -- roughly 80 percent of which accumulates in landfills and our environment. Our taxpayer dollars shouldn't go toward encouraging the production of plastic waste. Call on Congress to oppose a bailout for the plastics industry.

  • Tell Congress: Repeal the Dirty Water Rule

    The Dirty Water Rule wipes out protections for wetlands, streams and headwaters that provide drinking water for millions of Americans -- and it's even opposed by the EPA's own science advisers.

    Tell Congress to repeal the Dirty Water Rule.

  • Tell Interior Secretary David Bernhardt: Don't bail out the oil and gas industry

    So far, the Interior Department has said it will not reward blanket royalty releases to the entire oil and gas industry, but individual companies are able to apply for royalty relief on a case-by-case basis. We need to make sure the Interior Department holds strong and opposes all royalty relief.

    We shouldn't be bailing out the fossil fuel industry to drill on public lands -- we should be turning to clean, green renewable energy. Tell Interior Secretary David Bernhardt to continue to oppose oil and gas royalty cuts.

  • Protect Bucks County residents: Don’t reopen Rockhill Quarry

    After seeing little activity for nearly 30 years, the owners of Rockhill Quarry in Bucks County’s East Rockhill Township are proposing to restart mining at the site. Yet studies have shown the presence of dangerous asbestos in rock formations at the quarry, putting local residents at risk if operations are allowed to begin again.

    It is time to stop this shortsighted project once and for all by calling on Gov. Wolf and his staff at the Department of Environmental Protection to protect the health and safety of local communities and prevent Rockhill Quarry from reopening.

  • Tell the EPA: Protect our air and our respiratory health from deadly soot pollution

    Days after a Harvard study found that soot pollution increases the risk of death from COVID-19, the Trump administration ignored its own experts and decided not to rein in this deadly pollutant. Submit a public comment today calling on the EPA to protect our air.

  • Tell the Bureau of Land Management: Protect our lands from drilling

    At a time when we need more nature, more beauty in our lives, the Interior Department is considering more than 230 nominations for oil and gas leases -- covering more than 150,000 acres in southern Utah -- that would bring drilling operations within mere miles of some of the nation's most precious protected areas.

    If oil and gas drilling is permitted here, industrial lighting and methane flaring would interrupt the expansive, star-filled night sky that the parks are known for. The pristine air quality and hundred-mile views would be disrupted. The stillness of the landscape would forever vanish.

    We can't let them trade these precious lands for a little more oil. Tell the BLM to protect these lands from drilling and reject the proposals for nominations of lease sales on parcels just outside of our national parks.

  • Support Gov. Wolf's veto of taxpayer handout to frackers

    Legislators in Harrisburg recently approved a massive tax break for frackers and petrochemical companies -- House Bill 1100. These tax breaks are estimated to be worth at least $660 million per project. Incentivizing these projects will lead to more pollution that fuels climate change, more pollution in our air and water from fracking, and more plastic pollution in our communities and neighborhoods.

    Governor Wolf vetoed this anti-environmental proposal, but now we need legislators who care about the environment to vote to uphold his veto.

    Email your state Representative and state Senator and ask them to vote to uphold Governor Wolf's decision to veto HB1100.

  • Make Pennsylvania safe for monarch butterflies

    Monarch butterflies, easily recognized by their orange and black wings, are a keystone species known for their remarkable migration up and down North America. But since 1990, about 970 million monarchs have vanished from the skies they once majestically traveled from Mexico to the United States and Canada each spring.

    Planting milkweed on public lands -- along highways, in wildlife refuges, on public campuses and more -- is a concrete action we can take right now to support monarch butterflies.

    Tell the governor to make our state monarch-friendly by planting milkweed and nectar plants on state lands.

  • Stop Harrisburg politicians from using the pandemic to freeze environmental protections

    While much of the nation was celebrating the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, politicians in Harrisburg had the gall to fast-track legislation that would stop new environmental regulations in their tracks. House Bill 2416 and Senate Bill 327 include language to block state agencies like the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) from finalizing new environmental protections until at least 90 days after Governor Wolf’s emergency declaration ends. That means steps that are already underway to reduce climate pollution and clean up our air and water will be held up indefinitely, jeopardizing our environment and public health.

    Email your state representative and senator today and ask them to oppose this outrageous attack.

