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Show the Candidates the Many Faces of Climate Change

Target: U.S. Presidential Candidates
Sponsored by: 1Sky

The debate is over -- the National Academy of Sciences and thousands of scientists agree that the planet is warming. Now it's time to make the effects of global warming real for the presidential candidates.

Is global warming putting you and your community at risk for floods or hurricanes? Is it making water more scarce? Sign the petition, and let the presidential candidates know!

After a decade of stalling, we need real leadership on climate change:

  • Job creation in a clean energy economy.
  • A moratorium on building new coal-fired power plants.
  • The reduction of emissions levels in scale with what the science demands.

Tell the candidates what global warming means to your community and tell them to commit to be climate leaders in 2008 and beyond.

deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 30,000
 

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Dear [Decision Maker]

The debate is over. The National Academy of Sciences and thousands of scientists worldwide agree that the planet is warming and that human dependence on fossil fuels such as coal and oil is the primary cause. If we do not act quickly and boldly, we will face irreversible and potentially devastating climate change impacts. There is still time to rise to the challenge, but America needs strong leadership to do so.

We need to:

* Create 5 million green jobs, conserving 20% of our energy by 2015.
* Freeze climate pollution levels now and cut at least 80% by 2050 and 25% by 2020.
* No new coal plants that emit global warming pollution. Invest in renewable energy.
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Sincerely,
[Your name here]
We signed the “Show the Candidates the Many Faces of Climate Change” letter!
# 350:
11:33 am PDT, Apr 11, Kyaram Warutian, Illinois
# 349:
11:33 am PDT, Apr 11, Sharry Zopel, Wisconsin
SHOW THE NEXT SEVEN GENERATIONS THAT YOU CARE!
# 348:
11:33 am PDT, Apr 11, James H Jorgensen, Iowa
# 347:
11:33 am PDT, Apr 11, Julie Gengo, California
# 346:
11:33 am PDT, Apr 11, Amy Chen, California
# 345:
11:33 am PDT, Apr 11, Elaine Simon, Tennessee
# 344:
11:33 am PDT, Apr 11, Barbara Humphrey, New York
Time is running out. It is past time to take action. Rhetoric just adds more hot air to an already overheated planet.
# 343:
11:32 am PDT, Apr 11, Derek Meyer, Virginia
# 342:
11:32 am PDT, Apr 11, Jennifer DiMeo, New York
# 341:
11:32 am PDT, Apr 11, Bill Cornelius, California
It would be nice to see the government oriented towards something prodctive.
# 340:
11:32 am PDT, Apr 11, Gene Ginzburg, New York
# 339:
11:32 am PDT, Apr 11, Andy Mason, Kansas
# 338:
11:32 am PDT, Apr 11, Sherry Mitchell, West Virginia
Putting are trust in you,
# 337:
11:32 am PDT, Apr 11, Lynn Smith, Illinois
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11:32 am PDT, Apr 11, Joel Clasemann, Minnesota
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11:32 am PDT, Apr 11, Josh Eskenazi, Florida
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11:32 am PDT, Apr 11, Brian Kie Weissbuch, California
# 333:
11:32 am PDT, Apr 11, Benjamin A. Sheppard, Washington
# 332:
11:32 am PDT, Apr 11, Alan Edmonson, New Mexico
It is incredibly frightening to think that we are still using coal and even making new coal fired electrical genereators given that it is the major producer of CO2. What will it take?
# 331:
11:32 am PDT, Apr 11, Nancy Walker, California
# 330:
11:32 am PDT, Apr 11, Phyllis Hyde, California
# 329:
11:32 am PDT, Apr 11, Joseph Sanchez, Delaware
# 328:
11:32 am PDT, Apr 11, John R. Carter, Illinois
Higher cost of living, almost impossible for our kids to come even close to our standard of living. More cancer, more diseases, changes in vegitation and rampent introduction of new pests. Pretty bleak!
# 327:
11:32 am PDT, Apr 11, Margaret Seltzer, California
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11:32 am PDT, Apr 11, Lisa Porter, California
# 325:
11:32 am PDT, Apr 11, Ingrid Wuenschel, Utah
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11:32 am PDT, Apr 11, W.L. Sharfman, New York
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11:32 am PDT, Apr 11, Carter Keane, Oregon
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11:32 am PDT, Apr 11, Ieva Berzins, Pennsylvania
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11:32 am PDT, Apr 11, Dorothy Gates, Texas
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11:32 am PDT, Apr 11, Neil Garvey, New York
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11:32 am PDT, Apr 11, Aaron Hudson, Colorado
# 318:
11:31 am PDT, Apr 11, Laura Dominguez, Washington D.C.
# 317:
11:31 am PDT, Apr 11, Sharon Anderson, Minnesota
Please ... it's obvious. We are growing to big and demanding for our world, and we (leaders included) have to take steps NOW to insure our children will have an earth the bears some resemblance to the one we have now.
# 316:
11:31 am PDT, Apr 11, Sonia Hernandez, Florida
# 315:
11:31 am PDT, Apr 11, Elizabeth Kafka, Utah
# 314:
11:31 am PDT, Apr 11, Anne Brown, California
What's at stake for me is the safety of my family, my home, my access to food, to transportation, and to all the kinds of care I depend upon. I'm 76 years old now, and share a three-generation home with my daughter and grandaughter. I want to see my grandaughter grow up healthy and happy.
# 313:
11:31 am PDT, Apr 11, Amy Andrews, Alabama
# 312:
11:31 am PDT, Apr 11, Barbara Monier, Illinois
# 311:
11:31 am PDT, Apr 11, Alessa Carlino, California
This is *the most* important issue facing us today!
# 310:
11:31 am PDT, Apr 11, Lily Lau-Enright, California
# 309:
11:31 am PDT, Apr 11, Erika Sambrook, New York
# 308:
11:31 am PDT, Apr 11, Lana Williams, Florida
# 307:
11:31 am PDT, Apr 11, Laurie Reed, Michigan
# 306:
11:31 am PDT, Apr 11, Gordon Baker, California
# 305:
11:31 am PDT, Apr 11, David Seaborg, California
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11:31 am PDT, Apr 11, Robert Fricke, Illinois
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11:31 am PDT, Apr 11, Beth Elkins, New York
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11:31 am PDT, Apr 11, Barbara Lerner, California
# 301:
11:31 am PDT, Apr 11, Karen Flett, Illinois
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