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Act
for Climate Security
After seven years of watching Big Oil pay off
politicians to block all global warming
legislation, we may have the opportunity to break
through. The Climate Security Act, which will soon
be voted on in the Senate, shows promising first
steps by calling for significant reductions in the
emission of global warming pollutants. But it's
not enough in the face of a global warming
catastrophe, and this is a critical opportunity to
demand the precise solutions we need. For one, the
bill needs to cut global warming pollution levels
80% by 2050. We need your help - Senators Tom
Harkin and Chuck Grassley are going to be
important votes on this legislation. Send them a
note TODAY urging them to strengthen the Climate
Security Act and pass a strong bill. We're talking
about the planet's survival or extinction. We
cannot waste this opportunity. And we shouldn't
settle for anything less than the strongest, most
ambitious law possible. Specific changes that will
improve the bill: * Increasing the reduction in
global warming pollution, to 80% reductions by
2050. * Requiring polluters to pay for pollution
permits, and using that money to promote clean
energy, including helping consumers with rising
energy bills. * Minimizing handouts to Dirty Coal
and maximizing the amount of program proceeds
going to the public benefit. To strengthen the
Climate Security Act and see a strong bill become
law, our senators need to hear from you today.
Global warming bills don't come along every day.
That's why it's so critical that we do it right.
Tell your senators not to settle for less - we
need the strongest global warming bill possible!
Thank you for your help at this critical moment.
Send
a letter to the following decision
maker(s):
Senator
Chuck Grassley (if you live in Iowa)
Senator
Tom Harkin (if you live in Iowa)
Below
is the sample letter:
Subject: Leadership for the Climate Security
Act
Dear [decision maker name automatically
inserted here],
As a constituent and supporter of the Iowa
Global Warming Campaign, I am writing to urge you
to make the necessary amendments to the Climate
Security Act (S.2191) to ensure that the finished
version of this bill will have the necessary
impact on the most severe effects of global
warming.
This includes amendments to
increase the stringency of global warming
pollution reduction targets to 80% by 2050, making
polluters pay for all of their pollution permits,
and using that money to help consumers and promote
clean energy.
These amendments must be
included to make S.2191 as strong as possible. And
I am also counting on you to fend off any
anti-environment amendments to this bill proposed
on the Senate floor that could undermine its
effectiveness.
Please do the right thing
for our children and grandchildren's future -
commit to strengthening S.2191 and working to pass
a revised version of this bill that will prevent
the catastrophic impacts of global warming, before
it is too late.
Sincerely,
Mike
Carberry
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What's
At Stake:
Our
dependence on fossil fuels is transforming the
planet. The Earth has already warmed and there is
now more carbon pollution in the atmosphere than
at any point in 650,000 years. If we do nothing,
the Earth could warm by several degrees more.
Although life will survive significant increases
in temperature, global warming will leave us with
a vastly different planet than the one we
inherited. The potential consequences of
catastrophic global warming include: * Increased
flooding on coastal regions as sea levels continue
to rise. If sea levels rise by 80 feet, more than
50 million Americans would be displaced from their
homes. * Heat waves will become more frequent and
intense. More than 30,000 people died in Western
Europe as a result of record high temperatures in
2003. * The loss of up to 50% of all species on
Earth. Species living at the extremes--the poles
or high altitudes--such as the polar bear, are the
most vulnerable. But as the oceans warm countless
other species also will face extinction. *
Droughts and wildfires will occur more often, as
has been the case with the surge in wildfires
across Western U.S. states in recent years.
Campaign
Expiration Date:
June
19, 2008
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