  • Tell your State Senator: Defend Pennsylvania’s parks from attacks

    Despite our parks and outdoor spaces being more important now than ever, the Pennsylvania legislature is on the verge of halting funding for our state parks and forests, for neighborhood playgrounds and farmland preservation, and for protecting threatened rivers and streams.

    Tell your state senator to oppose this attack on the places we love today.

  • Tell the Bureau of Land Management: Protect our lands from drilling

    At a time when we need more nature, more beauty in our lives, the Interior Department is considering more than 230 nominations for oil and gas leases -- covering more than 150,000 acres in southern Utah -- that would bring drilling operations within mere miles of some of the nation's most precious protected areas.

    If oil and gas drilling is permitted here, industrial lighting and methane flaring would interrupt the expansive, star-filled night sky that the parks are known for. The pristine air quality and hundred-mile views would be disrupted. The stillness of the landscape would forever vanish.

    We can't let them trade these precious lands for a little more oil. Tell the BLM to protect these lands from drilling and reject the proposals for nominations of lease sales on parcels just outside of our national parks.

  • Tell the EPA: Ban the worst uses of bee-killing pesticides

    Docket # EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0844-1608

    Bumblebees are in trouble. In a new study, scientists found that baby bumblebees' brain functions are impaired by food contaminated with neonicotinoids.

    This is just the latest research documenting a link between neonicotinoids and colony collapse. To protect our most important pollinators, I urge you to ban the worst uses of all neonicotinoids, including all yard, garden and landscaping uses of neonicotinoids and the use of neonicotinoid-coated seeds in any setting.

    Sincerely,

  • Tell your State Senator: Defend Pennsylvania’s parks from attacks

    Despite our parks and outdoor spaces being more important now than ever, the Pennsylvania legislature is on the verge of halting funding for our state parks and forests, for neighborhood playgrounds and farmland preservation, and for protecting threatened rivers and streams.

    Tell your state senator to oppose this attack on the places we love today.

  • Tell Congress: The EPA must enforce key environmental protections

    President Trump's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is no longer going to enforce key environmental protections. Congress must exercise its oversight authority to ensure the EPA resumes protecting our air and water.

  • Tell the EPA: Ban the worst uses of bee-killing pesticides

    Docket # EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0844-1608

    Bumblebees are in trouble. In a new study, scientists found that baby bumblebees' brain functions are impaired by food contaminated with neonicotinoids.

    This is just the latest research documenting a link between neonicotinoids and colony collapse. To protect our most important pollinators, I urge you to ban the worst uses of all neonicotinoids, including all yard, garden and landscaping uses of neonicotinoids and the use of neonicotinoid-coated seeds in any setting.

    Sincerely,

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  • Tell BlackRock: Stand up for climate action

    BlackRock CEO Larry Fink,

    I applaud your calls for investor action to combat climate change, but I urge you to make sure that sentiment translates to action. In 2019, BlackRock only supported 11.5 percent of shareholder resolutions on climate change, lagging behind its peers and falling short of your stated commitment to confronting the climate crisis. As the nation's largest investment management company, BlackRock can help lead a shift toward business practices that don't harm the climate. I urge you to use that power.

  • Tell Congress: The EPA must enforce key environmental protections

    President Trump's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is no longer going to enforce our nation's key environmental protections. Congress must exercise its oversight authority to ensure the EPA resumes protecting our air and water.

  • Participate in our Nifty 50 Activities

    We hope you enjoyed our guide for 50 environmental activities kids can do at home, and we'd love to hear your stories! Share your stories and pictures of what your family did below, along with any more ideas for fun environmental activities:

  • Take a stand against strip mining in the Cumberland Plateau

    We can't open thousands of acres of unique mountaintops to coal strip mining -- especially when we should be shifting toward clean, renewable energy instead. Take a stand against destructive coal mining practices along the protected ridgelines of the Cumberland Plateau.

  • Stop this bailout of dirty fracking companies

    Fracking is dirty and dangerous -- but the Trump administration is preparing to deliver fracking companies a massive taxpayer bailout, and use the coronavirus as its excuse. Our taxpayer dollars shouldn't fuel fracking that harms our communities. Call on Congress to block this bailout.

  • Help give bees a chance

    Millions of bees are dying off, with alarming consequences for our environment and our food supply.

    It's urgent we protect our bees. Tell your state Legislature to restrict bee-killing pesticides.

