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Here's a way to write you senator in support of this legislation. I have not read all the details, but it seems anything would be better than what's coming out of the Bush Administration. Do you agree? Forwarded below is a copy of the letter you get back after your letter has been sent. MTNeuman --------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "UCS Action Center" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 21:21:32 -0800 Subject: Thank You for Taking Action! Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dear Michael, Thank you for using the Union of Concerned Scientists Action Center. Your voice makes a difference! Your message below was sent to: Sen. Herbert Kohl 330 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510-4903 Dear Senator Kohl, Sen. Russell Feingold 506 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510-4904 Dear Senator Feingold, I am writing to urge you to cosponsor the McCain-Lieberman Climate Stewardship Act (S. 139). It is time to take responsibility for this human-caused problem that poses serious threats to the quality of life for our children and grandchildren. The good news is that the U.S. has the technological ability to cut our emissions of global warming pollution by producing more electricity from clean renewable sources, limiting carbon pollution from dirty coal-fired power plants, increasing energy efficiency in the public and private sectors, and making cars that go further on a gallon of gas. As the world�s number one emitter we have a duty to implement these solutions. Unfortunately, our country�s reliance on voluntary emission reduction measures has failed to bring cuts in global warming pollution. In fact, U.S. emissions are nearly 12 percent higher than they were in 1990. The McCain-Lieberman bill would put us on the right track by cutting U.S. global warming pollution to 2000 levels by 2010 and 1990 levels by 2016. The bill caps the total global warming pollution that the electric utility, commercial, industrial, and fuel sectors can produce in a given year. Companies can buy and sell their emission permits, ensuring that they will meet the cross-sector limit through the least expensive emission cuts. The McCain-Lieberman bill excludes the public and small business from the required cuts in global warming pollution. It also uses government funds generated by the sale of emission permits to offset increases in electricity rates for consumers and provide aid to workers such as coal miners that might be negatively affected by the bill. By encouraging investment in clean technologies that support increases in renewable energy production and vehicle fuel efficiency, the bill would create new jobs and boost the economy. The bill is an important complement to necessary efforts to increase vehicle fuel economy standards and set a strong national standard requiring utilities to increase generation of clean renewable electricity. The U.S. should act as a leader in the fight to curb global warming instead of trailing behind the international community. Please demonstrate your commitment to addressing the most serious environmental problem of our time by cosponsoring the McCain-Lieberman global warming bill. I look forward to hearing from you about your support. 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