We seek to create a system that benefits everyone. Whether we're stopping destructive corporate boondoggles or pushing for stronger government pollution standards, we aim to make it possible for all people to enjoy the planet's bounty. Our work focuses on the economic drivers of environmental degradation — from government subsidies and permits to societal issues like urban sprawl and the externalized costs of pollution — to limit and eventually end the destruction of the planet.
Our current campaigns have us leading the charge to stop genetically engineered foods from finding their way onto our plates, pressuring the federal government to prioritize people instead of polluters, and working to stop a toxic tar sands oil pipeline that would spell "game over" for the climate.
While coal power is on the decline in the United States, Big Coal has found another way to offload its dirty goods -- by shipping them overseas. In the Pacific Northwest there are three proposed coal export terminals that would export millions of tons of coal each year through our communities and waterways. The federal agencies charged with evaluating these projects should conduct an in-depth, area-wide environmental review that considers impacts from all projects -- from the coal mines to the trains, and from the port terminals to the coal burning at power plants -- prior to any permits being issued.
Take action: Demand that the proposed coal export terminals undergo through review.
Join the Campaign for GE-Free Seafood to prevent genetically engineered seafood from hitting our plates. We are asking grocery stores, restaurants, chefs and other food companies to publicly agree not to sell genetically engineered salmon or other genetically engineered seafood.
Take action: Tell grocery stores to say no to genetically engineered seafood.
The State Department's supplemental review of the Keystone XL pipeline, released in March, blatantly ignored the numerous environmental and climate impacts of the dirty pipeline. We now know that contractors hired to work on this review had close ties with Big Oil, throwing a huge conflict of interest into the review process. We need to make sure that the State Department makes an impartial evaluation of the environmental costs of this pipeline.
Take action: Write a letter to Secretary Kerry telling him not to make a decision on the Keystone XL until he investigates Big Oil's role in the State Department review
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