I just got an email from Al Gore's WE campaign. They are placing an ad in the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and the Washington Post about the campaign to get us off carbon based fuels.
Keep Climate Change on Congress' Mind
We've created a hard-hitting ad to make sure that members of Congress don't forget to keep climate change at the top of their priorities over the August recess.
We need to raise $200,000 by July 30th to get our ad in the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and the Washington Post!
Donate Here to WE to get the ad in the papers
You can see the ad here:
Finally, a Solution as Big as Our Problems
More, after the fold.
Al Gore laid out the solution to the the energy crisis, climate change, and many national security problems in his speech on July 17. Here's a three minute video with highlights:
The key point is this:
Yet when we look at all three of these seemingly intractable challenges at the same time, we can see the common thread running through them, deeply ironic in its simplicity: our dangerous over-reliance on carbon-based fuels is at the core of all three of these challenges - the economic, environmental and national security crises.
We're borrowing money from China to buy oil from the Persian Gulf to burn it in ways that destroy the planet. Every bit of that's got to change.
But if we grab hold of that common thread and pull it hard, all of these complex problems begin to unravel and we will find that we're holding the answer to all of them right in our hand.
The answer is to end our reliance on carbon-based fuels.
Barack Obama supports Al Gore's efforts. On July 17, Obama said this after Gore's speech:
"For decades, Al Gore has challenged the skeptics in Washington on climate change and awakened the conscience of a nation to the urgency of this threat. I strongly agree with Vice President Gore that we cannot drill our way to energy independence, but must fast-track investments in renewable sources of energy like solar power, wind power and advanced biofuels, and those are the investments I will make as President. It’s a strategy that will create millions of new jobs that pay well and cannot be outsourced, and one that will leave our children a world that is cleaner and safer."
Here's the email asking for help.
In less than a week, legislators will pour out of DC when Congress shuts down for the August recess.
We've created a hard-hitting new print ad to make sure Al Gore's clean electricity challenge stays on the top of our leaders' minds during their break.
Can you help us raise $200,000 by July 30th to fund ads in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and the Washington Post?
Make a secure, tax-deductible donation to get this ad in front of our elected leaders before the recess starts.
The challenge of producing 100% of our electricity from wind, solar and other clean energy sources -- and doing so within 10 years -- is ambitious but achievable. It is exactly the kind of challenge members of Congress should be willing to embrace.
Our environment, our economy and our security all depend on it.
That is why we need to build on the momentum started by Al Gore's bold challenge.
Please help us reach Congress before they head home for the August recess next week.
Donate now to help us reach our $200,000 goal by Wednesday, July 30th.
Thanks for your quick response to this rapid-turnaround effort and for all you do to help solve climate change.
Finally, a Solution as Big as Our Problems
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