Help Promote GMO Labeling in NYS

Currently 2 bills have been introduced in the New York legislature, Assembly Bill A 3525 and Senate Bill S 3835 to require mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods.
At the moment, A 3525 is currently stuck in the Consumer Affairs and Protection Committee and we need your help to get the ball rolling before the session ends!

1. Send a letter to your Assemblymember, Senator and Governor Cuomo, telling them it’s time for New York to lead the way on GMO labeling!
http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/sign/support_gmo_labeling_in_newyork14/?t=11&akid=1201.29820.UNCjMC

2. Call these members of the Consumer Affairs and Protection Committee and the Assembly Speaker Silver and tell them to support GMO labeling!
Michaelle Solages
516-599-2972
Edward Hennessey
631-207-0073
David Buchwald
914-244-4450
Sheldon Silver (Assembly Speaker)
212-312-1420

Stop the Bomb Trains – Demand Safety in Crude Oil Shipment?

Our voices are making a difference and we need to speak up again! Please write to the U.S. Department of Transportation and demand that it take emergency action to ban the use of dangerous rail cars to ship crude oil. This is an additional action Riverkeeper is asking us to take in support of their multifaceted campaign?to eliminate the risks of crude oil spills and devastating accidents from the virtual pipeline of ships, barges and rail cars along the Mohawk and Hudson rivers.? The DOT can choose to act immediately to reduce the risks of derailments, which have caused catastrophic accidents including the explosion that killed 47 people last year in Lac-Megantic, Quebec. Riverkeeper, Scenic Hudson and other partners are calling for DOT to issue an emergency order that would immediately ban the widely used, but accident-prone, DOT-111 rail cars, rather than continue with its rule-making process that is likely to take up to a year while these bomb trains continue to barrel through our communities. Let?s not wait for another warning. Act now!

Ask Kellogg?s to Come Clean About Human Rights Abuses Now!

A new report from Oxfam alleges that Kellogg’s workers and farm workers are facing deplorable conditions.?The company claims to be?unaware of human rights abuses in its supply chain, and although the full extent to which workers are being abused is not completely known, what has been reported is unacceptable. Shareholders are pressuring Kellogg?s to report human rights abuses in its production processes.?The annual shareholder meeting is in just 3 weeks, and if we act now we can pressure Kellogg?s to investigate and issue a full report on human rights abuses. Shareholders are speaking out against these practices — they are worried about their long-term investments as the public learns about Kellogg?s human rights record. We can help make their case stronger by?showing Kellogg?s its own customers and potential customers are appalled that it is ignoring the problem.?Kellogg?s has answered to consumer pressure in the past. When both SumOfUs members and shareholders demanded action, Kellogg’s committed to sourcing palm oil that was deforestation and exploitation free. Sign the petition to ask Kellogg?s to conduct a full review of human rights abuses in its supply chain!