Today, President Trump cemented his position as the worst and most dangerous president in US history and dragged America to a shameful new low.

Withdrawing from the Paris Climate Accord not only removes the US from the community of nations and ends America’s historic global leadership, it also kills economic growth and squanders millions of jobs of today and tomorrow.

Americans 5 to 1 and just about every Fortune 500 company and financial institution favor staying in the Paris Climate Accord and they’re right. Here are some facts:

We’ve got 2.6 million US jobs in solar energy and more than half of them are in states that voted for Trump.
Renewable energy employment grew by 18% just between 2015 and 2016.
3.4 million Americans are directly employed by the clean energy industries including energy efficiency, smart grid, energy storage, electric power from renewables, renewable fuels production, and the electric, hybrid, and hydrogen-based vehicle industries.
Another 2.2 million jobs come from the energy efficiency, green appliance and green building subsectors.
By comparison, coal provides only 160,000 jobs and petroleum provides about 500,000 jobs.

Resist. Stand with us. Fight Trump.

Cities of the future will be hubs of smart, connected, green innovation. But if Trump has his way, those cities will be Tokyo and Dubai, while US cities under Trump hang tragically onto the fossil fuel past.

Why are we giving away jobs and leadership of the future? Where would we be if Carnegie, Ford and Edison didn’t believe in scientific advancement, steel, motorized transportation and electric lights?

Mr. President, this is not one of your real estate deals. This is a gigantic job-killing blunder.

Earth Day Network will never give up fighting for your jobs and your future. Stay strong, stand up to Trump. Join Earth Day Network, and fight.

— The Earth Day Network Team

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Paris Agreement … without it

06/02/2017 Nativegrl77

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Hannity is lashing out at his advertisers and Fox

05/31/2017 Nativegrl77

It seems like Sean Hannity is trying to get fired while injuring Fox News in the process. Since last week, he’s organized his most ardent supporters to attack his own advertisers, threatened Fox News with a “We Go If He Goes” campaign, and is now aggressively promoting a cable-news-wide advertiser boycott. [1]

Hannity’s fans are harassing his own network, his own advertisers, and his potential advertisers – and ad buyers are surely taking notice. Media Matterswarned that Hannity was volatile and bad business. Now they don’t have to take our word for it: Many companies are currently experiencing first-hand that doing business with Hannity means subjecting your brand to one potential public relations crisis after another.

Spread the word: Read and share my interview with Fast Company about how Sean Hannity’s volatility is scaring off advertisers.

Ultimately, Hannity’s efforts to intimidate everyone he does business with will only further marginalize him at Fox and make advertisers flee faster. Despite his attacks and threats, companies are still pulling their ads from Hannity’s show – including three more companies in the past 24 hours. And it’s not clear what relationships he’ll have left when it’s all over.

Onward!

Angelo Carusone
@GoAngelo
President
Media Matters for America

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Annie Leonard, Greenpeace and bits of plastic in our oceans

05/30/2017 Nativegrl77

Bits of plastic called microbeads are polluting our oceans.

Take action today to ban the use of microbeads in the US.

Every time you brush your teeth, you might be unknowingly adding tiny bits of plastic to our oceans.

These bits of plastic are called microbeads and you can find them in everything from face soaps to body washes to toothpastes. And while they’re almost invisible to the naked eye, they’re causing serious problems for our waterways and oceans (and us!).

Most wastewater treatment can’t filter out the tiny microbeads — meaning they journey from your bathroom drains into waterways. Once there, they end up in the bellies of fish or other marine life and are passed along the food chain.

National legislation has been introduced in Congress to ban the sale of personal care products that contain plastic microbeads. It’s part of an ever-growing movement that needs your voice.

Tell your federal Representative and Senators today to support the Microbead Free Waters Act and to solve the problem of these polluting plastics.

This doesn’t end in the water. Today’s plastic face wash is in tomorrow’s sushi.

Many fish species that humans eat are known to consume these microbeads at an alarming rate, and the toxins absorbed in those plastics transfer to the fish tissue.

The toxins absorbed by plastic microbeads include pesticides, flame retardants, motor oil and more. And all that ends up in the oceans — and on our plates. We have to act.

A single microbead can be up to a million times more toxic than the water around it! Take action today to ban plastic microbeads from everyday personal care products.

The Story of Stuff Project, an organization I founded, is leading a coalition of over 100 groups to get these tiny plastic beads out of everyday products. Greenpeace is proud to be a part of this coalition.

This is a perfect example of the underlying problem with our current economic system and the culture it helps create. Natural alternatives to microbeads exist. But plastic microbeads are smoother than natural alternatives like apricot shells, jojoba beans and pumice.

