National Organizing Ramps Up For Climate Protection Bill
I'm happy to repost this message from Al Gore:
Winston Churchill said, "Sometimes doing your best is not good enough. Sometimes you must do what is required."
Now is that time.
Our elected officials must rise to face the challenge of the climate crisis. And we must demand that they do what is required before it is too late.
That's what I wrote yesterday in the New York Times, and today I need your help to make sure our Senators pass a strong climate bill this year.
The good news is we could be very close. A bipartisan group of Senators is drafting a bill right now that could be introduced within weeks -- and critical negotiations over its content are taking place right now.
So starting Tuesday, a broad coalition of climate groups is launching a massive calling campaign to build grassroots pressure for the strongest bill possible. Will you join us by pledging to call your Senator on Tuesday?
Clicking here will add your name to the thousands who have already pledged to call.
It would be an enormous relief if the recent attacks on the science of global warmingactually indicated that we do not face an unimaginable climate calamity. But the overwhelming scientific consensus remains unchanged. Every day we dump 90 million tons of global warming pollution into the atmosphere, as if it were an open sewer.
There is still a narrow pathway to stopping catastrophic climate change -- and it begins with a choice by the United States to pass a law establishing a clear cost for global warming pollution.
The House of Representatives has already passed comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation with bipartisan support. Now the Senate must follow suit, and the current effort may bring us closer than we've ever been.
To arrive at a strong bill, we must demand that our Senators take bold action on climate change. They need to know that we will support them if they do what is required.
That means you have to pick up your phone.
Pledge to call your Senator.
After all has been said and so little done, the truth about the climate crisis -- inconvenient as ever -- must still be faced.
The future of our nation and our world is depending on the United States Senate. Please join us this week to make sure they do what is required.
Thanks,
Al Gore
Founder
The Climate Protection Action Fund
P.S. To read my full op-ed, click here -- but don't forget to pledge to make a call hereafterward.
Now is that time.
Our elected officials must rise to face the challenge of the climate crisis. And we must demand that they do what is required before it is too late.
That's what I wrote yesterday in the New York Times, and today I need your help to make sure our Senators pass a strong climate bill this year.
The good news is we could be very close. A bipartisan group of Senators is drafting a bill right now that could be introduced within weeks -- and critical negotiations over its content are taking place right now.
So starting Tuesday, a broad coalition of climate groups is launching a massive calling campaign to build grassroots pressure for the strongest bill possible. Will you join us by pledging to call your Senator on Tuesday?
Clicking here will add your name to the thousands who have already pledged to call.
It would be an enormous relief if the recent attacks on the science of global warmingactually indicated that we do not face an unimaginable climate calamity. But the overwhelming scientific consensus remains unchanged. Every day we dump 90 million tons of global warming pollution into the atmosphere, as if it were an open sewer.
There is still a narrow pathway to stopping catastrophic climate change -- and it begins with a choice by the United States to pass a law establishing a clear cost for global warming pollution.
The House of Representatives has already passed comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation with bipartisan support. Now the Senate must follow suit, and the current effort may bring us closer than we've ever been.
To arrive at a strong bill, we must demand that our Senators take bold action on climate change. They need to know that we will support them if they do what is required.
That means you have to pick up your phone.
Pledge to call your Senator.
After all has been said and so little done, the truth about the climate crisis -- inconvenient as ever -- must still be faced.
The future of our nation and our world is depending on the United States Senate. Please join us this week to make sure they do what is required.
Thanks,
Al Gore
Founder
The Climate Protection Action Fund
P.S. To read my full op-ed, click here -- but don't forget to pledge to make a call hereafterward.
5 comments:
I think it is fascinating that most Christians knew that guys like Robert Tilton and other televangelists are frauds, but liberals cannot identify it when some guy like Al Gore does the same thing.
That is a really silly comment, I have to say.
Conservatives like to mock environmentalism as somehow religious in nature. I don't get it.
It is because your beliefs exceed your science ... thus it is nothing but an article of faith.
James - your reply to the first comment only serves to reinforce that person's point.
We realize you are incapable of seeing Al Gore for the phony he is because he is preaching what you want to hear.
You claim you are following the science, which works if you are using selective/anecdotal evidence, and ignoring/hiding/destroying some of the data.
You claim that the science is "settled", which on face value is ridiculous since science is never ever truly settled.
And please note that it isn't all environmentalism, just when you acting on faith, not logic.
There is plenty of science about climate change:
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2009/01/state-of-antarctica-red-or-blue/
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