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Polluters, politicians run a foul of Moms Clean Air Force
Feb 1st
Julianne Moore Stars in New Video Calling on Mothers To Join the “Moms Clean Air Force”
Actress Asks Mothers to Tell Washington to Stand Up for Clean Air,
Not Protect the Utility and Coal Industries
Washington, DC – Actress and mother Julianne Moore today released a new video calling on parents to join the fight against toxic air pollution. In the video, which endorses a nonpartisan grassroots group called the Moms Clean Air Force, Moore appears along with the heroine of her popular children’s books, Freckleface Strawberry.
Moms are becoming a powerful force in American politics. They are telling Washington that they will not allow their children’s health to be compromised by dirty fossil fuel power plants, the single largest source of pollution in the U.S. The Moms Clean Air Force is a growing community of tens of thousands of moms— from all across the political spectrum and all across the country—uniting to make their voices heard to protect their children’s health.
“Clean air should be above politics,” Moore said. “The discussion about regulations to protect our air has gotten so polarized that we have forgotten an important thing: We all breathe the same air. And all our children suffer because of pollution. We don’t have to choose between a healthy economy and a healthy environment. We can have both. We can have what’s best for all our children.”
President Richard Nixon signed the Clean Air Act into law in 1970 with overwhelming support from Democrats and Republicans; however, the law is now under dangerous political attack. The new mercury and air toxics standards signed in December, after 21 years of planning, are already under political attack, with some politicians in Congress and lobbyists for the utility and coal industries calling to annul it or defund the Environmental Protection Agency.
Responding to this threat, Moms Clean Air Force is bringing parents together in support of a simple idea: That every child has the right to breathe clean air.
Moore became interested in MCAF after Dominque Browning, the group’s Co-Founder and Senior Director and former Editor-in-Chief of House & Garden, contacted her last summer. “I wrote to Julianne, knowing she is a protective mom, asking her if she would help us spread the word about the connection between toxic—and invisible—air pollution and children’s health, and she responded immediately,” Browning said. “Julianne joins a Force of thousands of mothers with real concerns about mercury poisoning, asthma, behavioral issues, and host of other problems associated with polluted air. Together we are determined to clear the air and protect the health of our children and loved ones.”
Moms Clean Air Force is a coalition of mothers including Blythe Danner, Laila Ali, and Jessica Capshaw, and partner groups such as Healthy Child, Healthy World, Treehugger, Green for All, Asthma Moms, Latism (Latinos in Social Media), Alliance of Nurses for a Healthy Environment (ANHE), Care2, BlogHer, and Clever Girls Collective.
Boulder Police accepting applications for Victim Advocate volunteers
Feb 1st
Applicants must be a least 21 years old and must be able to attend a required 40-hour training course covering crisis intervention, community resources, active listening and emotional responses to grief and trauma. The training will be held from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays and 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturdays. It begins April 3 and runs through April 21.
Victim advocates are asked to make a one-year commitment and to be available for one shift per month.
For more information or to obtain an application for either volunteer opportunity, please contact Susan Townley at 303-441-4048 orTownleyS@bouldercolorado.gov.
The deadline to apply is Friday, March 30.
Keystone pipeline rising from the dead?
Jan 30th
44 SENATORS BEHIND KEYSTONE BILL TOOK $23 MILLION IN CAMPAIGN CASH FROM BIG OIL
Washington, D.C. – Forty-four Senators who introduced legislation today backing the controversial Keystone XL pipeline received $23.4 million in campaign contributions from the oil and gas industry since 1989,according to analysis by 350.org and Public Campaign Action Fund. The figures reflected data coded by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics and available on their website and include contributions through September 30, 2011. Fourth quarter filings are due to the Federal Election Commission tomorrow.
The bill, which was announced today by Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and cosponsored by 42 GOP senators and one Democratic Senator, would approve the Keystone XL project despite the Obama Administration’s rejection of its permit following months of intensifying protest against it and studies downplaying its potential economic impact.
“We no longer can just accept business as usual on Capitol Hill – the idea that the fossil fuel lobby puts a quarter in the slot, turns the handle, and gets a shiny toy has to come to an end,” said Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org. “The nation’s top scientists, not to mention ten recent winners of the Nobel Peace Prize, have explained why this is a lousy idea. That should speak as loudly as campaign cash.”
The analysis of campaign donations for the cosponsors found that seven of them have taken more than one million dollars over their careers from the oil industry. The cosponsors collectively received more than $1.1 million over the first three quarters of 2011, the last data available in advance of tomorrow’s FEC deadline.
“The introduction of this Keystone bill is not about jobs for Americans, it’s about these Senators’ trying to protect their own jobs,” commented David Donnelly, national campaigns director of Public Campaign Action Fund. “They’re looking out for themselves, paying back their Big Oil donors, and trying to cash in for more Big Oil money.”
Lifetime Contributions to 44 Senators from Oil and Gas Industry
Name | Career Oil & Gas $$ |
McCain, John (R-AZ) |
$2,869,241 |
Hutchison, Kay Bailey (R-TX) |
$2,223,271 |
Cornyn, John (R-TX) |
$1,864,050 |
Inhofe, James M (R-OK) |
$1,352,523 |
Isakson, Johnny (R-GA) |
$1,352,523 |
McConnell, Mitch (R-KY) |
$1,089,811 |
Vitter, David (R-LA) |
$1,011,685 |
Blunt, Roy (R-MO) |
$756,198 |
Thune, John (R-SD) |
$648,962 |
Coburn, Tom (R-OK) |
$551,663 |
Burr, Richard (R-NC) |
$549,852 |
Murkowski, Lisa (R-AK) |
$532,489 |
Wicker, Roger (R-MS) |
$528,310 |
Corker, Bob (R-TN) |
$444,350 |
Roberts, Pat (R-KS) |
$428,800 |
Alexander, Lamar (R-TN) |
$414,550 |
Moran, Jerry (R-KS) |
$384,496 |
Chambliss, Saxby (R-GA) |
$381,192 |
Barrasso, John A (R-WY) |
$370,150 |
Hatch, Orrin G (R-UT) |
$363,525 |
Toomey, Pat (R-PA) |
$358,716 |
Shelby, Richard (R-AL) |
$352,700 |
Coats, Daniel R (R-IN) |
$348,908 |
Kyl, Jon (R-AZ) |
$334,332 |
Portman, Rob (R-OH) |
$321,458 |
Crapo, Mike (R-ID) |
$312,189 |
Enzi, Mike (R-WY) |
$305,650 |
Sessions, Jeff (R-AL) |
$297,000 |
Grassley, Chuck (R-IA) |
$270,050 |
Hoeven, John (R-ND) |
$263,289 |
DeMint, James W (R-SC) |
$248,389 |
Rubio, Marco (R-FL) |
$238,034 |
Cochran, Thad (R-MS) |
$231,485 |
Lugar, Richard G (R-IN) |
$200,925 |
Heller, Dean (R-NV) |
$156,450 |
Graham, Lindsey (R-SC) |
$149,875 |
Manchin, Joe (D-WV) |
$143,400 |
Boozman, John (R-AR) |
$141,952 |
Ayotte, Kelly (R-NH) |
$140,368 |
Johnson, Ron (R-WI) |
$113,700 |
Paul, Rand (R-KY.) |
$105,840 |
Risch, James E (R-ID) |
$88,350 |
Johanns, Mike (R-NE) |
$82,800 |
Lee, Mike (R-UT) |
$50,350 |
Total: |
$23,373,851 |
Available online at http://bit.ly/w3B6kl.
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