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Counter Climate Crisis - Take the Pledge

Target: United States Senate
Sponsored by: Greenpeace Project Thin Ice, Greenpeace
We can't afford to wait. Already the Arctic has lost over 386,100 square miles of sea ice - an area larger than Texas - due to climate change. This fragile ecosystem, while inhospitable to human life, supports polar bears, walrus and numerous other creatures. And they are all in peril because of the effects of global warming.

Pledge to fight global warming, and call on your elected officials to limit our global warming pollution and provide strong incentives for renewable sources and energy efficiency! 

Higher temperatures threaten dangerous consequences: drought, disease, floods, and the loss of precious endangered species. And amid the threat from rising oceans and extreme weather, global warningÂ’s effects have already begun.

But solutions are in sight: We know where most heat-trapping gasses come from: power plants and vehicles. And we know how to curb their emissions: modern technologies and stronger laws. 

Take the Pledge to fight global warming, and we'll send your message - "Counter the Climate Crisis!" - to Congress!

deadline: 4-28-2006
goal: 100,000
 

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Dear Senator {Name},

Global warming affects our entire planet, but it has particular impact on the delicate polar regions of the world. The effects of global warming are accelerating and ever more noticeable along the ocean shores, in arctic lands, on glaciers, and alpine plants. As a community we need to address this problem.

Today I am joining over 100,000 people in taking the following pledge to do my part to prevent a world-wide climate crisis.
“I pledge to take steps with Greenpeace to fight global warming
and call on President Bush, world leaders, Congress, and my
community to join the fight.”


I appeal to you - do what you can to fight global warming. Protect our families. Protect our future. Protect our planet.

We know the source of the climate crisis: our greenhouse gas emissions are at unsustainable levels. Higher temperatures threaten to radically alter the planet by great incidences of drought, disease and floods, as well as the loss of many endangered species. Amid the threat from rising oceans and extreme weather, global warming’s effects have already begun.

But we have solutions that are available to us. The source of the problem is the heat-trapping gases from power plants and vehicles. We must limit these greenhouse gas emissions. We must provide strong incentives for renewable sources of energy. We must become a more energy efficient nation. And we must do it without investing in unsafe, costly technologies such as nuclear power plants.

Please join with us in preventing a climate crisis.

Sincerely,

{Name}
We signed the “Counter Climate Crisis - Take the Pledge” petition!
# 100:
3:41 pm PDT, May 15, Kaylouise Cook, Washington
# 99:
3:17 pm PDT, May 15, Michael Dowdy, Missouri
# 98:
12:37 pm PDT, May 15, Frances Gloor, Washington
We cannot continue to abuse this planet!! As others have mentioned, it will be to late to correct our undersight in the future!!! What kind of planet will we be leaving to future generations?!?!?!?!
# 97:
11:43 am PDT, May 15, Name not displayed, Kentucky
# 96:
11:10 am PDT, May 15, Janelle L'Hirondelle, Canada
It'll be to late in the future.
# 95:
10:39 am PDT, May 15, Diane Brannan, Wisconsin
# 94:
10:35 am PDT, May 15, Lauri Peacock, New Mexico
# 93:
10:20 am PDT, May 15, Michele Padilla, California
# 92:
9:31 am PDT, May 15, Sharon Tully, Florida
# 91:
8:59 am PDT, May 15, Rajan Sujan, India
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# 90:
8:51 am PDT, May 15, Gina Graham, New York
I want to have children soon. Allow them to have a life of basic quality. We do not have the right to deny future generations to live in a diminished or dying world.
# 89:
8:33 am PDT, May 15, Tanya Mcneil, Michigan
# 88:
8:21 am PDT, May 15, Michael Vowell, West Virginia
# 87:
7:48 am PDT, May 15, Kristina Hallett, New York
# 86:
7:45 am PDT, May 15, Emma Gayfer, United Kingdom
otherwise it will be too late. We need to do this now to insure our children still have a planet to live on.
# 85:
6:47 am PDT, May 15, Alex Elvin, Virginia
# 84:
6:11 am PDT, May 15, Jenni Blomqvist, Finland
# 83:
5:14 am PDT, May 15, Joy Brown, California
# 82:
2:40 am PDT, May 15, Angelika Olsson, Sweden
# 81:
2:18 am PDT, May 15, Lindsay Sowers, Michigan
# 80:
1:48 am PDT, May 15, Shari Mayfield, Texas
# 79:
1:30 am PDT, May 15, Marah Bailey, Florida
# 78:
1:22 am PDT, May 15, Alexander Won, New Jersey
# 77:
12:15 am PDT, May 15, Tammy McDonald, Illinois
# 76:
9:11 pm PDT, May 14, Name not displayed, Florida
We are the lands stewards, each one of us has a responsibility to the generations who will follow.
# 75:
8:57 pm PDT, May 14, Owen Kajfasz, Washington
# 74:
7:24 pm PDT, May 14, Denise Cygan, Georgia
# 73:
6:01 pm PDT, May 14, Name not displayed, Arkansas
# 72:
5:29 pm PDT, May 14, Jack Picone, New York
# 71:
3:17 pm PDT, May 14, Linda Aldred, United Kingdom
# 70:
1:42 pm PDT, May 14, Yvonne DiMauro, California
# 69:
1:12 pm PDT, May 14, Norma Benítez, Mexico
we need to leave a place for our kids
# 68:
12:41 pm PDT, May 14, Darren Kirby, United Kingdom
# 67:
12:17 pm PDT, May 14, Andre Bonnet, United Kingdom
# 66:
11:59 am PDT, May 14, Diana Martz, Ohio
# 65:
11:57 am PDT, May 14, Name not displayed, Florida
Of the consequences will most likely be catastrophic if it is not addressed soon.
# 64:
11:47 am PDT, May 14, Name not displayed, Oregon
it is our children's world.
# 63:
11:40 am PDT, May 14, Kelsey Lissner, California
# 62:
10:22 am PDT, May 14, Tabatha Culbreath, Arizona
# 61:
10:05 am PDT, May 14, Tabraea Bissonnette, Texas
It's time to see the reality of the problem.. It won't go away.
# 60:
9:43 am PDT, May 14, Madison Zoller, Indiana
# 59:
7:31 am PDT, May 14, Lu Woods, Illinois
# 58:
7:24 am PDT, May 14, Bess Katerinsky, New York
Each moment we delay the problem gets worse. Turning a blind eye on a real situation will do nothing but further harm.
# 57:
7:05 am PDT, May 14, Barbara Tomlinson, Washington
because of SO MANY reasons. Bush STILL won't admit it's true; but, Insurance Companies are refusing to insure shore properties {that will be covered by water as the icecaps melt}. The Insurance Companies KNOW!!!
# 56:
7:04 am PDT, May 14, Elizabeth Frank, Canada
it has not been taken seriously enough in the past.
# 55:
6:58 am PDT, May 14, Name not displayed, New Mexico
# 54:
6:44 am PDT, May 14, Name not displayed, California
# 53:
6:39 am PDT, May 14, Carol Bendel, North Carolina
# 52:
5:53 am PDT, May 14, KellyMarie McClintock, Canada
once we die from the effects of it, it will be too late.
# 51:
4:54 am PDT, May 14, Jason J Green, Virginia