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Join Deepak Chopra: Tell Presidential Candidates to Propose Real Global Warming Solutions!
It's about time American politicians stop paying lip service to global warming and start proposing real solutions!
Our 2008 presidential candidates will have to deal with the greatest environmental problem we have ever faced. As citizens of a country that is one of the world's biggest polluters, we must make sure that they don't just talk about it, but actually have a detailed plan for combating it.
An aggressive plan to combat global warming must include:
Our 2008 presidential candidates will have to deal with the greatest environmental problem we have ever faced. As citizens of a country that is one of the world's biggest polluters, we must make sure that they don't just talk about it, but actually have a detailed plan for combating it.
An aggressive plan to combat global warming must include:
- Imposing a cap on CO2 emissions across the country and sticking to it, without special rules for rich companies.
- Increasing fuel efficiency standards dramatically for commuter vehicles as well as commercial trucks.
- Cleaning up our current electric and other power plants.
- Investing in alternative, cleaner energies such as wind power, and providing incentives for companies who develop and use these technologies.
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# 50:
10:44 pm PST, Nov 6,
Izabela Kaszuba, Poland
# 49:
10:44 pm PST, Nov 6,
Joanna Renda, Poland
# 48:
10:43 pm PST, Nov 6,
Radoslaw Renda, Poland
# 47:
9:10 pm PST, Nov 6,
Lorin King, Texas
# 46:
8:52 pm PST, Nov 6,
Michael Barth, Illinois
# 45:
8:41 pm PST, Nov 6,
Nancy Cohen, Pennsylvania
# 44:
8:35 pm PST, Nov 6,
Rich Clark, California
Please DO something NOW! It's almost too late.
Please DO something NOW! It's almost too late.
# 43:
8:26 pm PST, Nov 6,
Radine! Aijala, California
DO something. Stop with the "hot air".
DO something. Stop with the "hot air".
# 42:
8:23 pm PST, Nov 6,
Janine Pease, Wisconsin
# 41:
7:57 pm PST, Nov 6,
Jeanne Natre, Colorado
I hope you can find it within to get together with your comrades on this urgent issue. Extreme action is needed.
I hope you can find it within to get together with your comrades on this urgent issue. Extreme action is needed.
# 40:
7:27 pm PST, Nov 6,
Dawn Alexandrea, Alabama
# 38:
6:51 pm PST, Nov 6,
Ben Hitchcock, Texas
# 37:
6:50 pm PST, Nov 6,
Nicky Elizabeth, Maine
# 36:
6:41 pm PST, Nov 6,
Sherri Stansfield, Canada
Attention 2008 presidential candidates: make solutions to global warming a top priority.
Attention 2008 presidential candidates: make solutions to global warming a top priority.
# 35:
6:40 pm PST, Nov 6,
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# 34:
6:26 pm PST, Nov 6,
Cecelia LaPointe, Michigan
# 33:
6:22 pm PST, Nov 6,
Melinda Mossberg, Florida
# 32:
6:05 pm PST, Nov 6,
Alysha Acosta, Florida
In 1985, I went to Miami Dade Community College and learned about the Green House Effect. That was 20 years ago, if the professors at that Community College knew to teach it to me, I know the President knew what was going on too, shame on all of you for making it more important to make a buck than to save our planet, our lives and the future of our children. It's time you stop passing that buck, stop making that buck and save us from destruction.
In 1985, I went to Miami Dade Community College and learned about the Green House Effect. That was 20 years ago, if the professors at that Community College knew to teach it to me, I know the President knew what was going on too, shame on all of you for making it more important to make a buck than to save our planet, our lives and the future of our children. It's time you stop passing that buck, stop making that buck and save us from destruction.
# 31:
6:03 pm PST, Nov 6,
Randy Paynter, California
I'd like to hear specific commitments to take action to reduce consumption, develop alternative resources, and make the US a global leader to fight global warming. Thank you!
I'd like to hear specific commitments to take action to reduce consumption, develop alternative resources, and make the US a global leader to fight global warming. Thank you!
# 30:
5:51 pm PST, Nov 6,
Taimi Morris, Alabama
# 29:
5:32 pm PST, Nov 6,
Len Tischler, Pennsylvania
Make combatting global warming your priority. It's the single most important issue today.
Make combatting global warming your priority. It's the single most important issue today.
# 28:
5:26 pm PST, Nov 6,
Kelly Garbato, Missouri
Discourage meat consumption - go veg!
