CalWild: Defend the "Heart" of the Mojave Desert from Damaging Water Extraction.
Mojave Desert, Cadiz Valley Andy Carman Mojave Desert, Cadiz Valley Andy Carman

CalWild: Defend the "Heart" of the Mojave Desert from Damaging Water Extraction.

In the desert, water is life. And right now, one of the Mojave Desert’s largest fresh water springs is at risk. Cadiz, Inc. is attempting to advance a groundwater mining project that could drain water from the Cadiz Valley — threatening already imperiled wildlife and plants, Tribal Nations, and Mojave Trails National Monument and Mojave National Preserve. According to experts, the vast amount of lost water, 16 billion gallons/year, could have disastrous impacts on the Cadiz Valley, including Bonanza Spring, the largest fresh water spring in the southeastern Mojave Desert. For more than 30 years, Cadiz, Inc. has attempted to pump out and SELL Pleistocene-era groundwater extracted from an aquifer under the Cadiz Valley region for corporate profit. The U.S. Geological Survey and independent experts warn that the vast amount of lost groundwater could have disastrous impacts on the Cadiz Valley. Tell your Senator to speak out against this disaster HERE.

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Environment California: Tell your U.S. Representative that Wildlife Crossings Save Lives
Andy Carman Andy Carman

Environment California: Tell your U.S. Representative that Wildlife Crossings Save Lives

Muppet, an endangered red wolf, was struck and killed by a vehicle as he tried to cross the highway and reunite with his pack. There are more than 1 million vehicle collisions with large animals like Muppet in the U.S. each year, but it doesn't have to be this way. Instead of forcing wildlife to risk their lives by crossing busy roads and highways, wildlife crossings help animals safely get to where they need to go. When placed in areas of known wildlife movement, crossings with fencing to guide the animal to cross in the right spot have reduced wildlife-vehicle collisions by up to 97%. Tell your U.S. House representative to keep building wildlife crossings. Read ON.

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Earth Day: Tell Congress: Mandate Filters to Stop the Flow of Microfibers Polluting the Earth
Andy Carman Andy Carman

Earth Day: Tell Congress: Mandate Filters to Stop the Flow of Microfibers Polluting the Earth

Some really great news! The Fighting Fibers Act (HR 4694/S 2435) has been introduced in Washington mandating all new washing machines have built-in microfiber filters by 2030. With this implementation, microfiber emissions can be reduced up to 90% providing a way to wash our clothes without adding to microplastic pollution. Microfibers from synthetic clothing are microplastics. Microfibers are found in every part of our bodies - lungs, hearts, intestines, brains, and bloodstreams. Further, microfibers are coated with highly toxic chemicals designed not to wash off. Microfibers from our washing machines (up to 18 million can be released in a single wash) flow into wastewater treatment plants where millions escape into the ocean every day. Take ACTION.

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Earthjustice: Tell Congress: hold this administration accountable for gutting health and climate protections
Andy Carman Andy Carman

Earthjustice: Tell Congress: hold this administration accountable for gutting health and climate protections

The Trump administration just repealed the “endangerment finding” — the EPA’s long-standing scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten public health and welfare — despite the devastating impacts of climate change we can see with our own eyes. This repeal has no basis in law, science, or reality. The Administration is officially denying both settled science and the government’s legal obligation to address climate change. The decision comes while Americans are facing increasing and intensifying wildfires, hurricanes, and other climate-change fueled disasters. The Administration also repealed carbon pollution standards for vehicles. Transportation emissions are the top contributor to climate change in the U.S. Reach your Representative HERE.

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Environment California: Tell NOAA - Don't allow deep sea mining
Andy Carman Andy Carman

Environment California: Tell NOAA - Don't allow deep sea mining

NOAA is about to decide whether or not to move towards deep sea mining that could demolish this area. Sitting on the seafloor are thousands of potato-sized nodules made of metals that act as anchors for sensitive sea life. Now mining companies want to vacuum up those nodules, which could kill everything that lives on them. And it's not just life on the seafloor that's in danger. The clicks of dolphins and songs of whales could be drowned out by underwater mining equipment. The area where The Metals Company wants to take the first steps towards deep sea mining is home to whales and dolphins. Extremely sensitive to noise, endangered sperm whales wouldn't be able to communicate with each other with the deafening sounds of underwater mining happening 24 hours a day. Take ACTION.

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Center For Biological Diversity: Say No to Polluting PFAS Pesticides
Andy Carman Andy Carman

Center For Biological Diversity: Say No to Polluting PFAS Pesticides

PFAS chemicals — otherwise known as “forever” chemicals, or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances — are disturbingly persistent. They can build up in our bodies, contaminate water sources, and break down into a smaller chemical called trifluoracetic acid — which is considered one of the world's most pervasive water pollutants and threatens aquatic and semiaquatic life, including endangered Houston toads. Despite these risks the Trump administration has approved multiple PFAS-containing pesticides. These forever pesticides will treat massive swaths of food crops, resulting in polluted water and public health risks that last for generations. Now led by former chemical industry lobbyists, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is trying to rapidly approve more PFAS pesticides — all while concealing their unacceptable harms. Tell the EPA loud and clear: Stop approving forever pesticides. Act HERE.

