As early as next week, Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) is expected to
introduce a measure to legislate away the Clean Air Act's ability to
protect Americans from global warming.
 
Sen. Murkowski may be just a few votes short in the Senate and a
similar measure has been introduced in the House.
 
-- Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way --
 
Global warming is the most serious environmental threat facing the
planet today. 2000 - 2009 was by far the warmest decade on
record and NOAA reports that last month was the warmest January on
record.
 
The EPA is taking steps to limit global warming pollution from cars,
large power plants and factories.
 
But the Murkowski bill would set that progress back and let some of
our biggest polluters off the hook.
 
It's time to stop playing politics with our future. We need climate
solutions, not obstruction.
 
-- Signs of Progress --
 
While Senator Murkowski is pushing her bill, other signals from
Capitol Hill suggest that progress is being made to produce a
bipartisan climate and energy bill.
 
The Washington Post reported this week that Senate Majority Leader
Harry Reid is urging Senator John Kerry (D-MA) to work with Senators
Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) to produce a
comprehensive bill soon.
 
Despite hundreds of millions of dollars in pressure lobbying, despite
vast nationwide propaganda campaigns, and despite a truly despicable
parade of dirty tricks, the climate deniers have not won.
 
Global warming is here, and it will get worse unless we act now.
 
Your support has never been more important.
 
 
P.S. South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has it exactly
right:
 
"Every day that we delay trying to find a price for carbon is a day
that China uses to dominate the green economy."
  
 
 
Environmental Defense Action Fund
1875 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20009
1-800-684-3322

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