 Today, riding the momentum of economic anger, a wave of newly elected climate deniers will start rolling into Washington. They will attack the safeguards that keep our air and water clean, try to obstruct progress against climate change and attempt to hand our most precious natural places over to greedy energy companies to despoil.
But they don't represent the views of the American people, and we have to make sure they don't succeed.
Polling from across the country shows that Americans overwhelmingly support clean energy policies and comprehensive efforts to protect our air and water.1 And in California, voters resoundingly rejected Proposition 23, a move by Texas oil companies to roll back California's clean energy and climate law. Its defeat is great news: given the chance, voters supported clean energy priorities by a large margin -- and elected leaders are taking notice.
This election was not about clean energy or the environment. So we need to start right now, today, to show Congress that the public wants to move forward on clean energy. Our elected leaders should not listen to the most extreme new members and the shadowy interests that support them.
Take action today: send this link to your friends using email, Facebook or Twitter:
The election has helped climate deniers gain power, but I'm not going to be silent. Sign this pledge and join me in defending clean energy jobs and strong protections for our air and water: http://nrdcactionfund.org/pledge/cev
By reaching into their deep pockets, Big Oil, Big Coal and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce will continue to promote an agenda that would deepen our addiction to dirty fossil fuels and corrupt our natural areas. Which is why we must keep fighting.
We need to stand up to those whose extremism is out of step with America, and to make sure the voice of our movement is heard loud and clear in Washington. If we don't speak up, the vocal minority will dominate the public discourse, and we will pay the price.
Urge your friends to stand with us by sending them this text using your email, Facebook or Twitter:
The election has helped climate deniers gain power, but I'm not going to be silent. Sign this pledge and join me in defending clean energy jobs and strong protections for our air and water: http://nrdcactionfund.org/pledge/cev
You, and Americans like you, can control the agenda in Washington.
Thank you for standing with us.
Sincerely,
Peter Lehner
Executive Director
NRDC Action Fund
1. http://www.nrdcactionfund.org/blog/Voters-Overwhelmingly-Support-Clean-Energy-Candidates.html
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