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October 30, 2023 at 12:56 AM

Monarch Pesticide Petition: Halloween’s unofficial mascot?

      With Halloween approaching, orange and black are everywhere right now. But when it’s time to take down all the spooky season decor, there’s still something orange and black that needs your attention — the monarch butterfly! Known for their bright orange…

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October 29, 2023 at 3:00 PM

Your Signature is Needed: The melting Arctic

      A STARVING polar bear lumbers over the crumbling ice shelf. Her hungry cubs follow close behind. She’s searching for food, but their hunting grounds are RAPIDLY melting away! The Arctic is warming TWICE as fast as the rest of the world, Friend. The loca…

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October 29, 2023 at 12:57 AM

Your Signature is Needed: STOP dirty corporate factory farming

      URGENT ACTION NEEDED: Protect people, animals, and our planet from abusive factory farms! Picture this: filthy pigs CRAMMED together with barely enough room to breathe. Hens wedged into cages so small they can’t even spread their wings. There’s no froli…

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October 28, 2023 at 2:57 PM

Your Signature is Needed: Tell the USDA to support healthy school meals

      URGENT ACTION NEEDED: Tell the USDA to support healthy, plant-based school meals for K-12 students!   Many cash-strapped schools do not have the resources they need to provide sufficient school meal options for all students. Many students prefer or requ…

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October 28, 2023 at 12:56 AM

Your Signature is Needed: Plastic is destroying our oceans, harming people, and killing sea turtles

      Our precious oceans are being decimated by rampant plastic waste. TAKE ACTION NOW: Sign the petition to demand an END to plastic pollution! >> It’s no secret that oceans play an integral role in our planet’s ecosystem -- absorbing massive amounts …

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October 27, 2023 at 2:59 PM

Your Signature is Needed: Help stop the spread of climate disinformation

      NEW REPORT: X/Twitter ranks DEAD LAST in our climate disinformation scorecard. Tell Big Tech CEOs to STOP profiting from climate disinformation! >> Take action now! Greedy oil and gas companies have been lying to you, Friend. Fossil fuel barons ha…

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October 27, 2023 at 1:03 AM

Your Signature Is Needed: Save endangered orcas, people, and the planet from toxic cruise pollution

      Friend, imagine being a Southern Resident orca. You are one of the most recognizable killer whales -- with mostly black smooth skin, a white underside, and white patches near your eyes. You can grow up to about 30 feet long and can weigh up to 6 tons! T…

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October 26, 2023 at 3:40 PM

Please take our short nature survey

Please take our short nature survey Open for a round-up of our stories this October. Dear John This month I’d like your help to make our campaigns to protect nature as powerful as possible. Recent reports have revealed that we’ve lost 19% o…

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October 26, 2023 at 2:53 PM

Your Signature is Needed: Stop greedy fossil fuel companies from profiting off our public lands

      URGENT ACTION NEEDED: Conserve public lands by protecting them from fracking! Act now! The Department of Interior is preparing a lease sale of public lands in Mississippi. If approved, here’s what could follow: soot-spitting trucks, wildlife running in …

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October 23, 2023 at 12:55 AM

National Food Day Petition: Sign now to demand humane treatment of farm animals

      URGENT ACTION NEEDED: Defend organic farmers and farm animals from Big Ag’s corporate greed! Take action now >> The Organic Livestock & Poultry Standards rule (OLPS) would codify federal animal welfare standards in organic agriculture to ensur…

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October 22, 2023 at 2:53 PM

Your Signature is Needed: Greedy energy companies vs. rare threatened ecosystem

      APPROVE NATIONAL MONUMENT: Tell President Biden to permanently protect a rare, threatened ecosystem by designating it as a National Monument! Act now! Rocky outcroppings. Towering pine forests. Sprawling wildflower meadows. Mountain lions. Pacific fishe…

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October 22, 2023 at 12:56 AM

Your Signature is Needed: Hunters are KILLING sleeping bear cubs in dens

      URGENT BEAR PETITION: Grizzly bear cubs need their mother to survive this winter. Sign the petition to save them from CRUEL trophy hunters>> At this time of year, mama grizzly bears are preparing themselves and their hungry cubs for the cold winte…

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October 21, 2023 at 2:58 PM

Your Signature is Needed: Stop greedy companies from destroying public lands for profit

