People’s Climate March Recruitment Storm

On August 21st, one month out from the People?s Climate March, 350.org is launching the People?s Climate March Organizing Storm–on that day, and the several following it, they need us to recruit as many members and supporters as possible to the March. That means sending out an email blast, posting to social media, flyering in your community, and more. This march is aiming to be the largest climate march in history, sending a clear and urgent message to our elected officials that climate change needs to be tackled now! To get involved in the surge, please click here to fill out a quick survey and 350.org will send you some materials, sample email and social media language your way.

Get Toxic Chemicals Out of Our Couches!

Researchers at the Environmental Working Group teamed up with Duke University scientists to test the urine of 48 mothers and children and found evidence of exposure to TDCIPP, a cancer-causing fire retardant, in every person tested. The children had an average of five times as much as the mothers of a chemical formed when TDCIPP breaks down in the body. TDCIPP is commonly found in polyurethane foam manufactured for upholstered furniture, automotive cushioning and infant goods like changing table pads and nursing pillows. The Consumer Product Safety Commission wants to develop a national flammability standard for upholstered furniture. That may sound like a good thing, but it won?t be if the commission?s standard leads to expanded use of toxic fire retardant chemicals. Click here to sign EWG?s petition to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Bumble Bee Tuna to Stop Killing Sharks

Every year, millions of sharks are killed only for their fins to be sold for soups served at expensive restaurants and fancy weddings. The shark fin trade is cruel, wasteful and unsustainable and it?s being fueled in large part by the tuna industry. US tuna brands that hire these vessels ?? like Bumble Bee ??aren?t taking any steps to stop it. That?s why Greenpeace is launching a public campaign to get Bumble Bee to clean up its act. Policies banning shark finning are not enough. The best hope for sharks is for tuna companies to start operating responsibly.? With nearly half of all shark species currently at risk of extinction, we don?t have much time. Take action by clicking here and tell the Bumble Bee CEO Chris Lischewski that the time is now to ensure his company?s tuna is legal and sustainable.