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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial><BIG>"Global Warming <SPAN
class=376083318-25062008>Day of Action</SPAN>"<BR></STRONG><SMALL></FONT><FONT
face=Arial><STRONG>Date:</STRONG> Wednesday, July
2nd<BR><STRONG>Time: <SPAN class=376083318-25062008>noon </SPAN><SPAN
class=376083318-25062008>rally foll</SPAN><SPAN class=376083318-25062008>owed by
lobbying </SPAN></STRONG></FONT></SMALL></BIG></DIV>
<DIV><BIG><SMALL><STRONG><SPAN class=376083318-25062008></SPAN><FONT
face=Arial>Location:</FONT></STRONG><FONT face=Arial> In front of the State
House<SPAN class=867373214-26062008><FONT color=#0000ff> , Beacon Street,
Boston </FONT></SPAN><BR><B>Description: </B>A gathering of concerned
citizens to <SPAN class=376083318-25062008>demand that </SPAN><SPAN
class=376083318-25062008>Massachusetts </SPAN>make a commitment to reducing our
carbon emissions by passing a </FONT><A
href="http://www.environmentmassachusetts.org/news-releases/global-warming-solutions/global-warming-solutions-news/environment-massachusetts-praises-the-senate-for-passing-the-global-warming-solutions-act"><FONT
face=Arial>Global Warming Solutions Act</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial> that reduces
greenhouse gas emissions by <B>20% by 2020</B> and <B>80% by
2050</B>. <FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=378572020-24062008> <SPAN class=376083318-25062008>The MA Senate has
already passed this bill and we have the votes to pass it in the House
but <STRONG>political leaders are blocking it from coming up for a
vote</STRONG>. They say<SPAN class=346035719-25062008>,</SPAN> it's too
ambitious! We say<SPAN class=346035719-25062008>, </SPAN>whos<SPAN
class=346035719-25062008>e</SPAN> profits are you protecting? Whos<SPAN
class=346035719-25062008>e</SPAN> children are you
neglecting?</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SMALL></BIG></DIV>
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<DIV><BIG><SMALL><SPAN class=378572020-24062008><FONT
color=#0000ff><BIG><SMALL><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=378572020-24062008><FONT color=#000000><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
class=376083318-25062008>This week</SPAN> climatologist James Hansen, head
of Nasa's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, told the House Select Committee
for Energy Independence and Climate Change that the chief executives of large
fossil fuel companies should be </FONT><A
href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jun/23/fossilfuels.climatechange"><FONT
face=Arial>put on trial for crimes against humanity and nature</FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial>. He also asserted that because we haven't done anything yet to curb
our emissions, he is certain that the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere is
already <U>beyond the safe level</U> – we're already at <FONT
color=#990000>385</FONT> parts per million of carbon dioxide, and it's
increasing at a rate of 2ppm a year. The "safe" level, according to Hansen, is
<FONT color=#009900>350</FONT>. (Read excerpts from his testimony at </FONT><A
href="http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/6/23/164650/123?source=daily"><FONT
face=Arial>http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/6/23/164650/123?source=daily</FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial>)<BR><BR>Twenty years after James Hansen first testified about the
dangers of global warming, we are still waiting for federal legislation.
Massachusetts can help lead the way and join states like </FONT><A
href="http://gov.ca.gov/press-release/4111/"><FONT
face=Arial>California</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial> and </FONT><A
href="http://www.ct.gov/governorrell/cwp/view.asp?A=3293&Q=416836"><FONT
face=Arial>Connecticut</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial> in passing a Global Warming
bill. We have until the <U>end of July</U> to pass this bill<SPAN
class=376083318-25062008> before the legislative session is adjourned and we're
forced back to square one.</SPAN> <SPAN class=376083318-25062008>Governor
Patrick, Secretary of Energy </SPAN><SPAN class=376083318-25062008>and
Environment Ian Bowles and Spea</SPAN><SPAN class=376083318-25062008>ker DiMasi
</SPAN>need <SPAN class=376083318-25062008>to hear </SPAN>your
voices <SPAN class=376083318-25062008>calling for action on this bill
now</SPAN>.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><BIG><SMALL><SPAN
class=378572020-24062008><BIG><SMALL><SPAN class=378572020-24062008><SPAN
class=376083318-25062008>Call them now and let them know you're coming to Beacon
Hill on July 2nd and you want to know if they will endorse the Global Warming
Solutions Act at the
rally.</SPAN></SPAN></SMALL></BIG></SPAN></SMALL></BIG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><BIG><SMALL><SPAN
class=378572020-24062008><BIG><SMALL><SPAN class=378572020-24062008><SPAN
class=376083318-25062008>Governor Patrick
</SPAN></SPAN></SMALL></BIG></SPAN></SMALL></BIG><BIG><SMALL><SPAN
class=378572020-24062008><BIG><SMALL><SPAN class=378572020-24062008><SPAN
class=376083318-25062008>617-725-4005</SPAN></SPAN></SMALL></BIG></SPAN></SMALL></BIG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><BIG><SMALL><SPAN
class=378572020-24062008><BIG><SMALL><SPAN class=378572020-24062008><SPAN
class=376083318-25062008>Sec't Bowles <SPAN
class=main_content>617-626-1000</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SMALL></BIG></SPAN></SMALL></BIG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><BIG><SMALL><SPAN
class=378572020-24062008><BIG><SMALL><SPAN class=378572020-24062008><SPAN
class=376083318-25062008><SPAN class=main_content>Speaker DiMasi
617-722-2500</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SMALL></BIG></SPAN></SMALL></BIG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><BIG><SMALL><STRONG>Time is running out to pass this
monumental bill for the commonwealth. Show your support and come on out to
fight global warming and support a clean energy revolution!</STRONG><FONT
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<DIV></FONT><FONT size=2><FONT size=2>---<BR></FONT><FONT size=2>Loie
Hayes<BR>C<SPAN class=839115813-14062007>oordinator, Boston Climate Action
Network</SPAN><BR>Roxbury MA 02120<BR>617-278-1885<BR></FONT><SPAN
class=577221102-21082007><FONT size=2><A
href="http://www.bostoncan.org/">www.bostoncan.org</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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