Fact Sheet 1
California has taken the lead on stopping global
warming. With passage of the Global
Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32), California
is committed to cutting global warming pollution statewide.
Now it is time for the
rest of the country to follow.
Environment California is working with
Representative Henry Waxman (Los Angeles) to
build support for the Safe Climate Act, science-based legislation that would
prevent the worst impacts of global warming by cutting U.S. emissions by
80% by mid-century. You can help by
writing your member of Congress and urging him/her to cosponsor the Safe
Climate Act.
To find
your member of Congress, go to http://www.house.gov/ and type your zip code in the upper-left
corner. Write your letter and send it to
a “district office” in California
(it’ll get there quicker than the office in D.C.).
SAMPLE LETTER Dear member of Congress,
Global warming is the defining
environmental challenge of our time, and the window to act is closing
rapidly. Scientists have warned that
without action to reduce global warming pollution below today’s levels within
the next 10 years, we will be unable to avoid the most dangerous impacts of
global warming.
I am writing to urge you to
cosponsor the Safe Climate Act, legislation that would set science-based limits
on global warming pollution to prevent the worst effects of global
warming. The Safe Climate Act is a
forward-looking bill that mirrors California’s
own targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
If we act now, and act decisively, we can stop global warming and protect our
children and future generations. Please
support legislation like the Safe Climate Act, which will reduce global warming
pollution by 80% by 2050.
Sincerely,
Write a letter to your state assembly member and
senator:
Last year Environment
California worked to pass a first-in-the nation law (AB 32) in California that requires
a 25% reduction in global warming pollution statewide by 2020. These reductions can be achieved using clean
energy technologies such as hybrid vehicles and solar power.
There are many important
bills being considered by the California
legislature that would reduce our state’s dependence on fossil fuels and cut
global warming pollution. You can help
by voicing your support for these bills in letters to your state assembly
member and senator.
To find your state
assembly member and senator, go to http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/yourleg.html.
Write the letter and send it to either their Capitol office or district office.
SAMPLE LETTER
Dear Senator,
From the threat of rising sea
levels and shrinking snowpack, to extreme drought and increased wildfires,
global warming poses tremendous risks to California’s
environment, economy and people.
Fortunately, many of the solutions
we need are at our fingertips. From
hybrid cars to solar power, we have win-win solutions to global warming that
will simultaneously reduce our dependence on oil, reduce air pollution, and
protect pristine places from oil drilling and mining.
I hope you will support and co-author
these important bills to help solve global warming:
- AB
1470: will promote solar hot water systems and other technologies to reduce
demand for natural gas
- AB 493:
will establish a program that provides rebates for people who buy cleaner cars
while creating fees for dirtier ones
- SB 494:
will require by 2020 that one-half of all new cars are “clean alternative fuel
vehicles” like electric vehicles, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, and flex-fuel
vehicles that can run on renewable biofuels
Sincerely,
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