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House Votes to Slash Conservation: Tell the Senate not to follow

On Feb. 19, the House Majority — on a virtual straight party-line vote — passed an extreme budget bill, or continuing resolution,that if accepted by the Senate, will terminate funding for dozens of critical environmental programs and harm some of the nation’s bedrock conservation laws. We need your help to stop these extreme cuts before they make it through the Senate. Region:  California Read more

Historic House victory on Global Warming: Senate battle lies ahead

Winston Churchill says we 'Deserve Victory!' 1940 © Mary Evans Picture Library 2007.

Winston Churchill would have applauded the effort of the legions of Wilderness Society voices who contacted the U.S. Congress in favor of action on the American Clean Energy and Security Act (H.R. 2454 — the Waxman-Markey energy and climate bill), which won a hard-fought victory in the U.S. House of Representatives this evening. Read more