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Our Global Warming Solutions team helped mobilize the political and public support necessary to win the Clean Power Plan, which The New York Times called the “strongest action ever taken by an American president to tackle climate change.” Now we’re challenging governors and mayors in more than 20 states to commit to meet or exceed the plan’s goals.
After spearheading an effort to close a decade-old loophole in the Clean Water Act, we’re targeting the fastest-growing source of water pollution in America: corporate agribusiness. We’re calling on Tyson and other agribusinesses to stop the flow of animal wastes, pesticides and other pollutants that are contributing to biological dead zones from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico.
It’s time to put America on a path to 100% renewable energy. We’ve won commitments at the state and local level that fueled explosive growth in solar and wind power across the country. But we have a long way to go, and the Koch brothers and some utilities are spending heavily to block and roll back our progress. We’re calling on cities, states and even big-box stores to do more to go solar, promoting offshore wind along the Atlantic coast, and defending federal policies that help level the playing field for renewables.
What writer Wallace Stegner called America’s “best idea”—setting aside national parks for the benefit of all—has endured for almost 150 years. Today, however, some are pushing to sell off public lands, open them to fracking and mining, and prohibit the designation of more national monuments and wilderness. We’ve won support for new national monuments in Maine, California, New Mexico, Colorado and Washington state; we’ve defended the Land and Water Conservation Fund; and we’ve fought back against attempts to sell off, close or underfund both national and state parks.
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