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OK - You've heard about Mitt Romney's running mate, Paul Ryan, because you don't live under a rock. And because you are also a highly evolved news-consumer, you know that Ryan is a staunch conservative who's been a big name in budget-writing policies.

But what does it all mean for the planet? Good question - here's some facts to help you sort it out and actions to do something about it.

What happened in Houston? Why did we have to bring a Cake to ExxonMobil? What's it really like to live next to an oil refinery? Watch this 2 minute video to find out the answers and lots more.

Your weekly news roundup on everything environment

In this weeks issue:

The Numbers Are In: Big Oil Releases First Quarter Profits

America’s Largest Banks Continue to Finance Dirty Coal

New Study Predicts Frack Chemicals Can Reach Water Aquifers Within Years

PROGRESS: Peru Adopts Climate Change Initiative

Antarctica is Melting From Below And It Might Be Too Late To Stop It

Peregrine Falcon Fully Recovered from DDT-Caused Population Collapse

Environmental Action staff from across the country just went to DC to deliver a petition you signed asking Congress to ban fracking.  We didn't go alone - in addition to a dozen staff and thousands of your signatures, we brought a bottle of 'fracked up water' from a member in PA and delivered it to the front door of the American Petroleum Institute, the chief lobbyist for the Frackers in DC.

It's called Big Oil for a reason -- the oil industry has spent the past century using its wealth to ensure both political power and a kind of omnipresence in our lives that requires us to use oil products at almost every turn.