  • Support Gov. Wolf's veto of taxpayer handout to frackers

    Legislators in Harrisburg recently approved a massive tax break for frackers and petrochemical companies -- House Bill 1100. These tax breaks are estimated to be worth at least $660 million per project. Incentivizing these projects will lead to more pollution that fuels climate change, more pollution in our air and water from fracking, and more plastic pollution in our communities and neighborhoods.

    Governor Wolf vetoed this anti-environmental proposal, but now we need legislators who care about the environment to vote to uphold his veto.

    Email your state Representative and state Senator and ask them to vote to uphold Governor Wolf's decision to veto HB1100.

  • Fund our nation's best conservation and recreation program

    This would reverse the Trump administration's recent proposal to wipe out almost all funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) -- but the president has since tweeted his support, and there's growing momentum in Congress.

    The Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) funds thousands of amazing places across the country, from national treasures like the Grand Canyon to beloved local ballfields and parks. We need to tell Congress to fully fund this vital conservation program now.

  • Volunteer with PennEnvironment

    Use the form below to sign up to volunteer with PennEnvironment. After you submit the form, one of our volunteer organizers will be in touch within a few days to set up a phone call where we’ll brief you on our campaigns, and discuss your interests and availability for volunteering.

  • Save the Migratory Bird Treaty Act

    Docket No. FWS-HQ-MB-2018-0090

    The Migratory Bird Treaty Act has been the cornerstone of bird conservation in our country for a century. It is the strongest tool we have to protect birds at a time when bird populations are plummeting across North America. I support a strong Migratory Bird Treaty Act that holds companies accountable for incidental take of birds.

  • Fund our nation's best conservation and recreation program

    This would reverse the Trump administration's recent proposal to wipe out almost all funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) -- but the president has since tweeted his support, and there's growing momentum in Congress.

    The Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) funds thousands of amazing places across the country, from national treasures like the Grand Canyon to beloved local ballfields and parks. We need to tell Congress to fully fund this vital conservation program now.

  • Ask your legislator to stand up for the Delaware River

    Fifty years ago the leaders from the four states through which the Delaware River runs came together and passed the Delaware River Basin Compact Law. Sadly, politicians in Harrisburg are introducing legislation to pull Pennsylvania out of this multi-state agreement that was created to protect the Delaware River. 

    The Delaware River is undoubtedly one of Pennsylvania’s greatest waterways and outdoor places. It supplies drinking water for millions of the region’s residents; provides critical habitats for species like the bald eagle, shad, and sturgeon; and it offers recreational opportunities of all types like boating, fishing, swimming, and hiking.

    Ask your legislator to oppose this attack on our Delaware River today.

  • Support Gov. Wolf's veto of taxpayer handout to frackers

    Legislators in Harrisburg recently approved a massive tax break for frackers and petrochemical companies -- House Bill 1100. These tax breaks are estimated to be worth at least $660 million per project.

    Incentivizing these projects will lead to more pollution that fuels climate change, more pollution in our air and water from fracking, and more plastic pollution in our communities and neighborhoods.

    We still have a chance to stop this bill from going through.  Governor Wolf's has vetoed this anti-environmental proposal. Now we need legislators who care about the environment to vote to uphold his veto.

    Email your state Representative and state Senator and ask them to vote on behalf of the environment and the health of their constituents by voting to uphold Governor Wolf's decision to veto HB1100.

  • Tell your U.S. senators: Protect our oceans

    Marine life is suffering, ocean temperatures are rising, we're losing entire marine ecosystems: Our oceans need help.

    A new resolution that emphasizes the importance of conservation is the start to saving our oceans.

    The Thirty by Thirty Resolution to Save Nature would establish a nationwide goal of conserving 30 percent of the United States' land and oceans by 2030, to keep nature, and the climate, from its tipping point. Tell your U.S. senators to support the resolution today.

  • Call on your U.S. representative to stand up for clean water by supporting a moratorium on factory farms

    Huge volumes of manure from factory farms are winding up in our waterways, leading to fish kills, dead zones and toxic algae. With our waterways and wildlife at risk, it's critical that Congress halt the expansion of these polluting facilities.

  • Urge Costco to help stop the destruction of Canada's boreal forest

    Canada's boreal forest is the world's largest intact forest ecosystem -- but it's shrinking fast as we chop down a million acres of ancient trees per year to make throwaway tissue products such as toilet paper and paper towels. Costco can help stop the destruction by only selling tissue products made from recycled materials. I urge Costco to 1) make its Kirkland Signature tissue products from at least 50 percent recycled materials, and 2) refuse to sell other brands of tissue products until they implement the same change.