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Ocean Conservancy: The Whale CHARTS Act Will Better Protect Whales From Ships
Andy Carman Andy Carman

Ocean Conservancy: The Whale CHARTS Act Will Better Protect Whales From Ships

In recent years, an unusually high number of mortality events and an elevated number of whale strandings have occurred. Whales are extremely sensitive to human activity in our ocean, especially the increase in global shipping and vessel traffic along United States coasts, which impacts whale calving grounds, feeding areas and migration routes. Encounters between whales and ships can lead — and have led — to fatal injuries. The Whale CHARTS Act would reduce ship strikes by amending the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) near-real-time monitoring and mitigation program for large cetaceans. In turn, our understanding of the location and extent of baleen and sperm whale migration routes as well as feeding, mating and calving grounds would be greatly improved. Urge Congress to support this Act HERE.

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Friends Of The Earth: Protect The Endangered Species Act From Latest Attack
Andy Carman Andy Carman

Friends Of The Earth: Protect The Endangered Species Act From Latest Attack

The Endangered Species Act (ESA) has been a vital lifeline of defense shielding these helpless creatures from outside forces threatening their survival. Without it, thousands of vulnerable animals, plants, and fish would lose critical safeguards. But (now ),,, the GOP has introduced the ESA Amendments Act of 2025 (HR 1897), a direct attack on the ESA that could make it harder to list new species and attempts to fast-track the removal of existing protections. The bill also seeks to undermine the science-based decision-making process that is at the core of the ESA – eliminating the checks and balances that are designed to ensure political agendas do not interfere with the best interests of threatened and endangered wildlife or habitats. Take Action HERE.

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Surfrider Santa Cruz: New Window to Speak Out Against Offshore Drilling, Deadline is Feb 26
Andy Carman Andy Carman

Surfrider Santa Cruz: New Window to Speak Out Against Offshore Drilling, Deadline is Feb 26

During the last 60-day public comment period, more than 270,000 people spoke out against offshore drilling, sending a powerful message before comments closed on January 23rd. But, instead of reviewing and acting on those comments, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has opened a new 30-day comment period, allowing oil and gas companies to nominate potential drilling sites along the Central and Southern California coast. These nominated areas include waters off Santa Cruz, Monterey Bay, and beyond. The public can still push to exclude these areas from future leasing—but time is limited. We urge you to submit a public comment opposing offshore drilling, focusing on the following key issues: Use conflicts (fishing, boating, recreation, and research); Sensitive areas and protected habitats; Coastal economies and community impacts; Environmental and biological factors; Cultural and archaeological sites. Submit COMMENT

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Environmental Defense Fund: Chemical Safety Is Non-negotiable
Andy Carman Andy Carman

Environmental Defense Fund: Chemical Safety Is Non-negotiable

House Republicans are preparing to dismantle our nation's critical chemical safety law. Their proposal would gut key provisions in the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), a move that would undermine an overwhelmingly popular law protecting Americans from the most dangerous chemicals. These rollbacks would expose our most vulnerable, including children, pregnant women and industrial workers to potentially dangerous chemicals. Take ACTION.

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U.S. PIRG: Antibiotics added to pesticides sprayed on crops!
Andy Carman Andy Carman

U.S. PIRG: Antibiotics added to pesticides sprayed on crops!

It's alarming enough that scientists are observing an increase in the number of "superbugs" -- bacteria that are resistant to multiple antibiotics, and cost 35,000 Americans their lives every year. What's worse, our current use of antibiotics in agriculture is making the problem worse. Pesticides containing antibiotics important to human medicine are sprayed widely on fields. It's time to put a stop to this dangerous practice and protect medically important antibiotics for use in human medicine. Tell the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ban the use of antibiotic pesticides in agriculture today. Act HERE.

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Environment America: The Boundary Waters are under attack.
Andy Carman Andy Carman

Environment America: The Boundary Waters are under attack.

A remote, pristine wilderness of sprawling lakes and hiking trails, where fox pups play on the shore and bald eagles perch in trees that have been standing tall for hundreds of years -- can you picture a copper mine in a place like this? That's exactly what could happen if this proposal in Congress goes through, opening one of our nation's most visited wildernesses to toxic mining.1 And it could come to a vote in the U.S. House any day now. We need your voice: Send a message to your U.S. representative urging them not to strip back protections for the Boundary Waters. Take ACTION.

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Center For Biological Diversity: Tell the EPA: We Need Clean Car Rules
Andy Carman Andy Carman

Center For Biological Diversity: Tell the EPA: We Need Clean Car Rules

The Environmental Protection Agency is working to nix federal clean-car standards that protect the air we breathe and help save money at the gas pump. A rollback proposal could come any day now — and will be a blatant giveaway to Big Oil and auto executives. While industry stakeholders rake in profits, Trump's proposal will let more cars burn more gas, resulting in more oil use, higher gas costs, and worse air pollution that harms our health and climate. We need to keep the EPA's current standards in place to deliver cleaner cars that improve our quality of life and help protect the climate that wildlife needs to thrive. Take ACTION.

