National Parks

Single-use plastics don’t belong in our national parks.     Plastic harms our most precious wild places. You just hiked miles and miles through Grand Canyon National Park, descending past layers of golden, majestic rock. You finally reach the bottom of the canyon and pop your hiking boots off to cool your toes in the Colorado River. Something hits your foot — you look […]
Take action on climate change (Photos: Pixabay)

America’s public lands are home to a spectacular array of wildlife. They are places of astounding beauty. But massive tracts of these special lands — lands we all own — are being mined and drilled for oil, gas, and coal that fuels the climate crisis.1     America’s public lands shouldn’t fuel the climate crisis. Urge congressional leaders to support a moratorium on […]
Great Sand Dunes National Park (Photo by Wikimedia user Zachjank (cc 3.0)

Your signature today will help protect Great Sand Dunes National Park and nearby wilderness from more dirty drilling for oil and gas.       Great Sand Dunes National Park: An American Treasure Have you ever heard of — or visited — Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado? It’s a place where… Epic sand dunes tower as tall as skyscrapers. Sandhill cranes can […]

On behalf of everyone at Environmental Action, Happy Thanksgiving! Whether you’ve spoken out to stop reckless wolf killing, donated to mobilize nature-minded Americans for cleaner water, asked your local home and garden store to help save imperiled monarch butterflies, or just shared one of Environmental Action’s posts on social media, you are making a difference. Please take a moment to watch this […]
Canoeing at Denali National Park (Photo: NPS)

National park fee hikes could more than double at 17 popular national parks. Here’s why we need to stop that from happening. This land is your land. We all own our country’s spectacular national parks — from the majestic geysers of Yellowstone, to the lush forests of Yosemite, the towering mountains of Denali, and the Grand Canyon’s sweeping vistas. Unfortunately, the Trump administration […]