Lobbying Politicians

Recent rollbacks to the Clean Water Act have swept away 30 years of
protections for streams, lakes and wetlands across the country, giving
polluters a free pass to pollute in the streams that feed the lakes and
many of the rivers across our state -- streams and rivers that
eventually lead to the Puget Sound.

It's time to protect Puget Sound, and all of our waterways across
Washington. Join
me
in telling Congress to take action now.  read more »

December 17, 2009

Some of these Monsanto-linked appointments are further proof of how dangerous it is to elect a president who the American people trust. The public is deep asleep while a democrat administration legalizes extraordinary rendition, drone bombings of Pakistan, increases in private mercenary warfighting with taxpayer dollars as well as keeping and legalizing civil liberty curtailments of the bush administration. Pandora's box is open and hope is obscuring it's evil outpourings.    -Rick 
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Of all the torrent of words that followed House passage of its
version of healthcare reform legislation in early November, perhaps the
most misleading were those comparing it to enactment of Social Security
and Medicare.

Sadly no. Social Security and Medicare were both federal programs
guaranteeing respectively pensions and health care for our nation's
seniors, paid for and administered by the federal government with
public oversight and public accountability.

While the House bill, and its Senate counterpart, do have several
important reform components, along with many weaknesses, neither one
comes close to the guarantees and the expansion of health and income
security provided by Social Security or Medicare.  read more »

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Brenda Norrell | November 4, 2009

Indigenous
Peoples from Bolivia, Alaska, and throughout Indian country gathered at
the 7th Southwest Indigenous Uranium Forum and told the same story:
Uranium mining is a hate crime in Indian country.

"Leave it in the ground," said Native Americans whose parents,
brothers, sisters, aunts, and uncles died from cancer, respiratory
diseases, and brain tumors resulting from uranium mining.  read more »

Thankfully the struggle of Mountain Top Removal has entered the radar
screen of activists concerned with climate change. The residents
impacted by this very destructive form of coal extraction suffer the
loss of over 3 millions acres of their Appalacian Mountain community.

Last December, over 500 million gallons of toxic coal sludge erupted
over 400 acres destroying homes and spreading pollution larger than the
Exxon Valdez oil spill.

"Tennessee coal sludge disaster ‘shows that the term clean coal is an oxymoron.’

Monday, more than 500 million gallons of toxic coal sludge burst
through a retention wall in eastern Tennessee, causing massive property
and environmental damage and leaving residents holding their breath  read more »

Originally printed at http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/67580927.html

WASHINGTON – Leonard Peltier supporters will seek clemency for the imprisoned American Indian Movement
activist during a historic meeting between President Barack Obama and
hundreds of tribal leaders of federally recognized nations.  read more »