I just received this email from Senator Boxer offic today asking for our help.
She is keeping her promise to try to make progress to cut greenhouse gases and emissions measurably.
We can't wait, we need to start taking action immediately and this is the first good step in making progress to that goal.
This is her email. Please read it, then take action.
We're on the verge of a breakthrough moment in our fight against
global warming. After more than 10 months of hearings, testimony
from hundreds of scientists and experts, and many hours of
debate, the Environment & Public Works (EPW) Committee may be
only a few days away from sending the most far-reaching global
warming program in the world to the Senate floor.
America's Climate Security Act, S. 2191, would cut greenhouse
gases below 1990 levels by 2020 -- and cut emissions by nearly
70% by 2050.
This is a critical step in our fight against global warming, but
as EPW Committee Chair, I'm working with only a one vote margin.
We're so close to passing this bill through the Committee and
sending it to the Senate floor, with a vote coming as soon as
Wednesday, but it's going to be difficult. That's why I'm asking
for your help today.
Click here to call members of the Environment and Public Works
Committee now, urging them to pass our global warming bill and
send it on to the full Senate:
http://ga6.org/...
Global warming is only becoming more urgent by the hour. The
world's leading scientists on the International Panel on Climate
Change recently reported that without bold action, 40 percent of
the species in the world would be threatened with extinction.
And global warming does not just threaten the environment:
Economist Jeffrey Sachs warns that climate change may have
depleted many resources in the Darfur region and been a root
cause of the genocide in Sudan. This gives a terrifying look
into the future.
But I approach this issue with hope, and not fear. We can do
this. If our bill passes, it will send an incredible signal to
the world that America, the biggest emitter of greenhouse gases
and the only major industrialized nation that has failed to sign
the Kyoto Protocol, is finally acting. Together, we can save our
air with clean energy sources and stop our dependence on foreign
oil. In short, we can be healthier and stronger, with good green
collar jobs and new technologies to export.
But for this bill to make it to a Senate vote, I need you to
speak out and urge my fellow Committee members to support
America's Climate Security Act today.
Click here to call members of the Environment and Public Works
Committee now, urging them to pass our global warming bill and
send it on to the full Senate:
http://ga6.org/...
We're already seeing the effects of global warming, and it is
past time that we start working against more severe
consequences.
Our bill recognizes that there must be a smooth transition in
our industrial and economic sectors, and we have been very
mindful of helping our consumers and businesses change in a
positive way. America's Climate Security Act takes strong action
on an urgent and dangerous matter without crippling our economy.
We're so close to passing this bill through the Environment and
Public Works Committee -- the same committee that wrote every
major piece of environmental legislation, including the Clean
Air Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Superfund Act, and
many others. We're poised to make history again, but I need your
help in this last push today.
Click here to call members of the Environment and Public Works
Committee now, urging them to pass our global warming bill and
send it on to the full Senate:
http://ga6.org/...
I am so proud that so many have urged members of the EPW
Committee to vote in favor of this key global warming
legislation, including a broad bi-partisan group of leading
elected officials in California, as well as a long list of
well-respected environmental organizations, leaders of the faith
community, and many others.
I've been Chair of the EPW Committee for less than a year -- and
this week, my dream for the Committee may well come true, with
your help.
The world has waited long enough for America to take action on
this urgent issue. Now is our chance to lead the fight against
global warming.
In Friendship,
Barbara Boxer
U.S. Senator
P.S. The special interests are already running attack ads
against this important bill, and I need your help to counter
them today. Please take just a few seconds, right now, to urge
the Senators on the EPW Committee to support America's Climate
Security Act before Wednesday's expected vote -- and then invite
everyone you know to do the same.