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Don't Allow Global Warming Pollution to Increase for Decades

Target: U.S. Senate
Sponsored by: Environmental Defense Fund
Senator George Voinovich (R-OH) proposed legislation that would postpone meaningful action on global warming pollution for at least twenty years.

The Voinovich bill is dressed up as a way to take action, but in fact is a detailed prescription for doing nothing.

The proposal would take away state authority to control global warming pollution, undermining efforts in dozens of states, including California, Florida and the Northeast members of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, which have set ambitious emissions reduction targets. And this is just the beginning.

We need to do everything we can to defeat Senator Voinovich's sham proposal. Email your Senators today.
deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 10,000
 

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Dear Senator,

Senator George Voinovich recently proposed legislation that would allow global warming pollution to increase for decades. Even though the proposal is being pitched as a way to address global warming, its real impact would be to block serious global warming action this year.

I urge you to oppose the Voinovich proposal.

The proposal calls for weak, non-binding emissions reduction benchmarks - current levels in 2020 and 1990 levels in 2030 - while providing taxpayer-funded subsidies for favored technologies.
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We took action on “Don't Allow Global Warming Pollution to Increase for Decades”!
# 600:
11:21 am PDT, May 11, Carl Kuyath, Minnesota
# 599:
11:15 am PDT, May 11, M. Moats, Illinois
# 598:
11:07 am PDT, May 11, Victoria Lee, California
You have got to be kidding me. Preventing global warming should be at the top of our country's list right now.
# 597:
11:04 am PDT, May 11, John Aselin, Illinois
# 596:
10:58 am PDT, May 11, Brian Laskey, Illinois
# 595:
10:49 am PDT, May 11, Thomas Needell, California
# 594:
10:45 am PDT, May 11, Ellen Yurek, California
# 593:
10:38 am PDT, May 11, Matt Dodd, Ohio
# 592:
10:30 am PDT, May 11, Emma Nassau, California
# 591:
10:29 am PDT, May 11, Norma Goldberger, Ohio
# 590:
10:24 am PDT, May 11, Kevin Miller, California
# 589:
10:23 am PDT, May 11, Kristopher Taft, Oregon
# 588:
10:23 am PDT, May 11, Dan Uncles, Delaware
# 587:
10:21 am PDT, May 11, Mechelle Morrison, Arizona
Opposing the Voinovich proposal because we need more strict laws on anything that pollution and harmful waste towards Global Warming. Companies and people need to be mindful of the outcome of what they produce and START TODAY PROTECTING THIS WORLD by starting to take GLOBAL WARMING seriously. DO NOT PUT OFF anything for another day! START TODAY to decrease GLOBAL WARMING and solutions to make this a better world.
# 586:
10:17 am PDT, May 11, Kimberly Stevens, Virginia
# 585:
10:11 am PDT, May 11, Kathryn Turk, North Carolina
# 584:
10:09 am PDT, May 11, Name not displayed, California
# 583:
10:05 am PDT, May 11, Lisa LaBelle, Wisconsin
# 582:
10:04 am PDT, May 11, Steven Kobosko, Florida
# 581:
10:04 am PDT, May 11, Philip Thibodeau, Nevada
# 580:
9:53 am PDT, May 11, Kathy Tharp, California
# 579:
9:53 am PDT, May 11, Name not displayed, Maryland
# 578:
9:42 am PDT, May 11, Eleanor Prevost, Florida
Global warming is a major worldwide issue. Since our country has on of the largest carbon footprints on the planet it is our duty to lead the way in the effort to reduce pollution. The proposal by Senator Voinovich makes a mockery of the responsibility.
# 577:
9:41 am PDT, May 11, David Weltman, Illinois
# 576:
9:33 am PDT, May 11, Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
# 575:
9:14 am PDT, May 11, Mary Tanoury, Michigan
# 574:
9:14 am PDT, May 11, Kandis Gilmore, California
We cannot postpone taking action to stop global warming, and we can't take away states' rights to take action.
# 573:
9:12 am PDT, May 11, Kat Malkowski, Illinois
# 572:
9:05 am PDT, May 11, Liz Caine, Colorado
# 571:
8:58 am PDT, May 11, Beata Pozitiva, Austria
stopping global warming and improving environmental conditions should be top priority on every goverments list.
# 570:
8:52 am PDT, May 11, SALLY CAMBEL, California
# 569:
8:44 am PDT, May 11, Aaeron Robb, Maryland
# 568:
8:39 am PDT, May 11, Tomiko Eya, California
# 567:
8:32 am PDT, May 11, Michael Myhre, New Hampshire
# 566:
8:32 am PDT, May 11, Irene Gregory, Texas
Stopping listening to the lobbyists and start thinking about your children and grandchildren's future!
# 565:
8:24 am PDT, May 11, Vickie Cyr, Minnesota
IF you in Congress don't have the guts to pass laws to protect our environment and our children's futures, at least keep your hands off states who wish to do so!
# 564:
8:18 am PDT, May 11, Christine Griffin, Canada
# 563:
8:12 am PDT, May 11, David Plummer, Arizona
# 562:
8:08 am PDT, May 11, Matthew A. chase, Illinois
# 561:
8:02 am PDT, May 11, Piccinini Giorgio, Italy
# 560:
7:36 am PDT, May 11, Clara Burton, Michigan
# 559:
7:35 am PDT, May 11, Tracy Ackerman, Oregon
# 558:
7:33 am PDT, May 11, Ryan Van Denburgh, California
# 557:
7:32 am PDT, May 11, Richard Fischer, Missouri
# 556:
7:27 am PDT, May 11, Sherry Conaway, Texas
# 555:
7:09 am PDT, May 11, Sapan Rinpoche, Colorado
TAKE ACTION TODAY regarding Global Warming! Oppose the Voinovich bill which will do nothing to help! TAKE ACTION ... TODAY!!!
# 554:
7:07 am PDT, May 11, Denise Drake, Ohio
# 553:
5:52 am PDT, May 11, Vicki Weeks, Georgia
When you'd rather sell your children's and grand children's global future to special oil interests than ensure they have a healthy sustainable planet on which to raise their own children, it's time to retire from the Senate.
# 552:
5:26 am PDT, May 11, Robert Citkowitz, New York
# 551:
5:23 am PDT, May 11, Keith Garrett, California