Congressional Sea Change Needn’t Swamp Environmental Progress

I have some great news to share! Sen. Murkowski's "Dirty Air Act" resolution -- which would've crippled our ability to use the Clean Air Act to crack down on America's biggest climate polluters -- was defeated in the Senate yesterday by a vote of 53-47. Thanks to your calls, emails and other actions, we've dealt a big blow to Big Oil, Dirty Coal and their cronies in Congress.

But it's horrifying that the Senate would even think of giving Big Oil and Dirty Coal a bailout while millions of gallons of oil are still gushing into the Gulf. Clearly, polluters have a stranglehold on our elected officials, and our leaders are stunningly out of touch when it comes to our energy and climate crisis. With your help, we stopped a terrible attack on the Clean Air Act yesterday, but dirty energy interests and their allies in Congress won't let up -- and neither can we.

The fight isn't over. Many senators who voted with Big Oil claim that it's the Senate's job to act on global warming. We couldn't agree more.  Instead of challenging the EPA's authority to reduce global warming pollution, the Senate must pass strong, comprehensive climate and energy legislation this year.

Ask your senator to continue being a leader in the fight to end our addition to oil and transition towards a clean energy economy.

We need to send a loud and clear message that the American people want action on clean energy, not bailouts for Big Oil. That's why 1Sky has joined with a nationwide effort to sponsor "Hands Across the Sand" on Saturday, June 26th, when groups of people will gather at beaches and communities throughout America at 11:00AM to send a message to our leaders: no to drilling, and yes to a clean energy economy!

Visit our website to organize a "Hands Across the Sand" event in your area
(Check our Community Calendar for more information on the Ft. Lauderdale event.)

Your hard work and dedication paid off yesterday and helped us deny Big Oil and Dirty Coal a major giveaway they've been after for a while.

Show our leaders that we're ready to scrap dirty energy and protect our coasts: Organize a "Hands Across the Sand" event near you on Saturday, June 26th at 11AM.

Thanks for all that you do to protect our environment.