EcoHearth: Come Home to the Earth

The state of California is considering a bill that would ban single-use plastic bags while encouraging consumers to use reusable bags, the most sustainable alternative. The California State Senate is expected to vote on AB 1998, the “bag bill,” before August 31, 2010. Watch this great 4-minute Mockumentary and then  >>> Take Action!

NRDC: "Senator Rockefeller (D-WV) has a plan that would undermine the Clean Air Act and block the Environmental Protection Agency from requiring cuts in global warming pollution for the next four years. Tell your senators to vote no on Senator Rockefeller's bill (S. 3072) or any other attempt to halt the EPA's ability to hold big polluters accountable."  >>> Take Action

WWF: "The Western North Pacific Gray Whale is critically endangered, with population numbers as low as 130 individuals, and with only around 30 breeding females remaining. Yet a major seismic survey – blasts of acoustic noise used to detect oil and gas deposits under the ocean floor – is due to start in just a few weeks in the gray whales’ main feeding habitat, off Sakhalin Island in the Russian Far East... this seismic survey could result in serious damage to the survival and recovery of Western Gray Whales."  >>> Take Action

NRDC: "Don't let BP create another oil spill disaster, this time in America's Arctic, home to America's polar bears. Sign our Petition of Protest to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, urging him to deny BP's request to drill in Alaska's Beaufort Sea."  >>> Take Action

The Alliance for Climate Protection: "The Wall Street Journal has published more than 30 editorials and op-eds on climate change since November of 2009...A news outlet like the Wall Street Journal relies on its reputation as a balanced, unbiased news source. With your help, we can convince the Journal editorial page to give equal space to the fact that climate scientists have been exonerated and their findings remain affirmed."  >>> Take Action!

NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council): "Although safer options exist for controlling fleas on our pets, dangerous pesticides used in flea collars and other products remain on store shelves. Tell PETCO and PetSmart to protect kids and pets by removing pet products with these toxic chemicals from its stores."  >>> Take Action!

Credo: "A landmark element of the recent Supreme Court ruling was its recognition that the USDA must take into account economic harms from genetic contamination of conventional seed by genetically engineered seed - things like the loss of export markets or loss of organic certification, as well as the risks to the environment of this "gene flow" effect. Monsanto wants the agency to ignore those risks and let them plant now...Tell USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack to maintain the planting ban on [genetically engineered] alfalfa, now and in the future."  >>> Take Action!

Stop Big Oil Bailouts: "While reaping the largest corporate profits in history, BP, ExxonMobil, Chevron and other Big Oil companies have shaken more than $35 billion in special subsidies and tax breaks out of the U.S. taxpayer. Then, when Big Oil dumps millions of gallons of oil into our oceans and waterways, they leave us with the cleanup bill...Tell Congress and candidates for office nationwide to stop the shakedown, and stop taxpayer giveaways to Big Oil and all the other Dirty Fuels."  >>> Take Action!

Sierra Club: "Reducing global poverty is critical not only to ending human suffering, but also to a more sustainable future. Take action now to support the Global Poverty Act."  >>> Take Action!

The Wilderness Society: "The U.S. Senate now has an opportunity to stop the polluters and curb the devastating levels of carbon pollution that they are dumping into the skies every day...Contact your senators today – tell them to stop the carbon polluters, protect our wild places, and create American jobs on American lands by supporting a climate change bill that curbs global warming pollution and protects our natural resources."  >>> Take Action!