Posts tagged: #senate

Stop OFF-Shore Drilling; Help Protect the Wild Bee Population; Get NY OFF Fossil Fuels

“Imagine offshore oil rigs lining the entire U.S. coast, threatening our coastal communities, beaches and wildlife with dirty oil spills. Under the new offshore drilling program proposed by the Trump administration, this nightmarish scenario could become reality.” – Earth Justice … Read More

Tell the Senate: Don’t Let Monsanto Run the EPA; Demand the Truth: Labeling Animal Welfare; Support the OCA; Tell the EPA: NO Dumping in Puget Sound

Tell the Senate: Don’t Let Monsanto Run the USDA and EPA!  Since the new elect President, most of us will agree that the job now is to try to keep as many of “Monsanto’s minions” as possible from winning positions in the USDA, … Read More

Take Action: Protect Our Food From Waste Oil Water; Ban BPA From Cans; Veto the DARK Act

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Protect Our Food From Waste Oil Water California farmers produce about 50% of our nation’s produce, which means we all eat food from the state. California is still in a terrible drought and pretty desperate for irrigation water. Currently, two … Read More

In the News: Senate Passes the Dreaded GMO Labeling Bill; Man Feeds Himself For Free All Year; Congress Passes the Global Food Security Act

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Senate Passes the Dreaded GMO Labeling Bill The Senate has passed a GMO labeling bill that would allow food companies to print a QR scan code, phone number, or website that consumers can scan/call/look up to find GMO ingredient information, … Read More

Take Action: There’s Still Time to Save GMO Labeling; Tell President Obama to Say No to Monsanto’s Dream Bill; Demand Action on Lead

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There’s Still Time to Save GMO Labeling The Senate has passed the federal GMO labeling bill, which would block any state labeling laws. Monsanto and the GMA are one step closer to keeping Americans in the dark about our food, … Read More

Take Action: Tell Senate to Strengthen Our Personal Care Safety Laws; Help Defend Vermont’s GMO Labeling Law

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Tell Senate to Strengthen Our Personal Care Safety Laws Companies can use any chemicals in your cosmetics and personal care items without having to prove they’re safe. This is especially disturbing since many of these chemical-laden products are used on … Read More

Take Action: Tell the EPA to Ban Nerve Damaging Pesticides; Make GMO Labeling the Law in NY; Forgive Young Farmer Student Loans

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Tell the EPA to Ban Nerve Damaging Pesticides The EPA is accepting comments on the dangerous pesticides chlorpyrifos, diazinon, and malathion for the next few weeks. Industrial farms have been spraying these harmful pesticides on soy, strawberries, kale, wheat, and … Read More

Take Action: Stop a DARK Act Comeback; Tell the FDA GMO Mushrooms Aren’t Worth It; Stop the ChemChina-Syngenta Merger

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Stop a DARK Act Comeback Another DARK Act vote may come to the Senate soon, and big food companies have been pouring money and lobbying efforts into getting senators to pass the the Act before the July 1st implementation of … Read More