Point And Click To A Better Environment This Earth Day

Taking Earth Day activism beyond a concert in the park, Environmental Defense, today highlighted a variety of direct-action tools online to let concerned consumers help improve the environment in their own backyards and around the globe.

Environmental Defense, a leading national nonprofit organization based in New York, represents more than 300,000 members. Since 1967, the organization has linked science, economics, and law to create innovative, equitable, and cost-effective solutions to the most urgent environmental problems.

“To mark the 30th anniversary of Earth Day, we are using the power of the Internet to take environmental activism to the next level,” said Environmental Defense executive director, Fred Krupp. “People are now just a point and click away from making a big difference this Earth Day.”

From Scorecard, a state of the art resource allowing people to easily track and lobby polluters in their own communities, to the Clean Car Pledge, Environmental Defense’s online features deliver tools for action directly to the desktops of consumers. Visitors to Environmental Defense’s Web site will find the following online Earth Day initiatives:

• Scorecard Urge the polluters in your community to reduce their emissions. Type in your zip code at our Scorecard site to find out the major polluters in your community. Scorecard lets you send a fax asking them to reduce pollution.

• Action Network Join nearly half a million activists in the Action Network. With a single click, you can weigh in when it counts, sending key messages to policymakers before they make their decisions.

• Tailpipe Tally Find out how much your vehicle pollutes with the Tailpipe Tally. You can learn how much pollution your car sends out and also how it compares with an average car and with an average person’s electricity use.

• Take the Clean Car Pledge Help convince automakers to build cleaner cars by pledging to buy the cleanest vehicle that meets your needs.