Guest guest Posted July 8, 2007 Report Share Posted July 8, 2007 In a message dated 7/8/07 12:45:48 PM, moveon-help writes: > Democratic presidential candidates have laid out their plans to confront > the climate crisis. Click to hear their ideas on getting out of this mess and > building a new energy economy—then cast your vote for whose plan you think is > best: > > Click Here > > > Dear MoveOn member, > Last night, through Al Gore's Live Earth concerts, 2 billion of us rallied > to stop the climate crisis. Now, it's time to change more than our light > bulbs, it's time to change our leaders. > That's why we're holding our Virtual Town Hall on the climate crisis. All > eight of the Democratic presidential candidates responded to MoveOn members' > questions about global warming. Now, it's time to watch their responses and > weigh in on which one has the best plan. > This is a critical vote. Your choice sends a strong message to the > candidates about what kind of leadership voters want to see. And it'll help ensure > that our next president takes the climate crisis seriously. > Click below to hear the presidential candidates' plans to stop the climate > crisis and to vote for the strongest one. > > http://pol.moveon.org/townhall/climate/townhall2.html?id=10780-138366-G3zWtv & t=2 > Think about it for a second: two years ago this issue wasn't even on the > map for most people. But today, literally billions of people know about it, and > all of the presidential candidates have a plan to do something about it. > Over the last few weeks, MoveOn members submitted tough questions to the > candidates about how we can best deal with climate change. From new jobs and > cars that run cleaner to plans holding polluting corporations accountable, the > candidates have laid their plans on the line in the first-ever forum > dedicated to the global climate crisis. > And last night, at 1300 parties all over the country (our biggest event > since 2004!), MoveOn members got a sneak preview of the plans and started to > discuss how we'll move forward. We did all of this with our friends at Campaign > for America's Future, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, and League of > Conservation Voters. > There was press coverage of the events nation-wide too. Here's just a > couple exceprts: > From the Sun Sentinel in South Florida: > Sharon Koskoff hosted a party Saturday for about 50 strangers. The Delray > Beach resident was one of at least a thousand people nationwide who hosted > Live Earth concert parties. Organized by MoveOn, a liberal grass-roots > organization, the local get-togethers were supposed to bring people together for a > night of political and environmental activism... " It's all about bringing people > together and meeting like-minded people, " said Koskoff, who invited guests to > her house through the Internet. 1 > > > From The Daily Times-Call in Longmont, CO: > > Connors said the people coming to the potluck at her Erie home are already > aware of the issues and are interested in hearing what presidential candidates > have to say. " I don't think anyone would come to this unless they already > had some sense that something's amiss, " Connors said. " I'm one of the people, > and there are many of us, for who the issues of the environment and the > climate crisis are paramount. " 2 > > You can help make sure our next president has the right plan by voting > right now for the candidate you think can lead us out of the climate crisis > (voting closes Tuesday at midnight PDT). There's great information on the vote > page about the climate crisis and what each of the candidates is planning to do. > Click here to vote: > > http://pol.moveon.org/townhall/climate/townhall2.html?id=10780-138366-G3zWtv & t=3 > One important thing to remember: Winning the vote for the best climate plan > does not constitute an endorsement of the candidate for president. Before we > make an endorsements together, we'll keep pressing the candidates on all of > the important issues. Watch your email for info on the last Virtual Town Hall > Meeting on Health Care this fall. > Thanks for all being a part of this moment in history and for all you do. > –Ilyse, Anna, Jennifer, Wes, and the MoveOn.org Political Action Team >   Sunday, July 8th, 2007 > P.S. Here are some excerpts from the candidates' answers to your questions > (they're listed in the order that the candidates responded in): > Senator Edwards: One of the goals of this transition to new forms of > energy...is not only to address this crisis of climate change, but also to > strengthen the American economy, and not just at the top, which is what we've seen > under Bush. Instead we want to strengthen the economy and strengthen the > ability of Americans to earn a decent living from the bottom up. > Click to hear more from Senator Edwards: > http://www.moveon.org/r?r=2744 & id=10780-138366-G3zWtv & t=4 > Governor Richardson: I would create within the White House, a cabinet-level > agency and a prestige individual to head it up. But it would be run by me, > the president, because I believe its gonna require presidential leadership to > get it through the Congress. > Click to hear more from Governor Richardson: > http://www.moveon.org/r?r=2745 & id=10780-138366-G3zWtv & t=5 > Senator Dodd: It seems to me that energy policy, developing the > alternatives in technologies to become independent, self-sufficient, deal effectively > with global warming require bold initiatives. Fuel-efficient standards, a > corporate carbon tax, reducing those emissions of polluting CO2 in our environment > are all things that I'm strongly advocating in the Dodd Energy Plan. > Click to hear more from Senator Dodd: > http://www.moveon.org/r?r=2746 & id=10780-138366-G3zWtv & t=6 > Representative Kucinich: When we understand that the individual choices we > make have an impact on the globe, then as a president, that helps us move > compassionately in a new direction with the food choices we make, with the > product choices we make, with the kind of vehicles that we move in, incentivizing > mass transit, organizing the entire county along this area of green > philosophy, everything changes. > Click to hear more from Representative Kucinich: > http://www.moveon.org/r?r=2747 & id=10780-138366-G3zWtv & t=7 > Senator Obama: What I've proposed, and will be detailing over the next > several weeks, is a system in which you have a cap and trade system that also > auctions off the permits, so that we are getting the sorts of investment in > creating a market for clean technologies, but we're also generating billions of > dollars each and every year that we devote to the sort of Apollo project or > Manhattan project on clean energy that is so necessary. > Click to hear more from Senator Obama: > http://www.moveon.org/r?r=2748 & id=10780-138366-G3zWtv & t=8 > Senator Gravel: I would hope, now we could do some subsidies for that, > which would be for basic scientific effort, but as far as trying to subsidize > various industries and give them incentives, boy, just let energy rise to a > higher level. Its simple economics, the higher the price goes, the more people > who come in and look for alternatives. > Click to hear more from Senator Gravel: > http://www.moveon.org/r?r=2749 & id=10780-138366-G3zWtv & t=9 > Senator Biden: What I would do if I were president of the United States, is > I would direct U.S. negotiations immediately to go back to the table. I > would sign on with the Germans to talk about the fact that we have to get all > nations involved in coming up with a treaty that is a binding treaty on all > parties. I would limit greenhouse gases here in the United States of America. I > wouldn't wait till we had an international agreement. > Click to hear more from Senator Biden: > http://www.moveon.org/r?r=2750 & id=10780-138366-G3zWtv & t=10 > Senator Clinton: We have to demonstrate leadership, but we do have to get > the rest of the world involved. Those countries that went into Kyoto, we have > to take a hard look at how well they're doing and what we can learn from > that... Global warming to me is an issue of economics because I think we can > create a lot of green collar jobs. Its an environmental issue, obviously, but > it's also a moral and ethical issue. We have an obligation to clean up the mess. > Click to hear more from Senator Clinton: > http://www.moveon.org/r?r=2751 & id=10780-138366-G3zWtv & t=11 > > > 1. " South Florida parties support Live Earth concerts " Sun Sentinel, July 8, > 2007 > http://www.moveon.org/r?r=2753 > 2. " Democratic activists sponsoring Live Earth parties " The Daily > Times-Call, July 7, 2007 > http://www.longmontfyi.com/Local-Story.asp?id=17290 > Support our member-driven organization: MoveOn.org Political Action is > entirely funded by our 3.2 million members. We have no corporate contributors, no > foundation grants, no money from unions. 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