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Climate Change: Does Your Congressperson Represent Your Views?

Sarah "Steve" Mosko Capitol, change, climate, climate change, coal, Congress, Democrat, denial, denier, global warming, Hill, hoax, house, industry, lawmakers, partisan, party, poll, Quinnipiac University, represent your views, Representative, Republican, skeptic, survey, Trump, TrumpWatch, Yale Project on Climate Change Communication

The vast majority of Americans believe climate change is a clear and present danger — so why aren’t our Congresspersons doing anything to address it?

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What Good Has EPA Ever Done for the Environment Anyway?

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer CFCs, Chesapeake Bay, chlorofluorocarbons, cleanup, Congress, DDT, ENERGY STAR, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Executive Order, fuel efficiency, Hudson River, NEPA, PCB, PCBs, phase-out, Richard Nixon, Scott Pruitt, standards, Superfund, Toxic Release Inventory

Without the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Americans would breathe dirtier air, drink more polluted water and live and grow food on contaminated soils…

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What Can We Do To Fight Trump’s Anti-Environment Agenda?

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer 350.org, 5Calls, citizens climate lobby, Congress, DC, environmental, march, People's Climate Mobilization, rally, Representatives, Senate, Senators, speak out, speak up, Trump, Trump Watch, Washington

Everyday Americans shouldn’t feel helpless when it comes to influencing policy on environmental issues. Calling on your Representatives in Congress to let them know how you feel is the first step toward becoming part of the solution.

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Climate Change Fixers’ Bag of Tricks

Sarah "Steve" Mosko cap & trade, cap and trade, carbon tax, climate change, CO2, Congress, EU, European Union, GHG, global warming, Government, greenhouse gas, greenhouse gases, Kyoto Protocol, pollution, Regulation, Subsidies

Halting global warming is the chief environmental challenge of our time. While heat-trapping carbon dioxide (CO2) is not the only greenhouse gas (GHG), it’s the most abundant and longest-lived in the atmosphere and contributes the most to global warming. In March, atmospheric CO2 content reached a new high of 400 parts per million, already past […]