LIST NOTE: I am deeply disappointed with the rate of participation in this critical email protest, so I am sending it again imploring you to participate. Italy, Poland and friends are in the process of selling out European climate leadership at a critical juncture. Failure now means there may be no time to avert abrupt climate change through international means. Please unsubscribe below if you cannot be bothered to participate in these hard-hitting, strategic protests. There are plenty of mamby-pamby petitions to sign elsewhere. This Earth Action Networks PROTEST depends upon you participating in Earth Advocacy That Matters. Dr. Glen Barry
------------------- ACTION ALERT PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY! CLIMATE ALERT! Italy and Poland Must Stop Playing Politics with Global Climate's Future By Ecological Internet's Climate Ark, http://www.climateark.org/ December 4, 2008 TAKE ACTION http://www.climateark.org/shared/alerts/send.aspx?id=europe_climate_obstruction Their unwillingness at climate talks to bear the costs of reducing carbon, and ending their addiction to coal, will destroy the atmosphere, biosphere and all our futures Some 11,000 climate delegates are meeting in Poland's western city of Poznan, seeking agreement upon new post-Kyoto climate goals, to be finalized in Copenhagen by the end of next year. Simultaneously, the European Union summit is attempting to reach consensus upon the so-called '20-20-20' proposals, which by 2020 seek a 20 percent cut in greenhouse gas (higher if others agree), a 20 percent cut in energy consumed and 20 percent use of renewable energy. Sadly, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk are actively seeking to weaken these modest and realistic medium- term goals, which can be built upon, on narrow economic self- interests. Without a deal at the Brussels summit, the European Union is unlikely to reach consensus prior to the Copenhagen conference. Italy and Poland must be called upon to end their parochial climate change obstructionism -- putting the interests of global citizenry and an operable biosphere, above continued cheap coal based electricity that is killing us all. TAKE ACTION NOW: http://www.climateark.org/shared/alerts/send.aspx?id=europe_climate_obstruction DISCUSS THIS ALERT: http://www.climateark.org/blog/2008/12/alert_italy_and_poland_must_st.asp FUNDING UPDATE: Ecological Internet has raised $35,235 from 153 donors -- 50% to our goal of $75K. Our continued work depends upon you donating now: http://www.climateark.org/shared/donate/ --- You are subscribed to ecological_internet as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Before unsubscribing, please consider modifying your list profile at: http://www.ecoearth.info/shared/subscribe/[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or click here: http://email.ecoearth.info:81/u?id=84041H&n=T&c=F&l=ecological_internet To subscribe visit: http://www.ecoearth.info/shared/subscribe/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
