Don't Hand Democracy Over to Corporate Polluters

A healthy planet goes hand in hand with a healthy democracy. The current administration’s decision to repeal the Clean Power Plan is the latest example of elected leaders handing over democracy to corporate polluters to write the rules in their favor. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt cares more about the bottom line for fossil fuel executives then he does about our health and safety.

And the winner is... Low Turnout

Our elected leaders should be a reflection of people. When a small, unrepresentative group gets to decide who represents all of us, that’s not democracy. The GOP held a primary runoff to select their candidate for U.S. Senate to replace Jeff Sessions, who is now the U.S. Attorney General. Only 14% of registered voters participated in the election.

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