<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">...we could still try.<div><br>Dear Friends and Activists: <br><div><br>There used to a concept called public policy, the idea that it is the <br>responsibility of our government, on behalf of the general welfare of <br>the people, to take necessary action to protect us by making laws <br>that change the way people behave. And yet, despite overwhelming <br>evidence that man-made carbon dioxide pollution is radically changing <br>our global climate, government appears to be determined to do just <br>the opposite, by accelerating the burning of fossil fuels. <br><br>We need a crash program of global reforestation, reversal of carbon <br>dioxide levels in the atmosphere starting with elimination of ALL <br>fossil fuel usage, and strong international cooperation to make this <br>happen. To those who say we cannot afford to do these things, witness <br>the cost of just one storm, 50 billion and counting. What's the cost <br>of replacing the infrastructure of just a couple major coastal <br>cities? Another decade or so at this rate and we can kiss them all <br>goodbye. <br><br>Please send your message to Congress now <br><br>Action Page: Time To Get Serious About The Global Warming Disaster <br><a href="http://www.peaceteam.net/action/pnum1103.php">http://www.peaceteam.net/action/pnum1103.php</a> <br><br>And after you submit the action page above, feel free to request one <br>of our new "STOP Global Warming" bumper stickers, with a dramatic <br>graphic of our beautiful blue planet on fire. You can have one for no <br>charge, not even shipping, just for the asking. Of course, if you can <br>make a donation of any amount, this is what makes it possible for us <br>to send free stickers to anyone who cannot make a donation right now. <br><br>Anyway, that's the good news, now here's the bad news. When you put a <br>pot of water on the stove and turn on the heat, does it boil right <br>away? No, it gets warmer relatively gradually until it reaches the <br>boiling point. In the case of earth's climate, the turning up of the <br>heat is represented by the increased carbon dioxide levels ALREADY in <br>the atmosphere. <br><br>We're going to say that again another way. Even if new carbon dioxide <br>emissions were reduced to zero, the 400 parts per million already out <br>there would STILL bring us to tragic catastrophe. We not only need to <br>stop further damage to our atmosphere, and we are not even trying to <br>do as much as that, we need to reverse and repair the damage already <br>done. <br><br>One news outlet is suggesting that hurricanes on this scale are now <br>the "new normal". Not true. It's going to get much, much worse. What <br>we are witnessing are the first teeny tiny baby steps of a <br>civilization ending global climate catastrophe. This one, despite its <br>size, barely had hurricane level winds when it hit. Imagine the same <br>storm at 150 mph or more. It's coming to a coast near you unless we <br>make radical changes to stop it. <br><br>That's just how much scary trouble we're in. And we'd better get real <br>about it quick, fast and in a hurry. <br><br>Please take action NOW, so we can win all victories that are supposed <br>to be ours, and forward this alert as widely as possible. <br>Contributions to The People's Email Network are not tax-deductible <br>for federal income tax purposes. <br><br>If you would like to get alerts like these, you can do so at <br><a href="http://www.peaceteam.net/in.htm">http://www.peaceteam.net/in.htm</a> <br><br>Or if you want to cease receiving our messages, just use the function <br>at <a href="http://www.usalone.net/out.htm">http://www.usalone.net/out.htm</a> <br></div></div></body></html>