TO ALL ST. MEMBERS A CALL TO ACTION IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS TO SUPPORT ALL THE YOUTHS THAT ARE A VOICE FOR US ALL AT COP15 THANK YOU, GIOVANNI C SCARAMUZZA FREESIA --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Rapid Responders,
You all continue to impress - if you are like us, you've been watching our Facebook group continue to explode - over 12,000 people have joined at this point! We need to build off of this momentum, and make a very specifc demand that is critical for the success of the negotiations. You probably recently received another email from Energy Action Coalition about calling on Obama to commit to an ambitious finance package, and starting by re-directing billions of dollars in fossil fuel subsidies. Because this is so important, we've made this ask to folks across the country, but we definitely need you to lead. Here is the complete description of the action, including more background info and a call script: www.powershift09.org/rapidresponseactions Please report your calls (and ask others to as well) by posting on the Facebook group, and including any exciting responses you receive. Encourage folks to update their status messages about making calls, and to invite more friends. We want to keep the group growing over the course of the week, so that we can continue to build our voice. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=197194584613&ref=nf#/group.php?v=info&gid=197194584613 Last time when we all made calls to the White House we got on the radar of the White House and help put Tuvalu on the map. If we can all commit to making 20 calls in the next 24 hours, we can ensure that Obama gets the message right that we want to fund the future, not the past! Thanks for all that you do, Copenhagen Rapid Response Team RAPID RESPONSE ACTION #4 URGE PRESIDENT OBAMA TO SHIFT FUNDING FROM FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES TO CLIMATE FINANCE As the talks have picked up this week, it's become clear that one of the biggest roadblocks to a real deal in Copenhagen is climate finance. The talks are on the brink --because developing countries can't afford to green their economies without financial help, and developed countries like the U.S. aren't stepping up to the plate. Meanwhile, and outrageously, the US spends more than $10 billion of taxpayer money per year on subsidies to fossil fuel companies. Are you thinking what we're thinking? It's time to the flood the White House again demanding that President Obama shift support from fossil fuel companies, to support climate finance in the developing world. Please help generate calls to President Obama right now. Call the White House Comment Line: 202-456-1111. Be sure to keep things short and mention all of the main points. Hello, my name is ______. I'm live in ________/ I'm a student at __________. President Obama, with the UN climate talks on the brink, and the world calling for your leadership, it's time for you to commit to an ambitious climate finance package. I urge you to shift the 10 billion dollars currently supporting fossil fuel companies to an ambitious climate finance package in Copenhagen. Can you get 20 friends to call President Obama in the next 24 hours? Here's a basic script to call your friends. "Hey! What's up? GreatIm part of the Copenhagen Rapid Response Team, which is working to connect the action at the climate negotiations in Copenhagen. Im calling because the climate talks are on the brink, and we need your help. The Rapid Response Team is working to call President Obama right now. Can you call the White House to call for President Obama to shift financial support for fossil fuel companies to an ambitious climate finance package? President Obama needs to lead, and we need to ask him to do this." Tomorrow after all your friends, classmates and random people you meet in the street have called, be sure to fill out the reporting form. Thanks so much for taking action! --------------------------- LOVE AND PEACE; GIVE EARTH BACK ITS BREATH CAN WE STOP ALL FOR A WEEK? WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO SEE THE POSSIBILITY? GIOVANNI C.S.F. _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins Questions about the list? ask [email protected] free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
