[SustainableTompkins] URGENT: Senate may vote on energy bill Friday 12/7, call now!]

[Daniel N Roth]

U.S. CLIMATE EMERGENCY COUNCIL

*URGENT ACTION ALERT!!*


Call your Senators Friday for a Strong Energy Bill!

Dear Friends,

Our threatened climate and your children, born and unborn, need you to take
action NOW, right now, sometime Friday, December 7th! The word from Capitol
Hill is that the U.S. Senate may vote on the energy bill by as early as
Friday evening.

*You can call your U.S. Senators at 202-224-3121 or look up their
direct phone number here:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

You can use this sample script: "Hello, I'm ___________, and I'm
calling to urge that Senator ________  oppose efforts to prevent the
energy bill from coming to the Senate floor for a vote and support the use
of our tax dollars for renewable energy, not subsidies for fossil fuels.
For the good of our economy, our pocketbooks and the environment, we want
the House energy bill to be passed now."

This afternoon the House of Representatives passed a good energy
bill by a 235-181 vote. Carl Pope, Executive Director of the Sierra Club,
described it this way:

"It is a bill of firsts: the first increase in fuel economy
standards in more than three decades, the first national requirement for
renewable energy...and the first energy bill to provide billions for clean
energy instead of shoveling subsidies to Big Oil and other polluters.
Instead of a pork-laden monstrosity tailored to the needs of the dirty
energy industry, this bill will give us clean
electricity, greener cars, provide billions for clean energy instead of
Big Oil's bottom line, strengthen our economy, make us more
secure, and begin to address the challenge of global warming. It is a
tremendous achievement for the Congress, but more importantly, it is a
victory for the hardworking American families who are now
suffering as a result of decades of failed energy policies."

As you may know, I've been on a climate emergency fast since
September 4th. Today is my 94th day without solid foods. The focus of this
fast from day one has been to help stimulate grassroots
pressure on Congress to get them to pass the strongest possible
climate legislation. And it is happening!

But there's a big hurdle, and that's the planned filibuster by
Senator Inhofe, dirty energy advocate and global warming denier
number one. To get over that hurdle, we need 60 U.S. Senators
willing to stand up for the right thing, willing to vote the right way,
willing to follow their conscience and not bend to the demands of the
dirty energy lobby.

*Tomorrow needs to be a day the U.S. Senate never forgets. Their
phones need to be ringing off the hook, hearing from all of us.
Senators and presidential candidates Clinton, Obama, Biden and Dodd need
to be in D.C. to vote -- no excuses on an issue this important! Republican
and Democratic Senators need to stand up for the Earth! *

You can call your U.S. Senators at 202-224-3121 or look up their
direct phone number at
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

You can use this sample script: "Hello, I'm ___________, and I'm
calling to urge that Senator ________  oppose efforts to prevent the
energy bill from coming to the Senate floor for a vote and support the use
of our tax dollars for renewable energy, not subsidies for fossil fuels.
For the good of our economy, our pocketbooks and the environment, we want
the House energy bill to be passed now."

And please send this alert out widely to others who might be responsive.

Let's make history this week! It's time to act!

For future generations,

Ted Glick, coordinator, U.S. Climate Emergency Council

P.S. You can go to our website, http://www.climateemergency.org
for more information about the energy bill.


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