      *PUBLIC COMMENT DEADLINE: November 6th* URGENT ACTION NEEDED: Cancel Nevada public lands lease sale to corporate frackers before our precious public lands are forever changed! Imagine your home invaded by the foul odor of rotten eggs. It slithers in thr…

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October 21, 2023 at 1:34 AM

Your Signature is Needed: Single-use plastic is destroying our oceans and planet

      URGENT PLASTIC PETITION: Demand an end to single-use plastic production and save baby sea turtles from CHOKING on plastic. Act Now! >> This October, hundreds of baby sea turtles are emerging from their tiny shells to embark on their journey to the…

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October 20, 2023 at 3:04 PM

Your Signature is Needed: Tell Kroger to protect pollinators

      BREAKING NEWS: Kroger receives a D- score for failing to protect bees! Tell Kroger to stop selling food grown with BEE-KILLING pesticides! >> Take action now! Over the last two decades, populations of critical wild bee species have plummeted – som…

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October 20, 2023 at 12:55 AM

Sign The Petition: Manatees vs. Cruise Ships

      URGENT ACTION NEEDED: The last of Florida’s precious manatees are being pushed closer to EXTINCTION by the greedy Big Cruise industry! Take action now >> Manatees are one of the most beloved creatures of the sea, known for their large size and fri…

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October 19, 2023 at 2:57 PM

Your Signature is Needed: Stop potential oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico

      URGENT ACTION NEEDED: Stop a potential catastrophic OIL SPILL in the Gulf of Mexico! Picture this: a sunset melting into the ocean horizon. A beautiful white-sand beach -- or at least it used to be. Now, the shore is coated black. The once-blue water sh…

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October 18, 2023 at 3:02 PM

The situation is dire for monarch butterflies, Friend

        Dear Friend,  The future is looking dire for monarchs. Don’t let Bayer-Monsanto wreak havoc on these butterflies and our planet. Make your $27 gift now.  If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through imm…

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October 17, 2023 at 12:59 AM

A mother grizzly was killed and now her cub is an orphan

        Dear Friend, Hunting season is taking its toll. Help protect grizzlies and the planet before it’s too late: Donate $27 today! If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: Donate $27 imme…

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October 16, 2023 at 1:55 AM

Your Signature is Needed: Baby monarch caterpillars are losing their ONLY food source

      Your Signature Is Needed: Save monarch butterflies from Bayer-Monsanto’s dangerous pesticides! Sign the petition now! >>   Perched on a backyard fence, a beautiful bright orange monarch butterfly searches desperately for a spot for her offspring. …

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October 16, 2023 at 12:55 AM

Your Signature is Needed: Protect the critically endangered Rice’s whale from Big Oil

      ENDANGERED SPECIES ACTION ALERT: Stop Big Oil from drilling in critical habitat for one of the most endangered marine mammals on Earth! >> Act now! Rice’s whales are gentle giants discovered less than 2 years ago in the Gulf of Mexico. With only a…

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October 15, 2023 at 1:49 AM

Your Signature is Needed: STOP corporate overfishing from wiping out Chinook salmon

      URGENT ACTION NEEDED: The last 75 Southern Resident orcas are in critical DANGER of going EXTINCT. Sign the petition now >> FIRST → we lost the beloved matriarch, Marina. SHORTLY AFTER → her playful pod member, Cappuccino, was also presumed dead. …

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October 14, 2023 at 2:53 PM

Your Signature is Needed: Climate apocalypse

      URGENT ACTION NEEDED: Tell the U.S. Treasury to STOP supporting fossil fuel disasters abroad!   The Earth is baking, Friend. This summer was the hottest ever recorded. We saw unprecedented wildfires, we’ve seen catastrophic floods. Greedy fossil fuel co…

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October 13, 2023 at 2:55 PM

Baby sea turtles could be the next victims of the plastic apocalypse

        Dear Friend, Big Plastic is driving vulnerable sea turtles to the brink. Donate $27 today to protect them and the planet and help us meet our $5,310 goal! If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through im…

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October 13, 2023 at 12:53 AM

