Celebrities ask Congress for five percent of the revenue from the new cap and trade legislation to help wildlife survive a warming world
On April 23, actress Ashley Judd and wildlife biologist and Animal Planet television host Jeff Corwin spoke to Congress about the need to pass comprehensive global warming legislation that includes funding to help protect America’s wildlife and natural resources from the impacts of global warming.
They testified on behalf of Defenders of Wildlife before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies, according to a Defenders of Wildlife press release.
"I had the good fortune to grow up in three states -- Kentucky, Tennessee and California -- that are blessed with stunning, diverse and productive landscapes," said Judd. "Those landscapes have shaped my life and my values, and I am deeply worried that in an era of global warming -- evidence of which we experience on our own farm -- future generations of Americans will have fewer natural resources to draw upon than do we, and their opportunities will therefore be less than our own."
They called on Congress to dedicate five percent of the revenue from new global warming cap and trade legislation to safeguard wildlife and ecosystems from the effects of global warming.
"I worry deeply about what kind of world awaits my two young daughters if we fail to address this threat," said Corwin. "In the lifetime of my young daughter Marina, born just last year, twenty to thirty percent of the world’s plant and animal species will be on the brink of extinction if we do not act now to curb global warming."
He added, "I have been to the North Pole to study the iconic polar bear, whose habitat is melting away before our eyes."
GET INVOLVED
- Sign a Defenders of Wildlife letter urging your representative to take just 5% of the anticipated revenue from new global warming cap-and-trade legislation to safeguard wildlife and ecosystems from the effects of global warming (US citizens only)
- Sign the Universal Declaration of Animal Welfare
- Fate of Polar Bears in Salazar's Hands (April 22, 2009)
- Farewell to the Polar Bears (January 14, 2009)
- The Politics of Protecting Species (December 17, 2008)
- North Pole May Be Ice-Free in Five Years (August 12, 2008)
- Lawsuit Filed to Protect Wildlife from Oil Drilling (July 12, 2008)
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