Sanders/Boxer global warming bill.

[rodeodance]

Barbara Boxer wrote:
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> Dear xxxx,
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> E-mail your Senators and urge them to support the Sanders/Boxer global warming bill!
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> It's one thing to hear second- or third-hand about what's happening in Greenland; it's another thing to see it in person.
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> It's one thing to read about the effects of global warming on people living there; it's another thing to have those people look you in the eye and tell you.
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> Last weekend, I led a delegation of 10 Senators on a trip to Greenland to take a first-hand look at the devastating effects of global warming. Words like "awesome," "majestic," and "incredible" don't go far enough to describe what we saw as our boat rode alongside icebergs as large as coliseums. These icebergs -- average age 9,000 years -- have broken off an ice stream and are now melting at an astonishing rate. The entire Greenland ice sheet is 1200 miles long by 500 miles wide and, unless we act now, this melting will lead to a catastrophic rise in sea levels.
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> That's why it's so critical that we act -- now -- to stop global warming.
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> Email your Senators today and urge them to cosponsor the Sanders/Boxer bill -- the single most effective strategy to fight global warming. We simply cannot afford a moment's delay in reducing global carbon emissions.
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> Already, you and 82,000 other people have signed on as citizen co-sponsors of the Sanders/Boxer bill. Thanks to your help, we now have gained the endorsement of 20 Senators for my legislation -- one-fifth of the Senate's membership.
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> But now we must do even more to get this critical legislation passed through my Environment & Public Works committee, passed by the Senate and House, and sent to the President's desk for his signature.
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> Enacting my legislation to fight global warming will take strong support from across the country and across party lines -- and we don't have a moment to lose.
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> Email your Senators today and urge them to cosponsor the Sanders/Boxer bill -- the single most effective strategy to fight global warming.
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> There is simply no longer any serious debate about the deadly effects of global warming. It's not just that native hunters in Greenland report an alarming decline in sea ice. Rising sea levels are cited by our own military as a cause of unrest and desperate migration as low-lying areas are inundated. Similarly, other results of global warming, such as droughts, floods and dangerous insect-borne diseases will bring misery. If we fail to act, 40% of the plant and animal species on Earth could disappear.
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> Now I need your help to give me even more allies in the Senate.
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> Please contact your Senators today. Urge them to support the Sanders/Boxer bill so that we at last take long awaited steps to reduce global warming.
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> Thank you for your support.
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> In Friendship,
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> Barbara Boxer
> U.S. Senator
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> P.S. Thank you so much for signing on as a citizen co-sponsor of the Sanders/Boxer global warming bill. Now help me convince more of my colleagues to sponsor this critical bill as well. Please forward an email to your Senators today -- and help us build the support we need to pass real legislation to stop global warming. As my trip to Greenland clearly showed, now is the time for us to act!
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> Email Your Senators Today!
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[Blue Belle]

1. Maybe she should send one to Pelosi and remind her how gas emissions cause this...

And how we need tougher vehicle standards.

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