Dismantling the EPA from LVC 15FEB11

PLEASE sign the League of Conservation's petition telling majority leader John Boehner to keep his dirty hands off the EPA! Click the header or links to sign, and please forward to family and friends....

Don't let Dirty Energy's allies in Congress dismantle the EPA. Clicking here will automatically add your name to this petition to Speaker Boehner: "Keep your dirty hands off the Environmental Protection Agency." Sign the Petition By taking this action, you are affirm-ing your membership in LCV and will receive regular LCV communications and are entitled to vote for a member of LCV's Board of Directors.

Last week, speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., former House Speaker Newt Gingrich called for completely abolishing the Environmental Protection Agency.

This week, Republican leaders in the House have taken a big step toward making the Gingrich plan to eliminate the EPA a reality by slashing funding for environmental and public health safeguards in their proposed funding measure.

We cannot allow Dirty Coal and Big Oil – and their allies in Congress – to dismantle the EPA.

Tell Speaker Boehner: Keep your dirty hands off the Environmental Protection Agency. Click here to automatically sign the petition.

The Republican leadership in the House is calling for a 30 percent cut to the EPA’s budget – the largest cut in 30 years. Such draconian cuts would jeopardize the water we drink and air we breathe, endangering the health and well-being of all Americans.

In addition to these draconian cuts, the House proposed funding measure also includes sneak attacks on our bedrock environmental laws. It would prevent the EPA from closing loopholes in the Clean Water Act that would jeopardize the drinking water for 117 million Americans. Additionally, the plan would prevent the EPA from enforcing commonsense safeguards in the Clean Air Act that curb harmful carbon pollution and hold corporate polluters accountable.

Tell Speaker Boehner: Keep your dirty hands off the Environmental Protection Agency. Click here to automatically sign the petition.

These additional provisions have nothing to do with funding the government or creating jobs, but are part of a long sought agenda by the nation's biggest polluters. But should we really be surprised? Speaker Boehner has received more than $1 million in campaign cash from Dirty Coal, Big Oil and other energy interests during his career in Congress.

Dirty energy’s allies are trying to dismantle the EPA – we cannot let these attacks go unanswered. Help us demonstrate the depth and breadth of public support for defending the EPA’s ability to protect the air we breathe, the water we drink and lands we enjoy. Our goal is 24,000 petition signers in 24 hours. Click here to automatically add your name to the petition.

Sincerely,

Gene Karpinski
President
League of Conservation Voters