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Don't Allow Global Warming Pollution to Increase for Decades
Target: U.S. Senate
Sponsored by: Environmental Defense Fund
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.
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.
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We took action on “Don't Allow Global Warming Pollution to Increase for Decades”!
# 750:
10:12 am PDT, May 12,
Craig Foley, Illinois
# 749:
10:11 am PDT, May 12,
Yasemin Elmas, California
# 748:
10:10 am PDT, May 12,
Gretchen Light, Kentucky
# 747:
10:10 am PDT, May 12,
Mark Mazique, California
# 746:
10:09 am PDT, May 12,
Lori Epler Hout, Missouri
# 745:
10:08 am PDT, May 12,
Lee Bloch, California
# 744:
10:06 am PDT, May 12,
Name not displayed, Washington
We need radical change now if we are to address the single largest threat to life on this planet. We are headed for economic collapse if we continue to rely on non renewable resources as a foundation for growth which is unsustainable. REAL SOLUTIONS are needed now. Thank you, M
We need radical change now if we are to address the single largest threat to life on this planet. We are headed for economic collapse if we continue to rely on non renewable resources as a foundation for growth which is unsustainable. REAL SOLUTIONS are needed now. Thank you, M
# 743:
10:04 am PDT, May 12,
George Capacete, California
# 742:
10:03 am PDT, May 12,
Amaris Avant, Tennessee
# 741:
10:00 am PDT, May 12,
Lisa Ferretti, Massachusetts
We are already terribly late addressing this problem. Don't let us lag even farther behind -- it's our own lives, the lives of our communities and our children that we are placing in danger by inaction.
We are already terribly late addressing this problem. Don't let us lag even farther behind -- it's our own lives, the lives of our communities and our children that we are placing in danger by inaction.
# 740:
9:58 am PDT, May 12,
Matthew Holmes, Florida
# 739:
9:57 am PDT, May 12,
Bonnie Rodriguez, Florida
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. Many lives depend on this. Also, your job may be on the line if this passes. 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. view more The Environmental Protection Agency could establish a cap and trade system to reduce emissions - but it could be suspended the cap on a whim, and it would come with an astonishingly low $5 per ton "safety valve" - an artificial price control on emissions reductions. In the meantime, the proposal would take away state authority - confirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court in Massachusetts v. EPA - to control global warming pollution. Dozens of states across the country, including California, Florida, and the Northeast members of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, have set ambitious emissions reduction targets. This so-called global warming proposal is nothing more than a detailed prescription for doing nothing. It's time to get serious about global warming. I urge you to oppose the Voinovich bill. Thank you. Sincerely, Bonnie
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. Many lives depend on this. Also, your job may be on the line if this passes. 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. view more The Environmental Protection Agency could establish a cap and trade system to reduce emissions - but it could be suspended the cap on a whim, and it would come with an astonishingly low $5 per ton "safety valve" - an artificial price control on emissions reductions. In the meantime, the proposal would take away state authority - confirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court in Massachusetts v. EPA - to control global warming pollution. Dozens of states across the country, including California, Florida, and the Northeast members of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, have set ambitious emissions reduction targets. This so-called global warming proposal is nothing more than a detailed prescription for doing nothing. It's time to get serious about global warming. I urge you to oppose the Voinovich bill. Thank you. Sincerely, Bonnie
# 738:
9:54 am PDT, May 12,
Linda Torres, New Jersey
Senator Voinovich we needed to act years ago . This is producing deadly weather. Every day it is in the news. We must act now!!!
Senator Voinovich we needed to act years ago . This is producing deadly weather. Every day it is in the news. We must act now!!!
# 737:
9:49 am PDT, May 12,
Erika Stone, Virginia
# 736:
9:42 am PDT, May 12,
Sandra Gonsalez, Virginia
# 735:
9:36 am PDT, May 12,
Lisa Pangborn, Illinois
# 734:
9:32 am PDT, May 12,
DIANE Symons, Pennsylvania
# 733:
9:32 am PDT, May 12,
Sondra Felix, California
# 732:
9:23 am PDT, May 12,
Chenne Richardson, Ohio
# 731:
9:17 am PDT, May 12,
Marena Chen, Malaysia
# 730:
9:14 am PDT, May 12,
MARK RODDEY, Texas
Don't be insane with greed, make a difference. Heed the warnings nature is giving us at this very moment.
Don't be insane with greed, make a difference. Heed the warnings nature is giving us at this very moment.
# 729:
9:07 am PDT, May 12,
Bette Giarratano, New Jersey
# 728:
9:05 am PDT, May 12,
Jeffrey Sanders, Washington
# 727:
9:04 am PDT, May 12,
Danielle De Litta - Seger, Texas
# 726:
8:55 am PDT, May 12,
Denitsa Sotirova, France
# 725:
8:54 am PDT, May 12,
Don Miller, California
# 724:
8:42 am PDT, May 12,
Name not displayed, Ohio
# 723:
8:29 am PDT, May 12,
Angel Saulter, Michigan
# 722:
8:25 am PDT, May 12,
William Saenz, Michigan
# 721:
8:24 am PDT, May 12,
Tiffany Von Higgins, New York
# 720:
8:12 am PDT, May 12,
Cher Clarke, Canada
# 719:
8:09 am PDT, May 12,
Christine Kudlate, North Carolina
# 718:
8:08 am PDT, May 12,
Linda McAteer, Ohio
# 717:
7:55 am PDT, May 12,
Debbie Reagan, Georgia
# 716:
7:52 am PDT, May 12,
Greg Prull, Oregon
# 715:
7:43 am PDT, May 12,
Andrew Yurick, Pennsylvania
# 714:
7:36 am PDT, May 12,
Barbara Dolny, North Carolina
# 713:
7:34 am PDT, May 12,
Name not displayed, New York
# 712:
7:31 am PDT, May 12,
Leanne Vines, United Kingdom
# 711:
7:27 am PDT, May 12,
Monique Wilton, Florida
# 710:
7:24 am PDT, May 12,
Brian Fikes, California
Stop global warming now! Don't wait until it is too late.
Stop global warming now! Don't wait until it is too late.
# 709:
7:09 am PDT, May 12,
Jennie Lama, North Carolina
# 708:
6:44 am PDT, May 12,
Jorge Oliva, Argentina
# 707:
6:43 am PDT, May 12,
Madeline Baxter, Arkansas
# 706:
6:42 am PDT, May 12,
Liz Casey, Canada
# 705:
6:42 am PDT, May 12,
Bambi McCluskey, Michigan
# 704:
6:33 am PDT, May 12,
Dina Mattson-Reddy, Washington
For the most obvious of reasons and our generations yet to come.
For the most obvious of reasons and our generations yet to come.
# 703:
6:33 am PDT, May 12,
Mimi Hodsoll, Virginia
# 702:
6:32 am PDT, May 12,
Stephanie Colson, Oklahoma
# 701:
6:20 am PDT, May 12,
Mary Morris, Texas