BlackRhinoceros: environmental activism. Action alerts on atmospheric pollution, chemical pollution, industrial pollution, water pollution and safe food


	Take action on pollution. In the left column: the promoting organizations' homepages; in the right: the Actions, with the date each was added or most recently verified. Atmospheric pollution Chemical and Industrial pollution Noise pollution Pollution in Europe Pollution in north America Pollution in south America Water pollution Actions on pollution falling into two or more of these subcategories Please tell us if you know of other Actions on pollution or if there are errors in any of the links on this page. Register to be automatically notified of all updates to this Pollution Actions page.
	Atmospheric pollution
	Zero Emission Pledge		pledge not to purchase a new vehicle unless it is a zero, or near zero emission (Nov 20, 2003)
	Bluewater Network		tell Yamaha to stop making and selling noisy and polluting snowmobiles (Oct 21, 2003)
	Environmental Defense Action Network		oppose US Congress' attempts to weaken clean air legislation (Sep 4, 2003)
	Environmental Defense Action Network		support moves in the US to clean up diesel pollution from "nonroad" (construction, mining and farming) vehicles (Jul 23, 2003)
	20/20 Vision		urge the US Environmental Protection Agency to regulate diesel emissions (Jul 16, 2003)
	Environmental Defense Action Network		oppose US congress' attempts to weaken transportation legislation, leading to poorer air quality (Jun 25, 2003)
	Environmental Defense Action Network		support the US Environmental Protection Agency in its proposals to cut air pollution from nonroad construction equipment (May 29, 2003)
	Sierra Club		make polluters in California pay for their actions (Feb 8, 2003)
	World Wildlife Fund		support US vote for clean air (Jan 23, 2003)
	Environmental Defense Action Network		protect US public health and clean air laws (Jan 17, 2003)
	Bluewater Network		stop damaging jetski use at Fire Island National Seashore, New York (Oct 23, 2002)
	Environmental Defense Action Network		stop pollution from snowmobiles in US national parks (Aug 30, 2002)
	Environmental Defense Action Network		urge California's governor to resist auto industry pressure and to support gas pollution reduction from cars and trucks (Jun 19, 2002)
	National Parks Conservation Association		don't Let the Bush Administration damage or destroy the Clean Air Act (Jun 12, 2002)
	National Parks Conservation Association		oppose US bill to allow continued jetski use in parks (Jun 12, 2002)
	National Parks Conservation Association		urge Whitman not to weaken the US Clean Air Act (Jun 12, 2002)
	Sierra Club		support the move to restore funding to the US passenger rail system and reduce atmospheric pollution (Apr 24, 2002)
	Environmental Defense Action Network		stop new loopholes in the US Clean Air Act (Feb 14, 2002)
	EarthJustice		stop Bush from rolling back the US Clean Air Act (Feb 4, 2002)
	SaveTheCleanAirAct		stop the attack on the US Clean Air Act (Feb 2, 2002)
	Wildlife Conservation Society.		tell US government to protect wildlife from atmospheric pollution (Sep 21, 2001)
	EarthJustice		email US government to maintain the New Source Review regulations on clean air (Aug 26, 2001)
	Raymond Proffitt		Actions, links and petitions to Pennsylvania lawmakers and decision-makers (Aug 25, 2001)
	Grist Magazine		annotated links to a variety of transportation Actions (Aug 16, 2001)
	Union of Concerned Scientists		letter to US government for cleaner school buses (Aug 16, 2001)
	World Wildlife Fund		online petitions, registration and membership possible (Aug 15, 2001)
	GreenMatters		tell US lawmakers that building new coal-burning power plants is wrong (Aug 11, 2001)
	Grist Magazine		annotated links to clean air Actions (Aug 11, 2001)
	Public Interest Research Group		campaign for clean air (Aug 4, 2001)

	Chemical and industrial pollution
	Active Bankwatchers		tell the Bulgarian authorities to waive a dioxin-emitting incinerators (Oct 08, 2004)
	Sierra Club		resist weakening of methyl bromide regulations in California (Nov 12, 2003)
	World Wildlife Fund		protect people and animals from hazardous chemicals (Oct 14, 2003)
	World Wildlife Fund		sign the 'Declaration of Independence from Hazardous Chemicals' (Jun 25, 2003)
