{news} FEEDBACK NEEDED: U.S. PIRG wants us to sign on to this Letterto Senator Lieberman - Global Warming

Tue Oct 2 10:36:53 EDT 2007

      Lieberman can't be relied on concerning
corporate interests. Despite his supposed
environmentalism (he always comes out smelling like a
rose from the Conservation League of Voters)a closer
check of his voting track record reveals some mighty
big holes in his environmental concerns. A very big
environmental negative on Lieberman's part for me is
his warmongering zealotry, not only pushing the
continuance of the Iraq War but his strident calling
for attacks on Iran. War is just about the biggest
threat to the environment I can imagine. Again,
Lieberman, as are the megacorporations that underwrite
Lieberman in the Senate, is very hollow indeed on
protecting world environment.

       Ken Humphrey 
--- Jean de Smet <j.desmet at att.net> wrote:

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> mailto:ctgp-news-unsubscribe at ml.greens.org> This
letter doesn't mention funding conservation
> first and foremost.  This
> can reduce carbon based emissions up to 50%.  This
> will allow us to close
> dirty plants instead of building new power plants.  
> 
>  
> 
> The focus of the letter is towards big polluters,
> and helping them clean up.
> That's just setting up a money pool for the big
> corps.
> 
>  
> 
> So, unless there is another venue to push
> conservation, I think we need to
> add it to the letter.  
> 
>  
> 
> Jean
> 
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ctgp-news-bounces at ml.greens.org
> [mailto:ctgp-news-bounces at ml.greens.org] On Behalf
> Of Mike DeRosa
> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 10:32 PM
> To: ctgp-news at ml.greens.org
> Subject: {news} FEEDBACK NEEDED: U.S. PIRG wants us
> to sign on to this
> Letterto Senator Lieberman - Global Warming
> 
>  
> 
> Virginia Robnett of U.S. PIRG has called and sent me
> this e-mail for our
> consideration.  They would like us to sign on to
> this letter that 
> 
>  
> 
> they are sending to Joe Lieberman about his proposed
> bill on Global Warming.
> 
>  
> 
> Please read and give the EC and SCC some feed back
> so we can decide if we
> want to add our name to this letter.  We will put it
> on our 
> 
>  
> 
> agendas for this month.
> 
>  
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Mike DeRosa
> 
>  
> 
>   _____  
> 
> From: Virginia Robnett [mailto:vjrobnett at pirg.org] 
> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 7:24 PM
> To: smderosa at cox.net
> Subject: FW: Letter to Senator Lieberman - Global
> Warming
> 
>  
> 
> Letter attached this time!
> 
>  
> 
> Virginia Robnett
> 
> Assistant Field Director
> 
> U.S. PIRG
> 
> 218 D. St, SE
> 
> Washington, DC 20003
> 
> (202) 546-9707, ext 320
> 
> www.uspirg.org
> 
>   _____  
> 
> From: Virginia Robnett [mailto:vjrobnett at pirg.org] 
> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 7:22 PM
> To: 'smderosa at cox.net'
> Subject: Letter to Senator Lieberman - Global
> Warming
> 
>  
> 
> Hi Mike,
> 
>  
> 
> Attached is the letter we are circulating.  We hope
> to get several groups in
> Connecticut on by the middle of next week, in order
> to deliver the letter
> before his legislation is crafted.  The basic this
> is that we want this bill
> to be very strong, as it is likely to be the bill
> that Congress works from.
> In order to meet our minimum criteria the bill must
> do three things. 
> 
>  
> 
> The most important thing the bill must do is to
> reduce TOTAL U.S. emissions
> from today's levels by at least 15% by 2020. 
> (Lieberman's draft outline
> only covers about 80% of the economy, meaning that
> the emission reductions
> they claimed are not accurate; look at the chart in
> our press release
> (attached) for the details.)  Next, the bill can't
> allow bogus actions to
> claim credit as emission reductions, eroding the
> actual emission reductions
> that will be achieved under the bill.  And, third,
> the bill must help
> consumers - not give windfalls to polluters. 
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks so much for looking into your support on
> this, I'll follow up soon.
> 
>  
> 
> gynnie
> 
>  
> 
> Virginia Robnett
> 
> Assistant Field Director
> 
> U.S. PIRG
> 
> 218 D. St, SE
> 
> Washington, DC 20003
> 
> (202) 546-9707, ext 320
> 
> www.uspirg.org
> 
>  
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