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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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# 3,750:
5:36 pm PDT, Aug 14,
Susan Printy, Connecticut
Its time to take a stand and do what is right for the country and not just industry.
Its time to take a stand and do what is right for the country and not just industry.
# 3,749:
12:44 pm PDT, Aug 14,
Yvonne Hansen, Texas
Global warming/climate change is not one other item in a list of items. It is the over-arching issue. This issue envelopes all others, is of a different scale among other issues, including oil. Do the right thing and include the plans listed, as well as other plans, in your priority list.
Global warming/climate change is not one other item in a list of items. It is the over-arching issue. This issue envelopes all others, is of a different scale among other issues, including oil. Do the right thing and include the plans listed, as well as other plans, in your priority list.
# 3,748:
11:50 am PDT, Aug 14,
Abbas Najmi, Canada
# 3,747:
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11:33 am PDT, Aug 14,
Dirk Schrauwen, Belgium
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# 3,746:
11:22 am PDT, Aug 14,
Norma Cardenas, California
Is funding earmarked for outreach in low-economic communities in regards to education for environmental solutions (on basic changes in the home or school)?
Is funding earmarked for outreach in low-economic communities in regards to education for environmental solutions (on basic changes in the home or school)?
# 3,745:
10:58 am PDT, Aug 14,
Regina Negri, New York
# 3,744:
8:58 am PDT, Aug 14,
Michell Bond, Louisiana
# 3,743:
2:00 pm PDT, Aug 13,
Barbara Rea, West Virginia
# 3,742:
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12:12 pm PDT, Aug 13,
Roxanne Phillips, California
I would like to hear that they get that it is a deadly serious situation and that it will get their top priority attention. |
# 3,741:
12:06 pm PDT, Aug 13,
Priscilla Boksan, California
# 3,740:
11:56 am PDT, Aug 13,
June Brown, Pennsylvania
I have recently learned that it takes 4 trees to clean up the air of CO2 for every breathing person. That not counting cars, trucks, busses, factoring and the like. Yet on the way to work there were road crews cutting down trees and other groups spraying to kill plants on the side of the road. They were not in the road but growing on the bank. Now in a time when fuel is so expensive and the environment is in such neglect why is PennDot wasting tax dollars to destroy the environment. I know that most of Washington does not believe in Global Warming. That is a shame because there is real scientific proof that it is going on. We don't need to lay blame on what is causing it. But it is real and a real threat to our existance. Finding alternative renewable fuels is not only a good for the environment but it is also good for our nation, because it would reduce our need for foreign oil. Eventually the oil will be gone, from everywhere. It is not a renewable resourse. The conditions that existed to make the oil no longer exist today. It makes so much sense to use solar and wind energy. It is readily available and does not impact on the environment to much. Nuclear fuel may already be established but we have no means of safely disposing of the waste. Burying it in the desert is not an answer. Not only is it hazarous to the environment but it is a ticking time bomb to humans. So at the moment solar and wind power ar more of realistic option along with more fuel efficient vehicles. and more mass transit, not just within cities but connecting cities. If you don't believe in Global Warming, or the worsening of our air quality, do it for our future, the children. Just take a look in schools and see how many children have health issues and asthma thats from the use of fossil fuels. If we were intended to be the stewards of the earth, the environment and our future generations then we should be fired from our position, because we are not doing a very good job. Our future generations deserve better.
I have recently learned that it takes 4 trees to clean up the air of CO2 for every breathing person. That not counting cars, trucks, busses, factoring and the like. Yet on the way to work there were road crews cutting down trees and other groups spraying to kill plants on the side of the road. They were not in the road but growing on the bank. Now in a time when fuel is so expensive and the environment is in such neglect why is PennDot wasting tax dollars to destroy the environment. I know that most of Washington does not believe in Global Warming. That is a shame because there is real scientific proof that it is going on. We don't need to lay blame on what is causing it. But it is real and a real threat to our existance. Finding alternative renewable fuels is not only a good for the environment but it is also good for our nation, because it would reduce our need for foreign oil. Eventually the oil will be gone, from everywhere. It is not a renewable resourse. The conditions that existed to make the oil no longer exist today. It makes so much sense to use solar and wind energy. It is readily available and does not impact on the environment to much. Nuclear fuel may already be established but we have no means of safely disposing of the waste. Burying it in the desert is not an answer. Not only is it hazarous to the environment but it is a ticking time bomb to humans. So at the moment solar and wind power ar more of realistic option along with more fuel efficient vehicles. and more mass transit, not just within cities but connecting cities. If you don't believe in Global Warming, or the worsening of our air quality, do it for our future, the children. Just take a look in schools and see how many children have health issues and asthma thats from the use of fossil fuels. If we were intended to be the stewards of the earth, the environment and our future generations then we should be fired from our position, because we are not doing a very good job. Our future generations deserve better.