	Greenpeace		support moves to stop irreparable damage to the Baltic Sea by commercial shipping (May 21, 2003)
	Bluewater Network		urge the US National Park Service to protect Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area in Washington from damaging jetski use (May 15, 2003)
	Sierra Club		keep toxic chemicals out of California schools (May 13, 2003)
	Oceana		stop pollution from cruise ships (Apr 3, 2003)
	The Wilderness Society		protect Yellowstone and Grand Teton Park from noisy, polluting snowmobiles (Feb 22, 2003)
	The Ocean Conservancy		insist that California bill AB10x to make polluters pay is supported by the governor (Feb 13, 2003)
	Environmental Defense Action Network		challenge US car makers to stop countersuing on environmental laws and reduce emissions and pollution instead (Dec 13, 2002)
	Friends of the Earth		protest the corporate and governmental abuse that leads to massive oil pollution in the oceans (Nov 22, 2002)
	Action Network		protest a real threat to US security: millions at risk from chemical facilities (Nov 5, 2002)
	World Wildlife Fund		protect bears and whales from chemical pollution: insist that the US follow the Stockholm Convention (Sep 18, 2002)
	Environmental Defense Action Network		stop hazardous chemical facilities in the US from putting millions in danger (Sep 14, 2002)
	The Ocean Conservancy		stop drilling for oil off the California coast (Jul 15, 2002)
	World Wildlife Fund		insist on the passage of legislation in California to limit emissions from cars (Jul 10, 2002)
	Oceana		send a letter to your US representative to keep pollutants out of the world's oceans (Jun 24, 2002)
	National Parks Conservation Association		support clean power (Jun 12, 2002)
	National Parks Conservation Association		urge Florida senator to support clean power (Jun 12, 2002)
	Sierra Club		support a bill to keep radioactive materials out of consumer products and landfills in California (Jun 12, 2002)
	Environmental Defense Action Network		tell the US Environmental protection Agency to halt dangerous chemical 'experiments' threatening Hawai'i's oceans (May 11, 2002)
	Grass Roots Recycling Network		stop Dow Chemicals putting pesticides into compost (May 10, 2002)
	Essential Information		prevent a repetition of Bhopal (Apr 16, 2002)
	Essential Information		stop the damage of incinerators in local communities (Apr 16, 2002)
	WorkingForChange		make US toxic dumpers pay for their pollution (Apr 12, 2002)
	StopHolnam		stop Holnam from building huge cement kiln near St. Louis, Missouri (Apr 8, 2002)
	No Incineration Alliance		stop the building of an incinerator which would despoil the Boyne valley in Ireland (Mar 13, 2002)
	Pacific Whale Foundation		protest the danger of CO2 dumping in oceans worldwide (Mar 4, 2002)
	Greenpeace		press for a better EU chemicals policy to protect everyone (Feb 16, 2002)
	Greenpeace		tell Dow to clean up in Bhopal (Feb 16, 2002)
	Environmental Defense Action Network		tell Bayer to comply with US FDA ban on Baytril (Feb 14, 2002)
	EarthJustice		stop farm pollution (Feb 4, 2002)
	Greenpeace		support legislation in the US to protect it from chemical disaster (Feb 2, 2002)
	Greenpeace		tell shoe manufacturers to stop using PVC in shoes (Feb 2, 2002)
	Greenpeace		tell the US Consumer Product Safety Commission to protect families from PVC products in the home (Feb 2, 2002)
	Sierra Club		oblige factory farms to clean up their own waste and pollution (Feb 2, 2002)
	Sierra Club		press the US Food and Drug Administration to stop the use of antibiotics in factory farms (Feb 2, 2002)
	Sierra Club		stop sprawl and pollution: support high speed rail (Feb 2, 2002)
	Greenpeace		stop retailers Victoria's Secret and Bath and Body Works using toxic PVC plastic in their product packaging (Jan 30, 2002)
	Friends of the Earth		press for safer chemicals in the UK (Jan 25, 2002)
	Greenpeace		help stop pollution by contaminated ships (Jan 25, 2002)
	Clean Up Southern Company		send a message to Southern Company's CEO, Allen Franklin, urging him to clean up Southern's dirty power plants (Jan 4, 2002)
	Environmental Defense Action Network		protect your right to know about chemicals in the environment (US) (Nov 28, 2001)
	Grass Roots Recycling Network		protest Dow Chemicals' use of poison in herbicides (Nov 20, 2001)
	SEAC (Student Environmental Action Coalition)		get dioxin out of tampons (Oct 27, 2001)
