while i’m not a big fan of Move On, they have made it too easy not to pass up this opportunity to send a message.
Do them one better and send an email, snail mail, or a phone call to your Rep.
Congress is voting on the big energy bill next week.
But the latest version of the energy bill would repeal a key part of the Clean Air Act -
arguably the most important environmental law in American history.
Big coal companies want to revoke President Obama’s authority to crack down on global warming pollution
from their dirty power plants — and they’re on the verge of winning.
If they succeed, the oldest and dirtiest coal plants could keep destroying the climate for years to come.
And this change could pave the way for 100 new coal plants,
which would pollute our communities with smog, soot, mercury, and global warming pollution.
I signed a petition urging Congress not to repeal this Clean Air Act provision.
Can you join me at the link above?
Sources:
1. “EPA urged to act on climate, not wait for Congress,” Associated Press, May 18, 2009
soon to be up for a vote is a bill that could stop small and local producers;
HR-875 ‘Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009’
There is a U.S House Resolution…HR875…entitled “The Food Safety Modernization Act”…put forth by Rosa Deloro, a Dem. from CT, whose husband is Stanley Greenberg, who works with many corporations, including Monsanto, that wants EVERYONE who grows ANY food to register and report to the Feds.
Failure to do so results in large fines and potential seizure of property.
I’ve never been poisoned by anything at a farmers market, and it’s none of their business if i choose to grow a strawberry plant or a tomato!
feel free to plagiarize my wiseacre comment below left on one of these pages;
better yet, write your congress person!
i’m so scared of organic food that i think the government should arm us with assault weapons and rockets and train us to use such in self defense against rabid tomatoes and broccoli
it would probably also make us a whole lot safer if we spread all our nuclear waste evenly over all lands that might be used to grow food consumed in the US just to make sure that even if organic farming techniques are being used anywhere that i won’t have to be attacked by any actually organic food
as to those who would like to give me their extra homegrown zucchinis, i would be happy to entertain the idea of accepting them if you can submit triplicate copies of the paperwork required by this bill to ensure your food facility is safe enough for me and mine
growing vegetables next door without submission of this documentation will require a response from my assault weapons
