Scott Myers
MessageTell President Obama: Reject Keystone XL!
by Sierra Club
Rivers of oil through Arkansas backyards... 12 spills in the first Keystone pipeline's first year... Two years later, the Kalamazoo, Michigan spill still not cleaned up. It's time to say no to spills, no to tar sands, and yes to the climate! This is the final official comment period for Keystone
Urge the University of California to divest from fossil fuels
by University of California Fossil Fuel Divestment
The University of California currently has investments in the fossil fuels industry, including coal mining and burning, petroleum extraction, and natural gas extraction. The Associated Students of California call upon the Regents of the University of California, in its commitment to leadership in
The Ocean is Turning Into a Plastic Soup. Pledge to Rise Above Plastics.
There is a section of the Pacific Ocean twice the size of the continental United States called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Within it, 100 million tons of plastic swirl in a vortex of currents. There is so much plastic in the water that it outnumbers zooplankton by six to one! This plastic
Challenge Japan to END Taiji Dolphin Hunt for Tokyo 2020 Olympic bid
by Global Olympic Dolphins Campaign
This is Japan's 5th Olympic bid, since their 1964 Olympics. They are very eager to be selected as Host City again to boost their economy after the devastating tsunami & Fukushima nuclear disaster. By challenging Tokyo's 2020 Olympic bid, it's a demonstration that the world is condemning the
Urge Thailand to Ban the Trade of Ivory
by WWF (World Wildlife Fund / World Wide Fund for Nature)
Every day across Africa, wild elephants are being slaughtered to meet the insatiable demand for ivory. Entire herds are being poached out of existence to supply the illegal trade of ivory carvings and trinkets in Asia. The scale of illicit activity is staggering in places like Thailand. Poachers