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National Action Alerts

Stop the Senate from Giving Nuclear Power a Blank Check
Urge your senator not to funnel billions of taxpayer's dollars to the nuclear power industry at the expense of investments in clean, affordable renewable energy sources such as wind and solar.
Who can participate? Everyone

U.S. Must Keep Copenhagen Promise to Preserve Forests
Thank Secretary Hillary Clinton for showing U.S. leadership with the announcement that the United States will commit $1 billion to reducing tropical deforestation, and ask her to ensure this promise is fulfilled in the current and next year’s budgets.
Who can participate? Everyone

Urge Your Senator to Support Climate and Energy Legislation
Urge your senator to pass comprehensive climate legislation that will reduce global warming pollution, break our dependence on oil, and put Americans back to work.
Who can participate? Everyone

Protect Science and the Clean Air Act
Urge your senators to support the Clean Air Act by blocking an attempt to keep the EPA from reining in global warming pollution.
Who can participate? Everyone

Setting the Precedent for Clean Energy
As America’s first offshore wind farm, Cape Wind would generate the equivalent of 75 percent of Cape Cod’s energy and would set an important precedent for the future of clean energy development in this country. Please urge Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to let Cape Wind finally be installed
Who can participate? Everyone

Tell Ford to Break with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Urge the Ford Motor Company to break from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce because the Chamber is actively opposing national clean car standards.
Who can participate? Everyone

Tell Congress: Keep Antibiotics Working!
Please write to your members of Congress today and tell them to put an end to the dangerous overuse of important human antibiotics in the feed and water of animals that are not sick.
Who can participate? Everyone

Help Curb Global Warming While Saving Consumers Money
Urge President Obama and senior administration officials to ensure Congress passes strong, comprehensive climate and energy policy this year.
Who can participate? Everyone

Get There Greener
Take the pledge to reduce the global warming pollution from your vacation travel.
Who can participate? Everyone

Strengthen Federal Energy Policy
Urge your senators to build a clean, reliable, and affordable energy supply for the future by passing an energy bill that reduces our dependence on dangerous and dirty energy sources.
Who can participate? Everyone

Tell Congress We Don't Need More Dirty Coal
Please urge Congress to oppose the construction of new coal-fired power plants unless they feature carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology and to limit testing of CCS to five to 10 demonstration plants until the technology is proven.
Who can participate? Everyone

Take the Pledge--Don't Transport Firewood
America's forests are threatened by non-native insects and diseases that endanger the clean water, recreation, and other resources forests provide. You can help protect America's forests by not transporting firewood where these pests survive.
Who can participate? Everyone

President Must Match Actions to Words on Nuclear Weapons
Right now, the department of Defense is conducting a "Nuclear Posture Review." This is our chance to urge President Obama to set a new, safer direction for U.S. nuclear weapons policy.
Who can participate? Everyone

The USDA Must Stop Invasive Plants
Please thank Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack for moving quickly on one aspect of invasive plant regulations and urge him to make further strong and speedy changes a top priority in the new administration.
Who can participate? Everyone

Urge Federal Agencies to Let Scientists Speak Out
Federal scientists must feel free to speak out about research findings that impact our lives. Please urge federal agency leaders to improve their agencies’ media policies.
Who can participate? Everyone

Extend Clean Energy Tax Incentives
Critical tax incentives for renewable electricity, renewable fuels, and energy efficiency are about to expire. Urge your senators to ensure clean energy remains competitive by extending these critical tax incentives.
Who can participate? Everyone

Hybrid Tax Credit is for Consumers, not Corporations
Please ask your members of Congress to support consumer choice for cleaner cars by lifting the manufacturer's cap on the advanced vehicle tax credit. Take action on the UCS Hybrid Center website today.
Who can participate? Everyone

Urge the USDA to Support Modern Agricultural Methods
Urge the USDA to end policies that give an unfair advantage to polluters and to support modern agricultural methods instead.
Who can participate? Everyone

California and Western States Action Alerts

Urge Your Senator to Continue Supporting Strong Climate and Clean Energy Legislation
Opponents of climate action are now attacking senators for helping to advance a strong climate bill. Please help counter their efforts by thanking your senator for voting for comprehensive climate and energy legislation.
Who can participate? Everyone in this state

Urge Your Senator to Reduce Global Warming by Protecting Tropical Forests
Please urge your senator to include funds to protect tropical forests as a part of the foreign assistance budget.
Who can participate? Everyone in this state

Thank Your Representative for Supporting the American Clean Energy and Security Act!
Despite powerful threats from climate skeptics, big oil, and other fossil fuel special interests against this legislation, your representative voted for reducing our dependence on oil, putting Americans back to work, and protecting future generations from the worst effects of global warming.
Who can participate? People in select state districts

Share Your Disappointment in Your Representative's Vote Against a Clean Energy Future
Tell your representative to stand up for reducing our dependence on oil, putting Americans back to work, and protecting future generations from the worst effects of global warming
Who can participate? People in select state districts

Midwest Action Alerts

Support Clean Energy in Wisconsin
Write your state legislators urging them to support the Clean Energy Jobs Act, which includes policies that require 25 percent of our energy to come from renewable resources—such as the sun and wind—by 2025, major investments in energy efficiency, and cleaner cars.
Who can participate? Everyone in this state

Senator Lugar's Leadership and Nuclear Weapons: Call Today
Please take a moment to call Senator Lugar today to thank him for his leadership and to urge him to support ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
Who can participate? Everyone in this state

Help Protect Michigan from Global Warming
Help rally public support for a nationwide plan to rein in global warming pollution and establish a cleaner approach to our nation's energy system by writing a letter to the editor about the need for Congress to protect Michigan from the worst impacts of global warming.
Who can participate? Everyone in this state

Help Protect Illinois from Global Warming
Help rally public support for a nationwide plan to rein in global warming pollution and establish a cleaner approach to our nation's energy system by writing a letter to the editor about the need for Congress to protect Illinois from the worst impacts of global warming.
Who can participate? Everyone in this state

Help Protect Iowa from Global Warming
Help rally public support for a nationwide plan to rein in global warming pollution and establish a cleaner approach to our nation's energy system by writing a letter to the editor about the need for Congress to protect Iowa from the worst impacts of global warming.
Who can participate? Everyone in this state

Help Protect Wisconsin from Global Warming
Help rally public support for a nationwide plan to rein in global warming pollution and establish a cleaner approach to our nation's energy system by writing a letter to the editor about the need for Congress to protect Wisconsin from the worst impacts of global warming.
Who can participate? Everyone in this state

Urge Your Senator to Strengthen and Pass the House Climate Bill!
Recently, the Union of Concerned Scientists released a new series of reports that finds that Midwestern states could face dramatic changes including increases in the number of extreme heat days, heavier rains in the spring causing delays in agricultural planting, and an expansion of the range for crop-damaging pests. Please call today to urge your senators to quickly pass strong climate legislation.
Who can participate? Everyone in this state

We Need a Strong Renewable Electricity Standard
We expect that the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will take action on a federal RES as early as April. Please take a moment now to urge your senator to support a strong standard.
Who can participate? Everyone in this state

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