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Tell Congress: Support Sen Markey & Rep Ocasio-Cortez’s resolution for a Green New Deal

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and Senator Ed Markey have introduced twin resolutions to bring the Green New Deal to Congress.

These resolutions are the first that tackle climate change in line with what science and justice demand, and if we secure a critical mass of support, we can place the Green New Deal at the top of the political agenda as we head into the 2020 elections. But resolutions are introduced in Congress every day without our representatives ever hearing from constituents about them.

That’s why we all need to tell our representatives in the House and the Senate: if you want to be taken seriously on climate change and earn the support of young people, you need support this resolution.

Please sign the petition:

To: House and Senate members
From: [Your Name]

The latest climate report from the UN says we have only 12 years to transform our economy to preserve the stable climate human civilization has depended on for millennia.

The Green New Deal is a 10-year plan to mobilize every aspect of American society toward 100% clean and renewable energy, guarantee a good job to all members of our society ready to be part of this transformation, and create economic prosperity for all.

81% of Americans support the Green New Deal. It’s time for our political leaders to find the courage to stand up to the oil and gas CEOs and lobbyists who bankroll both parties, and back a Green New Deal.

House and Senate leaders, please support Sen. Markey and Rep. Ocasio-Cortez’s resolution for a Green New Deal.

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From Premature Deaths to Planet-Heating Emissions, Analysis Reveals Costs of Trump’s Fossil Fuel Giveaways

• U.S. Intelligence Officials Warn Climate Change Is a Worldwide Threat By Neela Banerjee 

  U.S. intelligence officials’ annual assessment says climate hazards such as extreme weather, droughts, floods, wildfires and sea level rise threaten infrastructure, health and security.
  Neela Banerjee is a Washington-based reporter for Inside Climate News. She led the investigation into Exxon’s early climate research, which was a finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service reporting and the recipient of nearly a dozen other journalism awards. Before joining ICN, she spent four years as the energy and environmental reporter for the Los Angeles Times’ Washington bureau. Banerjee covered global energy, the Iraq War and other issues with The New York Times. She also served as a Moscow correspondent with The Wall Street Journal. Banerjee grew up in southeast Louisiana and graduated from Yale University

A Green New Deal Is the First Step Toward an Eco-Revolution

• Tell Congress: Support Sen Markey & Rep Ocasio-Cortez’s resolution for a Green New Deal 

• Indigenous Leaders Support a #GreenNewDeal

• “Our Leaders Are Behaving Like Children”: Teen Climate Activist Confronts World Leaders at U.N. Summit

  View video and transcript on Democracy Now! of 15-year-old Greta Thunberg.  

  She’s made international headlines since launching a school strike against climate change in her home country of Sweden earlier this year. She sat on the steps of the parliament in Stockholm every school day for three weeks, leading up to the Swedish election in September, to demand that politicians take more radical action to stop global warming. After the election, she went back to school, but only for four days a week, because every Friday Greta continues to sit outside the parliament building. Her actions have inspired thousands of students across the globe to do the same. Greta has Asperger’s syndrome. She has focused with laser intensity on climate change since she was 9 years old. She brought her message directly to world leaders here in Katowice at the U.N. climate summit. Here she is addressing U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres last week.

• Southern Oregon Climate Action Network:  http://socan.eco/resources/