[permaculture] Fwd: For those in the US - We need real solutions to fight climate change

Nancy Frank oppty at mac.com
Wed Nov 12 21:32:35 EST 2008


>
> 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/campaign/energy_chair/?r_by=1512-1851236- 
> nH6VQQx&rc=mailto
>
> Thanks! -- Nancy Frank
>
>



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