  • Tell Congress: Pass the Extinction Prevention Act

    Dear Representative and Senators,

    We're losing species at an alarming rate, and scientists warn we're nearing another mass extinction. But President Trump has rolled back vital protections for threatened species -- and weakened the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

    The ESA has a 99 percent success rate saving species from extinction. I urge you to pass the Extinction Prevention Act to restore the ESA.

  • Tell Congress: It's time to move our country beyond plastic

    New legislation contains sweeping measures to protect waterways and wildlife from plastic waste -- including banning the worst single-use plastics and placing a moratorium on new plastic-producing facilities. Urge your federal representatives to support this bill today.

  • Protect communities from explosive gas trains

    Re: Docket Number PHMSA-2018-0025 (HM-264)

    As a concerned citizen, I'm writing to oppose your proposal to allow the transportation of dangerous liquified natural gas (LNG) by rail. Shipping explosive gas through our neighborhoods and densely populated communities is a disaster waiting to happen. This proposal is reckless and exposes people and the environment to a greater potential for harm.

    Instead, America needs to get off of dangerous and dirty fossil fuels as soon as possible to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

    Sincerely,

  • Tell your U.S senators: speak up for the clean car standards

    Transportation is the largest source of global warming pollution in America. Reducing emissions from cars and trucks is critical, but President Donald Trump and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler are weakening the federal Clean Car Standards. It's a dangerous plan that goes against the will and well-being of the American people, increases air pollution in our communities and will lead to even more dire impacts from climate change.

    Tell your senators to stand up to the Trump administration and support strong clean car standards.

  • Stop car companies from gutting pollution protections

    Some of the nation’s largest auto manufacturers have sided with the Trump administration’s decision to repeal protections from air and global warming pollution from the tailpipes of cars and light trucks.

    This fall, Toyota, Subaru, Nissan, Chrysler, and General Motors announced their support for weakening standards that make our cars cleaner. That’s unacceptable.

    Sign our petition to these auto manufacturers and join us in telling them that we expect them to stand up for cleaner cars—not more air pollution.

  • Voice your disappointment to legislators who voted to subsidize fracking

    Legislators in Harrisburg recently approved a massive tax break for frackers and petrochemical companies. These tax breaks are estimated to be worth $22 million annually over the next 30 years. That means $660 million per project invested in dirty, dangerous fossil fuels and single-use plastics. 

    This tax break will lead to more pollution that fuels climate change, more pollution in our air and water from fracking, and more plastic pollution in our communities and neighborhoods.

    Email your legislator to voice your disappointment in their decision to subsidize polluters and make it harder to protect our environment.

  • Tell the EPA: Get the lead out of drinking water

    Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2017-0300

    EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler:

    I am writing to urge the EPA to require the replacement of all lead service lines in the next 10 years or less, as part of the agency's update to the Lead and Copper Rule.

    Lead is a potent neurotoxin that can have permanent, lifelong negative health impacts, especially in children. And yet, we have an estimated 6 to 10 million pipes made of lead that bring water into our homes. These lead service lines are a huge source of contamination of our drinking water.

    That is why experts have been calling for the full replacement of these toxic pipes as soon as possible.

    After decades of delay, this update of the Lead and Copper Rule is the EPA's historic opportunity to "get the lead out" and keep our drinking water safe. Please order the replacement of all lead service lines as soon as possible.

    Sincerely,

  • Join the call for 100 percent renewable energy

    It's 2020. We have the power to harness clean, abundant energy from the sun and the wind. Yet we're still producing energy in ways that contribute to climate change and threaten our health.

    States across the country are already going zero-carbon. It's time for Pennsylvania to be a clean energy leader.

  • Stop car companies from gutting pollution protections

    Some of the nation’s largest auto manufacturers have sided with the Trump administration’s decision to repeal protections from air and global warming pollution from the tailpipes of cars and light trucks.

    This fall, Toyota, Subaru, Nissan, Chrysler, and General Motors announced their support for weakening standards that make our cars cleaner. That’s unacceptable.

    Sign our petition to these auto manufacturers and join us in telling them that we expect them to stand up for cleaner cars—not more air pollution.

  • Tell the White House Council on Environmental Quality: Don't weaken NEPA

    Docket ID No. CEQ-2019-0003

    I oppose this update to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). These protections serve as a key tool for assuring the federal government acts as a responsible trustee for future generations. Without them, our environment will be at risk of lasting damage because our government will no longer have to look before it leaps. NEPA is good policy, and it's wrong to weaken it.

