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The NRA just attacked protections for bald eagles and other wildlife. Help us fight back.

July 31, 2012

Just moments ago the National Rifle Association took legal action to block the EPA from protecting wildlife and people from being poisoned by lead hunting ammunition left in the wild.

Today’s legal action challenges the Center for Biological Diversity‘s suit, filed last month with allies, to get the EPA to finally regulate toxic lead in hunting ammunition.

These outrageous attacks need to stop. Please make an emergency gift today and help us stand up to the NRA’s assault on wildlife.

As I’ve written to you over the past two weeks, millions of birds are needlessly poisoned every year by toxic lead ammo left in the wild, including bald eagles, swans and endangered California condors.

Under the federal Toxic Substances Control Act, the EPA has the authority to stop this lead-poisoning epidemic with common-sense solutions — but the NRA is using its muscle to throw up roadblocks to any new safeguards.

The NRA is bound and determined to keep the EPA from doing its job in protecting the millions of birds who die every year after being painfully poisoned by lead bullet fragments.

That’s why we need your urgent support now with a gift to our Condor Defense Fund. Help defend the EPA’s ability to regulate this deadly toxin and ensure not one more condor, swan or bald eagle is poisoned by lead bullets.

The Center has been working since 2004 to end the preventable lead poisoning of birds and reduce health risks for people eating lead-shot game.

Lead poisoning is the leading cause of death for America‘s ancient, critically endangered condors. Please make your gift today to stand up to the NRA and protect these extraordinary birds, along with other wildlife, threatened by lead poisoning.

We’ve faced this challenge before and know the NRA will stop at nothing to keep us from protecting endangered wildlife — so we’re in for a bare-knuckle fight.

Thank you for standing with us,

Kierán Suckling
Executive Director
Center for Biological Diversity

P.S. The best way to protect millions of birds and animals from lead poisoning is to stop the NRA’s attack in the courts and continue our work to end the needless deaths of condors and other wildlife once and for all by getting lead out of our environment. I hope you’ll consider a generous gift today.

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FDA allows cancer chemicals in food

07/31/2012 Nativegrl77

Ask the FDA to ban cancer-causing chemicals in all of our food.

Sign Susan’s Petition

FDA: Get cancer-causing chemicals out of ALL food packaging now!

Started by: Susan, Portland, Oregon

The FDA just announced that baby bottles and sippy cups can no longer contain bisphenol A (BPA), a controversial hormone-disrupting chemical that studies show is linked with cancer, obesity, heart disease, and other life-threatening diseases.

This is a huge step towards getting dangerous chemicals out of our food supply. BPA isn’t just found in baby products — routine tests have found BPA in more than 80% of Americans’ bodies. It’s used in packaging food, lining cans for soups and sodas, and more.

Protecting my kids doesn’t stop when they graduate from bottles and sippy cups. I am counting on the FDA to help regulate this dangerous chemical so the people I care about most in the world are safe — no matter how old they are.

I know that together we can make a difference. Last year, I helped pass a ban on BPA in children’s products in my own community in Oregon. Doctors, researchers, and medical experts testified about the risks of this chemical and the importance of keeping BPA out of our children’s bodies. I was moved to tears by the hundreds of people who signed my Change.org petition in support of that campaign, and I hope this petition will make the FDA take notice, too.

Major brands have already begun distancing themselves from BPA due to consumer outrage. These companies have shown great leadership, but moving company by company and product by product is taking too long. BPA will continue to make people sick until it’s out of our food supply for good. We need strong action from the FDA now to protect us, and our kids, from these dangerous chemicals.

Tell the FDA to ban BPA now.

Click here to sign Susan’s petition, “FDA: Get cancer-causing chemicals out of ALL food packaging now!”.

You can also check out other popular petitions on Change.org by clicking here.

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Affordable Care Act: If you received a rebate check, Thank President Obama!

07/31/2012 Nativegrl77

PDF]Affordable Care Act: The New Health Care Law at Two Years

These savings include a one-time $250 rebate check to seniors who hit the “donut hole” coverage gap in 2010, and a 50 percent discount on brand-name drugs in the …

www.whitehouse.gov/sites/…/careact.pdf

[PDF]The Affordable Care Act Helps Seniors

These savings include a one-time $250 rebate check to seniors who fell into the prescription drug coverage gap known as the “donut hole” in 2010, and a 50 percent

www.whitehouse.gov/…/the_aca_helps_seniors.pdf

The Affordable Care Act – Implementation Timeline | The White House

An estimated four million seniors who hit the gap in Medicare prescription drug coverage known as the “donut hole” this year will receive a $250 rebate. First checks …

www.whitehouse.gov/…/timeline

[PDF]The Affordable Care Act Helps Women

step, in 2010, nearly four million people in the donut hole received a $250 check to … If they don’t, they must provide consumers a rebate or reduce premiums.

www.whitehouse.gov/…/the_aca_helps_women.pdf

[PDF]The Affordable Care Act Helps Americans with Disabilities

check to help with their costs. In 2011, 3.6 million people with Medicare received … provide consumers a rebate or reduce premiums. Scrutinizing Unreasonable Premium …

www.whitehouse.gov/…/the_aca_helps_americans_with_disabilities….

Health Reform in Action | The White House

Official government site provides information about the President’s Plan, its progress, and guiding principles of health care reform. Includes video and full plan.

www.whitehouse.gov/issues/health-care

[PDF]The Affordable Care Act Helps Rural America

… step, in 2010, nearly four million people in the donut hole received a $250 check to … If they don’t, they must provide consumers a rebate or reduce premiums.

www.whitehouse.gov/…/the_aca_helps_rural_america.pdf

[PDF]The Price of Repealing the Affordable Care Act

2010, nearly four million people in the donut hole received a $250 check to help … If they don’t, they must provide consumers a rebate or reduce premiums.

www.whitehouse.gov/…/the_aca_helps_african_americans_fact_sheet…

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President Obama on the Middle Class Tax Cuts

07/30/2012 Nativegrl77

Jul 26, 2012 by whitehouse

President Obama urges the House of Representatives to follow the Senate’s lead and extend the middle class tax cuts for 98% of Americans. http://www.whitehouse.gov

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Biological Diversity

07/30/2012 Nativegrl77

Keystone XL is back.

TransCanada, the energy giant trying to bisect the United States with a reckless tar-sands pipeline, has submitted a new application to build Keystone XL.

We need you to take action by Monday to reject Keystone XL 2.0.

TransCanada rerouted the pipeline through Nebraska, but the new routes come with the same kind of dangerous consequences: dozens of projected spills and leaks, staggering greenhouse gas emissions and threats to rare species like whooping cranes, piping plovers and American burying beetles.

After massive public outcry, President Obama rightly rejected Keystone XL in January.

It’s time again to make sure this disastrous project doesn’t get off the ground.

The first deadline for comments on the construction permit is this Monday, July 30 — please, take action to tell the State Department that Keystone XL should get scrapped permanently.