| Dear Daniel Stafford, Many of you have already taken action to convince Apple to get benzene and other chemicals harmful to human health out of the smartphone supply chain.
Today we're asking you contact Apple again, this time by phone, to demand a safer workplace for the young men and women who make our electronics. Together with our partners at The Nation, we're declaring today "Apple Call-In Day," and below, we link you to a sample call-in script to inspire you to take a stand on behalf of workers.
Thank you for taking action.
In other news from Green America's programs, we've got two more ways you can take action today -- for clean energy.
First, our Climate Action program has learned of new signs of life for the wind-energy Production Tax Credit (PTC). On March 21, 144 senators and representatives signed letters urging their colleagues to revive the PTC and give the wind industry a boost. Green America has pushed for the extension of the PTC for the past two years, and though it expired in 2013, we're excited about this possible new opportunity for wind. Tell your reps to get on board.
And finally, our Fossil-Fuel Divestment program has learned of a new clean-energy mutual fund, launching today, and we've added it to our list of resources at greenamerica.org/fossilfree. If you're looking for ways to green your investments and support clean energy, our Fossil-Free investment resources are a great place to start.
Here's to ending smartphone sweatshops
and building the clean-energy future,
Alisa Gravitz,
President,
Green America
 It's Apple Call-In Day: Tell Apple to Protect Workers  Apple takes its customers' concerns seriously. Please join us in calling Apple today to let them know that it matters to you how Apple supplier factories treat their workers, and that Apple should be a leader among smartphone manufacturers in protecting workers from benzene and other dangerous chemicals.
Visit our demands page for further information on the steps we're asking Apple to take, and then call Apple at 408-996-1010 and ask them to be a leader today. (Share this on Facebook.)
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 144 Members of Congress Sign Letters to Boost Wind Energy  Though the Production Tax Credit (PTC) for wind energy expired at the end of the 2013, members of Congress are working to bring it back. On March 21, 144 representatives and senators sent letters to their colleagues urging the PTC's renewal.
“Like all businesses, the wind industry seeks certainty and predictability so that long-term project decisions and investments can be made,” wrote Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Mark Udall (D-Colo.), along with 24 other senators. “Without that stability, we once again risk losing many of the jobs, infrastructure and investment that the wind industry has created.”
Restoring the PTC will protect American wind installation and manufacturing jobs, keep the US competitive in the worldwide clean energy market, reduce US greenhouse gas emissions, and prevent air and water pollution from coal and natural gas.
Tell your reps to revive the PTC »
We've Added a New Mutual Fund to Our List of Fossil-Free Investments  Our friends at Green Century inform us that as of today, April 1, 2014, the Green Century Equity Fund will no longer invest in natural gas companies and will become fossil-fuel-company free. With this change, the Equity Fund will join Green Century's Balanced Fund (fossil-free since 2005) in screening out ALL fossil-fuel companies. The Green Century Equity fund already screened out coal and major oil companies.
“As Green Century uncovered and examined the reputational risks and potential investment risks of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, over the last five years, the analysis of the companies engaged in this controversial and environmentally damaging practice has changed," said Leslie Samuelrich, president of Green Centuray. "We no longer believe gas companies can be a viable investment for an environmentally responsible mutual fund.”
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