Sign The Petition: Stop trophy hunters from brutally murdering gray wolves

      URGENT ACTION NEEDED: Save innocent gray wolves and wolf pups from being viciously slaughtered by trophy hunters! Take action now >>  Whimpering wolf pups cry out for their mama, cold and hungry and too scared to leave their den. The scene outside…

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October 12, 2023 at 1:05 AM

Your Signature Is Needed: Neonics are harming people, pollinators, and the Earth

      URGENT ACTION NEEDED: The EPA is set to APPROVE bee-killing pesticides for another 15 years -- but we can still STOP this!  Over the last two decades, the populations of critical wild bee species have PLUMMETED: The Rusty-Patched Bumblebee population ha…

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October 11, 2023 at 2:53 PM

Your Signature is Needed: Upgrade EVERY public school to be zero-emission

      URGENT ACTION NEEDED: Tell Congress to support safe, sustainable public schools and ensure a bright future for our young people!   Many of our public schools are underfunded and under-resourced. Students try to learn in crowded classes and outdated buil…

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October 10, 2023 at 3:02 PM

Helpless wolf pups may not make it through hunting season

        Dear Friend, Hunting season is in full swing. Help protect innocent wolf pups and the planet and donate $27 today! If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: Donate $27 immediately …

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October 10, 2023 at 12:09 PM

Be a Friend of the Earth, forever

Be a Friend of the Earth, forever We’re offering our supporters a free professional will-writing service. Dear John Ever wondered what you can do today to protect the planet for future generations? When generous friends like you leave a gif…

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October 10, 2023 at 1:08 AM

Sign The Petition: Stop Arctic drilling from harming Indigenous communities

      On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we honor the history and culture of Native American people including the preservation of their lands and natural resources. For far too long, greedy fossil fuel companies have exploited Indigenous communities for profit, like…

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October 9, 2023 at 2:53 PM

Your Signature is Needed: Stop Formosa Plastics plant

      URGENT ACTION NEEDED: Stop Formosa Plastics from building a TOXIC PLANT in Cancer Alley!  We are in a plastics crisis, Friend. Our oceans are becoming overrun with plastic debris and it’s killing over a million sea animals each year. Meanwhile, the plas…

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October 9, 2023 at 12:54 AM

Sign The Petition: Stop Big Oil megaprojects from threatening endangered orcas

      URGENT ACTION NEEDED: Endangered Southern Resident orcas are just one oil spill away from EXTINCTION. Take action now to STOP Big Oil! >> Among threats like human-driven climate change, ocean acidification, and ocean pollution, endangered Southern…

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October 8, 2023 at 3:40 PM

Your Signature is Needed: Tell the EPA NOT to approve gene-silencing pesticides

      URGENT ACTION NEEDED: Stop the EPA from approving the sale of new, risky GENE-SILENCING PESTICIDES! Take action now! Agrichemical corporation GreenLight Biosciences (GLB) used genetic engineering and nano-scale pesticide coatings to create a new pestici…

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October 8, 2023 at 12:55 AM

Your Signature Is Needed: Stop brutal trophy hunters from murdering wolf pups and bear cubs

      URGENT ACTION NEEDED: Demand stronger Endangered Species Act Protections for gray wolves and grizzly bears before ruthless trophy hunters wipe them out! Take urgent action now! >>  The fate of two of North America’s most treasured species — gray w…

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October 7, 2023 at 2:55 PM

Your Signature is Needed: Protect wildlife habitat and cultural sites

      URGENT ACTION NEEDED: Stop fossil fuel companies from DESTROYING a rare ocean ecosystem valued by the Indigenous Chumash Tribe! Sign before the October 25th comment deadline!  The proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary is the first-ever Tri…

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October 7, 2023 at 1:56 AM

Sign The Petition: Save Florida’s manatees from extinction

      URGENT ACTION NEEDED: Help save Florida’s manatees from the greedy Big Cruise industry before it’s too late. Take action now >>  When you think of manatees, you likely picture chubby gray creatures slowly and peacefully floating along the Gulf Coa…

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October 6, 2023 at 2:54 PM

Your Signature is Needed: 36,000 acres of public lands at risk

      URGENT ACTION NEEDED: More than 36,000 acres of public lands in Wyoming could be DESTROYED by greedy companies' fracking operations! Sign now to help CANCEL the lease sale! When fossil fuel corporations shoot high-pressure water into the ground, it crac…

