In the aftermath of in-custody deaths, authorities rely on each other’s conclusions — even when those conclusions are flawed — ensuring no one is held accountable when prisoners die.
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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!
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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
National Field Organizer
Climate & Energy Program
Union of Concerned Scientists
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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.
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.
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.
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