# 3,739:
8:44 am PDT, Aug 13,
Gerie Leshin, Arizona
# 3,738:
11:07 pm PDT, Aug 12,
Indra Allen, California
If we brought back and encouraged the electric car (see the movie "Who Killed the Electric Car?" with things such as tax credits, etc., hat would make a huge, and far-reaching difference toward reducing global warming.
If we brought back and encouraged the electric car (see the movie "Who Killed the Electric Car?" with things such as tax credits, etc., hat would make a huge, and far-reaching difference toward reducing global warming.
# 3,737:
4:04 pm PDT, Aug 12,
Jennika Wasilewsky, Texas
IT'S TIME SOMEONE STARTED GETTING SERIOUS ABOUT OUR ENVIRONMENT, OUR LEADERS ARE NOT PAYING ATTENTION. WHY NOT? THERE ARE SO MANY GOOD POTENTIAL JOBS, CLEANING UP IN OUR YARD WILL HELP THE WHOLE WORLD. SINCE, WE ENCOMPASS A LARGE SECTION OF THE WORLD. THAT INCLUDES AREAS WHERE ARE NOT JUST AMERICAN BE WHERE AMERICANS EXIST. ON LAND AND SEAS.
IT'S TIME SOMEONE STARTED GETTING SERIOUS ABOUT OUR ENVIRONMENT, OUR LEADERS ARE NOT PAYING ATTENTION. WHY NOT? THERE ARE SO MANY GOOD POTENTIAL JOBS, CLEANING UP IN OUR YARD WILL HELP THE WHOLE WORLD. SINCE, WE ENCOMPASS A LARGE SECTION OF THE WORLD. THAT INCLUDES AREAS WHERE ARE NOT JUST AMERICAN BE WHERE AMERICANS EXIST. ON LAND AND SEAS.
# 3,736:
1:12 pm PDT, Aug 12,
Debbie Ritchi, Virginia
# 3,735:
12:00 pm PDT, Aug 12,
Isabel Ballerna, Arizona
# 3,734:
9:54 am PDT, Aug 12,
Mary Crumley, Oregon
# 3,733:
12:23 pm PDT, Aug 11,
Kathy Baloga, Florida
What is your plan for dealing with global warming?
What is your plan for dealing with global warming?
# 3,732:
11:32 am PDT, Aug 11,
Peggy Pryor, California
Personal integrity and national integrity are related. We need to be neighbors in the world, taking care of the resources we all rely on.
Personal integrity and national integrity are related. We need to be neighbors in the world, taking care of the resources we all rely on.
# 3,731:
11:31 am PDT, Aug 11,
Name not displayed, California
We want clean and healthy solutions!!
We want clean and healthy solutions!!
# 3,730:
10:00 am PDT, Aug 11,
Sherri Bessire, Texas
# 3,729:
9:43 am PDT, Aug 11,
Martha Pinkard-Williams, Colorado
# 3,728:
4:42 pm PDT, Aug 10,
Pam Suver, Ohio
# 3,727:
12:24 pm PDT, Aug 10,
Elaine Shaw, Virginia
# 3,726:
4:59 am PDT, Aug 10,
Don Sullivan, Tennessee
Let's do this and do it right. Enough of the bureaucratic rules of compliance. The sun and wind have been a dependable source of energy for millions of years. Regardless of profitability, it is the responsible thing to do.
Let's do this and do it right. Enough of the bureaucratic rules of compliance. The sun and wind have been a dependable source of energy for millions of years. Regardless of profitability, it is the responsible thing to do.
# 3,725:
1:44 am PDT, Aug 10,
Honey Pillai, India
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, Honey D. Pillai, Kalapurayil, Kareelakulangara.P.O., Kayamkulam, Alappuzha, Kerala, India - 690572
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, Honey D. Pillai, Kalapurayil, Kareelakulangara.P.O., Kayamkulam, Alappuzha, Kerala, India - 690572
# 3,724:
11:36 pm PDT, Aug 9,
Name not displayed, Arizona
# 3,723:
9:25 pm PDT, Aug 9,
Bruce Leier, Minnesota
# 3,722:
10:13 am PDT, Aug 9,
Beverly Williams, Oregon
# 3,721:
8:51 am PDT, Aug 9,
James Henesey, California
"Do the right thing", for a change.
"Do the right thing", for a change.
# 3,720:
9:32 pm PDT, Aug 8,
Name not displayed, Maryland
# 3,719:
9:17 pm PDT, Aug 8,
Kathleen Matthews, Michigan
# 3,718:
11:48 am PDT, Aug 8,
RON MULLER, Connecticut
I WANT TO HEAR A PLAN THAT LISTS BY CATAGORY- WHAT IS RIGHT ABOUT CERTAIN ENERGY PROPOSALS AND WHAT IS WRONG ABOUT OTHERS..... TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE CONFUSED BY NOT HAVING THE ACTUAL FACTS.
I WANT TO HEAR A PLAN THAT LISTS BY CATAGORY- WHAT IS RIGHT ABOUT CERTAIN ENERGY PROPOSALS AND WHAT IS WRONG ABOUT OTHERS..... TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE CONFUSED BY NOT HAVING THE ACTUAL FACTS.
