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Global Warming Action Alert From The Hague!!!

> Global Warming Action Alert From The Hague!!!

>

> Please take a few moments of your time to help push for an

> effective Kyoto Protocol at home. The following email contains

> information for actions that you can take to help in this direction:

>

> 1 *** STAFF YOUR BATTLE STATIONS ***

> 2 *** SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY ACTION ***

>

>

> ***STUFF YOUR BATTLE STATIONS***

> Here at Den Haag, we've been holding the delegates' feet to the

> fire, and damn, have they been feeling it. Now we need to come

> to a crescendo with the thousands of you that have chosen to

> make a difference from across the Atlantic.

>

> You can use this brief statement to call the US delegates at the

> conference and make your opinion known to them. The phone

> numbers are listed below. They are long distance (Wash. DC),

> but this is important and it shouldn't take long. Of course, feel

> free to elaborate on this statement if you like.

>

> " Hi, I'm calling for _______, one of the U.S. delegates at the

> World Conference on Climate Change. I'd like to leave a message

> for her/him urging him/her to work for a strong and effective

> Kyoto Treaty while in the last hours of the conference.

> I specifically call upon _______ to take a strong stance against

> the inclusion of carbon sinks, excessive emissions trading,

> and nuclear, large hydroelectric and 'clean coal' technologies.

> I want the delegate to represent my interests and not allow the

> U.S. to cheat on their commitments. "

>

> here's all the contact info we could find:

>

> Loy -- phone: (202) 647-6240 home phone: (202) 337-5118

> email: mitchelllm@...

>

> Gardiner -- phone: (202) 395-2343

> email: _Gardiner@...

>

> Sandalow -- phone: (202) 456-6224

> Bill Breed-- no info available

>

> Chuck Hagel -- phone: (202) 224-4224

> email: chuck_hagel@...

> Fax: (202) 224-5213

>

> Tom Harkin -- phone: (202) 224-3254

> email: tom_harkin@...

> Fax: (202) 224-9369

>

> Mike Enzi -- phone: (202) 224-3424

> email: Senator@...

>

> Larry Craig -- phone: (202) 224-2752

> email: larry_craig@...

> Fax: (202) 228-1067

>

> Jo Ann Emerson -- phone: (202) 225-4404

> email: joann.emerson@...

>

> Lynn Rivers -- phone: (202) 225-6261

> email: Lynn.rivers@...

>

> Pallone -

> email: frank.pallone@...

>

> -

> email: .miller@...

>

> Ken Calvert -- phone: (202) 225-1986

> email: Ken.calvert@...

> Fax: (202) 225-2004

>

> Jim Sensenbrenner --

> email: sensen09@...

>

> Kerry -

> email: john_kerry@...

>

>

> *** SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY ACTION ***

>

> This email was originally sent by the American Lands

> organization for use as a Greenpeace organizational fax,

> but works just as well as an action email to Loy,

> chief negotiator for the US. You can copy and paste this

> into another email and send it to mitchelllm@...

>

> Dear Secretary Loy,

> We are writing to express our deep disappointment at the

> U.S. proposal in The Hague this Monday for forest rules

> under the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change.

>

> First, the proposal lacks environmental safeguards to

> ensure that financial incentives for carbon sequestration

> are not available to ecologically destructive forest activities.

> These include growth acceleration techniques such as the

> planting of monoculture, exotic, and even genetically

> modified trees and the application of heavy doses of

> fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides. In developing

> countries, even the destruction of rainforests and their

> replacement by plantations could be encouraged.

>

> Second, the proposal would falsely credit " business-as-usual "

> forestry as a huge reduction in U.S. emissions. Although the

> amount of this credit is lower than previous U.S. proposals, it

> would still allow developed nations to emit more in CO2 in

> 2010 than they did in 1990, rather than 5% less as promised

> in the Kyoto Protocol. Instead, the U.S. must do far more to

> reduce emissions from cars, trucks, and industrial sources

> and limit credit for forestry activities to real forest protection

> and restoration.

>

> Leadership from the U.S. is necessary to address these

> shortcomings and produce an environmentally progressive

> agreement at The Hague this week.

>

> Thanks for your attention.

>

> Sincerely,

>

> YOUR NAME

>

>

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