[trees-list] Fwd: Senate Deal Secures Fall Vote on Global Warming Bill

[Eileen M. Harrington]

>From: "Environmental Defense" <TakeAction@environmentaldefense.org>
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>To: "Eileen Harrington" <EileenMHarrington@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Senate Deal Secures Fall Vote on Global Warming Bill
>Date: 01 Aug 2003 23:17:40 -0000
>
>Dear Eileen,
>
>Senate Deal Secures Fall Vote on McCain-Lieberman Global
>Warming Bill
>
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>[Aug. 1, 2003] In a surprise move on Thursday, Senators
>John McCain and Joe Lieberman forced the U.S. Senate to
>agree to a fall vote on the Climate Stewardship Act (S.
>139), a landmark global warming bill with bipartisan support.
>This came as the Senate passed bad energy legislation
>without voting on the McCain-Lieberman bill, which we
>had hoped would be offered as an amendment.
>
>GOOD NEWS:
>While we had hoped for a vote on the McCain-Lieberman
>bill this week, the Senate leadership's promise to schedule
>a straight up-or-down vote on the bill this fall is great
>news. It allows the Senate to vote on the Climate Stewardship
>Act as a stand-alone bill rather than as an amendment
>to other legislation, like the energy bill. It also gives
>Environmental Defense more time to build support in the
>Senate and collect more signatures for our global warming
>petition.
>
>So far, over 130,000 citizen co-sponsors have signed our
>petition. Tell a friend!
>http://actionnetwork.org/campaign/globalwarming_petition/forward/83bi8e2a78367w
>
>Environmental Defense thanks our members and e-mail activists
>who took action by calling senators, signing the global
>warming petition, and spreading the word about our campaign.
>Your efforts, along with the work of Environmental Defense's
>staff and our national advertising campaign, really made
>a difference and are building the momentum we'll need
>when the Climate Stewardship Act comes to a vote in the
>fall.
>
>ENERGY BILL:
>While the vote on the Climate Stewardship Act was scheduled,
>the Senate passed a disappointing energy bill (S. 14)
>that favors fossil fuels over renewable energy, lacks
>any real conservation measures, and fails to deal meaningfully
>with global warming. "Finding environmentally friendly
>provisions in this bill is like looking for a needle in
>a haystack," said Environmental Defense legislative director
>Elizabeth Thompson. The U.S. House of Representatives
>passed their own bad energy bill earlier, so Congress
>must reconcile the differences between these two bills
>in a conference committee later this year. Stayed tuned
>for more.
>
>MORE INFO:
>Visit Environmental Defense on the web for more information
>on our Emergency Campaign on Global Warming:
>http://actionnetwork.org/ct/O7aBxX51huJZ/globalwarming
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>Get the facts about the McCain-Lieberman Climate Stewardship
>Act:
>http://actionnetwork.org/ct/6daBxX51huJF/globalwarming
>
>Global Warming Petition -- Over 130,000 citizen co-sponsors
>and counting. View the petition here:
>http://actionnetwork.org/campaign/globalwarming_petition/83bi8e2a78367w
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>Tell a friend about our petition!
>http://actionnetwork.org/ct/67aBxX51huJ-/tellafriend
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>Read more about yesterday's vote in the Washington Post
>online:
>http://actionnetwork.org/ct/OpaBxX51huJV/washingtonpost
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>Read the Energy Bill:
>http://actionnetwork.org/ct/6paBxX51huJJ/energybill
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