From: Allison.Forbes@sierraclub.org
[mailto:Allison.Forbes@sierraclub.org]
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007
7:41 PM
To: Allison.Forbes@sierraclub.org
Subject: [energy activists] Energy
and Global Warming goals: November-December
Energy and Global Warming
Sierra Club focus for November and December
Our
best chance to legislate global warming emission reductions this year is to
help get the strongest provisions in the House and Senate energy bills enacted
and signed into law. Achieving this goal will require our strongest efforts to
turn votes and engage public opinion in support of passing a strong final
energy bill.
Passing
a strong final energy bill could reduce global warming emissions almost 20
percent by 2030. Because the energy bill is moving quickly through Congress on
a short time scale, and is very near the finish line, passing this bill
requires our immediate focused attention.
To
reduce global warming emissions 80 percent by 2050, Congress will also need to
enact a cap on carbon. On November 1, the Lieberman-Warner cap-and-trade bill (
Most
environmental groups concur that S. 2191 needs to be strengthened, but there is
a wide range of opinion on how to treat the bill as it moves to full committee.
Sierra Club’s goal is to keep our message encouraging -- recognizing the
progress -- while clearly calling for strengthening changes to the bill.
The
most effective thing that you can do now to influence the EPW committee process
is to increase the number of co-sponsors on the Sanders-Boxer Global Warming
Pollution Reduction Act (S. 309) to show support for science-based emission
reduction targets.
Our
Flip the Switch for Clean Energy campaign to get an energy bill across the
finish line with the strongest House- and Senate-passed provisions is based at www.sierraclub.org/flip
Allison
Forbes
National Conservation Organizer
Sierra Club Global Warming and Energy Program
(202) 548-6583