| We've won before. Help us do it again. Take all our actions with just one click! Eco Activist—
It's hard to imagine. 97% of climate scientists agree global warming is very likely due to human activities. At least 34 national academies of sciences agree, as do dozens of scientific and public health associations and societies.
And yet, every day, dirty energy lobbyists continue their incessant denials and political assaults to protect their profits by blocking our vital work.
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It's not easy for those of us who respect science and appreciate reality to understand where this professional climate skepticism comes from. It's not about science. It can't be—the science is clear. It’s about protecting profits—even if it means hurting communities like yours in the process.
They've tried it before. And we stopped them.
In 1990, as bipartisan support rose for a cap-and-trade plan to harness markets and solve the acid rain disaster, the Koch Brothers poured their money into a front group—the "Concerned Citizens for the Environment"—with the goal of derailing this much-needed solution.
The group—without any citizen membership—produced studies insisting that acid rain was a myth (sound familiar?). They lobbied for deregulation of corporations, insisting that was the true way to protect the environment.
They lost. Our plan to reduce acid rain was put into action, affecting even the Kochs' heavy-emitting refineries and factories. And it was a massive success.
We cut sulfur dioxide emissions in half, at a fraction of the expected costs. By 2000, scientists were documenting decreased sulfates in Adirondack lakes, improved visibility in national parks and widespread benefits to human health. The Economist called it "the greatest green success story of the past decade."
Today, they seem unstoppable. But we've stopped them before. Help us do it again.
Stand up against Congressional attacks on climate action. Take every action alert we've got, all at once.
 Thank you for your activism and support,
Heather Shelby
Action Network Coordinator |
