Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Republican leaders in the House have taken a big step toward making Newt Gingrich’s plan to eliminate the EPA a reality by slashing the EPA’s budget b

What has happened to stewardship of the Earth among the rightwing peoples in America?–KAS

Subject: Dismantling the EPA

Dear friend,

I just found out that Republican leaders in the House have taken a big step toward making Newt Gingrich’s plan to eliminate the EPA a reality by slashing the EPA’s budget by 30%, the largest cut in 30 years. Those cuts would jeopardize the water we drink and air we breathe, endangering everyone’s health and well-being.

We can’t let these attacks on the EPA go unanswered, so I need your help! Please go to

http://action.lcv.org/dirtyhands

and join me in standing up for the EPA.

The Republican leadership in the House is calling for a 30 percent cut to the EPA’s budget – the largest cut in 30 years. Such draconian cuts would jeopardize the water we drink and air we breathe, endangering the health and well-being of all Americans.

In addition to these draconian cuts, the House proposed funding measure also includes sneak attacks on our bedrock environmental laws. It would prevent the EPA from closing loopholes in the Clean Water Act that would jeopardize the drinking water for 117 million Americans. Additionally, the plan would prevent the EPA from enforcing commonsense safeguards in the Clean Air Act that curb harmful carbon pollution and hold corporate polluters accountable.

Tell Speaker Boehner: Keep your dirty hands off the Environmental Protection Agency. Click here to automatically sign the petition.

These additional provisions have nothing to do with funding the government or creating jobs, but are part of a long sought agenda by the nation’s biggest polluters. But should we really be surprised? Speaker Boehner has received more than $1 million in campaign cash from Dirty Coal, Big Oil and other energy interests during his career in Congress.

Dirty energy’s allies are trying to dismantle the EPA – we cannot let these attacks go unanswered. Help us demonstrate the depth and breadth of public support for defending the EPA’s ability to protect the air we breathe, the water we drink and lands we enjoy. Our goal is 24,000 petition signers in 24 hours. Click here to automatically add your name to the petition.

Sincerely,

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Gene Karpinski
President
League of Conservation Voters

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