  • Tell Interior Secretary David Bernhardt to stop seismic blasting from harming marine wildlife

    Seismic blasting will have detrimental effects on thousands of dolphins, whales, turtles and more off of the Atlantic Coast -- particularly the North Atlantic right whales, one of the world's most endangered species. Tell Interior Secretary David Bernhardt to prevent this disruptive practice from invading the Atlantic.

  • Tell your U.S. senators: Protect our drinking water from toxic PFAS chemicals

    A bipartisan bill to protect our drinking water from toxic PFAS chemicals has passed the House. Now it's the Senate's turn to act.

  • Tell our attorney general to protect Arctic wildlife

    Dear Attorney General,

    If there's anywhere in the world that should be safe for wildlife, you'd expect it to be our wildlife refuges.

    But in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the wildlife that rely on it are in danger as the Trump administration moves to open the land to oil drilling. Wildlife refuges should be just that -- areas where animals can roam free, protected from human threats. If the Trump administration is successful in opening the coastal plain to oil drilling, there could be irreversible damage for the populations of birds, bears and caribou that depend on the refuge.

    I urge you to sue the Trump administration if it moves forward with it's reckless, slapdash proposal to open the entirety of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge's coastal plain to drilling.

    Sincerely,

  • Tell the EPA: Clean up Superfund sites

    The Trump administration has caused the biggest backlog of unfunded Superfund projects in the last 15 years -- almost three times as many that were stalled during the previous administration.

    Projects to clean up sites such as abandoned mines discharging heavy metals and arsenic, and a defunct dry cleaner spewing toxic solvents are ready to go, except for their funding.

    Tell EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler: Clean up toxic Superfund sites.

  • Stop politicians from undoing safeguards from oil and gas drilling

    State legislators are proposing to undo environmental protections from oil and gas drilling pollution. This proposal is Senate Bill 790, and if passed into law it would roll back safeguards for our health and environment in outrageous ways, including:

    • Allowing oil and gas drilling companies to spill or dump hundreds of gallons of pollution without having to report it to environmental regulators or local officials.
    • If drillers contaminate local communities’ drinking water, they could replace it with water that doesn’t meet Safe Drinking Water Act standards.

    Email your state legislator and tell them to oppose Senate Bill 790 today.

  • Take action to stop PFAS from poisoning our water

    Nobody should have to drink water contaminated with toxic chemicals. Tell the EPA to ban further use of PFAS chemicals until and unless any specific one is proven safe.

  • Tell your senator: Oppose tax breaks for frackers

    A bill is currently moving through the state legislature that would provide hundreds of millions of dollars in tax credits for the fracking industry for decades to come.

    This proposal is House Bill 1100, and it already passed the state House and has been sent to the state Senate. At a time when we need to be transitioning off of fossil fuels and solving the single-use plastics crisis, the LAST thing we should be doing is giving handouts to polluters and frackers.

    Email your Senator and tell them to vote NO on HB1100.

  • Protect PA school kids from lead in drinking water

    An investigative news report in early January found lead contamination in drinking water in over 100 Pennsylvania schools. Unsafe levels of lead were found all across the state: urban and rural districts, public and private schools. And we know this is just the tip of the iceberg. Any level of lead is a threat to children's health - it's time for the state to take action.

    Ask your legislator to support a commonsense proposal to set standards to protect our kids from lead in drinking water at their schools.

  • Add your name: Ask NOAA to protect the Florida Keys

    Re: Docket Number NOAA-NOS-2019-0094

    The Florida Keys are home to amazing marine life. From coral gardens and seagrass meadows to mangroves and sandbars, the unique habitats protected by the sanctuary are home to some of our most treasured and endangered marine animals. Restoring these habitats to health will be crucial to helping dolphins, manatees, sea turtles and other animals survive and thrive in an ocean threatened by climate change.

    That's why I urge you to take action to protect the largest number of habitats in the Florida Keys and the largest amount of our ocean and ocean life. By creating more marine zones in the sanctuary and taking the most protective measures necessary, we can ensure the long-lasting survival of these amazing habitats and their marine life.

    Sincerely,

  • Tell your legislators: Put wildlife over waste

    Each year, Americans throw away millions of foam cups and take-out boxes. Too often, this pollution ends up in the ocean, where it can harm or even kill birds and marine animals such as turtles and whales.

