Fw: URGENT ALERT! Wildlife Needs Senate to Pass Energy Bill! [for Americans]

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National Wildlife Federation

URGENT ALERT! Wildlife Needs Senate to Pass Energy Bill!

 

DECEMBER 2007

 

Energy Bill Key to Wildlife Survival!

 

The House of Representatives passed the energy bill Thursday. Now we need

the Senate to support this bill.

 

Please let them know immediately that you want them to protect wildlife and

vote for clean energy!

 

The final bill--which passed the House by a vote of 235-181--is a solid down

payment on strong global warming legislation to help protect wildlife. It

includes a national Renewable Electricity Standard and increases fuel

economy standards.

 

Thank you to everyone who emailed and called their representative to get

this historic bill through the House. Find out how your representative

voted.

 

The same pressure is needed in the Senate! Ask your senators to vote YES on

the energy bill:

http://online.nwf.org/finishline

 

 

 

$175 Billion for Wildlife Conservation...

America, Meet the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act

 

Wednesday was another big day in Congress, as the Senate Environment and

Public Works Committee voted to send the historic Lieberman-Warner Climate

Security Act to the Senate floor.

 

Not only would this bill be the biggest step ever taken to reduce the

pollution that causes global warming, it also sets aside roughly $175

billion for wildlife conservation through 2030--all through the auction of

pollution permits. This is an unprecedented commitment to the conservation

of our natural heritage for future generations. We'll be tracking this bill

closely in the coming months so stay tuned!

 

Find out how the Climate Security Act helps wildlife:

http://online.nwf.org/climatesecurityact

 

 

 

Help Protect Black Bears in the Mississippi Delta!

 

Of all the projects on the Army Corps of Engineers to-do list, the Yazoo

Backwater Pumps project is among the most expensive and environmentally

destructive in modern history. A recent study showed how the project will

severely drain and damage wetlands that are home to ducks, geese and the

threatened Louisiana black bear.

 

FACT: If built, the pumps would suck 6 million gallons of water a minute out

of the Mississippi Delta, dump the water into the Yazoo River, and devastate

200,000 acres of life-sustaining wetlands--an area the size of New York

City.

 

Speak up for black bears and help " Dump the Pumps! "

http://online.nwf.org/dumpthepumps