Fw: Stop the auto industry from blocking global warming legislation

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Stop the auto industry from blocking global warming legislation

 

Auto industry is lone opposition to groundbreaking bill

 

Because the icecaps are likely to melt before the federal government enacts

meaningful restrictions on tailpipe emissions from cars, states like

California are trying a promising new tactic to fight global warming: enact

groundbreaking legislation at the state level to curb tailpipe carbon

emissions.

 

On one side, there are 12 states, thousands of RAN supporters, and countless

concerned citizens who are committed to finding a way to fight global

warming -- with or without help from the White House.

 

But on the other side, a lone voice of opposition is pouring millions of

dollars into blocking state-based tailpipe carbon limits: the Alliance of

Automobile Manufacturers (AAM).

 

By suing states that try to curb global warming and launching a massive ad

campaign to convince the public that fuel economy is a bad thing, the AAM is

threatening to derail the most significant cuts in greenhouse gas emissions

currently being enacted in the United States.

 

This week, we need your help to fight back. At a hearing in Sacramento

tomorrow, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will decide whether to

allow California's groundbreaking legislation to proceed -- a decision that

will have consequences for all states seeking to regulate greenhouse gas

emissions. RAN activists will be there in force, and we need your help, too.

 

Through Thursday, we need as many people as possible to write the president

of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers Dave McCurdy, and demand that

the AAM stop blocking this legislation.

 

At the end of the day, the AAM is concerned with sales and profit margins.

We need them to know that thousands upon thousands of car owners and

potential car buyers want the AAM to stop sinking money into fighting

regulations and start investing in real solutions to global warming. Click

here to write the AAM now!

http://ga3.org/campaign/aam/

 

For the health of California and our planet!

Nile, Sarah, and Jodie

Freedom from Oil Campaign

Rainforest Action Network

www.ran.org

 

Demand that the Alliance of Auto Manufacturers stop blocking progress on

global warming.

http://ga3.org/campaign/aam/