Let keep the pressure on!
--- On Wed, 6/18/08, Union of Concerned Scientists Action Network <act...@ucsusa.org> wrote:
From: Union of Concerned Scientists Action Network <act...@ucsusa.org>
Subject: It's time for climate action in the House
To: "Michele Queyroy" <archbuilders...@yahoo.com>
Date: Wednesday, June 18, 2008, 3:01 PM
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Urge Your Representative to Support Strong Climate Legislation
Dear Michele,
 With your help, momentum is growing in Congress for strong national global warming legislation—just this month, the Senate had their first vote on major climate legislation. Now we need to turn to the House and educate lawmakers about key issues they must address in any final climate policy. Please urge your representative to commit to getting the details right by signing a climate principles letter, which will be sent to Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Strong support for the letter will help the speaker press for a strong global warming bill in the House.
The letter contains important recommendations for ensuring that any final legislation succeeds in preventing the worst consequences of warming, moves the United States to a clean energy economy, minimizes economic impacts, and aids vulnerable communities and ecosystems. Send a letter to your representative today!
Sincerely,
Kate Abend
National Field Organizer
UCS Climate Program
Subject: Please sign climate principles letter
Dear Representative,
I am writing to urge you to sign the Waxman-Markey-Inslee climate principles letter, which will eventually be sent to Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Global warming is real and people in the United States and around the world are already feeling the consequences, from droughts, to more extreme weather, to sea level rise. Recently, more than 1,700 U.S scientists and economists issued a statement urging policy makers to ensure global warming pollution reductions on the order of 15-20 percent by 2020 and 80 percent by 2050 to avoid the worst consequences of global warming. The statement noted that acting quickly to begin reducing emissions is the most cost-effective response to global warming, with smart reduction strategies offering an opportunity to grow the
economy, generate new domestic jobs, protect public health, and strengthen energy security.
The Waxman-Markey-Inslee climate principles letter details how global warming legislation can achieve the needed emissions reductions while providing these other benefits. Specifically, the letter includes recommendations for ensuring that our final national climate policy succeeds in preventing the worst consequences of warming, moves the United States to a clean energy economy, minimizes economic impacts, and aids vulnerable communities and ecosystems.
Please support these principles by signing on to the letter—contact Melissa Bez at (202) 225-3976. Vulnerable populations and all our children are counting us to get the details right on U.S. climate policy.
Sincerely,
Michele
Queyroy
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What's At Stake:
Congressional momentum is growing for action on global warming as UCS activists and
others across the country demand a strong national climate policy. Over the last year, UCS activists have sent letters to their lawmakers urging them to support the Waxman Safe Climate Act (HR 1590) in the House, a bill that would ensure the needed 80 percent emission reductions by 2050. UCS supporters have helped raise cosponsorship for the Safe Climate Act to 145 representatives! That bill lays important groundwork by establishing a flexible economy-wide cap-and-trade program—a market-based approach to limiting global warming pollution. The principles letter being circulated by representatives Henry Waxman (D-CA), Ed Markey (D-MA), and Jay Inslee (D-WA) goes a step further by providing the details on how such a program should be structured and will be sent to Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Strong support for the letter will help the speaker press for the best possible global warming bill in the House. The letter contains important recommendations
for ensuring that any final legislation succeeds in preventing the worst consequences of warming, moves the United States to a clean energy economy, minimizes economic impacts, and aids vulnerable communities and ecosystems. More . . . | |
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