Discourage meat consumption - go veg!
# 27:
4:31 pm PST, Nov 6,
AJ Stocking, Washington D.C.
# 26:
4:26 pm PST, Nov 6,
John Albers-Mead, California
# 25:
4:19 pm PST, Nov 6,
Laurie Peterson, California
# 24:
4:11 pm PST, Nov 6,
Sabrina Model-Carlberg, California
# 23:
4:03 pm PST, Nov 6,
Allen Lam, California
# 22:
4:02 pm PST, Nov 6,
Michelle Verderame, California
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4:00 pm PST, Nov 6,
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3:50 pm PST, Nov 6,
Cait Johnson, New York
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3:45 pm PST, Nov 6,
Ines Faria, Portugal
# 18:
3:41 pm PST, Nov 6,
Benji Goldsmith, New York
# 17:
3:37 pm PST, Nov 6,
Jennifer Chambers, New York
# 16:
3:04 pm PST, Nov 6,
Justin Perkins, Washington D.C.
# 15:
2:56 pm PST, Nov 6,
Melissa Breyer, New York
# 14:
2:47 pm PST, Nov 6,
Scarlett Russell, Maryland
# 13:
2:43 pm PST, Nov 6,
Christo Smith, California
# 12:
2:35 pm PST, Nov 6,
Amy Firman, California
# 11:
2:34 pm PST, Nov 6,
Annie Bond, New York
Let's make sure that our presidential candidates think about the wellbeing of the seventh generation.
Let's make sure that our presidential candidates think about the wellbeing of the seventh generation.
# 10:
2:28 pm PST, Nov 6,
Natasha N, California
# 9:
2:27 pm PST, Nov 6,
Melissa Ferrell, Tennessee
We have got to take a stand now so that our children have an earth tomorrow.
We have got to take a stand now so that our children have an earth tomorrow.
# 8:
2:27 pm PST, Nov 6,
Randy Ferrell, Tennessee
Global Warming is a major threat to every species on this planet including humans. Playing the political game will do nothing but distract us and delay us from taking the real actions that have to be taken. Our next President will have to take significant, concrete steps to change the way our country does business and encourage & empower our citizens to do what is required to make a real difference...
Global Warming is a major threat to every species on this planet including humans. Playing the political game will do nothing but distract us and delay us from taking the real actions that have to be taken. Our next President will have to take significant, concrete steps to change the way our country does business and encourage & empower our citizens to do what is required to make a real difference...
# 7:
2:17 pm PST, Nov 6,
Marya Gomez, California
# 6:
2:16 pm PST, Nov 6,
Jana Ballinger, California
# 5:
2:12 pm PST, Nov 6,
Robyn Erler, California
# 4:
2:11 pm PST, Nov 6,
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# 3:
2:04 pm PST, Nov 6,
Clinton O'Brien, Virginia
The USA must take the lead in reversing global warming, because -- until now -- we have taken the lead in causing it. Our next leader must meet this challenge head-on, setting an example for all Americans and for the rest of the world.
The USA must take the lead in reversing global warming, because -- until now -- we have taken the lead in causing it. Our next leader must meet this challenge head-on, setting an example for all Americans and for the rest of the world.
# 2:
11:45 am PST, Nov 6,
Deepak Chopra, California
It's essential that presidential candidates give our climate crisis more than lip service. Please join me in urging candidates to take a leadership role in stopping global warming.
It's essential that presidential candidates give our climate crisis more than lip service. Please join me in urging candidates to take a leadership role in stopping global warming.
# 1:
11:34 am PST, Nov 6,
Anne Seidel, Germany
We need to bear one thing in mind when we are trying to find solutions to prevent global warming from wreaking even more havoc than it already has: In a groundbreaking 2006 report, the United Nations (U.N.) said that raising animals for food generates more greenhouse gases than all the cars and trucks in the world combined. Senior U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization official Henning Steinfeld reported that the meat industry is “one of the most significant contributors to today’s most serious environmental problems.”
We need to bear one thing in mind when we are trying to find solutions to prevent global warming from wreaking even more havoc than it already has: In a groundbreaking 2006 report, the United Nations (U.N.) said that raising animals for food generates more greenhouse gases than all the cars and trucks in the world combined. Senior U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization official Henning Steinfeld reported that the meat industry is “one of the most significant contributors to today’s most serious environmental problems.”