	GreenMatters		ask US senators to support national ban on MBTE (Oct 11, 2001)
	GreenMatters		stop US industries from releasing toxic pollutants into communities without reporting it: demand a stronger Communities Right-to-Know Act (Oct 11, 2001)
	GreenMatters		support a US national ban on fluoride in drinking water (Oct 11, 2001)
	GreenMatters		tell the US energy department to prohibit the use of radioactive waste products in any type of commercial or business product (Oct 11, 2001)
	Physicians for Social Responsibility		tell the US Congress to protect children from pesticides in schools (Sep 29, 2001)
	Environmental Defense Action Network		call to ban harmful mercury switches in cars (Sep 21, 2001)
	Friends of the Earth		UK Friends of the Earth factory watch (Sep 21, 2001)
	Greenpeace		call for a tougher chemical policy in Europe (Sep 21, 2001)
	Greenpeace		prevent PCB pollution in Latin America (Sep 21, 2001)
	Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition		clean up the semiconductor industry (Sep 20, 2001)
	Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition		tell your computer manufacturer to recycle (Sep 20, 2001)
	WorkingForChange		ask the chemical industry to come clean (Sep 20, 2001)
	WorkingForChange		Expand toxic release laws beyond the US border (Sep 20, 2001)
	Environmental Defense Action Network		stop old, dirty power plants from polluting US National parks (Sep 10, 2001)
	CleanUpGE		help in the fight to clean up the Hudson from GE's PCB pollution disaster (Sep 1, 2001)
	The Great Boycott		campaign to boycott the eight biggest pesticide companies (Aug 27, 2001)
	Greenpeace		urge US lawmakers to ratify treaty to ban POPs (toxic chemicals) (Aug 26, 2001)
	Grist Magazine		annotated links to international pollution Actions (Aug 26, 2001)
	Greenpeace		tell US lawmakers to support legislation reducing toxic discharge from dry cleaning (Aug 25, 2001)
	Greenpeace		tell US government to protect children from toxic toys (Aug 22, 2001)
	Greenpeace		tell US government to shut down WTI incinerator in Ohio (Aug 22, 2001)
	Pesticide Action Network North America		US campaigns to replace pesticides with ecologically sound alternatives (Aug 22, 2001)
	Grist Magazine		annotated links to toxic waste Actions (Aug 16, 2001)
	Public Interest Research Group		make polluters pay (Aug 15, 2001)
	Public Interest Research Group		email US lawmakers on toxic pollution (Aug 11, 2001)
	Coming Clean		contact US lawmakers on chemical and industrial pollution (Aug 10, 2001)
	Raymond Proffitt		Actions, links and petitions to Pennsylvania lawmakers and decision-makers (Aug 5, 2001)

	Noise pollution
	Bluewater Network		urge the US Park Service to protect the Roosevelt National Recreation Area from damaging jetski use (Feb 19, 2004)
	Bluewater Network		tell Yamaha to stop making and selling noisy and polluting snowmobiles (Oct 21, 2003)
	Bluewater Network		ban jetskis from Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (Jul 24, 2003)
	Bluewater Network		urge the US National Parks Service to protect the Curecanti National Recreation Area from damaging jetski use (Jul 10, 2003)
	Bluewater Network		urge the US National Park Service to protect Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area from jetskis (Jun 28, 2003)
	Bluewater Network		urge the US National Park Service to protect Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area in Washington from damaging jetski use (May 15, 2003)
	Bluewater Network		keep jetskis out of Amistad National Recreation Area in Texas (May 8, 2003)
	The Wilderness Society		protect Yellowstone and Grand Teton Park from noisy, polluting snowmobiles (Feb 22, 2003)
	Bluewater Network		help protect Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah/Arizona from jetskis (Oct 26, 2002)
	Bluewater Network		stop damaging jetski use at Fire Island National Seashore, New York (Oct 23, 2002)
	Bluewater Network		urge the US National Park Service to ban damaging jetskis at Lakeshore National park in Michigan (Oct 15, 2002)
	Bluewater Network		urge the US National Park Service not to allow jetskis in the Big Thicket National Preserve, Texas (Sep 17, 2002)
	Johnny Bob		community forum with local Actions against noise pollution in Illinois (Jul 3, 2002)
	Earth Island Institute		limit the use of jetskis in Lake Mead, Arizona and Nevada (Jun 17, 2002)
