- Signatures: 19,459
- Goal: 50,000
- Deadline: 12-30-2003
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More and more scientists across the globe agree that climate change caused by greenhouse gas emission is happening! It is argued that by 2100, worldwide temperatures would be 1.4 to 5.8 Celsius higher than today! What does that mean, it means a lot of things for a lot of different people and animals. It means that ocean levels will rise by nearly 2 feet and thousands of miles of coastline will be lost forever to the sea. It means that climatic conditions for animals and plants will change. Polar Bears who already have trouble finding enough food to sustain life, will have even more trouble. Only the animals and plants that are the most adaptable and mobile will survive. Some very adaptive animals, like cockroaches, will make it, but we may lose thousands of species to extinction all due to climate change.
Climate change also means chaotic weather patterns: rain and floods in central Europe, hurricanes off the west coast of Mexico, drastic shifts between cold and hot temperatures, drought and forest fires, etc. The number of "freak incidents" in the last ten years has more than doubled! And what is worse, it affects communities disproportionately! Studies show that climate 
changes is likely to affect the poorest countries much more than some of the richer countries. It might not matter to some in the United States to lose some coastal properties (unless you live in those coastal cities). But several Island nations may be completely lost to the sea!
At this point, hundreds of nations across the globe are ratifying the Kyoto protocol. An international treaty to reduce global greenhouse gases. The United States is one of the last nations to support it! The US government, instead of taking action, has decided that we should study the phenomenon of global warming for another ten years! I say we have studied enough! There are alternative fuels, there are technological advances to help alleviate the pains of reducing our green house gas emissions. Let's Take ACTION NOW before it is too late! Sign now and tell our President to take a lead role in helping protect our beautiful earth and its creatures for future generations to appreciate!
| Number | Date | Prefix | Name | State | Country | I support action because: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19,461 | 1:44 pm PDT, Jun 24 | Anonymous | Norway | |||
| 19,460 | 1:36 pm PST, Feb 19 | Mr. | Brian Melton | Idaho | United States | |
| 19,459 | 8:02 pm PST, Dec 16 | Timothy Hooker | Louisiana | United States | ||
| 19,458 | 2:15 pm PDT, Oct 31 | james macdonald | Canada | |||
| 19,457 | 5:06 pm PST, Jan 10 | Jan Johnson | Florida | United States | ||
| 19,456 | 8:36 am PST, Jan 1 | Anonymous | New York | United States | ||
| 19,455 | 7:40 pm PST, Dec 26 | Kandace Hird | Georgia | United States | ||
| 19,454 | 6:55 am PST, Dec 24 | Laura Rodrigues | Portugal | |||
| 19,453 | 3:01 am PST, Nov 29 | Ms. | Marieka Liewes | Australia | ||
| 19,452 | 11:47 am PST, Nov 26 | Hans Lak | Netherlands | |||
| 19,451 | 8:47 am PDT, Oct 22 | Olga Martin | Argentina | |||
| 19,450 | 5:40 am PDT, Sep 22 | Ashley W. | Pennsylvania | United States | ||
| 19,449 | 6:48 am PDT, Jun 24 | Charlie D | Sweden | |||
| 19,448 | 4:28 pm PST, Mar 10 | Aiz T | Canada | |||
| 19,447 | 10:52 pm PST, Mar 5 | Ms. | Anonymous | Arizona | United States | All OF US WERE BORN ON THIS PLANET AND IT,S UP TO THE PEOPLE TO FIX THIS PLANET.GLOBAL WARMING NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.I found out on the news that both sides of the glaciers are melting on this planet Global warming is out to flood us out of our homes the sea levels are riseing hire and hire.Its affecting the vegetables from california which means prices in stores will sky rocket.Australia is in danger of being under water.Many LIVES WILL BE LOST IF GLOBAL WARMING GETS OUT OF CONTROL.Bush needs to take action on this problem.Scentist say we are at a tipping point of no return that,s what the news said Why hasn,t bush stoped global warming does he want to see our world pass away?We need to save this planet wake up bush move now before there is no time to act on global warming. |
| 19,446 | 10:18 am PST, Feb 6 | Christine Iadeluca | New York | United States | ||
| 19,445 | 6:20 pm PST, Jan 22 | Jason Bowman | California | United States | ||
| 19,444 | 10:51 am PST, Dec 30 | Cristina Bauche | Washington | United States | ||
| 19,443 | 7:11 pm PST, Dec 4 | mark smith | Louisiana | United States | ||
| 19,442 | 12:01 pm PST, Nov 30 | Jennifer Megeney | Canada | |||
| 19,441 | 7:05 pm PST, Nov 27 | Anonymous | California | United States | Global warming is only getting worse bush what are you waiting for action should be taken now.If you dont move now alot of kids and people all over will die.Pollution is killing the planet we need to get rid of that.I have been to websites that tell us to switch our light bulbs to energy star which use 13 watts of electricity alot of people are takeing part it,s time for everybody else to help too.They save money ,electricity and our enviroment if everyone takes part there might still be a future left.do your part tell everyone you know I did it you can do it. look for energy star light bulbs and appliances they reduce global warming. | |
| 19,440 | 1:32 pm PST, Nov 26 | Caroline Szalay | New Jersey | United States | ||
| 19,439 | 6:47 pm PST, Nov 24 | Emily MacDonald | Pennsylvania | United States | ||
| 19,438 | 12:18 pm PDT, Sep 20 | Rebecca Mawhiney | New York | United States | I am worried about the other people in the world not just the United states.. all around the world disasters are happening one after the next bad gets to worse.. hurricane katrina hit florida at a 1 and hit new orleans at a category 4 because the waters over the golf had been warm it gave the storm strength.. this is something small compared to things arround the nation/ globe.. china suvere floods.. darfur.. servere droughts... we all know that the signs are leading to global warming being here its just the ignorance of the president and the stuberness of certain industires that dont want to admit global warming is here.. were just lucky it hasnt affected us yet like it did china and other places over the globe... soon movies like "The Day After Tomarrow" will be reality... does that not wake anyone up? i cut down on using hot water.. and make sure i turn off my lights when i dont use it.. before i saw Al Gores movie i didnt care... but im worried about the future of the world.. this is why im supporting this pention. because its the right thing to do and because its the only thing right now we can do.. because certain people dont feel like facing the FACTS. kindest Reguard, Rebecca Mawhiney | |
| 19,437 | 3:57 am PDT, Sep 13 | Carl Propst | California | United States | Global Warming is a serious issue that must be addressed now as it will only get worse with outdated fossil burning fuels. | |
| 19,436 | 4:41 pm PDT, Aug 28 | Anonymous | California | United States | ||
| 19,435 | 10:07 pm PDT, Aug 27 | Linda Bonura | Louisiana | United States | ||
| 19,434 | 3:10 am PDT, Aug 18 | Elise Koolmees | Netherlands | |||
| 19,433 | 7:54 am PDT, Jul 27 | Larry Bibayoff | California | United States | ||
| 19,432 | 3:02 am PDT, Jul 14 | Candy Bowman-LeBlanc | California | United States | ||
| 19,431 | 4:18 am PDT, Jul 13 | Teresita Garza | Florida | United States | ||
| 19,430 | 6:40 pm PDT, Jul 5 | Brian Reynolds | New Jersey | United States | ||
| 19,429 | 11:40 am PDT, Jul 4 | Dida El-Sourady | North Carolina | United States | ||
| 19,428 | 7:09 pm PDT, Jun 27 | Ms. | Brenda Schenk | Washington | United States | We Need To Fix the problem, not just study it extensively. Fix it. |
| 19,427 | 7:50 am PDT, Jun 19 | howard martin | Canada | I have children | ||
| 19,426 | 1:20 pm PDT, May 30 | Dave Steinmetz | Connecticut | United States | ||
| 19,425 | 3:44 pm PDT, May 27 | Ms. | Nikki Vaughan | Utah | United States | |
| 19,424 | 10:03 am PDT, May 25 | Ms. | Debbie King | United Kingdom | ||
| 19,423 | 12:28 pm PDT, May 11 | Anonymous | California | United States | ||
| 19,422 | 12:23 pm PDT, May 10 | Elsa Garcia | Maryland | United States | ||
| 19,421 | 9:18 am PDT, Apr 30 | Nancy Laliberte | Canada | |||
