COPY ENTIRE MESSAGE AND SIGN! SEND TO: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] PIRG-Chris Chatto wrote: > > * * * PETITION TO STOP GLOBAL WARMING * KEEP IT ALIVE! * * * > * PLEASE SIGN AND FORWARD BY NOVEMBER 13th, 1998 * URGENT! * > > ALARMING EVIDENCE OF GLOBAL WARMING MOUNTS. > > In 1996, world reknowned scientists told us that global > warming is already occurring. Since that time, real life > experience has driven that message home. Recent events > are all consistent with scientists predictions of global > warming will bring. > > * The 10 hottest years on record have all occurred since > 1980, the hottest year ever on record is 1997, and the > hottest January through August on record occurred in > 1998. > > * Severe floods like the devastating Midwestern floods of > 1993 and 1997 are becoming more common. > > * Infectious diseases are moving into new areas including > the recent outbreaks of Dengue fever in Texas and Malaria > in New Jersey. > > Pollution from the U.S. is responsible for at least 22% of > the world's global warming emissions. Yet there are > currently no limits on the chemicals that cause global > warming. > > At the international Climate Summit last December in Kyoto, > Japan, nations agreed to reduce emissions of heat- > trapping gases that cause global warming. The agreement > is a small but important step to limit global > warming. However, many important details remain to be > decided. A major international meeting to hammer > out the details will take place in Buenos Aires, > Argentina, November 2-13, 1998. In order to make progress > there, the United States must show other nations that we are > serious about reducing the threat of global warming. The > United States must lead by example and take steps to cut > emissions of gases that cause global warming. > > Your participation is essential. Please read the > petition to President Clinton below, sign on and forward > this email on to your friends. > > * FOR MORE INFORMATION * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > http://www.pirg.org/enviro/global_w/ > -The PIRG's global warming pages, including fact sheets > and reports, and a link to a web version of this petition. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -general email address for inquiries > > * HOW TO SIGN THIS PETITION * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > Copy this entire email (from * START * to * END *) into a > new email. After the last signature below, enter a new line, > with the next number. Please list your name, city, state > and zip code. Forward to your family, friends, co-workers, > and relevant lists. > > Please cc: your message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > START > * PETITION TO THE WHITE HOUSE * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > Dear President Clinton: > > The U.S., with only 4% of the world's population, is > responsible for 22% of the world's greenhouse gas > emissions. Fortunately, solutions exist to cut our > global warming emissions. Decision makers in the United > States should support the following: > > * Increasing fuel efficiency standards to 45 miles per > gallon for cars and 34 miles per gallons for light > trucks would cut millions of tons of CO2 pollution while > decreasing our dependence on foreign oil. > > * Capping CO2 from power plants would cut millions of > tons of CO2 pollution while decreasing the pollution > that causes acid rain, smog, and respiratory illness. > > * Shifting investment from fossil fuels like coal and > oil to renewable energy and energy efficiency would allow > cleaner, more sustainable sources of energy to take their > rightful place as market leaders. > > * Ratification of the Kyoto Protocol would be a modest > but important first step toward international emissions > reductions. > > Please take action on this urgent issue immediately. > > * SIGNED * > > 1) Christopher Chatto, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 > 2) Chris Mullin, Quincy, MA 02169 > 3) Elizabeth Hitchcock, Washington DC 20003 > 4) Richard Trilsch, Washington, DC 20003 > 5) Mark Ferrulo, Tallahassee, Fl 32303 > 6) Gwendolyn Griffin, Tuscaloosa, Al 35401 > END > * PLEASE SIGN AND FORWARD BY NOVEMBER 13th, 1998 * URGENT! * > * PETITION TO STOP GLOBAL WARMING * KEEP IT ALIVE! * END * * > -=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+ > Chris Chatto, Internet Organizer (e) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (p) 805-963-0949 > The State Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs) (f) 805-965-8939 > 1129 State St #10, Santa Barbara CA 93101 (web) http://www.pirg.org >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Oct 16 04:10:53 1998 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 06:10:22 EDT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: family size,etc. In a message dated 98-10-15 21:14:54 EDT, you write: << Blindly chanting the mantra of personal freedom in this matter will simply push ALL OF US, responsible and irresponsible alike, lemminglike over the cliff of catastrophe and hurl us all to a shared destruction. Joe >> Hi Joe, It is not personal freedom we are talking about here - it is universal freedom! Life is bigger then you Joe! There are some freedoms that lie under the title of personal freedom and some that run deeper! Pro-creation is one that runs deeper! I agree that always asserting personal freedom can be a detriment to us all - neglecting to see how our personal actions because of that personal freedom harms others - No man/woman is an island! Of course! Regarding Control - Control is not synomous with Standards - When an industry complies to environmental STANDARDS - it is not under our control - because frankly if it were under my control I would shut it down completely and rebuild - it is merely complying to imposed standards of actions! Peace! Angela
