Tell Congress to take action on global warming
Global warming is the most profound environmental challenge of our time. The climate debate is no longer about whether the problem is real, but about how to solve it.
In October 2003, the U.S. Senate voted on the McCain-Lieberman Climate Stewardship Act, which calls for a comprehensive economy-wide national policy to cut heat-trapping gases. Although the Senate rejected the bill, last year a clear majority of the Senate voted in favor of a non-binding Sense of Senate Resolution calling for a national cap on global warming pollution.
While it's encouraging that many Congressional leaders are starting to take global warming more seriously, the challenge now is to make sure that when Congress acts on global warming, it takes meaningful action.
The McCain-Lieberman Climate Stewardship Act is the only legislation ever introduced that offers meaningful action by combining national pollution limits with pollution credits. It would set a firm limit on heat-trapping pollution, then use market incentives to lower costs, promote efficiency and spur innovation.
Send a message to your Senators asking them to support a national global warming pollution cap and trade program by supporting the McCain-Lieberman Climate Stewardship Act.
Dear Representative,
The science is overwhelming -- global warming is real and the need for action is clear.
As the Senate debates what to do about global warming this year, I urge you to get behind meaningful action. Global warming is too serious for half-measures.
The McCain-Lieberman Climate Stewardship Act is the only bill that combines a hard national cap on global warming pollution with a pollution credit system that rewards innovation. By combining the carrot and the stick approach, it sets the right framework for action.
I urge you to support the McCain-Lieberman bill when the Senate again debates global warming legislation this year.
Thank you.
