Invitation to Join USCEC on Capitol Hill December 3rd - 7th

Dear Friends,

Two and a half months ago thousands of people from all 50 states and over a dozen countries fasted on the day that the U.S. Congress returned from its summer recess. Our message to them: It`s time to step it up and pass strong climate legislation!!

They haven`t done that yet, but there`s a chance they`ll pass an important bill when they return from their Thanksgiving break. It is likely that Congress will vote on a federal energy bill in the first week of December. This energy bill could be a pretty good bill, depending in large part upon the success of the grassroots lobbying campaign that USCEC and other groups have been waging for weeks. This bill has the potential to begin to turn the U.S. away from fossil fuels and toward the clean energy revolution we so desperately need.

I plan to be up on Capitol Hill that entire week, starting the morning of Monday, December 3rd. I`ll be on the 91st day of my climate emergency fast. I will spend every day that week, if necessary, buttonholing Senators and Representatives, going to their offices, going to key committee hearings, urging them to stand up strong for renewable energy, energy efficiency and cleaner cars and against subsidies for oil, coal and nuclear power.
Will you join me?

There is no question but that we are needed to counter the well-financed lobbying efforts of the coal, oil, auto and nuclear industries. They are aware that there is a rapidly-growing popular movement for genuine solutions to the climate emergency and they`re doing all they can to head us off. We can`t let them continue to dominate decision-making on Capitol Hill! We need to counter the pressure of their campaign contributions with the power of organized citizens keeping the heat on.

Make no mistake: right now is the time when Congress needs to hear from us. If you can join me on Capitol Hill any time during that critical first week of December, please sign up here: http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/423/t/1903/event/index.jsp?event_KEY=33757.
If you can`t make it, we hope you will join us in making phone calls over the next two weeks to your Senators and to Harry Reid. You can access resources to help you with those calls at http://www.climateemergency.org and we`ll also be in touch over email.

Let`s win a victory for the world this December, for present and future generations,

Ted Glick

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