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UPDATE: Last week, government scientists announced that two-thirds of polar bears will die off by 2050 because
of a warming planet and shrinking summer sea ice.
Maybe the Bush EPA didn't get the news. That agency
continues to block one of the very solutions that could help polar bear populations survive.
Please help us get the
EPA in gear by making your voice heard today.
Tell the agency to give California permission to control global warming pollution
from passenger vehicles -- for the sake of every species on the planet, including our own.
Click here to send your message
California set standards three
years ago to cut global warming pollution from new cars and light trucks. Fourteen other states plan to follow California's lead. (You can see a list of states at the bottom of this
email.)
Together, those states account for more than 40 percent of new car sales. But the Bush Administration is standing
in the way, thus far refusing to let California's clean
car standards take effect.
Now the EPA's flimsy excuses are unraveling, thanks to legal victories won
by our partner, NRDC, working together with the states and other environmental groups.
First, the EPA claimed
that the Clean Air Act -- the law California is using --
does not authorize standards for global warming pollution. But the Supreme Court ruled last April that the Clean Air Act does
cover global warming pollution.
Then, in a dramatic ruling last week, a federal judge in Vermont rejected the auto industry's lawsuit to overturn the states' clean car standards.
The court ruled that California has the right to lead the way in fighting global warming pollution from tailpipes, and that
other states, including Vermont, have the right to follow California's example.
But California faces one more hurdle. The state can't start cutting its own pollution until
the Bush Administration grants permission.
Thanks to the courts, pressure is building. And the head
of the EPA has promised a decision by the end of the year.
Now we need to build an overwhelming show of public
support for California's pioneering law.
Click here and tell the EPA to stop stalling and get in gear against global warming!
With global warming growing worse by the day -- and the fate of polar bears now hanging in the balance -- we can't
afford to wait for the Bush EPA to act.
Tell the head of the EPA to get out of the way and let California and other states tackle the most urgent environmental problem of our time.
Sincerely,
Frances Beinecke
President
NRDC Action Fund
UPDATE ON THE SAVE THE WOLVES CAMPAIGN
Dear Dahris,
We're
on the air! Thanks to donations from you and 10,000 other supporters, our new wolf-saving ad is now running during prime viewing
hours and is being seen by millions of Americans.
"Call Off the Guns" is broadcasting
our hard-hitting message across all 50 states and sparking an outcry that cannot be ignored.
Click here to view the air times for our ad on CNN
We're on the airwaves at a critical moment -- because the Bush Administration is taking
public input on its plan to allow the mass killing wolves for only 9 more days.
Thanks
to your help, we're going to make sure the Administration feels overwhelming pressure to safeguard America's wolves -- one of the greatest living symbols of endangered species and
our natural heritage.
Thank you so much for your generosity in responding to the plight
of hundreds of wolves in the northern Rockies. I'll be sure to keep you updated on our Call
Off the Guns campaign in the critical weeks ahead.
Sincerely,
Frances Beinecke
President
NRDC Action Fund
 
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