H.R. 3232 — Miller
(D-CA): Farm Sustainability and Animal Feedlot Enforcement Act (Farm SAFE)
Would establish national minimum environmental standards for all
industrial-sized livestock operations.
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Support |
Awaiting
committee
action. |
Urge co-sponsorship. |
H.R. 1404 — Waxman (D-CA): Defense of the Environment Act
Would require Congressional committees to identify and quantify, where
possible, the negative impact on the environment of any proposed legislation before
consideration on the House floor.
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Support |
Awaiting
Commerce
Committee
action
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Urge co-sponsorship
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H.R. 2094 — Pallone (D-NJ) &
Bilbray (R-CA): Beaches Environmental Assessment, Closure and Health Act
Would establish consistent beach water-quality testing, standards and
increase public notification.
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Support |
In Transportation and Infrastructure
Committee |
Urge co-sponsorship
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H.R. 2155 — Neumann (R-WI): Continuance of a
Nationwide Permit for Discharges of Dredged or Fill Materials
Would write into law Nationwide Permit 26, the scientifically discredited
"quick permit."
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Oppose |
Introduced |
Deter co-sponsorship |
S. 599 — Boxer (D-CA): Children's Environmental Protection Act
Would protect children and other vulnerable people from exposure to
certain environmental pollutants.
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Support |
Awaiting
Environmental and
Public Works
Committee action
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Urge co-sponsorship |
S. 769 — Lautenberg (D-NJ): Right-to-Know-More and Pollution
Prevention Act
Would increase the disclosure of toxic chemical use and public access to
pollution data.
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Support |
Awaiting
Environmental and
Public Works
Committee action
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Urge co-sponsorship |
S. 8 — Smith (R-NH) & Chafee (R-RI): Superfund Cleanup
Acceleration Act
Would weaken clean-up standards, disempower communities and roll back
polluter-pays liability.
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Oppose |
In Environment and Public Works Committee |
Write letters to
Environment and Public Works
Committee
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S. 866 — Hutchinson (R-AR): Environmental Protection
Partnership Act
Would undermine the public's right to know, silence whistle blowers,
undercut environmental law and enforcement.
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Oppose |
Hearing in
Environment and Public Works
Committee
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Urge senators to
oppose bill if it comes to a vote
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S. 981 — Levin (D-MI) & Thompson (R-TN): Regulatory
Improvement Act
Would put economic tests and risk assessment at the center of public
policy decision-making.
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Oppose |
In Government
Affairs Committee
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Write letters to
committee and
senators
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H.R. 1984 — Klink (D-PA) & Upton (R-PA): Moratorium on
Establishment of Ozone and Fine Particulate Matter for Air Standards Act
S. 1084 — Inhofe (R-OK): Ozone and Particulate Matter Research Act
Would place a moratorium on the newly approved EPA air standards for smog
and soot, delaying the approved clean-up measures until more research is conducted.
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Oppose
Oppose |
Awaiting floor vote — unlikely to get
floor time. Awaiting floor
action, not in near future.
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Be ready for a major clean air fight if this
moves Urge senators to
oppose bill
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S. 1256 — Hatch (R-UT): Citizens Access to Justice Act
Would override local zoning laws, expand opportunities to sue local
governments and allow federal courts to invalidate environmental and other safeguards
enacted by Congress.
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Oppose |
In the Judiciary Committee |
Urge Judiciary
Committee members to oppose bill
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S. 1180 — Kempthorne (R-ID): Endangered Species Recovery Act
Would weaken the Endangered Species Act by making it harder to protect
imperiled fish, wildlife and plants.
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Oppose |
Could come to floor soon |
Tell senators to
oppose; write letters to the editor
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H.R. 2351 — Miller (D-CA): Endangered Species
Recovery Act
Pro-wildlife counter to the bad bill moving through Senate.
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Support |
Pending in the House with 99
co-sponsors
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Urge co-sponsorship; write letters to the
editor |
H.R. 2789 — Leach (R-IA) & McKinney (D-GA): National
Forest Protection and Restoration Act
Would phase out commercial logging from national forests.
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Support |
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Urge co-sponsorship; write letters to the
editor |
H.R. 1739 — Oberstar (D-MN): Boundary Waters Canoe Area
Wilderness Accessibility and Fairness Act
Would allow more trucks and motorized boats into the Boundary Waters Canoe
Area Wilderness in Minnesota.
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Oppose |
Passed
committee, ready for House floor
action
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Write letters to the editor |
The Club is engaged in a number of co-sponsorship drives to protect
America's wilderness:
H.R. 900 — Vento (D-MN): the Arctic Refuge
H.R. 1500 — Hinchey (D-NY): Utah
H.R. 1425 — Shays (R-CT) & Maloney (D-NY): Northern Rockies
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Support
Support
Support |
130 co-sponsors
132 co-sponsors
63 co-sponsors |
Urge co-sponsorship
Urge co-sponsorship
Urge co-sponsorship
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S. 531 — Roth (R-DE): Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
S. 773 — Durbin (D-IL): America's Redrock Wilderness Act
Would protect key wilderness areas.
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Support Support |
18 co-sponsors 10
co-sponsors
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Urge co-sponsorship Urge co-sponsorship
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H.R. 2458 — Chenoweth (R-ID): Community Protection and
Hazardous Fuels Reduction Act
Would increase logging in the national forests under the guise of wildfire
reduction.
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Oppose |
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Write letters to the editor |
H.R. 2515 — Smith (R-OR): Forest Recovery and Protection Act
Would increase logging in the national forests under the guise of
protecting "forest health."
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Oppose |
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Write letters to the editor |
H.R. 2812, H.R. 2259. & H.R. 3088 — Young (R-AK): King
Cove Health and Safety Act
Would either convey portions of our public lands in Alaska to special
interests or open them up to destructive uses.
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Oppose |
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Write letters to the editor |
S.1253 & S.1254 — Craig (R-ID): Public Lands Management
Improvement Act and Federal Lands Management Adjustment Act
S. 1467—Smith (R-OR): Forest Recovery and Protection Act
Would dramatically increase logging and weaken environmental-protection
laws in our national forests.
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Oppose
Oppose |
Could come to floor soon |
Tell senators to
oppose; write letters to the editor Tell
senators to
oppose; write letters to the editor
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S. 783 — Grams (R-MN): Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
Accessibility and Fairness Act
Would increase motorized use of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
in Minnesota.
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Oppose |
Passed committee, could move to Senate floor |
Write letters to the editor |
S. 967, S. 1092, S. 660, S. 439, S. 1158 & S. 1159
—Murkowski (R-AK)
Would either convey portions of our public lands in Alaska to special
interests or open them up to destructive uses.
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Oppose |
Out of committee and ready for floor action |
Write letters to the editor |
