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"In 44% of all river bodies and streams it's not safe to fish or swim. And yet industrial polluters continue to block legislation that would prevent mercury and MTBE from polluting our water supplies and leaving children with debilitating diseases."
-- Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) on the need for more stringent mercury regulations In this issue 1) Take Action: Support Renewable Energy! 1) Take Action: Support Renewable Energy! Your elected members of congress will have another chance this year to require utilities in America to generate 15% of their electricity from clean, renewable, home-grown sources such as wind and solar power. Find out how your members of congress voted on the energy bill and urge them to support a renewable electricity standard in 2008! 2) Take Action: Protect our Roadless Areas! We need to act now to protect these valuable lands so that future generations of hunters, hikers, anglers and campers can enjoy them.
3) Mercury: New Plan Will Dramatically Reduce Pollution The Northeastern pact comes as a response to weak federal mercury regulations, which do little to protect key commercial and recreational fisheries from mercury contamination. Learn more about mercury pollution and how it could affect your health. 4) Clean Cars: Unlawful EPA Decision Challenged Now the Sierra Club and over a dozen states and other environmental groups have filed a petition seeking a reversal of Johnson's decision, citing it as yet one more example of the agency's pattern of putting politics before public interest.
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