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Bipartisan Disclosure Legislation. 5/20/10 Ltr. to US Senate on Climate Change. Coalition on Expansion of Offshore Drilling. Coalition on Clean Energy/Climate Change. D.C. Voting Rights Act Hijacked. LWVUS Urges U.S. Senate to Update Campaign Finance Laws NOW. LWVUS President Testifies in the Wake of Citizens United v. FEC. LWV and Partners Oppose "Dirty Air Act". Passage of Affordable Health Care Act (H.R. 3962). Coal-Fired Power Plant Standards. America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009. Carbon Pollution Regulation. Health Care Reform. Voter ID (Indiana). Ratify CEDAW Treaty. Public Option Essential. Voting System Reform (Ohio). LWVOK Press Release on Voter ID. Clean Energy Policies. Climate Change Legislation. Health Care Reform. Voter Registration. Judicial Campaign Spending. Voter ID Requirements (OK). District of Columbia Voting Rights. Cap Greenhouse Gases. Public Financing of Federal Elections. OKC Union Station Rail Yard Demolition. Green Infrastructure. Coal-Fired Power Plants.

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League Urges Representatives to Vote in Favor of Critical Bipartisan Disclosure Legislation

From: Campaign Legal Center ● Democracy 21 League of Women Voters ● Public Citizen
May 27, 2010
Dear Representative,
Our organizations urge you to vote for the Van Hollen-Castle legislation to require timely and effective disclosure by corporations, labor unions, trade associations and non- profit advocacy groups of their campaign-related expenditures and the funders of these expenditures.
The organizations include the Campaign Legal Center, Democracy 21, the League of Women Voters and Public Citizen.
This critical bipartisan disclosure legislation is fair and equitable, and applies in the same manner to the groups covered by the bill.
The Van Hollen-Castle bill follows the recent 5 to 4 decision by the Supreme Court in Citizen United v. Federal Election Commission. The decision ignored two decades of past Supreme Court decisions to strike down a law in existence for more than 60 years that banned spending of corporate treasury funds to influence federal elections. The decision also had the practical effect of striking down the similar ban on labor union spending in federal elections.
Read the full text of the letter here.

League Advocates for Legislation Against Climate Change and for Effective Energy Policy

May 20, 2010
TO: Members of the U.S. Senate
FROM: Mary G. Wilson, President, LWVUS
RE: Climate and Energy Policy
It is time for the United States Senate to act against climate change and to put in place an effective energy policy for our nation. These twin issues have been left to fester for far too long, endangering our health and environment, our national security and world leadership, and our jobs and the economy.
The League of Women Voters believes that comprehensive legislation on energy and the environment must be the next major item on the Senate's agenda. The legislation recently developed by Senator Kerry and Senator Lieberman can serve as the basis for this important debate.
Read the full text of the letter here.

League and Partners Urge U.S. Senate to Stop Expansion of Offshore Drilling

May 3, 2010
United States Senate Washington, DC 20510
Dear Senator:
On behalf of our organizations, and the millions of members they represent, we are writing you today to urge the United States Senate to reconsider any plans to include expanded offshore oil and gas exploration and drilling in any legislation. In light of the events surrounding the Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico, our organizations urge you to oppose efforts to expand offshore oil and gas exploration and drilling off of our coasts. Expanding exploration and drilling into previously protected and remote areas is unacceptable when it is clear that we are not capable of responding to oil spills in a timely manner. The Senate faces a choice between leading America forward in a new clean energy economy or holding America back by preserving the failed energy policies of the past. This human and environmental catastrophe is proof positive that we must end our addiction to oil, enact a firm limit on carbon pollution, and ensure this type of disaster never happens again.
Read the full text of the letter and list of coalition members here.

