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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:
  • 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.
Please join Deepak Chopra today in telling the 2008 presidential candidates to make solutions to global warming a top priority.
deadline: 10-25-2008
goal: 50,000
 

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Dear presidential candidate,

I stand with Deepak Chopra in urging you to make global warming a priority for your campaign.

I want to know that you have a detailed and aggressive plan to combat global warming, and will follow through with this plan.

This plan must include, among other things:

  • 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.
As citizens of a country that is one of the world's biggest polluters, we must step up now. If we don't, the consequences will be devastating.

Sincerely,
[Your name]
[Your address]
We signed the “Join Deepak Chopra: Tell Presidential Candidates to Propose Real Global Warming Solutions!” petition!
# 3,550:
11:30 am PDT, Jul 5, Laurie Barre, California
# 3,549:
9:04 pm PDT, Jul 4, Jane Goebel, New York
I want to hear that you will fully commit to doing everything experts recommend that our country can do and not just what you think we should do.
# 3,548:
6:07 pm PDT, Jul 4, Rochelle Mulhare, Australia
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.
# 3,547:
5:04 pm PDT, Jul 4, Anton McInerney, Massachusetts
No rhetoric
# 3,546:
10:48 am PDT, Jul 4, Carol Owens, Oregon
# 3,545:
8:51 am PDT, Jul 4, Shirley Berry, Canada
# 3,544:
4:58 pm PDT, Jul 3, Karon Schmitt, Minnesota
# 3,543:
2:17 pm PDT, Jul 3, Jenny D'Obrenan, Canada
Dear presidential candidate, I stand with Deepak Chopra in urging you to make global warming a priority for your campaign. I want to know that you have a detailed and aggressive plan to combat global warming, and will follow through with this plan. This plan must include, among other things: 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. As citizens of a country that is one of the world's biggest polluters, we must step up now. If we don't, the consequences will be devastating. Sincerely, Jenny d'Obrenan Edmonton, Alberta Canada
# 3,542:
11:55 am PDT, Jul 3, Linda Harrison, Washington
# 3,541:
11:48 am PDT, Jul 2, DIMITRIOS DOINAKIS, Greece
# 3,540:
11:18 am PDT, Jul 2, Ani L. Schwartz, New Mexico
I want to hear about a 21st C. NEW DEAL that taxes obscenely wealthy corporations as much as is necessary to convert ALL of our energy resources to Green Energy AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
# 3,539:
10:45 am PDT, Jul 2, Nadia Sindi, Oregon
-- Salaam. nadia We will forget and forgive any judgment error that you make, but integrity mistakes are forever. -- David Cottrell I'm still in the RACE for Lane County Commissioner: Please, I need your financial support, endorsement, VOTE. I'm running as "Write In" www.nadiasindi.com I'm one of the National Delegates for Sen. Barrack Obama:http://restricted.dpo.org/delegates/vp/1639.html I am the Oregon Representative for: www.StudentLoanJustice.Org
# 3,538:
10:57 pm PDT, Jul 1, Jessica Johnson, California
If society does not start to take to heaRT THE CRISES WE ARE IN, THEN WE ARE IN BIG TROUBLE, WE CAN'T JUST KEEP ON THE WAY WE ARE GOING! WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN!!!!
# 3,537:
2:19 pm PDT, Jul 1, Roger Mercader, Spain
Honesty, no more economic interests over LIFE. Nobody will be in a drilled world, neither the richest ones...
# 3,536:
12:08 pm PDT, Jul 1, Frances Harriman, Rhode Island
# 3,535:
11:07 am PDT, Jul 1, Name not displayed, Florida
