Closing the gap

We’re about to close the books on our fiscal year here at EDF. We’ve got a lot to celebrate from the last 12 months, but unfortunately, we’re still $48,894 short of meeting our fundraising goal for the fiscal year. Help Us Close the Gap DONATE TODAY We’re about to close the books on our fiscal year here at EDF. We’ve got a lot to celebrate from the last 12 months, but unfortunately, we’re still $48,894 short of meeting our fundraising goal for the fiscal year. Will you make your first online gift to help us get there before our finance department closes the books at midnight? Thanks to your activism, we’ve seen a lot to be happy about in the last year. Here’s just a few of the most important victories your advocacy made possible: In November, we helped California launch the largest economy-wide cap-and-trade program in the world—and we’ve spent the last year successfully defending it from legal attacks. In June, President Obama unveiled his plan to reduce pollution from America's power plants—the single largest source of carbon pollution in the U.S., accounting for 40% of emissions. EDF activists sent more than 150,000 messages to Congress urging their legislators to support the President’s plan. In July, after months of partisan bickering and obstruction, Gina McCarthy was finally confirmed by the Senate to head the EPA. The nearly 200,000 messages sent to Congress by EDF activists played a critical role in breaking through the gridlock. And just this month, the McCarthy-led EPA proposed the first-ever federal carbon pollution standards for new fossil fuel power plants—and is expected to propose rules for existing power plants in early 2014. To keep making progress in the coming year, it’s important that we have the funding to keep the heat on. And if you chip in today with a gift of $25 or more, we’ll send you a free gift as our way of saying thanks—an EDF-branded tote bag so you can proudly show off your supporter status! Yours with any gift of $25 or more! We’re so grateful to have had you with us as we celebrated each of these victories. We have our work cut out for us in 2014, as Congress prepares for midterm elections and the EPA gets serious about cutting pollution from power plants. But each new fight is also a new opportunity—to craft innovative solutions that benefit our planet and all of us who call it home. By making your first online donation to EDF today, you’ll be putting us in the best possible position to add more historic victories to our list. Thank you for standing with us this year and in the years to come. Sincerely, Emily Stevenson Manager, Online Membership P.S. Our fiscal year ends tonight. In order to close our revenue shortfall for the current year, we must receive your gift by midnight!         Share this message on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+. Email this message to friends. If a friend sent this to you, sign up yourself.

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CLIMATE ALERT: Stop Tar Sands Ecocide, Block Canada's Energy East Pipeline

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Stop Tar Sands Ecocide, Block Canada's Energy East Pipeline

By ClimateArk a project of Ecological Internet, http://www.climateark.org/
September 29, 2013

TAKE ACTION to stop Canada's filthy tar sands:

http://www.climateark.org/shared/alerts/sendsm.aspx?id=canada_energy_east

Canadian tar sands production, transport, and consumption represent continued fossil fuel addiction that guarantees runaway climate change and global ecosystem collapse. From the deforestation of old-growth boreal forests, to the fouling of land and water as the carbon intensive oil is mined and extracted, to the constant dangers of far-flung spills as the viscous oil is transported, through its burning and release of tar sand filth into the atmosphere: tar sands is the epitome of ecocidal industrial activity that must end to limit abrupt climate change and achieve global ecological sustainability. Alberta's tar sands are landlocked, and keeping them from ocean ports is vital to eliminating their production, and keeping the toxic tar in the ground where it belongs. Ecological Internet has already taken the lead in delaying the Northern Gateway pipelines to the West – join us now in stopping the Energy East pipeline to the Atlantic.

Discuss Alert: http://www.climateark.org/shared/alerts/sendsm.aspx?id=canada_energy_east#discuss

Please send the alerts to which you will be forwarded as well:

Natural-Born Killer: Stop Scott Walker's Open-Pit Mining Assault upon Wisconsin's Water
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Demand India Protect Old-Growth and Abandon Coal
http://www.climateark.org/shared/alerts/sendsm.aspx?id=india_land

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BREAKING NEWS: Report confirms our worst fears

Early this morning, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released the first piece of their fifth crucial report on global warming...

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Take Action. → Help end dirty energy. *** BREAKING NEWS *** BREAKING NEWS *** BREAKING NEWS *** Friend— Early this morning, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the first piece of their fifth crucial report on global warming—and it confirms it: our climate is changing. Humans are causing dramatic climate change—and we're already witnessing the effects. Oceans are warming and acidifying. Weather patterns are more extreme and destructive. Land-based ice is declining—and leading to rising sea levels. And America still has NO NATIONAL LIMITS on carbon pollution from power plants—but we have the chance to change that. Please take action today. We have a unique opportunity to make a difference in the climate fight. The President recently issued an ambitious Climate Action Plan. The EPA has taken the first step, proposing the first-ever national limits on climate pollution from new power plants. But we know the game. The dirty energy lobby & their friends in Congress will continue to spread their disinformation and denials. They've already slashed EPA funding and are trying to shut down for good all EPA climate action. Don't let them win: show your support of climate action today. Support the EPA's New Source Pollution Standards. More than 800 international experts on climate change were involved in the development of this report, and they have made it clearer than ever: we have a moral imperative to act. I hope you'll join us. Thank you for your activism and support, Heather Shelby Action Network Coordinator         Share this message on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+. Email this message to friends. If a friend sent this to you, sign up yourself.

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The Interview : Climate Changes Are Here!

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Not long ago, I saw a photo that brought tears to my eyes: a sixteen year-old male polar bear found dead of starvation in Norway, due to a lack of sea ice on which to hunt seals. He literally dropped in his tracks. Protect wildlife with a gift today DONATE TODAY Autumn is officially here! For us, that means warm scarves, pumpkin spiced food and drink, and enjoying nature as she dresses up in her finest colors. For polar bears, autumn means waiting for the ice floes to refreeze so they can resume hunting seals, their staple diet. Unfortunately, with each passing year, rising global temperatures mean the ice freezes later and melts sooner—shortening the polar bear’s hunting season. Not long ago, I saw a photo that brought tears to my eyes: a sixteen year-old male polar bear found dead of starvation in Norway. He literally fell in his tracks, too weak to continue. The photo is so heart-wrenching that I’m not including it in this email message. But if you are prepared, you can view it on our website before making your first online contribution to help us protect endangered species and their habitats. (Note: We regret that the photo cannot be viewed from a mobile phone at this time.) This image is macabre, but I’m not sharing it with you to be sensational. I’m sharing it because it reminded me of what I—what WE—fight for every day. We like to use images of healthy, fluffy polar bears and their cubs. But, sadly, that is not the reality that many of these majestic creatures face. This photo reminded me of that. This is the terrible face of climate change—and the certain fate of countless other animal species if we do not act now to fight climate change. As we welcome the arrival of autumn, please take this opportunity to honor all the animals who depend on us to protect their habitat by making your first online gift to EDF today. Thank you for all your support, Emily Stevenson Manager, Online Membership         Share this message on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+. Email this message to friends. If a friend sent this to you, sign up yourself.

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