URGENT REQUEST FROM AL GORE -- PLEASE READ

BigBearJohn

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Fri Mar-16-07 05:01 PM
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URGENT REQUEST FROM AL GORE -- PLEASE READ

I just got this in my email. I feel it is important to pass on
to all my friends at DU. This is something where we all can
make a difference -- with little more than a few keystrokes.
Thanks for reading this.

On March 21st, I will testify before Congress on the immediate action
that needs to be taken to end the climate crisis. At the hearing, I will deliver the
294,374 messages you signed, demonstrating that hundreds of thousands of people share my
sense of urgency.

If an additional 55,626 people sign our message, it will be as though 350,000 of us are
there at the hearing expressing our determination to convince Congress to act. Having
served in the House and Senate, I can tell you that members of these committees would
find this to be a meaningful and impressive show of support.

There are only 5 days left before the hearings begin, so please do not pass up this
opportunity to join in showing the broad public support we need in order to solve the
climate crisis. I know you have friends or family who care deeply about this issue but
have yet to sign our message to Congress.

Ask them to help fill that committee room with 350,000 messages by visiting:

http://www.algore.com/cards.html

The reason Congress has so far failed to act is not because there are no solutions to
the problem. Nor is it because the majority doesn't believe that the climate crisis is
real. They have failed to act, because they have not yet faced a sufficient expression
of political will on the part of the American people demanding they confront our
climate crisis head on. You and I know that political will is a renewable resource,
and enough already exists to start solving this crisis. We just have to communicate
that forcefully to the political leaders of our country.

In the last two weeks alone 101,673 people visited AlGore.com and signed our message
to Congress. This is an incredible demonstration of the energy behind this issue.

In my testimony, of course, I will speak about the scientific evidence for global
warming - just reiterated six weeks ago by the world's scientists in the latest
report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. But frankly, the debate
on the science has long been over - except for a diminishing number of skeptics
and deniers.

At this point, it is far more important to deliver your message about the urgency
with which this crisis must be faced. Political leaders need to know that you
intend to reward those who do the right thing and that you will work to replace
those who do not.

That's why it's vital we fill up the hearing room with 350,000 messages.

Please ask your friends to sign our message to Congress today by visiting:

http://www.algore.com/cards.html

Together we are building a movement that has the potential to translate your
strong feelings into effective change for our country. And we all know that
when the United States changes - and offers leadership - the entire world
will follow.

Thank you,
Al Gore