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~ politics petitions pollution and pop culture

A Petition ~~ a Victory

05/03/2014 Nativegrl77

We did it! Wisconsin passed AB409 into law last week. Thanks to your help, officers involved in fatalities will now be investigated by someone from a department outside of their own.

Wisconsin’s largest newspaper covers part of the story here. http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/watchdogreports/gov-scott-walker-expected-to-sign-police-custody-bill-b99253819z1-256342301.html

Please pass this news along and if you live outside of Wisconsin, please forward it to your state’s legislators.

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Family photo

Michael Edward Bell is shown in this family photo with his brother Carson, 5. Michael was killed by Kenosha police in 2004. Carson is now 15.

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The White House & UCS ~~ Register for the conference call today!

05/03/2014 Nativegrl77

CALL INVITATION
May 6: The White House & UCS Discuss Climate

You are invited to participate in a conference call directly following the release of the National Climate Assessment (NCA) on Tuesday, May 6. The Union of Concerned Scientists will team up with The White House and lead NCA authors to provide an overview of this important climate change report on the day of the release.

The White House & UCS Discuss Climate
Date: Tuesday, May 6
Time: 5:00 p.m. EDT

Produced on a regular basis by the U.S. Global Change Research Program, the NCA provides a comprehensive assessment of the current understanding of climate change science. Join us to hear directly from authors of the report and the White House on the key findings, policy solutions, and ask questions.

Featured speakers:
• Dr. Brenda Ekwurzel—UCS senior climate scientist
• Dr. Richard Somerville—University of California San Diego, convening lead author
• Dr. David Yates—University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, convening lead author
• Dr. Kenneth Kunkel—National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, convening lead author
• Dr. David Breshears—University of Arizona, convening lead author
• Senior White House official

Register for the conference call today!

Sincerely,
Jackie Weidman signature
Jackie Weidman
National Field Organizer
Climate & Energy Program
Union of Concerned Scientists

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Doing Nothing is Just Not an Option

05/02/2014 Nativegrl77

Take Action →

Reading the hundreds of Climate Confessions sent in by EDF members & activists across the country, one simple phrase instantly caught my attention:

“Doing nothing is not a prescription for change.” —Nita K., Carol Stream, IL.

Nita is right—and we need you to follow her lead. We’ve made it easy: Take every action alert we’ve got with just one click.

There’s no denying the fact that we’re up against some extremely well-funded, well-organized opposition. But all their money can’t buy our best weapon: you.

Beating them isn’t impossible—we’ve done it before.

In 1990, as bipartisan support rose for a cap-and-trade plan to harness markets and solve the acid rain disaster, the Koch Brothers poured their money into a front group—the “Concerned Citizens for the Environment”—with the goal of derailing this much-needed solution.

The group—without any citizen membership—produced studies insisting that acid rain was a myth (sound familiar?). They lobbied for deregulation of corporations, insisting that was the true way to protect the environment.

They lost. Our plan to reduce acid rain was put into action, affecting even the Kochs’ heavy-emitting refineries and factories. And it was a massive success.

We cut sulfur dioxide emissions in half, at a fraction of the expected costs. By 2000, scientists were documenting decreased sulfates in Adirondack lakes, improved visibility in national parks and widespread benefits to human health. The Economist called it “the greatest green success story of the past decade.”

Beating back their endless attacks may seem impossible—but we’ve done it before. Help do it again.

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May Is National High Blood Pressure Education Month

05/02/2014 Nativegrl77

Medications for High Blood Pressure

05/01/2014 11:30 AM EDT

May Is National High Blood Pressure Education Month, and nearly one in three adults in the United States has high blood pressure, also called hypertension. High blood pressure is dangerous because it increases the risk of stroke, heart attack, heart failure, kidney failure, death.

High blood pressure is called the “silent killer” because it has no symptoms until it causes major damage. A number of FDA-approved drugs, along with lifestyle changes, can help treat this condition.

Read the Consumer Update to get tips for controlling blood pressure and to learn more about approved medications.

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Broken promises, broken families

05/02/2014 Nativegrl77

Our movement has real power, and it is on display right now in Washington, DC. As you read this, nearly 1,000 of our allies are marching to the White House to demand action to end the scourge of senseless deportations and family separation. For years, President Obama has stood by while rampant deportations have broken apart immigrant families. These demonstrators are committed to seeing an end to the deportation policies that are tearing our families apart — some will not move until the police carry them away.

While activists are standing outside the front door of the White House calling for action, we must lift up their voices by flooding the phone lines of the White House with calls for an end to deportations. Call on the President now to stop the senseless deportations!

Since the new year, there’s been a lot of talk and little action on passing reform or stopping deportations. Members of Congress and the President have hidden from our calls for action behind the walls of the Capitol and the White House. That is why we have been increasing our efforts: this week, our movement is not giving them a place hide.

A young activist from Nevada is arrested by police yesterday outside the US Capitol building.Yesterday, seven brave young activists sent a bold message to Republican leaders in the House that they would not tolerate Congressional inaction by getting arrested in an act of civil disobedience outside the US Capitol Building. Today, activists are sending a message just as boldly to the President: we want an end the senseless deportations hurting our community!