	The Wilderness Society		rid Assateague Island in Maryland and Virginia of jetskis (Jun 17, 2002)
	National Parks Conservation Association		oppose US bill to allow continued jetski use in parks (Jun 12, 2002)
	National Parks Conservation Association		stop efforts to extend use of jetskis in US National Parks (Jun 12, 2002)
	National Parks Conservation Association		uphold jetski ban at Cape Lookout National Seashore, North Carolina (Jun 12, 2002)
	National Parks Conservation Association		urge the director of the US National Park Service to uphold ban on jetskis (Jun 12, 2002)
	Earth Island Institute		support jetski ban at Padre Island National Seashore, Texas (Mar 14, 2002)
	Earth Island Institute		stop noise from the US navy; stop LFA (Low Frequency Active) sonar (Mar 12, 2002)
	Pacific Whale Foundation		protect whales and oceans from US navy's Low Frequency Active (LFA) sonar plan (Mar 4, 2002)
	Earth Island Institute		tell Bighorn Canyon national recreation area to protect its resources from jetskis (Feb 16, 2002)
	Earth Island Institute		protect US Big Thicket National Reserve from abuse by jetskis (Dec 8, 2001)
	Earth Island Institute		protect Fire Island National seashore from jetskis (Nov 16, 2001)
	Earth Island Institute		tell the Cape Lookout Park Service (North Carolina) that you support the decision to ban jetskis there (Oct 20, 2001)
	BLAST		ban leaf blowers in Santa Barbara, California (Sep 19, 2001)
	Citizens for a Quiet Environment		promote a quiet Albuquerque, New Mexico (Sep 19, 2001)
	Citizens for a Quieter Sacramento		lobby for noise reduction in Sacramento (California) (Sep 19, 2001)
	Zero Population Growth		join the fight to ban leaf blowers in Manhatten Beach, California (Sep 19, 2001)
	Earth Island Institute		protect Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore from noisy, dirty and dangerous jetskis (Aug 31, 2001)
	Earth Island Institute		campaign to oppose jetskis in Glen Canyon National Park (US) (Aug 16, 2001)

	Pollution in Europe
	Greenpeace		call for a tougher chemical policy in Europe (Sep 21, 2001)

	Pollution in north America
	Environmental Defense Action Network		tell US congress to plan better transportation solutions not more pollution (Feb 6, 2004)
	Sierra Club		keep hazardous electronic waste out of landfills in California (Sep 19, 2002)
	CigaretteLitter.org		help stop the menace of cigarette butt pollution (May 18, 2002)
	Earth Island Institute		urge the US EPA to strengthen emissions standards for new non-road engines (Oct 17, 2001)
	American Rivers		protect the US Clean Water Act (Sep 21, 2001)
	The Wilderness Society		uphold a ban on jet skis and off-road vehicles (Sep 20, 2001)

	Pollution in south America
	Greenpeace		prevent PCB pollution in Latin America (Sep 21, 2001)
	Amanaka's Amazon Network		international campaigns, projects and Actions on the Amazon (Aug 20, 2001)

	Water pollution
	Sierra Club		tell California governor to get perchlorate out of our drinking water (Mar 10, 2004)
	Friends of the Earth		stop US 'ghost' fleet carrying high possibility of marine pollution being sent for 'disposal' (Nov 6, 2003)
	The Wilderness Society		tell US legislators to safeguard clean water in wilderness areas (Nov 6, 2003)
	Bluewater Network		ban jetskis from Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (Jul 24, 2003)
	Oceana		stop Royal Caribbean cruise ships polluting the ocean (Jul 23, 2003)
	The Ocean Conservancy		clean up California's polluted waterways (Jul 6, 2003)
	Audubon Society		persuade US legislators of the need for clean water (Jul 2, 2003)
	Greenpeace		stop another oil tanker disaster: support Greenpeace's blockading the 'Byzantio' in Tallinn, Estonia, and its 50,000 tonnes cargo hazard (Nov 29, 2002)
	Environmental Defense Action Network		protect New England whale habitat from overfishing and pollution (Jul 31, 2002)
	Greenpeace		stop BNFL's transport across the world of weapons-usable plutonium (Jul 19, 2002)
	Clean Water Network		stop changes to the US Clean Water Act which would allow pollution of water environments (May 10, 2002)
	Sierra Club		help US farmers protect critical water resources (Sep 15, 2001)
	Raymond Proffitt		Actions, links and petitions to Pennsylvania lawmakers and decision-makers (Aug 30, 2001)