# 3,534:
10:33 am PDT, Jul 1, Rosemarie Kokoszka, Delaware
# 3,533:
10:49 pm PDT, Jun 30, Malcolm Mcculloch, Canada
The people want more change than it might seem. We're ready for new strategies to fight globall warming.
# 3,532:
9:06 pm PDT, Jun 30, Julia Morez, California
# 3,531:
5:06 pm PDT, Jun 30, Meowzakhatz Mckenzie, Nevada
# 3,530:
2:22 pm PDT, Jun 30, A R, New Jersey
Protecting our precious Environment is crucial - we must stop our acts of destruction and stop polluting the very Earth on which we live. We must stop drilling and killing this Earth, begin to live with compassion towards the Earth and all it's creatures, and turn to renewable resources now!!
# 3,529:
12:08 pm PDT, Jun 30, Silvia Le burel, Canada
# 3,528:
2:16 am PDT, Jun 30, Gary Pelkey, New York
We need to start working seriously on global warming not just giving it lip service!
# 3,527:
7:04 am PDT, Jun 29, Ella Tepper, Florida
# 3,526:
8:11 am PDT, Jun 28, Matthew Smith, South Carolina
# 3,525:
8:00 am PDT, Jun 28, Gayle Babykin, New York
We have been TALKING about alternative energy, efficient cars and now global warming, when do we DO something about them? 25 years and waiting.
# 3,524:
4:05 pm PDT, Jun 27, Name not displayed, Arkansas
# 3,523:
3:57 pm PDT, Jun 27, Joe Moye, Florida
Increase gas tax by $0.50 each year and devote it to mass transit and alternative enerty research.
# 3,522:
3:14 pm PDT, Jun 27, Margo Wright, Virginia
# 3,521:
1:22 pm PDT, Jun 27, Janice Imel, Oklahoma
# 3,520:
11:25 am PDT, Jun 27, Michelle Evans, Arizona
# 3,519:
1:20 am PDT, Jun 27, Renee Eggers, South Africa
# 3,518:
12:18 am PDT, Jun 27, Richard Reiffer, Canada
I am a Canadian but a concerned one as we share continents with yourselves. We are attempting the same changes up here and we fully support those changes down there as well. Corporate seems to think they will loose money to do this but actually they could make a great lucrative business (if they want) out of renewable and reusable sources of energy. Lets hope we all come to that realization for our children
# 3,517:
5:08 pm PDT, Jun 26, Linda Pope Jones, Texas
# 3,516:
12:31 pm PDT, Jun 26, Laura Campanelli, Florida
# 3,515:
11:50 am PDT, Jun 26, Alicia Lippman, California
Today we are creating the world our grandchildren must live in tomorrow.
# 3,514:
11:46 am PDT, Jun 26, Suzan Bekiroglu, Florida
# 3,513:
10:59 am PDT, Jun 26, InaRae Ussack, Washington
# 3,512:
9:51 am PDT, Jun 26, Lindsay Shinn, Michigan
# 3,511:
8:47 pm PDT, Jun 25, Ordell Vee, Minnesota
a good start would be to have a big windfall tax that the energy and oil companies would pay, so this country can make a huge move toward solar and wind power. we need to do something now to help ourselves, our children and the people of poor countires.
# 3,510:
5:58 pm PDT, Jun 25, Judy Kuettel, New Mexico
# 3,509:
1:29 pm PDT, Jun 25, Barbara Duncan, Kentucky
# 3,508:
12:33 pm PDT, Jun 25, Edward Berbaum, Pennsylvania
Not oil, not gas, not coal but Green non-polluting power. We can do it. We are America.
# 3,507:
11:14 am PDT, Jun 25, Roberta Claypool, Florida
# 3,506:
6:17 am PDT, Jun 25, Dee Rose, United Kingdom
Although I'm a citizen of the UK I feel that the USA needs to pay more attention to it's 'carbon footprint'. Which so far I feel it has failed to do.
# 3,505:
5:41 am PDT, Jun 25, Ava Venturelli, California
# 3,504:
8:37 pm PDT, Jun 24, Anne Koch, Washington
# 3,503:
6:15 pm PDT, Jun 24, Tamara Manhard, North Carolina
# 3,502:
10:53 am PDT, Jun 24, Ida Melin, Sweden
# 3,501:
7:01 pm PDT, Jun 23, Name not displayed, New York
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