---- forwarded message ---- Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 21:14:48 +0200 From: secr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: CALL-IN TUESDAY, JULY 17. STOP BUSH CLIMATE OBSTRUCTION ---- forwarded message ---- Subject: [gaia-l] CALL-IN TUESDAY, JULY 17. STOP BUSH CLIMATE OBSTRUCTION Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2001 08:22:57 -0300 From: Mark Graffis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: All Activists From: Aaron Rappaport, American Lands Date: July 5, 2001 In a move even worse than its rejection of the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change, the Bush Administration now appears to be trying to obstruct other countries from bringing it into force without U.S. participation. It appears that during their Camp David meeting last weekend President Bush attempted to convince Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi to also renounce the protocol. That would kill it. The accord can only be brought into legal force if is ratified by a quorum of the big CO2 emitters amongst the developed nations. Since Bush has announced that the U.S. will not ratify, that bar can only be cleared if Japan does. Crunch time comes in just two weeks, when last falls stalled U.N. Climate Summit reconvenes in Bonn. As explained below, it is critical that the U.S. not block agreement at Bonn on the implementing rules of the protocol. Public pressure is essential to bring the Congress into a leadership role on climate policy to counter the Administrations obstructive one. On Tuesday, July 17, the summits eve, please call your U.S. Senators and Representative at 202/ 225-3121. Please ask these elected officials to 1) Support the Kyoto Protocol by urging the Administration not to obstruct agreement at the Bonn climate summit. 2) Support legislation to cap CO2 emissions using energy conservation, renewable energy and forest protection. Thanks for all your good work. Many believe that the Bonn summit, officially known as COP6b, will be the last opportunity to salvage the Kyoto Protocol and with it hopes for action on global warming anytime soon. If agreement on Kyotos implementing rules is not reached there then the process will basically run out of time. The death of the protocol would cause years of delay in adopting limits on CO2 emissions. The resulting higher concentrations of this greenhouse gas in the atmosphere would drive hotter temperatures and more ecosystem devastation over the course of this century and beyond. During his trip to Europe two weeks ago, President Bush pledged to not thwart agreement at Bonn. However, his meeting with Mr. Koizumi last weekend caused a marked shift in the Japanese leaders climate position. Previously, the Prime Minister had characterized U.S. rejection of Kyoto as deplorable. Afterwards, he announced that, "Presently, I do not have the intention of proceeding (with Kyoto) without the cooperation of the United States." It appears that Mr. Bush has already broken his promise. (Thankfully, Mr. Koizumi has since softened his statements somewhat.) For more information see www.nytimes.com/2001/07/02/world/02CLIM.html or contact the American Lands Forest Protection and Climate Campaign Darcy Davis, Northwest Organizer, 503/978-0132, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Aaron Rappaport, Coordinator, 202/547-9098, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]://www.americanlands.org Steve Holmer Campaign Coordinator American Lands 726 7th Street SE Washington, D.C. 20003 202/547-9105 202/547-9213 fax mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]://www.americanlands.org
