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Kicking the Habit: US and China Must Drop Fossil Fuel Addiction


“If you pledge sobriety and then buy a keg of beer, people are going to wonder.”
– Bill McKibben

On Tuesday night the world’s two biggest polluters – the US and China – announced a surprisingly ambitious climate deal. We should take a moment to celebrate this interim victory while realizing that it does not go nearly far enough in addressing climate change. Now it is our collective, global responsibility to ensure that both countries are serious about such a deal.

An important first step would be for the US and China to cancel their destructive projects that are destroying the planet. To prove that he is serious, President Obama should reject the Keystone XL Pipeline and use his bully pulpit to push for a carbon tax. While unlikely with the current congress, a carbon tax could become a major campaign issue in 2016. And WE can protest our taxes going to subsidize climate catastrophe by divesting from the fossil fuel industry

 

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PHOTOS: Doubling Down in Vegas


Everytown for Gun Safety

Bridget Lavington, Everytown for Gun Safety

We needed 101,667 petition signatures to get background checks on the ballot in Nevada. Volunteers like you delivered more than twice that amount yesterday — the largest number of signatures that’s ever been collected for a Nevada ballot measure!

Building on our historic victory in Washington State, we’re off to a great start in the fight to bring a strong background checks law to Nevada — and beyond. But the NRA has already vowed to fight us at every turn, and we need your support.

Make a gift right now to our trusted partners at Nevadans for Background Checks to keep this momentum up. Your gift will help organizers connect with voters in Nevada and lay important groundwork for more initiatives like this across the country.

Here are some of the photos from yesterday’s record-breaking petition delivery in Las Vegas:

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Yesterday’s petition delivery was just the first step in a long journey. These signatures will qualify the Background Check Initiative for the ballot, but we need the support of people like you from across the country if we’re going to eventually win this fight like we did in Washington State.

Make a contribution to our partners at Nevadans for Background Checks and support their work to get this common-sense measure passed at the ballot.

Together, we’re sending a message: When our elected officials refuse to act, we’ll take this issue straight to the people for a yes-or-no vote.

Thanks for powering this fight,

Bridget Lavington
Nevada Organizing Director
Everytown for Gun Safety

P.S. — Supporters like you helped deliver more signatures than any group has EVER delivered for a ballot initiative in Nevada. Want to help keep this fight going? Donate right now to support our trusted partners at Nevadans for Background checks.

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Burberry commits to Detox its clothes

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Thanks to thousands of actions taken by people like you, Burberry has committed to Detox its clothes of hazardous chemicals. This is great news for the environment and future generations.
Over the past two weeks the brand’s Twitter, Facebook and Instagram channels have been flooded with messages from people all over the world, calling on Burberry to get rid of the toxic Little Monsters and Detox now.
With your help, we have proven that when people speak out, big brands listen. Burberry is the 19th fashion company to commit to Detox, raising the bar for the rest of the luxury sector and proving that beautiful fashion doesn’t have to cost the earth.
Burberry commits to DetoxTogether we are revolutionising the fashion industry.                      Check out what made this victory possible and then share the story with your friends.
Let’s make sure this toxic nightmare has a happy ending.
Thanks!
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Sarah Al-Shammary via Change.org ~~ My mother is in prison


My mother was thrown in Saudi prison for speaking out for women’s rights. Please join the urgent international effort to free my mother before she can be beaten or killed.