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Jun 19, 2014, 3:30:49 PM6/19/14
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From: Northern Michigan CCL
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2014 10:53 AM
To: Maura Brennan
Subject: June 23rd Congressional Call-in to Support Climate
Legislation
Hello
Citizens' Climate Lobby supporters!
This effort will leave a bigger mark with your help. Citizens' Climate Lobby is asking people concerned about the climate to share that concern with their members of Congress on June 23, and to express their desire for serious Congressional action on climate. We hope this will accomplish two goals:
1. Calls will send a message about how many people in their district care about the climate.
2. It will focus their attention on the issue, increasing the chances that our volunteers will be able to break through in their meetings the next day.
What to Say: The message can be short and simple. For example:
“Hi, my name is _____ and I'm a constituent. I'm very concerned about climate change, and I want the Congressman to consider serious legislation to fix this problem. Thank you, and have a nice day.”
If you want, you could also mention that you support a revenue-neutral carbon tax. Ready to help? You can find the phone numbers for your senators and representative here: http://www.opencongress.org/people/zipcodelookup. If you live in northern Michigan/UP in District 1, here are the numbers you can call:
Senator Debbie Stabenow: 202-224-4822
Senator Carl Levin: 202-224-6221
Congressman Dan Benishek (MI01): 202-225-4735
Your support is greatly appreciated and will truly have an impact!
Sincerely,
Elizabeth Dell
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Please forward this message to
your friends, family, etc. who are concerned about global warming and don't
forget to call your members of Congress on June 23rd and if you're on Facebook,
join the event: https://www.facebook.com/events/509857082475399/.
Five minutes of your time on June
23rd would go a long way toward creating a better world for your children and
grandchildren.On June 24, over 600 volunteers from Citizens' Climate Lobby will
be in Washington, DC lobbying their members of Congress to support legislation
to address global warming. These volunteers, including 22 Michigan citizens, are
traveling from all across the US on their own dime to make the case for what
they see as the best first step to a stable climate and a livable world, a
revenue-neutral carbon tax (a tax placed on CO2 emissions that would return the
revenue to American households as a monthly rebate check). Together we have
scheduled 475 meetings with congressional offices (out of a possible 535), and
there will probably end up being more. Our effort will leave a mark.
This effort will leave a bigger mark with your help. Citizens' Climate Lobby is asking people concerned about the climate to share that concern with their members of Congress on June 23, and to express their desire for serious Congressional action on climate. We hope this will accomplish two goals:
1. Calls will send a message about how many people in their district care about the climate.
2. It will focus their attention on the issue, increasing the chances that our volunteers will be able to break through in their meetings the next day.
What to Say: The message can be short and simple. For example:
“Hi, my name is _____ and I'm a constituent. I'm very concerned about climate change, and I want the Congressman to consider serious legislation to fix this problem. Thank you, and have a nice day.”
If you want, you could also mention that you support a revenue-neutral carbon tax. Ready to help? You can find the phone numbers for your senators and representative here: http://www.opencongress.org/people/zipcodelookup. If you live in northern Michigan/UP in District 1, here are the numbers you can call:
Senator Debbie Stabenow: 202-224-4822
Senator Carl Levin: 202-224-6221
Congressman Dan Benishek (MI01): 202-225-4735
Your support is greatly appreciated and will truly have an impact!
Sincerely,
Elizabeth Dell
Citizens' Climate Lobby, Northern Michigan Chapter
Learn about our work from The New York Times,
The Guardian, or this short film.
The Guardian, or this short film.
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