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I support President Obama's plan to take on global warming. His plan will cap carbon pollution and make the big polluters pay $650 billion over the next 10 years, so we can promote clean energy and green jobs and invest in our families and our future. I support including the president's plan in the federal budget. Let's take this critical step toward a clean energy economy and an end to the climate crisis.

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The battle to finally end America's head-in-the-sand policy on global warming has begun.

President Obama's budget would cap carbon pollution, make the big polluters pay $650 billion over 10 years, and reinvest this money in our families and our future.[1]

The hitch? The Carbon Lobby -- Big Oil, King Coal and other giant emitters of greenhouse gases -- has hired more than 2000 lobbyists. That's almost four lobbyists for every member of Congress.[2]

Needless to say, the president can't win this one alone. He needs you, me and thousands of people like us to help overcome the Carbon Lobby and unleash the power of a clean energy economy. You can take the first step by signing our petition right now.

Key committees in Congress are debating whether to keep the president's plan in the next federal budget, or kill it.[3]

This is an absolutely critical moment for President Obama's plan to cap global warming pollution and repower America with wind, solar and other clean energy technologies of the future.

Our Washington DC staff were at the White House Monday as President Obama talked about the budget and outlined his vision for investing in the "clean energy future" and rebuilding the economy by fighting global warming. It was inspiring and smart. But if the president's plan fails to survive the budget process, it'll be a major setback in winning the global warming legislation we need this year. Meanwhile, the scientists keep warning us that we're running out of time[4] and that even the president's plan may not be enough. Click here to keep the president's carbon cap alive.

I hope you join us in taking action now. If we want to leave our children and grandchildren a livable planet, we can't let the Carbon Lobby stop us, no matter how many hired guns they bring in for the fight.

http://www.environmentnewmexico.org/action/global-warming/stop-carbon-lobby?id4=ES

Thanks for making it all possible.

Sincerely,

Rob Sargent
Environment New Mexico Energy Program Director
RobS@environmentnewmexico.org
http://www.environmentnewmexico.org

P.S. Thanks again for your support. Please feel free to share this e-mail with your family and friends.

1. The president's proposal would limit carbon emissions, require polluters to pay for their emissions through market-based auctions, invest some of the money in clean energy, and return most of it to taxpayers. For more, read: http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/mar2009/db20090310_825431.htm

2. http://www.publicintegrity.org/investigations/climate_change/

3. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123679042118496965.html

4. http://climatecongress.ku.dk/newsroom/congress_key_messages/


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From: "Rob Sargent, Environment New Mexico Energy Program Director"
Subject: Now this is a real climate crisis
Date: 25 марта 2009 г. 13:40