    Keeping our drinks hot or cold isn't worth polluting our environment for hundreds of years. Tell your legislators to support a ban on foam cups and boxes made of polystyrene to reduce pollution in our oceans and protect wildlife.

  • Stop attacks on PA climate programs

    Governor Wolf has taken an important step towards reducing climate change-causing CO2 pollution from dirty coal-fired power plants in Pennsylvania: joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). But instead of applauding this action, politicians in the state capitol have introduced legislation to strip the Governor's ability to join this important program and regulate global warming pollution from dirty power plants (House Bill 2025 and Senate Bill 950).

    Email your state legislators today and ask them to oppose this short-sighted and dangerous attack to critical climate solutions.

  • Stop politicians from undoing safeguards from oil and gas drilling

    State legislators are proposing to undo environmental protections from oil and gas drilling pollution. This proposal is Senate Bill 790, and if passed into law it would roll back safeguards for our health and environment in outrageous ways, including:

    • Allowing oil and gas drilling companies to spill or dump hundreds of gallons of pollution without having to report it to environmental regulators or local officials.
    • If drillers contaminate local communities’ drinking water, they could replace it with water that doesn’t meet Safe Drinking Water Act standards.

    Email your state legislator and tell them to oppose Senate Bill 790 today.

  • Protect Communities from Explosive Gas Trains

    The Trump administration is proposing to allow the transportation of dangerous liquified natural gas (LNG) by rail through communities all across the nation. Federal agencies are taking public input on this disastrous proposal until Monday, January 13th. Make sure your voice is heard.

    Add your name to our public comment opposing this proposal today.

  • Support energy efficient appliances

    New bipartisan legislation is being introduced in the state legislature that will set energy efficiency standards for a set of nearly two dozen commonly-used appliances sold in Pennsylvania such as air purifiers, portable air conditioners, faucets, showerheads, and more.

    If enacted, this legislation is expected to reduce global warming pollution equivalent to taking 110,000 cars off the road, and reduce the pollutants that trigger asthma attacks and other respiratory ailments by hundreds of tons.

    Ask your state representative to cosponsor this legislation today.

  • Stand up for PA’s greatest conservation program

    Pennsylvania’s cornerstone conservation program, Growing Greener, just celebrated its 20th anniversary. For two decades, this program has preserved parks and forests, open spaces, rivers and streams, and protected our most threatened family farms. Sadly, each year this program isn’t given the funding it needs. There’s a growing list of projects that need Growing Greener’s support, but not enough funding exists.

    Email your state legislators and ask them to defend and increase funding for Growing Greener in the upcoming budget cycle.

  • Tell your U.S. representative: Protect our drinking water from poisonous PFAS chemicals

    As early as this week, the U.S. House of Representatives will be voting on a bill to protect our drinking water from toxic PFAS chemicals.

  • Tell the Bureau of Land Management: No highways through conservation land

    We have until Jan. 6 to oppose a highway proposal that would pave over protected land and threaten the vulnerable Mojave desert tortoise. Submit your public comment today.

  • Join the call for state-level climate action

    President Trump has begun the process of withdrawing the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement. Tell the governor we need their climate leadership now more than ever.

  • The Last Step to Pass the Philly Bag Ban

    Plastic bags are the poster child for the environmental harm and neighborhood litter plaguing our planet from single-use plastics.

    Excitingly, Philadelphia City Council closed out its 4-year session by voting overwhelmingly to pass a ban on single-use plastic bags in the city. The final step to get this over the finish line is to get Mayor Kenney to sign the bill into law.

    Email Mayor Kenney today and ask him to sign the Philly bag ban.

  • Tell the EPA: Get the lead out of drinking water

    Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2017-0300

    EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler:

    I am writing to urge the EPA to require the replacement of all lead service lines in the next 10 years or less, as part of the agency's update to the Lead and Copper Rule.

    Lead is a potent neurotoxin that can have permanent, lifelong negative health impacts, especially in children. And yet, we have an estimated 6 to 10 million pipes made of lead that bring water into our homes. These lead service lines are a huge source of contamination of our drinking water.

    That is why experts have been calling for the full replacement of these toxic pipes as soon as possible.

    After decades of delay, this update of the Lead and Copper Rule is the EPA's historic opportunity to "get the lead out" and keep our drinking water safe. Please order the replacement of all lead service lines as soon as possible.

    Sincerely,

  • Help give bees a chance

    Millions of bees are dying off, with alarming consequences for our environment and our food supply.