League and Partners Urge President Obama to Support Strong Clean Energy and Climate Change Legislation

April 29, 2010
Dear Mr. President:
Representing 54 national organizations and millions of Americans, we write to urge you to continue to demonstrate your leadership in support of strong clean energy and climate change legislation this year. Just yesterday, you reiterated your call for comprehensive energy and climate legislation. Now, more than ever, we need your help to make that vision a reality.
This must be the year that the United States passes comprehensive climate and energy legislation into law in order to create jobs, strengthen our national security, and reduce carbon pollution. As a nation, we cannot afford to delay action any longer; we urge you to work closely with Senate leaders to ensure the full Senate takes up a comprehensive energy and climate bill in June.
Special interests have fought energy reform for decades. They have kept America dependent on foreign oil and protected corporations that pollute the air our children breathe and the water they drink. It is long past time to end our reliance on old technology and dirty energy sources and put America back in control of its energy future. Every day that goes by without a comprehensive clean energy and climate policy helps our enemies, hurts our economy, and puts our security at risk.
Read the full letter and list of coalition members here

D.C. Voting Rights Act Hijacked

LWVUS Press Release
April 19, 2010
D.C. VOTING RIGHTS AND MORE GUNS ON THE STREET "NOT ACCEPTABLE"
League Opposes "Comprehensive Destruction of Gun Safety Laws"
Washington, D.C. - Today, Mary G. Wilson, president of the League of Women Voters of the United States, and Billie Day, president of the League of Women Voters of the District of Columbia, released a joint statement concerning the linking of the D.C. Voting Rights Act with amendments overturning gun safety laws that protect District residents:
"As an organization that has supported voting rights for the citizens of the District of Columbia for more than 50 years, the League of Women Voters believes that destruction of D.C.'s gun safety laws is too high a price to pay for passage of the D.C. Voting Rights Act, which would provide a single voting representative for D.C. in the House of Representatives."
Read the full press release here

LWVUS Urges U.S. Senate to Update Campaign Finance Laws NOW

February 18, 2010
TO: Members of the U.S. Senate
FROM: Mary G. Wilson, President
RE: Updating Campaign Finance Laws for the 2010 Elections
With the Supreme Court's recent decision in Citizens United v. FEC, it is critically important for Congress to update campaign finance laws, especially disclosure requirements governing corporate and union spending. With the 2010 elections fast approaching, delay is simply not a viable option.
Read the letter here.

LWVUS President Testifies in the Wake of Citizens United v. FEC

LWVUS Press Release
February 3, 2010
DOING NOTHING NOT AN OPTION
CONGRESS MUST ACT QUICKLY IN AFTERMATH OF CITIZENS UNITED DECISION
Washington, D.C. - The League of Women Voters today testified before the Committee on House Administration in a hearing entitled Defining the Future of Campaign Finance in an Age of Supreme Court Activism. At the U.S. congressional hearing, Mary G. Wilson, the national League president, told committee members that they must pass legislation governing corporate and union spending quickly, in order for it to take effect for the 2010 elections.
"The Court's majority decision in Citizens United v. FEC was fundamentally wrong and a tragic mistake. But this is the decision of the Court," said Wilson. "Congress needs to respond now, recognizing its own authority and responsibility to uphold the Constitution. Fair and clean elections, determined by the votes of American citizens, should be at the center of our democracy."
Read more here

LWV and Partners Oppose "Dirty Air Act"

January 28, 2010
United States House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515
Dear Representative,
On behalf of our millions of members and supporters nationwide, we strongly urge you to oppose the `Dirty Air Act' proposals by Rep. Moran (R-KS) and Rep. Pomeroy (D-ND) to overturn the Environmental Protection Agency's scientific finding that global warming pollutants endanger public health and welfare in order to block the agency's implementation of the Clean Air Act to protect our health and welfare from global warming. These two separate proposals both represent a direct attack on the Clean Air Act, putting public health at risk and jeopardizing long-overdue action to hold the biggest polluters accountable, reduce America's oil dependence, and jump-start a vibrant clean energy economy.
Read more here.

League Applauds House Passage of Historic Health Care Reforms

`Profoundly Disappointed' by Passage of Stupak-Pitts Amendment
Press Release November 10, 2009
Washington, D.C. - League of Women Voters National President Mary G. Wilson today praised the U.S. House of Representatives for passing the Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962) on Saturday.
"The House moved America closer to realizing true health care reforms this weekend by passing this legislation," said Wilson. "We now have a set of real reforms that provides comprehensive coverage and includes a public insurance option, which we believe is key to ensuring choice and controlling costs."
"The League was profoundly disappointed, however, in passage of the Stupak-Pitts amendment, which not only prohibits abortion coverage in the government-run plan but prevents any private plan from offering abortion coverage to plan participants if even just one individual in that plan uses government subsidies," Wilson stated. "It is our hope that the Senate will do the right thing and pass health care reform legislation without such language and with a strong public option."
Read press release here.