	Earth Island Institute		campaign to save life of industrial aquaculture protester Thomas Kocherry in India (Aug 22, 2001)
	Public Interest Research Group		support a Clean Water Act (US) (Aug 22, 2001)
	Greenpeace		oppose US government plan to open US coasts to oil and gas development (Aug 10, 2001)
	Sierra Club		US clean water campaign (Aug 5, 2001)
	Save Our Environment		petition and/or fax US government on arsenic-free drinking water (Aug 4, 2001)
	Earth Island Institute		campaign to oppose shrimp aquaculture in Nigeria (Aug 3, 2001)
	Grist Magazine		annotated links to clean water Actions (Aug 3, 2001)
	Grist Magazine		annotated links to river and dams preservation Actions (Aug 3, 2001)

	Pollution - General
	Environmental Defense Action Network		help defeat misguided legislation which would seek to put the US military machine 'above' essential environmental protection laws (May 21, 2003)
	World Wildlife Fund		stop attempts by US legislators to cut environmental education spending (Nov 1, 2002)
	Environmental Defense Action Network		help defeat proposed legislation in the US to protect industrial polluters with spurious 'secrecy' immunity (Jul 18, 2002)
	Save Our Environment		tell Bush to stop assisting big business to destroy our environment (Jun 26, 2002)
	National Parks Conservation Association		insist that US congress must uphold environmental protection (Jun 12, 2002)
	National Wildlife Federation		act to stop destruction of US National Office of Environmental Education (Jun 12, 2002)
	GroenFront		variety of direct action protests and activities in the Netherlands (May 3, 2002)
	Animailbox.com		a commercial site with many 'click-to-save' Actions (Apr 12, 2002)
	Restoring the Earth Project		take a variety of focused actions through international effort to stop destruction of the Earth (Mar 28, 2002)
	World Wildlife Fund		help fend off threat to environmental education (Mar 26, 2002)
	EarthSave International		pledge to help the health of the Earth by not slaughtering and devouring animals (Mar 19, 2002)
	Earth Action Network		send specifically-targeted snail (surface) mail letters and faxes on a variety of urgent environmental issues (Mar 4, 2002)
	PetitionOnline		a large variety of online environmental petitions (Mar 4, 2002)
	EcologyFund.com		commercial site with a variety of 'click-to-act' projects (Jan 27, 2002)
	Information for Action		general resource for lobbying on pollution issues (Jan 25, 2002)
	the Center for a New Americal Dream		join the Turn the Tide campaign, take nine small actions, personally, for the good of the planet (Oct 25, 2001)
	Action Network		sign up here to join 750,000 email activists: be automatically notified of current Actions (Oct 1, 2001)
	Earth Share		get involved with Earth ShareÕs workplace giving campaigns (Sep 21, 2001)
	E The People		a variety of online environmental petitions (Aug 30, 2001)
	Protest.net		a large variety of fast-changing protests on pollution issues (Aug 30, 2001)
	Izaak Walton League of America		track the progress of conservation and environmental legislation on US Capitol Hill (Aug 26, 2001)
	Macrocosm USA		directory service of environmental Actions (Aug 26, 2001)
	Network for Change		select from a 100+ long list of environment (and other) issues to work on (Aug 26, 2001)
	Greenpeace		tell US government to honor Earth day and change environmental policies for the better (Aug 22, 2001)
	Witness to the Future		online threaded bulletin board system for activists (Aug 22, 2001)
	Environmental Advocates		environmental issues in New York (Aug 16, 2001)
	Co-op America's Boycott Action		international boycott campaigns (Aug 15, 2001)
	Working Assets		act for change section (Aug 11, 2001)
	Green Solitaire		a general list of Actions and sites containing Action pages (Aug 10, 2001)
	Public Interest Research Group		support the maintenance of existing US environmental legislation (Aug 10, 2001)
	National Environmental Trust		join an activists' network on pollution (Aug 5, 2001)
	The Petition Site		a variety of online environmental petitions (Aug 4, 2001)
	GreenMatters		demand better restrictions and regulations for hog factories (US) (Aug 3, 2001)
	EnviroCop		report environmental crime in the Boston Massachusetts area (Aug 1, 2001)
	SpeakOut		a variety of online environmental petitions (Aug 1, 2001)
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