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The Best of America

From Acadia National Park in Maine to Washington’s Mount Rainier, too many of our parks, forests and other wild places are threatened by mining, logging and development. Our staff and members are working to defend the places we love from shortsighted exploitation.

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Stopping Global Warming

If we want to spare our children and grandchildren the worst consequences of global warming, we must dramatically reduce the carbon pollution that we pump into the atmosphere. And, as most scientists agree, we better do it soon. Yet Washington is not doing enough, deterred by the influence of Big Oil and the coal industry, and short-term partisan politics in Congress. But our staff and members are proving each day that there is a way forward on global warming. And it starts in the states.

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Repower America

Too much of our energy comes from dirty sources that harm our environment. But by tapping the power of the sun and wind, and using less energy in the first place, we can repower our lives with clean energy that doesn’t pollute and never runs out.

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Protect America's Waters

Shortsighted legal decisions have left millions of acres of wetlands and more than half of the nation’s streams vulnerable to pollution and development — putting the drinking water for 117 million Americans at risk. Now, polluters’ allies in Congress are trying to block the EPA from restoring vital safeguards. To protect the rivers, lakes and streams that mean so much to so many of us, we need to show massive public support for clean water.

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Let's Get Off Oil

The environmental costs of our oil dependence are out of control — from accidents and spills, to smog, to climate change. It's time to set this country on a path to getting off oil for good. We can get there by convincing our leaders to make new investments in fuel-efficient cars, new technology, and a first-class system of public transportation.

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Clean Air, Healthy Families

New EPA clean air standards will cut mercury pollution by 90% and save 46,000 lives each year. The coal industry and their friends in Congress are trying to roll back these standards, but we’re urging Congress to let EPA do its job and move forward with its commonsense plan to protect public health.