LWV and Partners Press US Senate on Coal-Fired Power Plant Standards

Excerpt from Support Clean Energy and Fight Global Warming, November 10, 2009.
"Old, 'clunker' coal plants are the nation's largest source of global warming pollution; it will be significantly more difficult to stop global warming, transition to clean energy, and create more clean energy jobs if we do not hold these plants to modern pollution standards."
Read the full text here.

League Urges Passage of America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009

October 15, 2009
League President Mary G. Wilson sent a letter to the House of Representatives urging them to pass America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009. The LWVUS Lobby Corps is lobbying members of the House and asking them to support the quality reform legislation.
Read the letter here.

League Opposes Amendment Intended to Block Carbon Pollution Regulation

September 24, 2009
The League and Coalition partners sent a letter to Senators urging them to oppose Senator Murkowski's revised appropriations amendment to the Interior bill on the grounds that it would not only block the EPA from curbing carbon dioxide pollution but also block the EPA from implementing the Supreme Court's landmark decision in Massachusetts v. EPA.
Read the letter here.

League Urges Senate to Enact Quality Health Care Reform

September 17, 2009
To: Members of the U.S. Senate
From: Mary G. Wilson, President
Re: Comprehensive Health Care Reform Legislation
The League of Women Voters believes that the current state of health care in this country is unsustainable. It is critical that Congress pass comprehensive health care reform to send to the President for his signature.
The health care bill passed by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee will provide access and coverage for most Americans who are presently without coverage, while working to contain health care costs. We support that approach. In addition, we are encouraged that the Senate Finance Committee will be taking up a bill soon, though we are concerned about many of its provisions.
Read the full text of the letter here.

LWV of Indiana Challenges Voter ID Law and Wins

Indiana court strikes down state's voter ID law
Chicago Tribune
September 17, 2009
"INDIANAPOLIS - The Indiana Court of Appeals has struck down the state's voter ID law, saying it violates the state Constitution.
"The court ruled 3-0 Thursday that the law must be declared void because it regulates voters in a way that is not 'uniform and impartial.' The judges say the ID law treats in-person voters and mail-in voters differently.
The League of Women Voters challenged the law on state constitutional grounds after the U.S. Supreme Court had upheld it."
Also see Indiana Court Strikes Down Voter ID Law The New York Times, September 17, 2009.

LWVUS Action Alert: Urge Your Senators to Support Ratification of CEDAW

August 21, 2009
The Convention to Eliminate All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) is the most comprehensive international treaty promoting the advancement of women worldwide. The United States remains the only democracy in the world that has not ratified the CEDAW Treaty. Citizens are urged to take action by contacting members of the U.S. Senate.
For more information and a guide to action click here.

Public Option in Health Care Reform Essential

LWVUS Press Release
August 19, 2009
League Urges Congress and President to Continue Support for Public Option
Washington, DC - "The public option in health care reform may not be essential to bureaucrats or insurance companies but it absolutely is essential to the almost 47 million uninsured Americans who live day to day without health care coverage," said League of Women Voters National President Mary G. Wilson. Calling on Congress and the President not to succumb to the bullying tactics being used by special interest groups, Wilson urged Congress and the President not to waver in their support of the public option included in H.R. 3200, America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, recently passed by three House committees.
Read full text of press release here.

LWV of Ohio Suit Forces Key Reforms in Voting System

Voting procedures and practices in every state affect the outcome of presidential elections. Ohio achieved notoriety in 2004 as having a voting system fraught with problems. On June 16, 2009 the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law announced a settlement in the case of League of Women Voters of Ohio v. Brunner. The settlement provides for key reforms of Ohio's system of elections.
Press Release
Key Elements of the Settlement

