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Some good news from League of Conservation Voters. Senate stands up against pollution! W e just delivered a massive blow to Donald Trump! Thanks to your calls and emails, the Senate just voted, 51-49, to stand up to the oil and gas industry and say hell no — you can’t have a free pass to pollute our air and spew dangerous methane pollution into our atmosphere! This is a huge win for our health, our clean air, and our climate, and shows that President Trump’s plans to unravel hard-won environmental protections are not a foregone conclusion. We thank each and every senator who stood up against big polluters today and defended commonsense safeguards from methane pollution. This victory was made possible by all of you!  This successful vote in the Senate is the result of months of hard work making your voices heard to your senators. LCV members signed more than 60,000 petitions, flooded Senate offices with thousands of calls, and filled the streets during the Peoples Climat...

WHY ARE THE WOMEN MARCHING? White women and women of color, old and young, are marching in Washington, D.C. and other cities. There are also men marching in support of the same objectives. Why are they marching? Women have the right to vote, they can work and retain their wages, own property, and inherit..'What more do they want ?' A traditional conservative might ask. I suggest journalists ask the question. Here are some quotes. One says she is marching to "show the Trump administration, they have no mandate to take actions that are not what the majority want. Another says, "I am marching to ensure that issues important to women are given voice: pro choice and maintaining Roe v. Wade, better education, climate change legislation..." "The march allows people to stand together in solidarity to support and protect the rights, safety, respect and equality of all people. ." "All women deserve access to health care." "Me...