NEW EPA EMISSIONS STANDARDS FOR MERCURY AND OTHER AIR TOXICS WILL SAVE LIVES
March 16, 2011-Washington, DC: In response to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) announcement today of its proposed Mercury and Air Toxics Standard, 13 leading public health and environmental advocacy groups released the following statement:
The League and coalition partners sent a letter to the President expressing concern about the dysfunctional Federal Election Commission.
Below is a list of letters to the editor that have been published in newspapers across the country. The letters urge continued support of the Clean Air Act. The list is alphabetical by state and then League. For those newspapers that require a subscription a link was not included.
Claremont Courier - LWV Claremont Area
Mercury News - LWV San Jose-Santa Clara
Below is a list of letters to the editor that have been published in newspapers across the country. The letters urge continued support of the Clean Air Act. The list is alphabetical by state and then League. For those newspapers that require a subscription a link was not included.
Mercury News - LWV San Jose-Santa Clara
The League sent a letter to leaders of the Department of State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Subcommittee in the Senate urging them to support appropriations for international investments to address the causes and consequences of a changing climate.
The League and coalition partners sent a letter to Speaker-designee Boehner urging him to preserve or strengthen House ethics rules and standards of conduct.
The League of Women Voters sent a letter to Senators urging them to support quick action by the Senate to enact the DISCLOSE Act this year.
The League and coalition partners sent letters to Senators Snowe and Collins of Maine and Brown of Massachusetts urging them to support the DISCLOSE Act.
The League and coalition partners sent a letter to Majority Leader Pelosi thanking her for her leadership in establishing the Office of Congressional Ethics in 2008 and urging her to make a public commitment to the American people to support the continuation of the OCE as well as to oppose any efforts to prevent the OCE from effectively carrying out its mission and basic responsibilities.
The League and coalition partners sent a letter to Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont thanking him for his support in addressing the effects of climate change.