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Despite our success passing a historic clean energy jobs bill through the House of Representatives in June, the bill – and our best chance to limit the impacts of climate change – is in serious danger in the Senate. Big Oil, Big Coal and other powerful interests with a stake in fossil fuels have launched a multimillion-dollar propaganda campaign to defeat this legislation and keep us tied to their outdated and filthy fuels – and they are gaining traction. If that's not enough, they are calling for an energy strategy that increases oil and gas exploration and development on sensitive public lands and fragile marine environments of the Arctic Ocean and our Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Read more here. We have a chance to defeat the dirty energy interests. With your help, we can build an economic future based on clean energy jobs that also limits the impacts of global warming. But we must support this legislation before it's too late. To Big Oil and Big Coal your silence is golden, it means money in their pockets and pollution in our lungs. Don't let them profit at the expense of our planet and our children's future. Over the coming weeks, we'll be asking you to take action on this issue. I hope you will remember that every one of your actions matter. Best wishes, Kathy
Kilmer
Share your wilderness photos. Sept. 3 marks the 45th Anniversary of the Wilderness Act. Celebrate by sharing your favorite wilderness photo in our Wild45 contest. It's simple. Upload your photo, then check out www.wilderness.org on Sept. 3 for the winners! In honor of 45 years of wilderness protection, we'll post our 45 favorite submissions. Be sure to share where and when the photo was taken and a few words about the photo. The top five finalists will receive a Wilderness Society 2010 calendar! Get started here. Fossil Fuel's Misleading Campaign Against Clean Energy In the first three months of this year, the oil industry alone spent $44.5 million lobbying Congress and federal agencies to protect their dirty-energy interests. Two of the biggest coal-burning utilities have spent more than $10 million lobbying against the clean energy jobs bill that would limit coal-plant pollution. The bill has already passed in the House, but ad campaigns based on misinformation and fear are running nationwide to scare Americans from supporting the legislation. These same interests are also lobbying Congress to open up more wild lands – including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge – to drilling and to development of oil shale in the Rockies. The Wilderness Society climate policy and energy teams are working full time to counteract the efforts of these powerful and well-connected fossil fuel interests and to put a strong Senate bill over the top. Read about what we're up against.
Ancient Oregon forests win! Bush-era logging plans of old-growth forests have finally been withdrawn! Read the story of this long struggle and view gorgeous photos of the forests in our slideshow here. Historic Wildlife Refuges: Not Just For the Birds! The National Wildlife Refuge System is best known for its wildlife, but the system also includes more than 2,000 historic structures, 16,000 archaeological sites and 2,200 different museum collections. Come along as we explore. Help Us Stop Big Oil and Big Coal The well-heeled fossil fuel lobby is poised for a fight. Right now, the clean energy and climate change legislation that is being debated in the Senate is in danger of stalling, and the powerful oil and coal industries are working to make it fail. But they're not stopping there – if we let Big Oil and Big Coal get their way, our wild lands will suffer. Places like the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge could be opened up to drilling and oil shale development could pollute the air, water, and land of our beloved Rocky Mountains. For 75 years the Wilderness Society has been the only national organization focused on conserving our country's most cherished wild lands. Help us protect our natural heritage by making a tax-deductible gift today. Words to Inspire "The
wilderness and the idea of wilderness is one of the permanent
homes of the human spirit." The Wilderness Society's mission is to protect wilderness and inspire Americans to care for our wild places. As a subscriber to WildAlert, you join more than 410,000 Wilderness Society members and supporters in protecting and restoring America's wild places. |
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