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Kassie Rohrbach, Greenpeace … Ban Fracking


Keep our public land safe from pollution and destruction.

Frack here! What could go wrong?

Tell Congress to protect communities and our climate by banning fracking on public land.

Oil and gas companies already have the rights to frack on some 30 million acres of public land in the United States. Now they want even more.

More than 200 million additional acres of public lands are being targeted for fracking, including areas that surround America’s National Parks and monuments. In the last year alone, 177,000 acres of the George Washington National Forest — the country’s largest national forest and home to ten different threatened and endangered species — have been opened to fracking.

It’s insane. But now we have a chance to do something about it.

Congress is currently debating a bill that would put a stop to all future fracking on public land. It’s essential that they hear from their constituents — people like you — about how important this issue is before voting next month.

Tell Congress: save our public lands from the destruction of fracking.

Fracking is more expensive, more polluting and more dangerous than renewable energy. In a world where we can have clean, affordable energy from the wind and the sun, why would we even pursue fracking in the first place?

Not only is it wrong for the climate, but fracking has been linked to major air pollution and water contamination. Communities near some fracking sites have even reported being able to light the water coming out of their kitchen sinks on fire due to gas contamination.

This is not the energy future we need. 

Make sure Congress protects communities, the environment and our climate. Sign the petition today.

Instead of investing billions of dollars in dirty, polluting energy, it’s time to keep fossil fuels in the ground. Like Arctic oil drilling or coal mining, fracking is the wrong call for our health and our climate.

We’re partnering with other progressive organizations to make sure our elected representatives get the message loud and clear. We’re using a shared site to collect signatures for a petition we’ll deliver to Congress next month.

This bill is a huge opportunity, but we know Congress won’t pass it unless they hear from people like you.

The more people that sign, the closer we are to putting an end to the destruction of our public land. Add your voice today.

Together, we can protect our most precious natural treasures for future generations to enjoy and realize a clean energy future. In a week where Shell has announced it is ending its Arctic drilling project, Congress should take the hint. It’s time to keep all fossil fuels in the ground. 

Thanks for all you do,

Kassie Rohrbach
Senior Energy Campaigner, Greenpeace USA

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It’s amazing how a piece of paper can change your life


To say that my life changed two years ago would be a complete understatement.

Call President Obama and tell him to stand up and fight for our families!

Make a call!

 

immigrationTo say that my life changed two years ago would be a complete understatement. I came to the US with my family 15 years ago when I was just nine years old, but it wasn’t until the summer of 2012 that I finally felt like I was home. That was the year I got DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) and I finally felt like I belonged. It’s amazing what happens when you have a piece of paper that says you will be here for a while, that you won’t be deported. Now I know that as long as I continue to do things right, I will have the opportunity to fulfill my dreams. Will you take action to ensure that millions of others like me also have the chance to fulfill their dreams?

Make a call to President Obama and tell him to take administrative action to provide relief from deportations to millions in our community.

DACA did change my life, but I am one of the lucky ones. There are millions of others–including my parents–who live in constant fear of being deported and separated from their families. DACA hasn’t given me the relief of knowing that my parents won’t be needlessly deported. I worry that if my parents don’t get relief from deportation soon, they will get to be of retirement age, and who knows what future awaits them when they get older? They have done so much for the well-being of our community. This is their home, too.

Help my parents and other immigrants like them stay in their communities by calling on the President to take action.

President Obama has said that he is working to find a solution for our families, but he hasn’t committed to what that will look like. What that solution could look like is up to us. We have a narrow window of opportunity to speak up for our community and push the President to go as big as possible on administrative relief.

Will you take action by making a call to President Obama and tell him to provide relief to ALL of our families?

Carmen, you are not alone. Today thousands of others across the country are also standing up to speak up for what’s right. In hundreds of towns from coast to coast, including my community in the San Fernando Valley, we are standing up to demand action from the President and relief for our families. With your help, President Obama will hear us and give relief to families like mine.

Can we count on you to make a call?

In solidarity,

Hassan Zuniga
College Student

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Party time for Orangutans


The palm oil branch of Sinar Mas, Golden Agri-Resources (GAR), just unveiled a plan to stop destroying forests and peatlands in Indonesia. For years their plantations fueled rainforest destruction across Indonesia, but this week they promised to change all of that.

A giant palm oil company in Indonesia just unveiled a plan to stop destroying the forests. We need to make sure they keep their word. Help Greenpeace make sure they follow through with their plan by making your most generous contribution right now.

I honestly can’t believe I just wrote that sentence. This is something that a year ago would have been unimaginable. But here we are. If properly implemented, the plan announced by GAR could be an historic step toward full forest and peatland protection in Indonesia and could also mean the survival of endangered wildlife like the orangutan.

For the last three years Greenpeace has been pressuring GAR by convincing large palm oil buyers to cancel their contracts. It worked. Together we got the world’s largest food company (Nestle) and the world’s largest bank (HSBC), a global restaurant brand (Burger King) and one of the largest buyers of palm oil on the planet (Unilever) to take action. Thanks to supporters around the world, we now have a ground-breaking commitment from GAR.

However, this commitment will mean nothing without implementation. Help Greenpeace make sure Sinar Mas follows through with their plan to save the forests by making your most generous contribution right now.

In many ways, our work has just begun. We can’t protect the orangutan and other endangered species and achieve our goal of zero deforestation in Indonesia by 2015 if Sinar Mas doesn’t follow through with their plan. That’s why we have to make sure they do it. This piece of the work is every bit as important as the campaign that got us here.

And while this is a moment to celebrate, we aren’t out of the woods just yet with Sinar Mas. It’s a massive conglomerate and this deal is only with its palm oil branch. Their paper arm — Asia Pulp & Paper — is still destroying the forest unabated. That is unacceptable, and it is something we intend to change with your help.

Without your support to we cannot continue our work in Indonesia and keep the pressure up on Sinar Mas. Please send us your most generous contribution right now. Together we can save these precious forests and the amazing creatures and people who depend on them.

For the forests,

Rolf Skar

Greenpeace Forest Campaigner