{"id":416314,"date":"2010-03-11T11:57:30","date_gmt":"2010-03-11T16:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenrightnow.com\/?p=9812"},"modified":"2010-03-11T11:57:30","modified_gmt":"2010-03-11T16:57:30","slug":"enviro-jobs-and-vets-groups-call-for-senate-to-act-on-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/416314","title":{"rendered":"Enviro, jobs and vets groups call for Senate to act on climate change"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Green Right Now Reports<\/strong><\/p>\n

Calling themselves “Clean Energy Patriots,” dozens of environmental leaders today asked the U.S. Senate to quit serving the interests of “Big Oil” and take action on behalf of Americans who want clean energy and climate solutions.<\/p>\n

The leaders from nearly 50 environmental and social responsibility groups signed a declaration at the U.S. Capitol. It demands\u00a0 that the Senate quit stalling on climate action, and kicks off a 40-day countdown until Earth Day, which celebrates its 40th anniversary on April 22.<\/p>\n

They urged citizens to join in what they are calling the Earth Day Revolution<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"grass\u201cThe first Earth Day was a success because 20 million Americans demonstrated an urgent need for environmental protection and action,\u201d said Kathleen Rogers, President, Earth Day Network<\/a>. \u201cTogether, we can make the 40th anniversary of Earth Day a pivotal moment in the environmental movement. We will use the next 40 days to build momentum around a demand for comprehensive climate legislation…”<\/p>\n

Clean energy legislation would not only protect the environment, it would create jobs and improve national security, the leaders said.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor too long Big Oil and their special interest allies have stood in the way of a clean energy revolution. It’s time for lawmakers to listen to the millions of citizens who will recognize this Earth Day by demanding the Senate gets working to pass comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation,\u201d said Gene Karpinski, President of the League of Conservation Voters. \u201cWe need more Clean Energy Patriots this year. We need an Earth Day Revolution, not just another celebration.\u201d<\/p>\n

The campaign will wind up with a Climate Rally on the Sunday after Earth Day, on April 25.<\/p>\n

The following groups have signed the Earth Day Declaration:<\/p>\n

1Sky<\/p>\n

Audubon<\/p>\n

American Hunters and Shooters<\/p>\n

American Rivers<\/p>\n

American Values Network<\/p>\n

Campus Progress<\/p>\n

Center for American Progress Action Fund<\/p>\n

Clean Water Action<\/p>\n

Chesapeake Climate Action Network<\/p>\n

Climate Protection Action Fund<\/p>\n

Climate Solutions<\/p>\n

Defenders of Wildlife<\/p>\n

Democracia Ahora<\/p>\n

Earth Day Network<\/p>\n

Environment America<\/p>\n

Environmental Defense Action Fund<\/p>\n

Environmental Law and Policy Center<\/p>\n

Green for All<\/p>\n

Hip Hop Caucus<\/p>\n

Interfaith Power and Light<\/p>\n

La Onda Verde<\/p>\n

League of Conservation Voters<\/p>\n

National Catholic Rural Life Conference<\/p>\n

National Wildlife Federation<\/p>\n

NWF Campus Ecology<\/p>\n

Natural Resources Defense Council Action Fund<\/p>\n

Oceana<\/p>\n

Operation Free<\/p>\n

Rock the Vote<\/p>\n

Sierra Club<\/p>\n

Southern Alliance for Clean Energy<\/p>\n

SACE<\/p>\n

Southern Energy Network<\/p>\n

StudentPIRGs<\/p>\n

SustainUS<\/p>\n

Truman National Security Project<\/p>\n

Union of Concerned Scientists<\/p>\n

Veterans for Common Sense<\/p>\n

Voces Verdes<\/p>\n

World Wildlife Fund<\/p>\n

The Wilderness Society<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From Green Right Now Reports Calling themselves “Clean Energy Patriots,” dozens of environmental leaders today asked the U.S. Senate to quit serving the interests of “Big Oil” and take action on behalf of Americans who want clean energy and climate solutions. The leaders from nearly 50 environmental and social responsibility groups signed a declaration at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6460,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-416314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6460"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416314\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}