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Tipping Point: Don’t Let Big Oil Destroy Chaco Canyon
Andy Carman Andy Carman

Tipping Point: Don’t Let Big Oil Destroy Chaco Canyon

Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum is reportedly considering reversing protections for Chaco Canyon — a move that could reopen this sacred, irreplaceable landscape to oil, gas, and other extractive industries. Chaco Canyon is not expendable land. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, a center of Indigenous culture and history, and one of the most significant archaeological landscapes in North America. For thousands of years, Pueblo, Hopi, Navajo, and other Tribal Nations have maintained deep cultural, spiritual, and ancestral connections to this place. Tell Secretary of Interior Burgum to preserve Chaco Canyon's sacred glory. Act HERE.

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Earthjustice: Stop ultra-deepwater drilling project in the Gulf of Mexico
Andy Carman Andy Carman

Earthjustice: Stop ultra-deepwater drilling project in the Gulf of Mexico

Fifteen years after BP’s Deepwater Horizon — the most destructive oil spill in U.S. history — the same company is asking the federal government to approve a new, massive offshore drilling project in the Gulf. The proposed project, called Kaskida, would be BP’s first completely new oilfield in the Gulf since Deepwater Horizon.

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Climate Reality Project: Tell Congress: Unfreeze Solar Energy Projects
Andy Carman Andy Carman

Climate Reality Project: Tell Congress: Unfreeze Solar Energy Projects

Building more solar energy projects across the country can help meet rising demand, cut emissions, and keep costs down for working families. But instead, The Trump Administration’s Department of Interior (DOI) has frozen major solar energy projects on public and private lands. Meanwhile, the Administration has moved to reverse restrictions on dangerous fossil fuel projects on federal lands. Solar is the cheapest form of new energy across the US. Plus, it’s the fastest to build. Urge Congress to press Department of Interior Secretary Burgum to cut the red tape stopping new solar projects. Take action HERE

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CALPIRG: Tell Amazon - Stop Selling Bee-killing Pesticides
Andy Carman Andy Carman

CALPIRG: Tell Amazon - Stop Selling Bee-killing Pesticides

We shouldn't be able to get toxic, bee-killing chemicals shipped to our doorstep at the push of a button. Neonic pesticides are contributing to bee-die offs that put our entire food system at risk. Not to mention: They've also been linked to neurological issues in humans. But despite all the risks, neonic pesticides are still sold on Amazon in most states. Amazon can protect pollinators, our health and the planet by getting these toxic pesticides off their virtual shelves. Tell Amazon: Stop selling bee-killing neonics HERE.

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Turtle Island Restoration Network: Our national parks are under immediate threat, and we need your help to protect them!
Andy Carman Andy Carman

Turtle Island Restoration Network: Our national parks are under immediate threat, and we need your help to protect them!

Earlier this year, Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) pushed a proposed provision that would have put more than 250 million acres of public land on the chopping block and for sale, with a mandated sale of up to 2-3 million acres within five years. With your help, the provision was successfully thrown out. But now Senator Lee is back with an even more dangerous amendment...Lee Amendment #3972 would remove protections in the Interior appropriations bill that require the Department of the Interior to maintain our national parks. If it passes, it opens the door to selling off, transferring or giving away America’s most treasured public lands - including our national parks. Contact your Senator HERE.

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Environment California: Permanently Protect Millions of Acres of Wild Forest
Andy Carman Andy Carman

Environment California: Permanently Protect Millions of Acres of Wild Forest

The Forest Service plans to rescind the Roadless Rule, which protects more than 45 million acres of wild forest from logging and mining. These forests provide clean water, shelter hundreds of threatened and endangered species and are the sites of treasured memories for millions of Americans — losing them to logging and mining would be a travesty. Congress can permanently protect all roadless forests by passing the Roadless Area Conservation Act. Tell your U.S. House representative to protect millions of acres of wild forest HERE.

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Center For Biological Diversity: Stop the Confirmation of a Public Lands Enemy
Andy Carman Andy Carman

Center For Biological Diversity: Stop the Confirmation of a Public Lands Enemy

Former Rep. Steve Pearce of New Mexico spent his congressional career attacking public lands and endangered species. Now President Donald Trump has picked him to lead the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, where Pearce would be in charge of 245 million acres of public lands — all at extreme risk of privatization and annihilation. Pearce has long called for shrinking and selling off public lands to private and corporate interests. If he’s confirmed, he’ll greenlight extractive industry at the expense of clean water, wildlife, and public enjoyment across some of the most cherished landscapes in the U.S. West. He once said, these wolves — which will stalk for weeks and weeks and weeks at a time around local homes — it’s a matter of time until a wolf catches one of these children.” There have been ZERO documented cases of wolves attacking humans in New Mexico. Take ACTION.

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