Forward from State Sen. Rob Hogg __ Mike Carberry 319-594-6453 [log in to unmask] Please consider the environment before printing this email. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sat, May 18, 2013 at 7:30 PM Subject: Climate Phone-A-Thon – Call Congress to Oppose Keystone & Support Climate Action! To: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] Mike - Help me circulate this email to contacts around the country. Rob +++++ National Climate Advocates: ** ** This is to ask you to make a special effort this week to contact your Congressional representatives and Senators by calling them at their **** Washington**, **DC****, offices to oppose the Keystone “Export” pipeline. It is expected that the House of Representatives will vote on a bill to suspend the administrative process and force President Obama to approve the Keystone XL pipeline. ** ** This is an opportunity to educate Congress about the growing opposition to the pipeline – because it will hurt the climate, threaten our waters, allow condemnation of American farms and ranches, and bypass American consumers for sale on the global market – and the growing support for action to fight climate change. ** ** Then, in June, I encourage you to call your Congressional representatives and Senators again to support carbon fee and dividend legislation and other action to fight climate change in 2013. This is the “Climate Phone-A-Thon” – it is low-cost, easy-to-do, and urgently needed for Americans to speak up in favor of climate action. Once you or your group have made your calls, report them to me at [log in to unmask] ** ** *Other Upcoming Events and News* ** ** *June 23 to June 25 – Washington, DC* – Citizens Climate Lobby Conference and Lobby Days – For more details, visit www.citizensclimatelobby.org. CCL is doing district-by-district organizing to support carbon fee and dividend legislation that would put a price on carbon and return the money to Americans. That policy is one of many actions we need in the fight against climate change. For those unable to attend the CCL conference, try to organize group phone calls from your Congressional district on June 24 and June 25 to support the CCL Lobby Days as part of the “Climate Phone-A-Thon.” ** ** *July 15 to July 31 – “Summer Heat” Across America* – This is a project of 350.org – As carbon dioxide levels rise above 400 parts per million for the first time in human history, “Summer Heat” is an effort to get many thousands of Americans to stand up for our future by supporting the fight against climate change. For more details, visit www.joinsummerheat.org. With your help, we can hold a “summer heat” event in every Congressional district in **America**. ** ** *August 17 to August 29 – Book Tour of New Hampshire and New England* – I am continuing to promote my new book, *America’s Climate Century: What Climate Change Means For America in the 21st Century and What Americans Can Do About It*, with the hope that it will help Americans understand the climate issue and take the climate action we so urgently need for our future. It is a 120-page call to action that explains the science, the consequences, and the solutions to climate change – and why Americans should lead the world in the fight against it. I have now sold over 400 copies of the book. ** ** Between August 17 and August 29, I am bringing my book tour from **Iowa**to **New Hampshire** and **New England**. If you or people you know would like to host a book event in **New Hampshire** or **New England** during those dates, please let me know. ** ** The book is currently available for $10.95 or less through Amazon – both as a paperback and as a Kindle book – in addition to various book stores in ** Iowa**. I can also ship bulk orders for book clubs and groups at a discount. It also makes a great gift for high school or college graduation. If you like the book, please like it on Facebook, and let your friends, family, and colleagues across the country know about it. ** ** *March 1 to ****November 1, 2014**** – Great March for Climate Action* – One thousand people are organizing to march 3000 miles across our country next year from the West Coast to ****Washington**, **DC****, to demand action on climate change. To get involved, contact Ed Fallon in ****Des Moines**, **Iowa****, at 855-35-MARCH (855-356-2724), or by email at [log in to unmask] ** ** I hope this information is helpful. Please keep up your advocacy for the climate action we so urgently need for our future. ** ** Iowa Senator Rob Hogg ****Cedar Rapids**, **Iowa**** ** ** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask] Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp