Dear Senators Cardin and Van Hollen,

For the past week, my two preschool-age sons and I have been celebrating Earth Day. We have talked about the ways this planet nourishes and cares for us and our responsibility to care for our beautiful Earth.

It has prompted me to think of similar discussions I had with my parents when I was younger. I know our family has tried to do our part to protect the environment and we’ve been getting better at it in the last 30 years. But the efforts of a single American family or even many families is not enough to counteract the irresponsibility of corporate actors.

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