EcoUprising: January 2017

Take action to stop Trump's anti environmental cabinet. All are climate change deniers. Scott Pruitt has spent his entire career attacking the EPA and will now be in charge of it. Secretary of State candidate, Rex Tillerson was the CEO of Exxon, which has spent decades funding misinformation on climate change. Ryan Zinke is pro-logging, mining, and drilling on our public lands, of which he would be in charge as the Secretary of the Interior. Finally, Rick Perry censored climate scientists and favored big industry as governor of Texas and is up for Secretary of Energy.

Every single one of these choices is a disaster for our wildlife, our public lands and our planet. You can help with quick, easy actions to let your Senators know that you do not approve of the Polluter Cabinet.

PHONE CALLS: Find your Senators' phone numbers HERE. It is best to call one of the local offices, rather than the DC office. If possible, offer a personal reason why you object to these four appointments. If you feel uncomfortable with that simply say:

Please vote NO against the four polluters on Trump's cabinet - Tillerson, Pruitt, Zinke and Perry.

EMAILS: Find your Senator's contact form or email addresses HERE.

Please vote NO against the four polluters on Trump's cabinet - Tillerson, Pruitt, Zinke and Perry. These men are all climate change deniers whose appointment would be disastrous for our environment.

TWEET SHEET: HERE

FACEBOOK COMMENTS: Find your Senator's Facebook page HERE and leave the following comment as a comment to an existing post.

SIGN & SHARE THESE PETITIONS:

Pruitt - Sierra Club

Pruitt - Audubon Society

Pruitt - EarthJustice

Pruitt - Demand Progress

Pruitt - Friends of the Earth

Pruitt - Change.org

Pruitt - Pesticide Action Network

Pruitt - Mom's Clean Air Force

Pruitt - Center for Food Safety

Pruitt - NextGen Climate

Pruitt - Environmental Defense Fund

Rick Perry - Care 2 Petition

Tillerson - 350.org

Tillerson - Sierra Club

Tillerson, Pruitt, Zinke, Perry - WildEarth Guardians

Tillerson, Pruitt, Zinke and Perry - NRDC

Tillerson - Credo Action

Tillerson - MoveOn.Org

Trump's Entire Cabinet Greenpeace

Zinke - Friends of the Earth

Zinke - NPCA

Zinke - Sierra Club

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Montana's only representative, Ryan Zinke, has been nominated to lead the Department of the Interior. Unfortunately, Zinke's record demonstrates that his leadership would endanger our wildlife, our public lands and our planet. Zinke has promoted increased fossil fuel development on public lands, led efforts to strip endangered species of their federal protections and has hemmed and hawed about whether climate change is real. This is NOT the person who should be leading the Department of the Interior.

Please take the following actions to try to convince the Senate to vote NO on Zinke's nomination.

TWITTER: Tweet Sheet is HERE

FACEBOOK: Find your Senators' Facebook pages HERE and leave one of the following comment TO AN EXISTING POST:

1) Please oppose the nomination of Ryan Zinke as Secretary of the Interior. Zinke is no friend to our wildlife or public lands. He earned an F on his voting record relating to national parks. This is not the person we want overseeing our national parks.

2) Pledge to block the nomination of Ryan Zinke to lead the Department of the Interior. He has consistently voted against conservation measures and, as a trophy hunter who has led efforts to delist wolves, lynx and sage grouse, is no friend to wildlife. Further, Zinke wants to open up more public lands to fossil fuel development and voted to reduce presidential power to create national monuments. Please say NO to Zinke as Secretary of the Interior.

FOR GOP SENATORS:

3) During his confirmation hearings, please ask Ryan Zinke where he stands on keeping public lands public. I strongly support public lands remaining under federal control.

SIGN AND SHARE THE FOLLOWING PETITIONS:

Friends of the Earth

PHONE CALLS: Find your Senators' phone numbers HERE and call to speak to a staffer. This usually takes one minute. Leave the following comment:

Please oppose the nomination of Ryan Zinke as Secretary of the Interior.

EMAILS: Go to the link for "Contact" for your Senators HERE and one of leave the following comments:

FOR DEM SENATORS IN BLUE STATES: Please oppose the nomination of Ryan Zinke to lead the Department of the Interior. Zinke has voted against every conservation measure he encountered in Congress. He has received an F for votes related to national parks yet as Secretary of Interior, Zinke would oversee national parks. He is an avid trophy hunter who has led efforts to strip wolves, sage grouse and lynx of federal protections. Finally, Zinke has pushed opening more federal lands to fossil fuel development. He is not the right person to lead the Department of the Interior.

FOR GOP SENATORS AND DEM SENATORS IN RED STATES: During his confirmation hearings, please ask Ryan Zinke where he stands on keeping public lands under federal control. Most Americans, including myself, favor keeping public lands public but Mr. Zinke has a murky record on this issue.