LWVOK Urges Governor Henry to Veto Voter ID Legislation

VOTER ID BILL NOT IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST
For Immediate Release April 3, 2009
Tulsa, OK -- "The League of Women Voters of Oklahoma (LWVOK) opposes legislation requiring voters to present identification each time they go to the polls," said Gloria Caldwell, League spokesperson. "Senate Bill 4, introduced by Senator John Ford, will make a government-issued Voter ID a requirement at the polling place. We strongly urge Governor Henry to veto this legislation."
Read press release here.
April 8, 2009 -- Governor Henry vetoes voter ID bill.
Gov. Henry sides with League, AARP, vetoes SB 4

LWVUS Promotes Clean Energy Policies in U.S. Senate

The League and partners sent a letter to members of U.S. Senate committees to convey strong support for clean energy policies.
March 25, 2009
Dear Members of Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee:
On behalf of our millions of members and supporters we write to convey our strong support for clean energy policies that will promote renewable energy and energy efficiency as well as reduce global warming emissions and protect our natural resources. Clean energy policies, along with a cap on global warming pollution, are a key component of a comprehensive solution to climate change.
Read the full text of the letter here.

League Urges Support for Developing Countries in Climate Change Legislation

The League and partners write to the leaders of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee.
March 25, 2009
Dear Chairman, Ranking Members and Members of the Committee:
On behalf of the millions of members and supporters of our organizations, we are writing to urge that comprehensive climate legislation include substantial investments to support adaptation to climate change impacts and the reduction of global greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) in developing countries.
Read the full text of this letter here.
The League and partner organizations asked the leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee to make additional modifications to comprehensive climate legislation that includes strong financial support for international adaptation to climate change impacts and the reduction of global greenhouse gas emissions.
April 14, 2009
Our organizations were extremely encouraged and pleased by the inclusion of the International Climate Change Adaptation Program in the March 31 discussion draft of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009. We strongly urge you to keep those provisions in the legislation when it is formally introduced and provide the necessary resources to implement the program to help the world's most vulnerable communities respond to existing and future threats from climate change. These provisions are essential elements in a discussion draft that is a very important and timely step forward in addressing the climate challenge facing our country and the world.
Read the full text of this letter here.

LWVUS Writes U. S. Senators on Health Care Reform

The LWVUS sent a letter to Senators urging them to support strong and effective health care legislation.
March 18, 2009
America is facing a health care crisis caused by a combination of skyrocketing costs and an insurance system that leaves 47 million of us without any coverage. The current health care system is endangering both our economy and our health, and voters have made it clear that they want change. As Congress begins to consider health care reform legislation, the League of Women Voters urges you to consider the following issues.
Read the full text of this letter here
The League and coalition partners submitted comments to the Department of Health and Human Services supporting recision of the HHS regulation that would have a negative impact on patient access to health care services and information.
April 9, 2009
Dear Acting Secretary Johnson,
The undersigned organizations are writing to strongly support the proposed regulation, "Rescission Proposal," published on Tuesday, March 10, 2009, by the Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS" or "Department") to fully rescind the HHS regulation entitled "Ensuring That Department of Health and Human Services Funds Do Not Support Coercive or Discriminatory Policies or Practices in Violation of Federal Law" ("HHS Regulation" or "Regulation").
Read the full text of this letter here

LWVUS Perspective on Current Problems in Voter Registration

LWVUS President Mary Wilson sent a letter to Senate Rules Committee Chair Charles Schumer regarding a number of vote registration concerns.
March 11, 2009
Senator Charles Schumer
Chairman, Committee on Rules and Administration
U.S. Senate
Washington, DC
Dear Mr. Chairman:
We are writing to provide our perspective on current problems in voter registration. We ask that this letter be included in the record of the hearing the Rules Committee held on this subject today.
The single most important issue in voter registration is the failure of the states to fully implement -- and the failure of the U.S. Department of Justice to enforce -- Section 7 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993. Section 7 requires that states provide extensive voter registration opportunities at public assistance and disability agencies. Registration figures indicate, and investigations by outside organizations confirm, that most states are not implementing the law.
Read the full text of the letter here
Also see The LWV is an Advocate for the Voter

