Tell Your Senators to Break Big Oil's Stranglehold on Wildlife

Whether it’s brown pelicans coated in oil due to the Gulf oil disaster or the polar bears losing the sea ice they need to survive due to climate change and carbon emissions, America’s dependence on oil is disastrous for our wildlife.

It’s time to free America from Big Oil’s stranglehold. Please call or email your senators now!

Right now, your state’s senators are home for the July 4 recess before coming back to DC for one month before the August recess.

Please contact your senators this week while they are back in their district offices and urge them not to let another month pass without taking action to pass comprehensive climate and energy legislation that helps move us away from our devastating dependence on oil toward a new, cleaner energy future.

Last summer the House took a leap forward by passing the American Clean Energy and Security Act which would cap carbon emissions, protect wildlife and natural resources from the impacts of climate change and help break our addiction to oil while transitioning our country into a clean energy future.

Unfortunately the Senate has yet to take action and time is running out.

With millions of gallons of oil now choking the Gulf of Mexico – killing threatened and endangered sea turtles, whales, brown pelicans, dolphins and other coastal wildlife – Defenders needs your help to ensure a cleaner energy future for our wildlife, children and grandchildren.

Take action now. This could be the most important phone call you make this week!