I got this mail from someone on the SF Bike Coalition mailing list. CREDO Action is mobilizing people to get some more pressure to get John Dingell - "Congressman from General Motors" off the chairmanship of the Energy and Commerce committee before he can do some more damage.
I had the pleasure of listening to Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey (D, CA-6) speak last week, she clearly has distaste for how Dingell has run that committee and garbage canned attempts to increase mileage and emissions standards. Clearly we can see these days how much that helped GM and Ford.
As a warmup - here is a Bushian/Palindromic quote from Dingell on Climate Change...
"This country, this world, the [human] race of which you and I are a part, is great at having consensuses that are in great error. And so I want to get the scientific facts, and find out what the situation is, and find out what is the cure, and find out what is the cure that is acceptable to the country that I represent and serve."
Subject: We need real solutions to fight climate change.
Dear Friend,
Global climate change is perhaps the greatest challenge of our
generation. What we do (or don't do) affects not only our
nation, but the world. You might thank that, with a new
president poised to take office, we're in a great position to
take serious action to address climate change. Unfortunately, a
grizzled legislator named John Dingell, known as the
"Congressman from General Motors," is standing in our way.
The most important pieces of legislation addressing climate
change must pass through the House Energy and Commerce
Committee. As chair of that committee, Congressman Dingell has
exerted his power time and again to kill bills that could roll
back global warming. Dingell has lined his campaign war chest
with millions of dollars of contributions from electric, oil and
coal companies. His wife (and potential successor to his
Congressional seat) is a senior executive at General
Motors. What's more, until recently, he wouldn't even admit that
climate change was a real threat.
I just signed a petition calling on my member of Congress to
vote for Congressman Henry Waxman (a staunch environmentalist)
to replace Dingell as the Energy and Commerce Chair -- I hope
you will too.
Please have a look and take action.
http://act.credoaction.com/...