Judicial Campaign Spending Argued Before U.S. Supreme Court

League's Amicus Brief Sees Judicial Independence, Due Process At Stake
March 3, 2009
Washington, DC--Today the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Caperton v. Massey, a case that weighs the influence of campaign spending in state court elections with judicial independence. The League of Women Voters joined an amicus brief in this case that calls on the Supreme Court to both preserve judicial impartiality and reform judicial selection.
"The League is involved with this case because of its compelling importance -- too much special interest money is being dumped into state court elections nationwide," said Mary G. Wilson, national President of the League of Women Voters. "The Supreme Court can do a great deal of good in this case by ruling in favor of judicial impartiality and restoring confidence in our nation's courts."
"There has been an alarming trend across the country of increasing financial contributions from special interests to judicial elections," stated Wilson. "For the past decade, state and local Leagues have been working with concerned citizens and communities to reform judicial campaigns and lessen the influence of special interest contributors on the legal system."
"Americans are looking to the nation's highest court and their decision in Caperton v. Massey to stem the flow of special interest money and politics into our courts," Wilson concluded. "Citizens need to know that due process and judicial independence will not be compromised for political gain. Every American's right to equality under the law must be protected. "

LWV of Oklahoma Opposes Voter ID Requirement

In a Letter to the Editor published February 5, 2009 by The Norman Transcript the League of Women Voters of Norman speaks out in opposition to SB4 introduced by Sen. John Ford of Bartlesville and HB1037 introduced by Rep. Sue Tibbs of Tulsa requiring all eligible voters in Oklahoma to present photo identification at the polls. On February 4, 2009 HB1037 passed out of the House Rules Committee for a final vote on the floor of the Oklahoma House.
A guest column, Voter ID legislation is not in the public interest, submitted to The Norman Transcript and published February 21, 2009 explains LWV opposition to voter ID legislation.
A guest column from the LWV, League of Women Voter opposes bill published by the Tulsa World on February 26, 2009 outlines the issues surrounding the current voter ID legislation.
For more information on this issue:
The Truth About Voter Fraud, by Justin Levitt, published by the Brennan Center for Justice, �2007
Restrictive Voter Identification Requirements, published by Project Vote, March 23, 2007.

District of Columbia Voting Rights

League of Women Voters Congratulates Senate on Historic Action
February 26, 2009
Washington, DC -- The League of Women Voters today hailed the U.S. Senate's historic action passing S. 160, the District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009, on a strong vote.
"We are on the brink of history," said Mary G. Wilson, national president of the League of Women Voters. "Today the U.S. Senate voted in favor of voting rights for all citizens."
"Based on today's strong vote, we are encouraged that 2009 may finally be the year that DC citizens will achieve voting rights," Wilson stated. "Today's action marks another tremendous step forward for everyday citizens living in our capital city."
Opponents attach amendments in an attempt to stall DC Voting Rights in the U.S. House of Representatives
March 2, 2009 -- LWVUS sent a letter to members of the U.S. House of Representatives urging passage of HR 157 without amendments. Read the full text of the letter here. Use the online Action Alert system to contact your member of Congress here.

LWVUS Urges U.S. House to Cap Greenhouse Gases

January 15, 2009
League President Mary Wilson sent a letter to members of the House of Representatives urging them to take quick and strong action against global climate change by supporting a cap on green house gas emissions.
Read the full text of the letter here.
LWVUS Fact Sheet on greenhouse gases and climate change, League of Women Voters, � January 2009.

Public Financing of Federal Elections

On November 25, 2008 the League of Women Voters and other concerned organizations sent a letter to incoming Senators urging them to support public funding of elections. Similar letters were sent to Members of the House of Representatives:
"We are writing to congratulate you on your election to the U.S. Senate, and to let you know that we look forward to working with you and your new colleagues in the 111th Congress to address the issue of large campaign contributions in the electoral process. New, election-week polling data suggest wide and deep public support for public funding of elections, and we believe that the next congressional session will be a crucial moment to advance this ground-breaking reform."
Read the full text of the letter here.

