Our Earth

If it were up to Us, Washington would be taking action on climate change, clean air and drinkable water.

But Big Money and special interest polluters are standing in the way, frustrating the will of the people.

Connect the Dots

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On Climate Change

$$$

The oil and gas industry spends hundreds of millions of dollars on political contributions and lobbying to defeat climate change legislation and defend the status quo. So their agenda carries the day. Even though...

97%

...of scientists agree that climate change is a real threat and that fossil fuel pollution is a root cause.

80%+

...Americans want Congress to take action on climate change and protect our environment for future generations.

Sources: Open Secrets, Union of Concerned Scientists, Sierra Club, and Oil Change International.
Let’s look at return on investment…

$347 million

Amount spent by the Fossil Fuel industry on Congressional campaign donations and lobbying during the 2010 election cycle.

$20.5 billion

Federal subsidies given to the Fossil Fuel industry in 2009-2010.

58-to-1

The return the Fossil Fuel industry “earned” in the 2010 election cycle on its investment in Congressional campaign donations and lobbying.

Sources: Polluting Our Democracy – Sierra Club, Oil Change International
On the Clean Power Plan

70%

The number of Americans who favor the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) putting limits on the amount of carbon pollution that power plants can release.

32%

The reduction in power sector carbon emissions by 2030 that would be achieved under the EPA’s Clean Power Plan.

90,000

The annual number of childhood asthma attacks that will be prevented with implementation of the Clean Power Plan.

$52 million

The amount of campaign money donated by the Fossil Fuel industry to the 49 senators who voted to repeal the Clean Power Plan.

Sources: Polluting Our Democracy – Sierra Club, Environmental Defense Fund, Natural Resources Defense Council Action Fund
On Fracking

2005

Dick Cheney and the Republican Congress team up to create the “Halliburton Loophole,” exempting fracking from the Safe Drinking Water Act.

230%

Between 2004 and 2012, the increase in campaign donations by fracking companies to Congressional candidates in states and districts where fracking occurs.

Three

Number of studies published in just one year (2015-2016) by the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health linking proximity to fracking sites with nasal and sinus problems, migraines and fatigue, asthma, premature births and high-risk pregnancies.

2016

“Halliburton Loophole” still in place as fracking companies and trade groups continue to pour millions of dollars into Congressional campaigns.

Sources: EcoWatch, AlterNet

The Solution

Let’s build a small donor matching system, for funding campaigns. And make it about Us.

A clean environment is the greatest legacy we can leave to the next generation. Citizen owned elections would empower Us to fight back against the special interest polluters and pass laws that protect Our Earth.

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Funding campaigns with a small donor matching system is a real solution to make sure that the voices of everyday Americans are heard again in Washington. Add your voice today by joining Us.

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Earth

Editorial Board, The New York Times

Despite stiff competition, Scott Pruitt, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, is by common consensus the worst of the ideologues and mediocrities President Trump chose to populate his cabinet. Policies aside — and they’re terrible, from an environmental perspective — Mr. Pruitt’s self-aggrandizing and borderline thuggish behavior has disgraced his office and demoralized his employees. We opposed his nomination because he had spent his career as attorney general of Oklahoma suing the federal department he was being asked to lead on behalf of industries he was being asked to regulate. As it turns out, Mr. Pruitt is not just an industry lap dog but also an arrogant and vengeful bully and small-time grifter, bent on chiseling the taxpayer to suit his lifestyle and warm his ego.

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Voices from around the country.

I’m 24 years old, recently out of college, and finally entering the work force. As an active voter, it disappoints me as an American that millionaires and billionaires are able to make my one vote seem more and more insignificant with each passing election. The size of their wallets and ability to open up massive pipelines of cash into the political process will never stop me from supporting those who have my best interest at heart. HR 20 stands up for me and millions of Americans who might not be able to write those hefty checks but find the value of casting their ballot on Election Day to be just as significant.

Dylan Goldberg, A Community Organizer from Columbia, MD

Our Earth

Connect the Dots

On Climate Change

Let’s look at return on investment…

On the Clean Power Plan

On Fracking

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