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Alternative Energy Sources

05/21/2014 Nativegrl77

3 Alternative Energy Innovations Happening in the US

This past week President Obama announced that solar panels were installed on the roof of the White House— a sign that alternative energy is more important than ever.

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Department of the Interior needs to investigate ALEC

05/21/2014 Nativegrl77

For decades, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has undermined federal policy and pushed legislation that would destroy our public lands, our forests and our rivers.

Thumbing their nose at the constitution, they’ve enabled extremists like Cliven Bundy to threaten law enforcement and promote dangerous standoffs, endangering the lives of both the police and the public.

Help bring an end to these risky political games by joining our call for the Department of the Interior to investigate ALEC’s attacks on our environment and the officials who protect it.

If we don’t stand together today, we may lose our nation’s most beautiful treasures tomorrow. Imagine uranium mines in the Grand Canyon or fracking for oil in Yellowstone National Park. That is ALEC’s vision for America, not ours.

Wielding corporate influence and buying crooked politicians, they’ve repeatedly torn down critical health, safety and environmental rules – all so they can sell our country to the highest bidder. What’s more, ALEC has done all this while hiding in the shadows, never disclosing its role or the groups who fund its extreme agenda.

Sign our petition today and tell the Bureau of Land Management that we’ve had enough of ALEC’s political games!

Thanks for all that you do,

Marisol

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The Faces of Nearly 3,000 Innocent Souls

05/20/2014 Nativegrl77

The National September 11 Memorial & Museum opened its doors to the families of those who lost their lives in the 2001 attacks, as well as the first responders and recovery workers that helped save the lives of others that day.

“Here, at this memorial, this museum, we come together,” said President Obama. “We look into the faces of nearly 3,000 innocent souls — men and women and children of every race, every creed, and every corner of the world. … Here we tell their story, so that generations yet unborn will never forget.”

President Barack Obama and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg tour Memorial Hall at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum prior to the 9/11 Museum dedication in New York, N.Y., May 15, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

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Working When Congress Won’t Act

05/19/2014 Nativegrl77

Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education and Continuing the March Toward Justice

The Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown v. Board of Education marked a major victory for the cause of equal justice under law, an inflection point in American history, and a spark that in many ways ignited the modern Civil Rights Movement.

Yesterday afternoon, President Obama and Vice President Biden stopped by a local Shake Shack for burgers, and spoke briefly about the need for Congress to pass transportation funding.

This week, the President praised the power of solar, honored this year’s TOP COPS, awarded the Medal of Honor, and traveled to New York for the opening of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum.