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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!
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3:57 pm PDT, Mar 30, Silky Wyld, Wisconsin
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8:52 pm PDT, Mar 26, Suzie Gordon, New Hampshire
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8:57 am PDT, Mar 26, Ginger Geronimo, Alabama
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5:54 am PST, Mar 1, Vicki Crawford, Pennsylvania
we cannot allow these animals die we cannot allow the wolfs to be killed just because one powerful group of people want the land wecan't allow the polar bears to die because we want to feel warm and cool these animals God Gave us to take care not to destory .i will do anything that i can to help these animals to stay alive. Vicki Crawford
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6:03 pm PST, Dec 29, Jessica Eldridge, Australia
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6:45 pm PST, Dec 23, Troy Alexander McMillan, Arizona
our cousins and own species live here, need I say more?
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5:55 pm PST, Dec 18, Courtney Boeck, Michigan
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8:20 am PST, Dec 11, Andrea Stacy, Kentucky
because we have to take care of our planet!!!!!!
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10:20 pm PDT, Oct 27, Dean Suntken, Nevada
its killing our future, earth and all the inoccent creatures kill me not thae creatures
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11:30 pm PDT, Oct 24, Sophie Szeferowicz, France
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