72 Hours for Clean American Energy!

72 Hours for Clean American Energy!
Please Call Your Senators Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday

Rising sea levels. Stronger storms. Melting ice caps. Less wildlife.
Birds shifting their ranges–if they can.
This doesn’t have to be our future–or our legacy.

With leadership from the Senate, we can change our future. Please call your Senators today.

Join with dozens of organizations and millions of Americans calling on the U.S. Senate to pass comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation this year.

Here is how you can call your Senators in three easy steps.

1. Call 877-9REPOWER (877-973-7693). You will be prompted to enter your zip code.  A message will remind you to give your name, your address and your message. Then it will connect you with your Senator’s office.  In most cases, it will connect you to the Senate office where phone calls are most important.**

2. Give your name and hometown to whomever answers the phone.

3. Let them know you want Senator ______ to support comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation NOW.

That’s it!  You’re done.  Answering the next few questions is important too, and will let us know how many calls we were able to generate.

Here are some additional talking points if you care to use them.

• We are sending $1 billion a day overseas for foreign oil. This is money that could be better spent creating jobs and clean energy here at home. (Center for American Progress, Securing America’s Future, August 2009)
• Americans need jobs and moving to a clean energy economy will help create millions of jobs and jump start our economy.
• Our dependance on foreign oil puts our country at risk and our military forces in harms way. The Pentagon sees climate change as a security threat (New York Times, August 8, 2009).
• The time for stalling is over and I instead look to the Senate for leadership. It is vital to our children and their future.

THANK YOU!  Your efforts will make this 72 hours of action a huge success!

** If you wish to call your other senate office, you can do so through the Capitol Switchboard, 202-224-3121.