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Let’s Fight Climate Change


We know that you care about the environment, but more than that, you’re
ready to take action to protect it. Please read this important message
from our friends at Pear Energy about how you can support clean energy. Thank you for all you do.
-The Care2 Campaigns Team

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Clean Energy

For Your Home … NOW

~ Did you know you can power your home using 100% clean energy?

~ Did you know you can do it without special hardware, installation, or even increasing your bill by more than the price of one cup of coffee per week?

~ Did you know your utility bill can fund progressive organizations like Campaign for America’s Future and The Nation instead of corporate lobbying that gets oil companies big tax breaks?

Our Commitment

Pear Energy is an easy way to offset all of your dirty coal, nuclear, or natural  gas-based electricity by putting clean wind energy onto the grid

We only deliver friendly, efficient and reliable customer service;

We stick to our Fair Price Promise of transparency and reasonable prices –  buying clean energy costs a little more, but just a little more – around the cost of one cup of coffee per week;

Pear Shares – We donate half of our profits to organizations that share  our dedication to ecological sanity and full employment;

We have a no-hassle satisfaction policy – if you are unhappy, we’’ll switch you back with no switching costs and no service interruptions.

~ Bills & Hearings in the House


7/9 10:00 am Hearing: Legislative Hearing on ‘Draft Legislation, the Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act’; H.R. 1443; H.R. 1612; H.R. 1702; H.R. 2065 Committee on Veterans’ Affairs: Subcommittee on Health
7/9 10:00 am Hearing: Oversight Hearing on “Public Impact of Closing Amenities at Yosemite National Park.” Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation
7/9 10:00 am Hearing: “Keeping College Within Reach: Improving Higher Education through Innovation” Committee on Education and the Workforce: Full Committee
7/9 10:00 am Hearing: Subcommittee Markup – FY 2014 Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill Committee on Appropriations: Legislative Branch
7/9 10:00 am Hearing: The Role of Innovative Finance in Intercity Passenger Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials
7/9 10:00 am Hearing: Hearing entitled “Examining How the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Collects and Uses Consumer Data” Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit
7/9 10:00 am Hearing: Emergency MGMT 2.0: How SocialMedia and New Tech are Transforming Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Disasters Part2 Govt-NGOs Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications
7/9 1:00 pm Hearing: American Competitiveness Worldwide: Impacts on Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax and Capital Access
7/9 2:00 pm Hearing: Hearing entitled “Examining Constitutional Deficiencies and Legal Uncertainties in the Dodd-Frank Act” Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
7/9 2:00 pm Hearing: Threat to the Homeland: Iran’s Extending Influence in the Western Hemisphere Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency
7/9 2:00 pm Hearing: RESCHEDULED: Oversight Hearing on “Mining in America: Powder River Basin Coal Mining the Benefits and Challenges” Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
7/10 9:30 am Hearing: Subcommittee Markup – FY 2014 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Bill Committee on Appropriations: Financial Services and General Government
7/10 10:00 am Hearing: DOD and VA Collaboration to Assist Service Members Returning to Civilian Life Committee on Veterans’ Affairs: Full Committee
7/10 10:00 am Hearing: “Examining the Labor Department’s Proposed Reforms to the FECA Program” Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Workforce Protections
7/10 10:00 am Hearing: Hearing entitled “Reducing Barriers to Capital Formation, Part II” Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises
7/10 11:00 am Hearing: Subcommittee Markup – FY 2014 Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations Bill Committee on Appropriations: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
7/10 1:00 pm Hearing: Beyond the Beltway: Successful State Strategies for Small Business Growth Committee on Small Business: Full Committee
7/11 9:30 am Hearing: Oversight Hearing on “America’s Helium Supply: Options for Producing more Helium from Federal Lands.” Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
7/11 10:00 am Hearing: Oversight Hearing on “Wildfire and Forest Management.” Committee on Natural Resources:
7/17 10:00 am Hearing: Causes of Delays to the FAA’s NextGen Program Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Aviation
7/17 10:15 am Hearing: Legislative Hearing on H.R. 813; H.R. 806; and a discussion draft bill “To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a Future-Years Veterans Program and a quadrennial veterans review, to establis Committee on Veterans’ Affairs: Full Committee
7/19 10:00 am Hearing: Safety for Survivors: Care and Treatment for Military Sexual Trauma Committee on Veterans’ Affairs: Subcommittee on Health
7/23 10:00 am Hearing: Oversight Hearing on “War on Jobs: Examining the Operations of the Office of Surface Mining and the Status of the Stream Buffer Zone Rule” Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources

Greenpeace and Paul McCartney


Want to win a trip to meet Paul McCartney at the Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco and help save the Arctic at the same time?
Meet Paul McCartney!
Start taking action right now for your chance to win.

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“It seems madness that we are willing to go to the ends of the earth to find the last drops of oil when our best scientific minds are telling us we need to get off fossil fuels to give our children a future. At some time, in some place, we need to take a stand. I believe that time is now, and that place is the Arctic.”

– Sir Paul McCartney

Greenpeace and Paul McCartney are joining up to raise awareness about the Arctic through an innovative new website called the Urgency Network.
Our hope is to reach people who may not already know about the risks facing the Arctic. And we have an exciting plan to kick things off this summer that just might do the trick.
Carmen, this is your chance to win a trip to meet Paul McCartney and to help save the Arctic in the process. All you have to do is take action online and share our campaign with your friends. That’s seriously it.
Take action on the Urgency Network today and start spreading the word about our campaign to save the Arctic for your chance to meet Paul McCartney.
It’s simple. One lucky person (you?) will win two VIP passes to this year’s Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco to watch the former Beatle perform and to meet him personally. Together we hope the opportunity to win this once-in-a-lifetime experience will help raise awareness about the Arctic.
The more you support the campaign, the better your chances of winning become and the more people who take stand for the Arctic. Everybody wins.
We’ll continue adding prizes to the site. So stay tuned for information on more exciting experiences. We just figured we’d kick things off in style.
Millions of people have already signed on to save the Arctic from around the world. We’re hoping that with the help of Paul McCartney, the Urgency Network and supporters like you that millions more will follow this summer.
Sign up today… and good luck!
Coming together for the Arctic,
Dan Howells Greenpeace USA Deputy Campaigns Director
P.S. Don’t miss your chance meet Paul McCartney at the Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco. Sign up today. The more you spread the word about saving the Arctic the better your chances of winning.