Counter Climate Crisis - Petition
Senate
Target: United States Senate
Sponsor:
Greenpeace Project Thin Ice
GreenPeace sends bush a message from the
polar ice
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 warning’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!
Text
of petition:
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}