There’s a lot of work ahead if we are to have a truly clean Democratic Party that can effectively oppose the fossil-fueled agenda of Trump’s Republicans. In Virginia, we’re going to have to get our state Democratic Party to turn off the Dominion Power dirty-money pipeline. Virginia is lagging behind its neighboring states on the renewable revolution because of Dominion’s influence-peddling. And now politicians on the Dominion payroll are supporting the fracked-gas Atlantic Coast Pipeline and Mountain Valley Pipeline projects. It’s crucial that the Virginia Democratic Party knows that climate hawks all over the nation will support a decision to ban corrupting political money. Add your name: tell the leaders of the Virginia Democratic Party to support a ban on political contributions from Dominion Power and other fossil-fuel companies.

There is a concerted effort in Congress and the White House to privatize our public lands. In the first of January, Congress ruled they are worth $0, which make it easier to give them away. Public lands are for all of us: hunters, fishermen, campers, dirt bikers, hikers, etc. Congress needs to stop all the bills that jeopardize our American heritage.

Wildlife Services is a federal agency that conducts predator control on private, public, and tribal lands throughout Colorado. Predator control includes shooting, trapping, snaring, and aerial gunning to kill black bears, bobcats, mountain lions, and coyotes. Lethal poisons and chemicals are also used for predator control, imposing a risk to public health and safety. Wildlife Services is expanding this work in an attempt to increase mule deer populations for hunting, although the best available science suggests that predator control isn’t effective. Western Environmental Law Center is a nonprofit, environmental law firm dedicated to defending wildlife in the West. Their expert attorneys are preparing to file suit against Wildlife Services about this matter.

New documents were unsealed by a federal judge suggesting that "Monsanto worked directly with federal regulators to hide the health risks of and manipulate the science behind its best-selling herbicide, RoundUp." The documents suggested that Monsanto pressured Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials to not publicly release information on the cancer risks of glyphosate, the main ingredient in RoundUp, ghostwrote research for the EPA and worked with a senior official at the agency to quash a federal review of the chemical. Join me in urging the EPA's Office of Inspector General and your Member of Congress to investigate the EPA for colluding with Monsanto. Source: Danny Hakim, "Monsanto Weed Killer Roundup Faces New Doubts on Safety in Unsealed Documents," The New York Times, March 14, 2017

The threat of climate change to human health, prosperity, well-being, and even future survival is the most critical issue ever to face the human race.

HR 226 is misnamed the "African elephant Conservation and Legal Ivory Possession Act." It would allow ivory to be sold again in the United States, and would most likely cause more poaching, more deaths, and ultimately, the extinction of the African elephant. It would certainly not conserve nor protect African elephants. It is a giveaway to trophy hunters, gun collectors, and the NRA. Many activists have worked for years to ban ivory and "sport-hunted trophy" of elephants, and this horrific and cruel resolution would undo all that work and make elephants even more of a target for poachers and trophy hunters.

Mountain communities around the world are seeing their environments and economies damaged because of climate change. In the Lake Tahoe area, we’re already seeing increased warming air and lake temperatures, heavy rain in winter causing increased flooding, more invasive species, increased tree mortality, and increased risk of catastrophic forest fires. Given the stakes for our lake and our community, it’s imperative for Tahoe to become a national leader in confronting climate change. That means cutting ties with the polluting fossil fuels driving the problem, and repowering South Lake Tahoe with 100% clean, renewable energy. More renewable energy means more good clean energy jobs, cleaner air and water, and healthier communities. So far, 25 cities across the U.S. have made the 100% clean energy commitment, including a growing number of mountain communities like Park City, UT, Moab, UT and Aspen, CO. Now it’s Tahoe’s turn to step up and take bold action toward the clean energy future that we need. Please sign the petition to urge the City of South Lake Tahoe to commit to securing 100% of our electricity from clean, renewable sources like solar and wind by 2030.

Global warming is a proven scientific fact. Trump denies it to help his cronies in big coal and big oil get even richer. If we allow more coal mines to be opened and built and sustained, we are polluting our own country and our children's futures. We are rolling back our commitment to our global partners. America, we must keep our integrity and our promises --we must continue our leadership on climate change. We must block Trump's executive order to revive Big Coal. Sign this petition to block Trump's executive order to reverse the Clean Power Plan.

As a scientist, I know climate change is real and dangerous. As a grandmother, I want to leave a habitable planet for my grandchild. Most scientific models predict that this planet will be nearly uninhabitable by the end of this century if we do not take very strong immediate action to limit the gases that cause the warming effect that is now occurring and accelerating.

According to the American Lung Association, Fresno, Clovis, Madera, Hanford and surrounding communities have been ranked as the dirtiest places to live for over 10 years with the worse air quality in the country. Leaf Blowers continue to be used with no ban in effect; all the while raising dust levels and particulate matter in an already polluted community. By signing this petition you will help save lives by reducing potential threats such as Lung Cancer, Asthma, and Heart Disease. ITS TIME TO TAKE ACTION.

With the EPA already grossly underfunded, Trump's proposed cuts to reduce their budget by 31%, leaving the agency only 5.7 billion dollars.

I have had enough of an Administration that denies the facts and the danger of climate change. The evidence is clear and the Guardian indicates that this Trump government even has the gall of deleting the data points and facts in their own statistics. Scary enough for you? This is perhaps like saying Nazis didn't kill the Jews. The data points are being deleted! This is massive corruption and misleading of the American people and the world! We want to continue to keep the policies in place to stop the escalation of climate change and continue to install more measures. Already in South Carolina we have "dead" rivers uninhabitable by all living things, unable to be used by human and animal consumption. Our drinking water is in danger. Our tender ecosystem is in danger. Do any of you want to leave a clean planet for our children? Or does money at the expense of our lives seem more important? Do the right thing!