Smoother is better for the companies making these products because smoother means these cleansers will be less effective at exfoliating… which means you can use them everyday… which means you buy more of the product!

Sadly, it also means poisoned oceans and a poisoned food supply. Plastic pollution in our waterways has become one of the great perils facing our environment. We can do something about it.

Take a minute right now and tell your elected federal representatives to support the Microbead Free Waters Act.

Thanks for all you do.

Annie Leonard
Executive Director, Greenpeace USA
P.S. Tiny pieces of plastic called microbeads are polluting our waterways and oceans. Tell your elected federal representatives to ban microbeads by supporting the Microbead Free Waters Act today!

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100 thoughts on 100 days …remember this and vote for murphyforflorida.com

05/30/2017 Nativegrl77


	In honor of Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office, here are 100 things to remember about his presidency so far: 100. Lying about the smaller size of his inauguration crowd 99. Making white nationalist Steve Bannon a key part of his leadership team 98. Threatening to pull out of the Paris agreement on climate change 97. Sean Spicer making errant and offensive comments about the Holocaust 96. Going back on his word to name China a currency manipulator 95. Announcing the bombing of Syria over chocolate cake with the Chinese president 94. Threatening to break up the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals after it ruled against him 93. Hiring Gen. Michael Flynn as National Security Advisor amid possibly illegal entanglements with foreign governments 92. Handling classified documents over open-air dinners at Mar-a-Lago 91. Golfing, golfing, golfing after consistently criticizing President Obama for doing so 90. Outsourcing key policy initiatives to his inexperienced son-in-law 89. Directing administration officials away from using the term “climate change” 88. Attorney General Jeff Sessions lying to the Senate about pre-election communications with Russia 87. Likely racking up more in travel and security costs in one year than President Obama needed in 8 full years 86. Getting Neil Gorsuch on the Supreme Court after the Senate GOP blocked Obama’s rightful nominee Merrick Garland in 2016 85. Installing Wall Street executives and lobbyists to key posts after promising to “drain the swamp” 84. Via Kellyanne Conway, allowing the phrase “alternative facts” to enter our discourse 83. Declaring the free press the enemy of the American people 82. Threatening the well-being of millions of Americans by holding healthcare subsidies hostage 81. Introducing a budget that guts funding for PBS, scientific research, the EPA, education programs, and Planned Parenthood 80. Still refusing to release his taxes 79. In a Fox interview, apparently not knowing the difference between Kim Jong-il and Kim Jong-un 78. Claiming that he only lost the popular vote because of millions of fraudulent votes cast by illegal immigrants 77. Tweeting complaints about his daughter’s clothing line being pulled from stores 76. Inventing fake terrorist attacks in Bowling Green, Atlanta, and “last night in Sweden” 75. White House advisor Stephen Miller declaring that President Trump’s decisions “will not be questioned” 74. Continually claiming that Mexico will pay for a border wall while the Mexican government continually asserts it will not 73. Weakening President Obama’s federal lobbying ban 72. Having one of the least diverse cabinets in recent memory 71. Backtracking and flip-flopping on his opposition to NAFTA 70. Backtracking and flip-flopping on his opposition to NATO (because he didn’t know “much” about it) 69. Reversing President Obama’s practice of making the White House visitor’s log public 68. Firing U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara after promising to keep him on 67. Failing to divest himself of business interests that present clear conflicts of interest 66. Introducing a tax plan that creates huge loopholes for pass-though companies, hedge funds…and likely Trump himself 65. “Nobody knew healthcare could be so complicated.” 64. Picking fights with longtime allies like Germany, Canada, and England 63. Supporting tainted election results in Turkey that give more power to its autocratic leader 62. Ordering a Navy SEAL raid that gathered no actionable intelligence 61. Being unaware if we were sending an “armada” to North Korea 60 through 7: Blank in recognition of Trump’s 54 of 60 unfulfilled, stalled, or broken campaign promises, per the Washington Post, many of which are on this list 6. Leaving dozens of vital national security positions empty at the State Department 5. Instituting an unconstitutional immigrant ban that makes our nation less safe 4. House leaders standing by Intel Committee Chair Devin Nunes after he interfered with Congress’s investigation into Russian election meddling 3. Trying (and failing) to fully repeal Obamacare 2. Fabricating claims out of thin air that President Obama wiretapped Trump Tower 1. After one of the most divisive elections in history – in which Trump lost the popular vote by almost 3 million – failing to govern as if he represents the entire country, not just those who voted for him. Onward and upward, Patrick