Off topic: Kyoto

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SAVE THE CLIMATE TREATY !

FLOOD GEORGE BUSH WITH YOUR E-MAILS!

Stop President Bush from betraying the UN climate change treaty!

Last year the US blocked progress at negotiations in The
Netherlands, now Texas oil-man President George W. Bush wants to
destroy the Kyoto Protocol on climate change.

Friends of the Earth asks people around the world to
electronically flood the White House with protest E-mails.

Let's give President Bush a taste of what climate change means
and how much people are concerned about it.

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Please cut and paste the message below into a new E-mail and send
it to: PRESIDENT BUSH:
president@whitehouse.gov
Please copy (CC) to: protest@foeeurope.org (IMPORTANT!)
You can also send the letter via:
http://www.foeeurope.org/climate

If your message is returned by the White House, please let us
know at: protest-comment@foeeurope.org
We will make sure that the public gets to know about the
e-protests!

Dear President Bush,

I call on you as President of the USA not to betray the Kyoto
Protocol.

The United States must live up to its commitment to the UN
negotiations to prevent global warming. Sabotaging the Kyoto
Protocol puts the USA into a position of environmental
isolationism and makes it responsible for climate catastrophe.

The US has one of the highest per capita CO2 emissions in the
world. People around the world already faced with the first signs
of climate change, suffering from floods and hurricanes, expect
your country to be in the forefront of tackling climate change.

An enormous potential of creativity, innovation and efficiency is
there to be harvested once we have decided to really reduce CO2
emissions. If you fail to reverse your decision to kill the Kyoto
Protocol, future generations will not forgive you.

President Bush, the science is clear and the international
political will is there to tackle climate change. The US must
join the world in fighting global warming!

Sincerely,
X

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Background:

- A White House spokesman said: "The president has been
unequivocal. He does not support the Kyoto treaty." The Swedish
Environment Minister described the move as "appalling and
provocative".

- Bush's campaign for presidency was backed and financed by major
US oil giants, which campaigned against the international treaty
to prevent global warming.

- The US promised to cut their climate changing gases by 7% over
1990 levels before 2012 at the latest, but US emissions in fact
rose by more than 10% between 1990 and 2000.

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If you are interested in further activities of Friends of the
Earth on Climate Change, including a mass-demonstration during
the UN climate negotiations in Bonn, Germany, July 21st, go to:
http://www.foeeurope.org/climate

You can also find there: political and scientific background
information, the latest numbers on the e-protest and pictures of
the peaceful and creative mass action that Friends of the Earth
organised during the last UN climate negotiations ("The Dike").

The Climate Team @ Friends of the Earth
questions/comments on the e-protest to:
protest-comment@foeeurope.org

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SAVE OUR EMAIL LIST !

FLOOD THIS IDIOT WITH YOUR E-MAILS

Stop Dave Wright from betraying the purpose of this list!
Oh heck, he's probably got filters up or something.

Sheesh, and I thought I went a little bonkers over that Lighthouse ordeal...
:stuck_out_tongue:

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-----Original Message-----
From: dave_wrightuk@yahoo.co.uk [mailto:dave_wrightuk@yahoo.co.uk]
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 6:38 AM
To: mepbmlist@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [mepbmlist] Off topic: Kyoto

(SNIP WAY OFF TOPIC POST)

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SAVE OUR EMAIL LIST !

FLOOD THIS IDIOT WITH YOUR E-MAILS

Actually its reminds me of the 'lets pressure on the
oil companies to lower petrol price. Boycott buying
petrol for one specific day'.

emailing bush would be just as useless (unless you say
'do it or I will shoot you'. Then you WILL get a
response).

:slight_smile:

thanks
din

p.s actually I think we (the aussies) are also
thinking of pulling out of the treaty. Some of those
nations that are not covered are in our area, so I
think the goverment thinks they have an advantage over
us.

But its election year, and the government is on the
ropes, so I don't know what they will do.

I think whatever will get the most votes, but the
goverment needs to spend more time on winning the
press before they decide on anything else.

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Thanks

Clint