| 19,420 | 2:45 am PDT, Apr 16 | Steve Klein | Armed Forces Americas | Canada | ||
| 19,419 | 6:38 pm PDT, Apr 15 | Christina Sott | United Kingdom | We must not only ACT now to avoid as much global warming as possible, private or industrial, we should also consider to finance a project with scientist to make suitable inventions to avoid the worst. | ||
| 19,418 | 8:12 pm PDT, Apr 13 | jeff hopkins | Illinois | United States | ||
| 19,417 | 12:42 pm PDT, Apr 11 | D White | Indiana | United States | ||
| 19,416 | 2:24 pm PST, Mar 26 | luc quentin | Illinois | United States | ||
| 19,415 | 12:56 pm PST, Mar 11 | Mr. | Paul Girardin | Canada | We must deal with it before it is too late ! And it's darn close to the end ! | |
| 19,414 | 4:41 pm PST, Mar 9 | Mr. | Nikolai Dragnes | Norway | ||
| 19,413 | 2:48 pm PST, Mar 7 | Michael Mitsuda | California | United States | ||
| 19,412 | 1:28 am PST, Mar 6 | Ms. | Emily Meadow S | United Kingdom | ||
| 19,411 | 6:40 am PST, Mar 4 | stephanie lessard | New Hampshire | United States | ||
| 19,410 | 3:56 pm PST, Mar 2 | Catherine Methot | Canada | |||
| 19,409 | 3:09 pm PST, Feb 27 | John Bechtold | Florida | United States | ||
| 19,408 | 11:46 am PST, Feb 27 | Jennifer Gardner | Massachusetts | United States | ||
| 19,407 | 8:55 am PST, Feb 20 | Ms. | Alexandra Hsieh | Singapore | ||
| 19,406 | 10:34 am PST, Feb 19 | Trish Meador | West Virginia | United States | The only way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. Thats it. | |
| 19,405 | 11:01 am PST, Feb 12 | Dr R Rosen | Colorado | United States | ||
| 19,404 | 11:48 pm PST, Feb 9 | Kristen Atkinson | California | United States | More Trees, more fresh air, please help save our planet before it's too late. | |
| 19,403 | 6:16 pm PST, Feb 5 | Margarita On The Rocks | Nevada | United States | ||
| 19,402 | 3:59 pm PST, Feb 3 | jeff hopkins | Illinois | United States | ||
| 19,401 | 9:32 am PST, Feb 3 | Genie Brooks | Maryland | United States |
Climate Change IS a Problem! Take Action Now!
More and more scientists across the globe agree that climate change caused by greenhouse gas emission is happening!
It is argued that by 2100, worldwide temperatures would be 1.4 to 5.8 Celsius higher than today! What does that mean, it means a lot of things for a lot of different people and animals. It means that ocean levels will rise by nearly 2 feet and thousands of miles of coastline will be lost forever to the sea. It means that climatic conditions for animals and plants will change. Polar Bears who already have trouble finding enough food to sustain life, will have even more trouble. Only the animals and plants that are the most adaptable and mobile will survive. Animals like cockroaches will probably make it, but we may lose thousands of species to extinction all due to climate change.
Climate change also means chaotic weather patterns: rain and floods in central Europe, hurricanes off the west coast of Mexico, drastic shifts between cold and hot temperatures. The number of "freak incidents" in the last ten years has more than doubled! And what is worse, it affects communities disproportionately! Studies show that climate changes is likely to affect the poorest countries much more than some of the richer countries. It might not matter to some in the United States to lose some coastal properties (unless you live in those coastal cities). But some Island nations may be completely lost to the sea!
At this point, hundreds of nations across the globe are ratifying the Kyoto protocol. An international treaty to reduce global greenhouse gases. The United States is one of the last nations to support it! The US government, instead of taking action, has decided that we should study the phenomenon of global warming for another ten years! I say we have studied enough! There are alternative fuels, there are technological advances to help alleviate the pains of reducing our green house gas emissions. Let's Take ACTION NOW before it is too late!
We, the undersigned, respectfully urge you to take action. Be a leader that protects our environment!
Thank You
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