Right now, more than ever, we need clean water, clean air and reduced greenhouse gas emissions.  Clean air and clean water are integral to our health, and to the lives of animals.  Without them our immune systems are compromised and we are less able to fight off increasingly virulent viruses.  If we keep increasing the amount of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide (all greenhouse gases) in the atmosphere the planet will continue to heat up.  This in turn, will help to further the spread of deadly illnesses.

Sadly, the Trump administration shows no concern for any of the aforementioned things.  In fact, it is busy weakening or rolling back 98 environmental rules.  His administration, for example, has loosened rules to reduce toxic emissions from industry, has weakened fuel mileage standards for cars, has relaxed air pollution emission levels from new power plants, has lifted a ban on drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, is now allowing coal companies to dump mining debris into streams, is allowing hunting in wildlife refuges, is putting more endangered marine mammals and sea turtles at risk to be killed by fishing, and is making it more difficult to protect wildlife with changes to the Endangered Species Act.

It is time to speak out again.  It is time to reach out to your senators and congressional representatives to tell them to protect our water, air and our environment.  Please call or email them, time is of the essence.