In case you don't get the messages from this organization, here are a couple of
good ones.
Also, the BOO group has become rather silent. I wonder why. Shouldn't it be
now, more than ever, that we should be encouraging each other to stay the
course and fight for birds, wildlife, and the planet and all life here? Though
I realize conversations are taking place in lots of venues.
Taking the Fight to Trump
As the smoke clears from Donald Trump's election, we're starting to see some
villains from the past loom out of the dark clouds. George W. Bush's endangered
species henchman, David Bernhardt, has been hired to oversee the transition of
the Interior Department and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Perennial climate
denier, Endangered Species Act critic and former Bush advisor Myron Ebell will
run the EPA transition. And Stephen Bannon, a white supremacist whose Breitbart
News published articles such as "Animals That Aren't Delicious or Useful
Deserve to Be Extinct," was tapped as Trump's chief strategist.
The Center has successfully faced off with Bernhardt and Ebell in the courts
before, stopping their agendas cold. We're bringing on more top-notch lawyers
to do it again. The courts are the only pillar of government not controlled by
Trump and his cronies -- the only thing standing between his extremist agenda
and the most vulnerable members of our society, including endangered species.
The Center's fierce lawyers will be there as we always have to defend our
democracy and environment.
We're also taking to the streets. Stay tuned for an invitation to join our
January cross-country, town-to-town rally in protest of Trump's vicious attack
on the climate, clean water, endangered species, women, minorities, religious
freedom and the LGBT community. Starting in Los Angeles, Oakland and Seattle,
we'll cross the country, rallying supporters in towns large and small before we
converge on Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, bringing our message to Trump's
inauguration.
Election Won't Trump Climate Action, World Vows
News of Donald Trump's election spread like a shockwave through groups of
experts and activists in Morocco for this month's United Nations climate
conference.
But dismay quickly turned into determination, said Center representatives at
the conference. Spearheading panels and organizing protests, the Center
convened with global activists fighting fossil fuel extraction, highlighting
the continued need for work aimed at keeping coal, oil and natural gas in the
ground.
"The world is rising up to keep dirty fossil fuels in the ground and stop
dangerous and unjust projects like the Dakota Access Pipeline," said the
Center's Kassie Siegel. "Trump's deadly contempt for our planet will unleash
grassroots climate action like nothing we've ever seen."
Read more about our work to fight the climate
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