Action Alert
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News Clips
6600 Montanans Chime in on Carbon Pollution
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Blog
Thank YOU for Telling the EPA to Protect People, Not Polluters!
| StephanieOver two months ago, we began imploring you to submit comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in support of their proposed regulation to limit carbon pollution from new power plants.
We’ve continued to update you on the environmental community’s progress. We reached nearly a million comments within two weeks. We then surpassed a million, and last week we surpassed TWO million!
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Press Release
MORE THAN 2 MILLION COMMENTS SUPPORTING EPA PROTECTIONS AGAINST CARBON POLLUTION AND CLIMATE CHANGE COLLECTED
| Jessica JonesThe League and a broad coalition of groups supporting clean air safeguards announced they have collected more than two million comments in support of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Carbon Pollution Standard.
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U.S. Senate Rejects Threat to Clean Air Act
| Jessica JonesLast week we told you about an attempt by Senator Jim Inhofe and a vocal minority that would have eliminated an historic regulation issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Today the U.S. Senate voted to reject that effort!
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ACTION ALERT: Fight Back Against Polluters
| ElisabethClean air protections are being attacked in the U.S. Senate. A vocal minority is threatening to eliminate an historic regulation issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This regulation is a landmark Clean Air Act achievement for public health and we need your help to fight and make sure it remains.
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Article
LWVUS Comments on Proposed EPA Carbon Rule
LWVUS sent the following letter to the EPA in support of Carbon Pollution Standard for New Power Plants and commends the EPA for taking this crucial first step to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from large power plants that are built in the future.
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Blog
League Convention: Power the Vote in 2012
| KellyToday, we wrapped up our 50th biennial national convention in Washington, DC - a great gathering of League members from around the country! We got a lot done and heard from some wonderful speakers including DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton; Annenberg Public Policy Center's Kathleen Hall Jamieson; U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder; Trevor Potter, president, Campaign Legal Center; Former Representative Mickey Edwards (R-OK); political reporter Eleanor Clift; and pollster John Zogby.
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Press Release
League of Women Voters Powers the Vote for 2012 Elections
| KellyU.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Campaign Finance Experts, John Zogby Address Delegates
WASHINGTON, DC (June 12, 2012)– The League of Women Voters of the United States (LWVUS) held its 50th biennial national convention this week in Washington, DC. The four-day gathering gave League members from around the country the opportunity to celebrate the organization’s accomplishments on campaign finance reform, the environment and election reform, and to discuss important public policy issues.
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Article
League Signs On to Community Letter Opposing S.J. Res 37
The League joined coalition partners from around the country calling on the U.S. Senate to oppose S.J. Res 37. The resolution proposed by Senator Jim Inhofe that would nullify the Environmental Protection Agency's historic Mercury and Air Toxics Standard.
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Blog
League Helps hit Major Milestone: 1 Million Comments to the EPA on Carbon Standards
| Jessica JonesLast week, the League and coalition partners announced that through grassroots efforts over one million Americans have shown their support for new standards by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The standard would curb industrial carbon pollution from new power plants and clean up the air we breathe.