# 3,717:
11:01 am PDT, Aug 8,
Diane Hennessy, California
I Love this quote: "Nature provides a free lunch, but only if we control our appetites." - William Ruckelshaus, first EPA Adminstrator, It seems to fit our dilemma now. Please put a plan in pace to combat global warming.
I Love this quote: "Nature provides a free lunch, but only if we control our appetites." - William Ruckelshaus, first EPA Adminstrator, It seems to fit our dilemma now. Please put a plan in pace to combat global warming.
# 3,716:
9:07 am PDT, Aug 8,
Phyllis Ring, Colorado
# 3,715:
12:24 am PDT, Aug 8,
Nadya Kok, South Africa
# 3,714:
6:52 pm PDT, Aug 7,
Sally Flowers, California
# 3,713:
2:13 pm PDT, Aug 7,
Kathy Murphy, New Jersey
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. Invest in alternative, cleaner energies such as wind power, and providing incentives for companies who develop and use these technologies.
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. Invest in alternative, cleaner energies such as wind power, and providing incentives for companies who develop and use these technologies.
# 3,712:
12:19 pm PDT, Aug 7,
Morgan Fleishman, Massachusetts
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11:09 am PDT, Aug 7,
Adriana Ochoa, Mexico
Dear presidential canditate, I stand with Deepack Chopra in urging you to make global warming a priority for your campaign. I know I will hear you declaring: "We are working to revert global warming. Sources, bright minds, science, high end technology... ...We shall use these resources to help the planet. Our budget designated for this campaign is $xxxxxxxxxxx.xx". |
# 3,710:
11:08 am PDT, Aug 7,
Jessamyn Smallenburg, Michigan
# 3,709:
9:03 pm PDT, Aug 6,
Erin Maher, Illinois
# 3,708:
6:16 pm PDT, Aug 6,
Jeanette Sanders, United Kingdom
Start it now......please.....
Start it now......please.....
# 3,707:
1:44 pm PDT, Aug 6,
Jennifer Rodney, Connecticut
# 3,706:
1:27 pm PDT, Aug 6,
Janice Eakle, Indiana
# 3,705:
12:04 pm PDT, Aug 6,
Bob Reavis, Arizona
Let's stop talking and get STARTED! A 1/2 cent federal tax on everthing we buy would net I figure approx. 30 billion a year toward wind and solar energy farms. We need to start building these now. Many of the tens of thousands of our prisoners would love to do something good to repay society by constructing the many thousands of solar panels and wind turbines. Jobs would already be waiting for them, when they get out, in maintenance positions to keep new what they themselves built. Lowest bidder local contractors would then erect them where needed. Transportation costs would be at a minimum since assembly locations would be spread out all over the country. Every penny of the 1/2 cent tax would go directly into our economy in the form of much needed good jobs, prisoner rehabilitation, and fewer ex-cons returning to prison since they'll have a career awaiting them on the outside. When the needed amount of wind and solar sights are online we'll see a dramatic drop in the cost of energy. The tax will quickly be offset by the savings in energy costs. It's a no brainer: Thousands of jobs for Americans out of work and clean air vs. continued blatant extortion by countries that only want to syphon our money overseas to build ski runs, golf courses, and huge shopping malls in their deserts.
Let's stop talking and get STARTED! A 1/2 cent federal tax on everthing we buy would net I figure approx. 30 billion a year toward wind and solar energy farms. We need to start building these now. Many of the tens of thousands of our prisoners would love to do something good to repay society by constructing the many thousands of solar panels and wind turbines. Jobs would already be waiting for them, when they get out, in maintenance positions to keep new what they themselves built. Lowest bidder local contractors would then erect them where needed. Transportation costs would be at a minimum since assembly locations would be spread out all over the country. Every penny of the 1/2 cent tax would go directly into our economy in the form of much needed good jobs, prisoner rehabilitation, and fewer ex-cons returning to prison since they'll have a career awaiting them on the outside. When the needed amount of wind and solar sights are online we'll see a dramatic drop in the cost of energy. The tax will quickly be offset by the savings in energy costs. It's a no brainer: Thousands of jobs for Americans out of work and clean air vs. continued blatant extortion by countries that only want to syphon our money overseas to build ski runs, golf courses, and huge shopping malls in their deserts.
# 3,704:
11:51 am PDT, Aug 6,
Phyllis Perkins, Tennessee
# 3,703:
11:37 am PDT, Aug 6,
Shelly ., Washington
# 3,702:
11:11 am PDT, Aug 6,
Janette Fischer, Oklahoma
# 3,701:
7:12 am PDT, Aug 6,
Diane Blackburn, Texas
no nuclear power - you don't even clean up the ones that we have - you can put the waste in YOUR house or yard if its so necessary to have
no nuclear power - you don't even clean up the ones that we have - you can put the waste in YOUR house or yard if its so necessary to have