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It's almost here -- National Bird Day!

It can be easy to get caught up in devastating environmental news (there's so much we can do to protect wildlife and the environment!), but it's also important to celebrate nature and find solace in it.

January 5th is National Bird Day. "One of the main purposes of National Bird Day is to draw attention to the plight of birds that are at risk of extinction due to various threats such as habitat loss, pollution, climate change, and poaching. By recognizing these threats and taking action to address them, we can help protect these beautiful creatures for future generations," reports Happy Eco News.

This is a great chance to search for local birding events to participate in or just take time outside listening to birds and appreciating their beauty. Have fun!

Limit campaign contributions; do public financing; ban secret dark money contributions; ban gerrymandering; pass a voting rights act; abolish the Electoral College; stop corruption on the Supreme Court

Common Cause
Public Citizen
League of Women Voters

Overturn the Citizens United supreme court ruling which allowed unlimited money contributions by corporations and gave free speech and citizenship to corporations instead of to voters; and require nonpartisan panels to designs the elections districts; do ranked choice voting; establish a commission to charge supreme court judges for corruption; reverse the unlimited power of the presidential immunity from prosecution; Pass the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact to replace the Electoral College.

Fix the FEC 

Oil gave $75 million

Preserve endangered species, their habitats, and the lively interdependencies between trees and fungi; bees and flowers; plankton and oxygen; fish and marshes; microbes, bacteria and viruses; forests and rivers; rainforests and butterflies; the deep ocean and climate; tropical forests and atmospheric rivers.
Animal Welfare Institute
Center for Biogical Diversity
Defenders of Wildlife
Audubon
Greenpeace
Friends of Earth (FOE)
Jane Goodall Institute
Rainforest Action Network

 phase out oil and gas; get power from wind, sun, and water; break up  Big Oil companies that cause climate change.

Center for Biogical Diversity,  Greenpeace, UCS, Federation of American Scientists,  350colorado.org,  350.org, Fridays for the Future, Sunrise Movement, Earth Justice, Food and Water Watch, Oil Change international, influencemap.org, American progress.org