Guest guest Posted April 29, 2006 Report Share Posted April 29, 2006 > > ******************************************************** > Help us counter ExxonMobil's campaign of > disinformation by > donating to our $250,000 global warming action goal. > > Donate now: > https://secure.environmentaldefense.org/donate/member.cfm?pcd=2CX06BA001 & email=w\ halesong17 (AT) (DOT) ca > ******************************************************** > > Dear alison, > > Thanks to supporters like you, we are half way to > our goal of > raising $250,000 to implement our Fight Global > Warming Action > Plan. > > If you have not yet donated to this important > campaign, I urge > you to donate right away. > https://secure.environmentaldefense.org/donate/member.cfm?pcd=2CX06BA001 & email=w\ halesong17 (AT) (DOT) ca > > > The momentum for global warming action is growing > nationwide, > but we face powerful opponents who are determined to > prevent > Congress from passing meaningful legislation to > decrease global > warming pollution. > > Chief among our opponents is " Big Oil " giant > ExxonMobil. > > As the world's most powerful, most profitable, most > polluting > oil company, ExxonMobil claims that it is a leader > of global > warming research. > > But what Exxon doesn't want you to know is that it > has spent > millions of dollars to convince the public and > members of > Congress that the science on global warming remains > uncertain. > > That's why I need your help to set the record > straight. Your > urgent donation will help vigorously counter > ExxonMobil's > campaign of disinformation: > https://secure.environmentaldefense.org/donate/member.cfm?pcd=2CX06BA001 & email=w\ halesong17 (AT) (DOT) ca > > We will match their professional lobbyists with the > voices of > real Americans; we will respond to their op-eds and > glossy ads > with our own media outreach; and we will circulate > peer-reviewed > scientific studies to rebut their junk science. > > BLOWING SMOKE > > The warnings from climate scientists are loud and > clear: we have > to cut global warming pollution -- and we must start > now. > ExxonMobil doesn't want you to heed this warning -- > and, as an > Environmental Defense investigation reveals, > ExxonMobil's > cynical PR strategy is designed to make sure you > don't. > > ExxonMobil has poured millions of dollars into think > tanks and > PR firms to promote self-proclaimed " experts " to sow > doubt and > confusion in the minds of the public, the media and > policy-makers. Exxon-funded outfits like the > Competitive > Enterprise Institute (CEI) liken the danger posed by > global > warming to that of " an alien invasion. " > > CEI has twice sued the U.S. government to stop it > from > distributing a report showing the sobering evidence > of climate > change in the United States. > > And then there's the climate-doubting Marshall > Institute, which > claims that its mission is " to encourage the use of > sound > science in making public policy, " but which doesn't > reveal that > its CEO is a registered lobbyist for ExxonMobil. > > SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER > > With your help, here's what we plan to do: > > * Set the record straight. Scientists are warning > that " urgent > and strenuous " cuts in greenhouse gas emissions are > needed -- > starting now. We are reaching out to the media and > to the > scientific community to counter ExxonMobil's > deceptions. More > importantly, we are sounding the alarm and stepping > up the > pressure on our lawmakers to take decisive action. > > * Mobilize citizen action. Already tens of thousands > of online > activists have sent messages to ExxonMobil's new CEO > Rex W. > Tillerson demanding that the company stop using its > vast > resources to cloud public debate. Like any other > consumer > company, ExxonMobil depends on public goodwill for > its long-term > success. They can't ignore us forever. > > * Demand leadership on Capitol Hill. With your > support, > Environmental Defense Action Fund is working in the > states and > on Capitol Hill to pass the McCain-Lieberman Climate > Stewardship > and Innovation Act. It's the only legislation ever > introduced in > Congress that sets a hard cap on America's global > warming > pollution -- and its passage is critical if we hope > to unleash > powerful economic incentives to create new, cleaner > energy. > > Your urgent donation will help us meet our $250,000 > goal and > give us the resources to make sure Congress gets the > real > message -- not the ExxonMobil message -- and takes > meaningful > action to fight global warming: > https://secure.environmentaldefense.org/donate/member.cfm?pcd=2CX06BA001 & email=w\ halesong17 (AT) (DOT) ca > > Thank you for all you do! > Fred Krupp > President > > You can update your email address, set your message > frequency, > and from messages by adjusting your > subscription > options. > > http://actionnetwork.org/EDF_Action_Network/smp.tcl?nkey=w53kkkr253jxde & > > > *********************************** > Powered by GetActive Software, Inc. > Relationship Management for Member Organizations > > http://www.getactive.com > *********************************** > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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