[Occupymendocino] It may be too late to do something but...

[Mark Safron]

...we could still try.

Dear Friends and Activists: 

There used to a concept called public policy, the idea that it is the 
responsibility of our government, on behalf of the general welfare of 
the people, to take necessary action to protect us by making laws 
that change the way people behave. And yet, despite overwhelming 
evidence that man-made carbon dioxide pollution is radically changing 
our global climate, government appears to be determined to do just 
the opposite, by accelerating the burning of fossil fuels. 

We need a crash program of global reforestation, reversal of carbon 
dioxide levels in the atmosphere starting with elimination of ALL 
fossil fuel usage, and strong international cooperation to make this 
happen. To those who say we cannot afford to do these things, witness 
the cost of just one storm, 50 billion and counting. What's the cost 
of replacing the infrastructure of just a couple major coastal 
cities? Another decade or so at this rate and we can kiss them all 
goodbye. 

Please send your message to Congress now 

Action Page: Time To Get Serious About The Global Warming Disaster 
http://www.peaceteam.net/action/pnum1103.php 

And after you submit the action page above, feel free to request one 
of our new "STOP Global Warming" bumper stickers, with a dramatic 
graphic of our beautiful blue planet on fire. You can have one for no 
charge, not even shipping, just for the asking. Of course, if you can 
make a donation of any amount, this is what makes it possible for us 
to send free stickers to anyone who cannot make a donation right now. 

Anyway, that's the good news, now here's the bad news. When you put a 
pot of water on the stove and turn on the heat, does it boil right 
away? No, it gets warmer relatively gradually until it reaches the 
boiling point. In the case of earth's climate, the turning up of the 
heat is represented by the increased carbon dioxide levels ALREADY in 
the atmosphere. 

We're going to say that again another way. Even if new carbon dioxide 
emissions were reduced to zero, the 400 parts per million already out 
there would STILL bring us to tragic catastrophe. We not only need to 
stop further damage to our atmosphere, and we are not even trying to 
do as much as that, we need to reverse and repair the damage already 
done. 

One news outlet is suggesting that hurricanes on this scale are now 
the "new normal". Not true. It's going to get much, much worse. What 
we are witnessing are the first teeny tiny baby steps of a 
civilization ending global climate catastrophe. This one, despite its 
size, barely had hurricane level winds when it hit. Imagine the same 
storm at 150 mph or more. It's coming to a coast near you unless we 
make radical changes to stop it. 

That's just how much scary trouble we're in. And we'd better get real 
about it quick, fast and in a hurry. 

Please take action NOW, so we can win all victories that are supposed 
to be ours, and forward this alert as widely as possible. 
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