Action on OKC Union Station Rail Yard Demolition

In order to reduce highway congestion, fuel consumption and vehicular pollution, and to provide better access to housing, jobs, recreation and medical care, the LWVN advocates the development and maintenance of energy-efficient and time-efficient public transportation systems within the City of Norman and connecting with other communities in Oklahoma. Priority should be given to government-funded transportation projects that are directed toward better public access to fuel-efficient transportation and the reduction of single occupancy vehicles on the roadways. --LWVN Local Program Positions
On August 7, 2008 the LWV of Norman sent a letter to Mayor Cindy Rosenthal requesting that the Council "forward to Governor Henry a resolution which supports saving the Union Station rail yard in Oklahoma City and asks him to declare a moratorium on the Crosstown Expressway in order to save the rail yard. We think that the rail yard is a valuable state asset for future development of multimodal public transportation for Central Oklahoma, including Norman, and we think that it should be preserved rather than torn up to make way for the Crosstown Expressway."
The Norman City Council passed a resolution on September 23, 2008 requesting the Governor of Oklahoma "appoint a special commission to consider future rail transit options in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area; future uses of Union Station and its associated rail lines to enhance future rail transit for the state of Oklahoma; and alternate routes for the Interstate 40 Crosstown Expressway."
Citizens can weigh in on this issue by writing or telephoning Governor Brad Henry now and expressing support for the appointment of a special commission to investigate possible realignment of the Interstate 40 Crosstown Expressway at the OKC Union Station in order to save the rail yard as a future transportation hub. See LWVN Action Alert (10/31/08) .
Further action was taken by the LWV of Norman on November 11, 2008 in the form of a letter to Gov. Brad Henry urging him "to take the initiative as Governor to issue a moratorium on relocation of the Interstate 40 Crosstown Expressway through the state-owned Oklahoma City Union Station rail yard." It was published online as an open letter to Gov. Brad Henry by The Norman Transcript on November 22, 2008 and in print on November 23, 2008.
A letter from the Governor's office was received at the LWVN post office box. The letter appears to be a standard form response to requests for a moratorium on relocation of the I-40 Crosstown at Union Station until an independent commission can determine if realignment is feasible. The Norman League believes that there is additional information that the Governor needs to consider and further discussion is needed on this issue. An LWVN response was sent to Governor Henry on January 7, 2009.
Issue Resources
Oklahomans for New Transportation Alternatives Coalition (OnTrac)
Save the Rail Infrastructure League of Women Voters of Norman, September 10, 2008.
City of Norman Resolution passed and adopted on September 23, 2008.
"Norman councilmembers unanimously passed a resolution in support of preserving the state's chance for an intermodal rail system and preservation of the Union Station rail yard at their regular Tuesday evening meeting." Excerpt from Council passes rail resolution by Carol Cole-Frowe, The Norman Transcript, September 23, 2008.
Collins, Johnson hold passenger rail study, The Norman Transcript, September 28, 2008.
"Communities including Shawnee, Norman, Chickasha and El Reno have passed resolutions to back ONTRAC's efforts." Groups pass resolutions for rail yard by Amanda Gire, News-Star.com, October 9, 2008.
"We are talking about something that can't be replicated. ... This is a very critical juncture for future transportation planning." --Garl Latham of Latham Railway Services of Irving, Texas. Excerpt from Rail group criticizes ODOT by Carol Cole-Frowe, The Norman Transcript, October 28, 2008.

League and Partners Urge Congressional Leaders to Include Green Infrastructure in any Stimulus Bill

In a September 12, 2008 letter to congressional leaders the League and other concerned organizations urged that any economic stimulus bill include green infrastructure and green jobs development that immediately puts people to work and reinvigorates the economy. An aid package for automakers should be tied to guaranteed improvement in greenhouse gas emissions and fuel economy of manufacturer's fleets.
Read the text of the letter here.

LWVUS Calls for Moratorium on Coal-Fired Power Plants

August 7, 2008
Washington, DC - The League of Women Voters today called for a moratorium on new construction of coal-fired electric power plants.
"Global warming is happening now," said national League President Mary G. Wilson. "If we wait for federal action from our congressional leaders, it will be too late. We must take immediate and aggressive action to halt climate change," she said.
"Burning more coal is too big a risk for too many people," Wilson said. "Coal is the single largest source of global warming pollution in the U.S., with power plants responsible for 33 percent of CO2 emissions. Because of this pollution, we already face increasingly severe heat waves and droughts, intensifying hurricanes and floods, disappearing glaciers and more wildfires. If left unchecked, the effects will be catastrophic to us and our planet," she said.
Read the full press release here.
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