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October 5, 2023 at 3:15 PM

Monarch butterflies need your help if they’re going to survive migration this fall

        Dear Friend, The presence of monarch butterflies in their wintering grounds dropped 22% in just one year. Donate $27 now to protect them and the planet before it’s too late! If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation…

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October 4, 2023 at 12:53 AM

SIGN NOW: Critical animal welfare rule is at risk

      URGENT ACTION NEEDED: We MUST hold Big Ag accountable for inhumane treatment of innocent farm animals. Take action now! >> In 2017, a critical animal welfare rule that would ensure the humane treatment of organic livestock was OVERTURNED. This mov…

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October 3, 2023 at 4:24 PM

Your Signature is Needed: Save sea turtles from plastic pollution

      YOUR SIGNATURE IS NEEDED: Plastic is overwhelming our planet, destroying our oceans, and putting people at risk — but the U.S. government has NOT taken bold enough action! Add your name to demand federal solutions to the plastic crisis NOW >>  Wou…

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October 2, 2023 at 3:00 PM

The 2 new baby orcas could starve to death

        Dear Friend, Two new baby orcas could starve to death. Donate $27 today to help protect them, their families, and our planet! If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: Donate $27 imme…

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October 2, 2023 at 12:55 AM

Your Signature is Needed: Endangered monarch caterpillars are losing their only food source

      This is HORRIFYING, Friend, and we’re not talking about the spooky season. Bayer-Monsanto is DECEIVING their customers and selling them LIES! Roundup, the notorious weedkiller, is a TOXIC pesticide that has undisclosed risks for both pollinators and peo…

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October 1, 2023 at 2:55 PM

Your Signature is Needed: Tell Congress to protect animals in abusive factory farms

      URGENT ACTION NEEDED: Animals are enduring HORRIFIC ABUSE in factory farms before being mercilessly slaughtered! Stop Congress from REVERSING the few animal protections that do exist!  Pigs and chickens crammed into filthy crates and pens, some so small…

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October 1, 2023 at 12:55 AM

Your Signature is Needed: Hunters are BLOWING UP sleeping bear cubs in dens

      URGENT BEAR PETITION: Trophy hunters are KILLING innocent grizzlies for sport. We need better protection for these iconic creatures before it’s too late! Act Now>>  As BIG as grizzlies are, it only takes ONE bullet to KILL them Friend. Unfortunate…

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September 30, 2023 at 2:55 PM

Your Signature is Needed: Melting Arctic

      BREAKING NEWS: The Biden Administration has CANCELED all existing oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge!   This is great news, Friend – BUT the new proposed rules still have some serious gaps, including the possibility of new develop…

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September 29, 2023 at 12:59 AM

Your Signature is Needed: Tell NMFS to stop corporate overfishing

      No fish in the sea? Where has all the Chinook salmon gone, Friend? We’re as thrilled as you are about the two new baby orcas born earlier this year, but they don’t have a fighting chance with what they’re up against. From global warming and shipping tra…

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September 28, 2023 at 4:33 PM

Find fossil fuel sites that could be near you + other news

Find fossil fuel sites that could be near you + other news We’ve had some ups and downs in taking on the climate crisis this month. Read our latest climate and nature news. Dear John We’ve had some ups and downs in taking on the climate cris…

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September 28, 2023 at 3:29 PM

Your Signature is Needed: Stop Congress from unraveling laws that protect bees

      YOUR SIGNATURE NEEDED: Stop Congress from REVERSING hard-fought state laws that protect bees from toxic pesticides! Please, Friend, send your message now!  Bees and other pollinators are enduring what some scientists are calling an “insect apocalypse!” …

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September 28, 2023 at 12:52 AM

Your Signature is Needed: Five decades of environmental protections rolled back to favor polluters

      URGENT ACTION NEEDED: Protect people and the planet from polluting projects!  Sign the petition to REVERSE Trump’s rollback on bedrock environmental protections>>  Friend, can you imagine fossil fuel sites in your backyard, smokestacks close to yo…

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September 27, 2023 at 3:14 PM

Big Cruise is putting vulnerable manatees at risk

        Dear Friend, Helpless manatees are starving to death. Donate $27 now and help us reach our $5,200 goal to protect manatees and our planet! If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: Do…

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