Climate Change: It's Time for Congress to Act
Governors all over the country are taking the lead in capping greenhouse gas emissions to stop global warming.
Now, it's Congress' turn.
The year is almost over, and Congress has not yet taken action on global warming, let alone scheduled a vote.
The United States needs national, comprehensive climate legislation. It's time for Congress to address the severe effects of climate change, and the new climate bill in the U.S. Senate could do just that.
Send a quick message to your Senators and urge them to ensure that the new climate bill helps avoid the worst effects of global warming.
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Tell Congress to bailout the climate too!
Last week The Big 3 auto makers (Ford, GM, and Chrysler) flew to DC to ask American taxpayers for $25 billion, no strings attached - they didn't even have a plan on how to spend it! So as 2009 shapes up to be the watershed year in the climate movement, we decided to help the Big 3 out. It's time for them to finally put up, shut up, or go belly up…
Take Urgent
Action Here Now!!
There are 3
things we need to ask our representatives in DC to demand from the auto industry
if they are to get $25 billion of our tax dollars.
1. We will not pay if you pollute!
Big 3 must
commit to making the most fuel-efficient fleets on the planet. Mandate a
fleet-wide fuel economy of
50 mpg by 2015.
2. Give us clean
options!
Each of the Big 3 must commit to producing, 1 million Plug in
Electric Vehicles (PHEV) by
2012 and 3 million PHEV's by 2015.
3. Create green
industry!
Commit to retooling the entire industry to produce these
vehicles and lead the way into a new green economy.
Send a message to congress demanding they use this moment to jumpstart the green economy and put clean cars on the road.
From Detroit to San Francisco the last year has been full of green
jobs rhetoric. It's time to turn rhetoric into reality. If we are truly
committed to transitioning off fossil
fuels and jumpstarting a new clean economy, now is the moment. It doesn't
get any more clear or urgent…
The United States is ushering in a new
era of combating climate
change and creating a green economy. The auto industry is a day late and
several billion dollars short
in producing zero emissions
automobiles that people now see are a necessary reality. This is a watershed
moment for the economy and the climate. $25 billion to continue business as
usual is not an option. The US must use this opportunity to push for climate
solutions by retooling the auto industry to produce zero emission vehicles, and jumpstart a clean, green
energy economy.
Thank you for working for an oil free future,
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