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We
are almost certainly going to hit 1.5 degrees Celsius
warming. A groundbreaking new U.N. report shows
we've already raced past the global 1 degree warming point,
and are likely to hit 1.5 degrees within the next 10 years.
Even though wildfires are racing through huge parts of the
United States, drought and heat waves are assaulting many
areas of the globe, and storms such as hurricanes are
worsening, leaders have been slow to act. The main
reason the U.S. hasn't tackled climate change yet? Corporate lobbyists from dirty fossil fuel and
automobile corporations spend millions of dollars ensuring
their profits — instead of the world's future — are lawmakers'
top priority.
There's no room for regressive
corporate money-grabbers in this "debate." The next big
milestone that we, as a society, MUST AVOID hitting is when
the Earth warms to 2 degrees Celsius past the baseline point
from pre-industrial years. After that, coastal cities would be
swallowed, the Greenland ice sheet would be gone, and
countless endangered species, including monarch
butterflies, koalas, many whales, and more would be
decimated. Congress says it wants the American people to trust
it more. It can start that process by passing new,
pro-democracy, pro-people, pro-environmental legislation.
Sign the petition to demand an end to the era of
corporate money and dirty energy lobbyists tainting our
political process!
Thank you for all that you do,
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Miranda
The Care2 Petitions Team
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P.S. If
petroleum companies continue dumping boatloads of cash in
lawmakers' wallets and whispering in their ears, it will be
toast for the Earth. Sign the petition to get corporate lobbyists out
of the halls of Congress! |
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