Stamp Money Out of Politics

The Stamp Stampede is a movement of tens of thousands of Americans legally stamping dollar bills with a simple message: “Stamp Money Out Of Politics—Amend the Constitution.”

Want to break up the big banks? Want to reduce the Pentagon’s budget? Want to strengthen—not cut—Social Security? Want to take real steps to fight climate change?

Then your first order of business is to stamp money out of politics—because as long as big corporations, the 1%-ers, and their lobbyists can buy as much influence as they want, the rest of us will see no progress on the issues we care about the most. As your stamped bills circulate, so will your message about reclaiming our democracy. It’s like a petition on steroids—each bill will be seen an average of 875 times! Click here to join the campaign.

Urge Your State Representative to Close the Hazardous Waste Loophole

Currently, the oil and gas industries enjoy a special exemption from New York State requirements governing the treatment of hazardous waste.  Even though waste from oil and gas operations – including extraction using hydraulic fracturing (fracking) – can contain hazardous contaminants, it is categorically excluded from hazardous waste treatment, storage, transportation, and disposal requirements, due to a loophole in state law.

More than 500,000 tons and 23,000 barrels of fracking waste have been shipped to New York landfills from Pennsylvania in the past five years, all of it exempt from hazardous waste regulations. This is horrendous and must be stopped, make these companies pay for what they are doing to the environment. Click here to sign the petition.

Help Stop This Mine From Being Built

Montana’s Smith River is threatened by a massive proposed copper mine along Sheep Creek, a major tributary. If the mine is built, it would ruin this nationally renowned wild trout fishery through acid mine drainage, contamination with toxic heavy metals, and other pollution.