We Unequivocally Demand A Liveable Planet
- by: Pamela Gross
- recipient: US Congress
We are tired of hearing piece after piece of bad environmental news without hearing about plans of action from the elected leaders of the US, the world's biggest polluting nation.
The war to save the planet now needs soldiers and leaders, awareness and passion, commitment and even fearlessness. We want it to be your first priority.
The war to save the planet now needs soldiers and leaders, awareness and passion, commitment and even fearlessness. We want it to be your first priority.
If you are not informed already, please become educated on these subjects: global climate change, peak oil, environmental crisis...and then act. Tell your colleagues, and sponsor legislation. We want to avert:
* a terrible energy crisis coming soon
* environmental disaster in our oceans, fresh water, air, soil, food supply, and wilderness areas
*the rapid progression our planet is making to a point of no return for disastrous climate change.
If you don't know much about any of this, some places to start are:
http://www.climatecrisis.net
http://www.newscientist.com
http://www.enn.com
http://www.stopglobalwarming.org/
http://www.nativeenergy.com/
http://www.drydipstick.com/
http://www.peakoil/blogspot.com
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13112.htm
If you wish, you can meet a few of us at:
http://community.livejournal.com/boiling_frog/
http://community.livejournal.com/peak_oil
We know we can't continue indefinitely with an oil-based economy. Oil supplies are finite and burning oil is harmful to the environment. We need an emergency "Manhattan Project"-type of all-out effort to develop green energy.
We know we can't continue current farming, fishing, land usage, water usage, and energy usage practices. We are headed towards a collision course of environmental disaster in multiple areas.
We know we must reduce our carbon emissions now and face the fact of global climate change that is already occurring.
The science is in: there is trouble ahead.
Those who are still questioning that something needs to be done now are either protecting narrow business interests...
(not realizing that fixing the problems NOW is the only economically feasible thing to do: see the Stern report, at http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521700801),
...or are simply uninformed.
We want and need a liveable planet for our old age and for our children and future generations.
On this issue, we do not care what political party you belong to, nor what sex, sexual orientation, color, age, religion, disability status, class, income level, or weight you are. We, the undersigned, have put aside our differences to unite on the issue of saving the planet, and we want you to do so as well.
Please respond to our concern about these issues. Let us and the world know what YOU propose, as a person in a position of elected power and influence, to avoid and/or mitigate these crises that loom clearly on the horizon.
There are things that can be done, and be done now. But the public has to learn of them. There is legislation that could do much good, but it must be written, sponsored, and voted into law.
We thank you in advance for rising to meet the biggest and most important challenge of our generation.
Sign PetitionSign Petition* a terrible energy crisis coming soon
* environmental disaster in our oceans, fresh water, air, soil, food supply, and wilderness areas
*the rapid progression our planet is making to a point of no return for disastrous climate change.
If you don't know much about any of this, some places to start are:
http://www.climatecrisis.net
http://www.newscientist.com
http://www.enn.com
http://www.stopglobalwarming.org/
http://www.nativeenergy.com/
http://www.drydipstick.com/
http://www.peakoil/blogspot.com
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13112.htm
If you wish, you can meet a few of us at:
http://community.livejournal.com/boiling_frog/
http://community.livejournal.com/peak_oil
We know we can't continue indefinitely with an oil-based economy. Oil supplies are finite and burning oil is harmful to the environment. We need an emergency "Manhattan Project"-type of all-out effort to develop green energy.
We know we can't continue current farming, fishing, land usage, water usage, and energy usage practices. We are headed towards a collision course of environmental disaster in multiple areas.
We know we must reduce our carbon emissions now and face the fact of global climate change that is already occurring.
The science is in: there is trouble ahead.
Those who are still questioning that something needs to be done now are either protecting narrow business interests...
(not realizing that fixing the problems NOW is the only economically feasible thing to do: see the Stern report, at http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521700801),
...or are simply uninformed.
We want and need a liveable planet for our old age and for our children and future generations.
On this issue, we do not care what political party you belong to, nor what sex, sexual orientation, color, age, religion, disability status, class, income level, or weight you are. We, the undersigned, have put aside our differences to unite on the issue of saving the planet, and we want you to do so as well.
Please respond to our concern about these issues. Let us and the world know what YOU propose, as a person in a position of elected power and influence, to avoid and/or mitigate these crises that loom clearly on the horizon.
There are things that can be done, and be done now. But the public has to learn of them. There is legislation that could do much good, but it must be written, sponsored, and voted into law.
We thank you in advance for rising to meet the biggest and most important challenge of our generation.
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