[PAA-Discuss] Global Warming Legislation: Next Steps

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Improve the Global Warming  Debate! 
 
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Friends of the  Earth Action is fighting to make the Senate's global warming  
bill better, or to get the  public a better bill from next year's new  
government. 
_Help Fund the  Effort_ 
(http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=xX4eBxVTrZdiyC1lHhq5oWrAN2oVbp3Z)   
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If you haven't  already written to your senators,  _Click  Here_ 
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to do so now.


Some didn't think that  our campaign to "Fix or Ditch" the Lieberman-Warner 
global warming  bill would resonate.  It  has. 
We thought America and  the world deserved a much better global warming bill, 
and you backed  us up.  Together, you and Friends of the Earth  Action are 
opening eyes throughout the progressive  community. 
"Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas Zuniga  says he wouldn't have known about 
the bill had it not  been for Friends of the Earth's ads." - _Politico  
2/13/08_ 
(http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=2JiiEK1Cj83XkoLlt/UYgGrAN2oVbp3Z) Thousands  of your calls, emails and letters have come pouring 
into Congress.  And with your help, we have run advertisements in major 
Capital Hill  print publications, on radio, and on key progressive websites on the  
internet explaining that this bill fails to meet the call of our  times.  
Just this weekend we went up on television  too.  The heat is on, and evidence of 
our  message's appeal is rolling in (see below).  
Help us keep the  momentum going by _making  a donation today_ 
(http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=cFNSGiUaj3NNNePbSgF4X2rAN2oVbp3Z) . 
Until fixed, we  will keep the bill's two key flaws front and  center: 
    *   It doesn't get us close to global  warming pollution reductions 
called for by scientists (over 80  percent by 2050); and  
    *   For these insufficient reductions  the bill lavishes up to $1 
trillion on fossil fuel industries,  instead of making them pay to pollute. 
_See  Friends of the Earth's analysis of the giveaways_ (http://s
alsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=yVInIfjqYemUx+mA+D8O82rAN2oVbp3Z)   (pdf). 
The hour is too late  for flawed half-measures, and Americans get that.   If 
we cut the bill's subsidies to polluting industries, and  auction off the 
permits that allow corporations to pollute -- as  called for by both Democratic 
presidential candidates -- the public  can use that money to invest in efforts 
to slow down emissions right  away, such as encouraging green jobs, renewable 
energy and energy  efficiency. 
Friends of the  Earth Action has a plan for making this bill better, or 
getting the  public a better bill.  We are not only working in  the trenches on 
Capitol Hill to get lawmakers to improve this bill,  we are going out to the 
public to mount pressure -- and we _need  your help_ 
(http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=E9UibDV5OXtZEc6mvo1jijPH7bwPkeJf) . 
Our effort to get this  message out is working, but it is expensive. If you 
value a voice  like Friends of the Earth Action -- a voice that calls for a 
fair  bill that gets us where science says we need to be -- then please _donate  
to this campaign today_ 
(http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=jrscHJZG6G99q6XBvHjXAmrAN2oVbp3Z) .   
Your money will  help fund: 
    *   The airing of _this  television ad_ 
(http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=wUKkG8Fj8BfsuF0SwsyVgDPH7bwPkeJf)   
    *   Internet advertising  
    *   Research on potential changes to the  bill, both good and bad  
    *   Coordination among a growing body of  grassroots organizations 
speaking out against the bill's  shortcomings 
With  thanks,
Brent Blackwelder
President
Friends of the Earth  Action 
Please make the most  generous donation you can afford at the link below.   
It is the best investment for those who wish to raise the bar  on global 
warming debate inside the U.S. Congress. 
_http://www.FoEAction.org/Global_Warming_Support_ 
(http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=7tBd+QMwyGc36z1NfAlC/mrAN2oVbp3Z)  
 
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RESOURCES: 
    *   _Lieberman-Warner.org_ 
(http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=bxbkp50TwVpQ30DU/TMdyGrAN2oVbp3Z)  
    *   _Friends  of the Earth fact sheet on bill's  giveaways_ 
(http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=H8FUYBp+QA3AAYNl8tT0YWrAN2oVbp3Z) 
    *   _Our  "Fix or Ditch" television ad_ 
(http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=3TSoUUda2wk9yCX42goWw2rAN2oVbp3Z)  
    *   _Our  "Fix or Ditch" web video_ 
(http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=iYabexeJtBme5xiKsBnhlmrAN2oVbp3Z) 
    *   _LA  Times on the Lieberman-Warner bill_ 
(http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=hgiUkdoAaFL0ZQgWodEOsDPH7bwPkeJf)    
    *   _Politico on our advertising  campaign_ 
(http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=4pHSoRCGrsaozftfJPxTG2rAN2oVbp3Z)   
    *   _Greenpeace  comes out in support of our "Fix or Ditch"  campaign_ 
(http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=1t2aRe5hlGc03WtrSKhG02rAN
2oVbp3Z) 
    *   _DailyKos  post on our campaign_ 
(http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=YH6SMJFh8QPBGJi+W/Oz1WrAN2oVbp3Z)  
    *   _Environmental webzine Grist.org on our  Lieberman-Warner work_ 
(http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=LTHy7/NxvMELKMAqQONiuWrAN2oV
bp3Z)   
    *   _Hill Heat on our campaign_ 
(http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=5C0RxzCUsRzuamveHUFUSGrAN2oVbp3Z)  
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