    It's urgent we protect our bees. Tell your state Legislature to restrict bee-killing pesticides.

  • Protect Communities from Explosive Gas Trains

    The Trump administration is proposing to allow the transportation of dangerous liquified natural gas (LNG) by rail through communities all across the nation. Federal agencies are taking public input on this disastrous proposal until Monday, January 13th. Make sure your voice is heard.

    Add your name to our public comment opposing this proposal today.

  • Time's running out for the Philly plastic bag ban

    Plastic bags are the poster child for the environmental harm and neighborhood litter plaguing our planet from single-use plastics.

    And while there’s been broad public support in Philadelphia for implementing a plastic bag ban, City Council could end their 4-year legislative session THIS THURSDAY (Dec 12) without passing this proposal.

    Email members of Philadelphia City Council and Mayor Kenney today and tell them it’s time to pass the Philly bag ban.

  • Tell Congress: Support the SAVE Right Whales Act

    The death toll of North Atlantic right whales has risen to 10 this year alone, leaving just about 400 right whales surviving in the wild. And they're not dying of natural causes, but at the hands of humans.

    Tell Congress to take action to protect these whales and support the SAVE Right Whales Act.

  • Tell your congressperson: Oppose pipeline through Appalachian Trail

    Dominion Energy, a Virginia-based power giant, wants to build a pipeline across the Appalachian National Scenic Trail. The pipeline would carry more than a billion cubic feet of fracked gas every day.

    In order to move forward with construction, Dominion Energy needs Congress to change federal law that has prohibited pipelines from crossing national park land for almost 50 years.

    Email your member of Congress today and ask them to oppose this effort.

  • Tell Congress: Act on plastic pollution

    Every day, people are throwing away tons of single-use cups, containers and other plastic "stuff." All this waste clogs our landfills, trashes our parks, and washes into our rivers and oceans, where it can harm wildlife.

    Nothing we use for a few minutes should be allowed to pollute our oceans and rivers and threaten wildlife for centuries. Send a message to your federal legislators urging them to address our plastic pollution crisis.

  • Time's running out for the Philly plastic bag ban

    Plastic bags are the poster child for the environmental harm and neighborhood litter plaguing our planet from single-use plastics.

    And while there’s been broad public support in Philadelphia for implementing a plastic bag ban, City Council could end their 4-year legislative session THIS THURSDAY (Dec 12) without passing this proposal.

    Email members of Philadelphia City Council and Mayor Kenney today and tell them it’s time to pass the Philly bag ban.

  • Mayor Peduto: we have your back against the frackers

    Pittsburgh Mayor William Peduto has been blasted by frackers, the plastic industry, and their political allies for opposing the rapid growth of the harmful plastic production industry. Show Mayor Peduto that we appreciate his leadership on this issue--and have his back--when polluters and politicians try to pressure environmental champions into silence.

  • Tell the U.S. Forest Service: Keep the Tongass wild

    The Trump administration has released its plan to open the Tongass National Forest up to logging, road building and other destructive development, and we have until Dec. 16 to submit public comments on the plan. Tell the U.S. Forest Service to keep the Tongass wild.

  • Tell your senators: Save Chaco Canyon

    Chaco Canyon is one of the most important cultural sites in the National Park System. Oil and gas operations would ruin everything that makes the park so special. The U.S. House just passed the Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act, which would permanently protect lands within a 10-mile radius around the park from oil and gas extraction. Now, we need the Senate to do the same.

    Tell the Senate to protect Chaco Canyon.

  • Protect Philly kids from asbestos in schools

    Potential asbestos contamination has been uncovered in multiple Philadelphia schools in recent weeks, putting the health of our children, teachers, principals, and others at risk. Asbestos--a known carcinogen--can cause mesothelioma, lung cancer, respiratory problems, and death. This health risk is outrageous and unacceptable.

    Call on Mayor Kenney and city officials to take immediate steps to protect our kids and address the threat of asbestos contamination in Philly’s schools today.

  • Do your part for Philly's plastic pollution: choose tap water over bottled

    Enter to win a "Drink Philly Tap" swag pack by adding your name today.*

    Nothing we use for a few minutes should pollute our planet for thousands of years - especially when tap water is cheaper and held to stricter safety standards than what comes out of a plastic bottle. That’s why PennEnvironment Research & Policy Center is supporting the Drink Philly Tap project** and asking 10,000 Philadelphians to do their part to reduce waste from single-use plastic water bottles and MOVE BEYOND THE BOTTLE!

    *Note: You must be at least 18 years old and a resident of Philadelphia to win. No cost to enter. If you would like to enter without signing the petition, you can do so by sending an email with your name, address, and phone number to info@pennenvironment.org.

  • Tell the U.S. Senate: Support a ban on new offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico

    A bill to ban new offshore drilling in the eastern Gulf coast just passed the U.S. House. This legislation is critical to defending marine ecosystems and coastal communities from oil and gas drilling. Urge your U.S. senators to support the ban today.

  • Tell Congress to support clean energy incentives

    By building on recent clean energy progress and taking it to the next level, we can stop polluting our communities and planet with dirty energy sources and make real strides in tackling the climate crisis. Tell your representatives and senators to expand their support for clean energy incentives.

  • Healthier farming can build a healthier planet

    The damage from the volatile pesticide dicamba was worse this year than ever before. Meanwhile, neonicotinoid pesticides are a major culprit behind bird and bee population declines. It's time to rethink the way we farm and build a healthier future. Call on your legislators to fund programs that help farmers diversify their crops and reduce chemical use.

  • Protect Philly kids from asbestos in schools

    Potential asbestos contamination has been uncovered in multiple Philadelphia schools in recent weeks, putting the health of our children, teachers, principals, and others at risk. Asbestos--a known carcinogen--can cause mesothelioma, lung cancer, respiratory problems, and death. This health risk is outrageous and unacceptable.

    Call on Mayor Kenney and city officials to take immediate steps to protect our kids and address the threat of asbestos contamination in Philly’s schools today.

  • Protect our drinking water from toxic PFAS

    We should be able to put out fires safely and effectively without putting our lives and our environment at risk from toxic PFAS chemicals -- especially when PFAS-free alternatives already exist. Tell Congress to require the U.S. military to stop using PFAS foams by 2023.

  • Tell your representative: Stand up for clean cars

    The Trump administration finalized a plan to rescind California's authority to set stronger car pollution standards than the federal government.

    Thirteen other states have already adopted the California auto emissions standards, and several leading automakers have agreed to follow them as well. We should be setting stronger national emissions standards, not taking away states' rights to set their own. Tell your representative to speak out in defense of the Clean Car standards.

  • Tell the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Protect the monarch butterfly

    I'm writing to urge the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list monarch butterflies as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. We've lost 970 million monarch butterflies since their peak in the 1990s, and researchers have estimated that the North American monarch population stands a 72 percent chance of going extinct in the next 20 years if the current trend isn't reversed. It's time to list the monarch as threatened, granting the species critical protections under the Endangered Species Act.

  • Help protect PA’s forested stream banks and riverfronts

    Pennsylvania’s riverfronts and forested stream banks are some of our greatest and most ecologically important outdoor places. Yet many of our streams are threatened by pollution, severe erosion, and the loss of healthy forested “riparian” buffers along their shores. That's why state Rep. Joe Webster is introducing legislation to protect existing forested buffers along Pennsylvania's streams and rivers from fracking and other threats.

    Tell your state Representative to become a co-sponsor of this important legislation to protect Pennsylvania’s remaining forested streamsbanks now and for generations to come.

  • Tell the U.S. House of Representatives: Support the Grand Canyon Centennial Protection Act

    The U.S. House is scheduled to vote on a bill, which, if passed, would permanently protect more than 1 million acres of public land adjacent to the Grand Canyon from toxic uranium mining.

  • Tell Interior Secretary Bernhardt to get offshore wind power over the final big hurdle

    The Interior Department is slowing down offshore wind energy, which is key to dealing with climate change. You can help speed things up.

  • Stop politicians from undoing safeguards from oil and gas drilling

    State legislators are proposing to undo environmental protections from oil and gas drilling pollution. This proposal is Senate Bill 790, and if passed into law it would roll back safeguards for our health and environment in outrageous ways, including:

    • Allowing oil and gas drilling companies to spill or dump hundreds of gallons of pollution without having to report it to environmental regulators or local officials.
    • Allowing contaminated drilling wastewater to be sprayed on roads, which in turn end up in our local streams and surrounding environment. This wastewater is often tainted with a variety of contaminants, including radioactive materials.
    • If drillers contaminate local communities’ drinking water, they could replace it with water that doesn’t meet Safe Drinking Water Act standards.

    Email your state legislator and tell them to oppose Senate Bill 790 today.