Friends of Future 500,
Please join eminent climate leaders, environmentalists, and SRIs by signing on NOW to support a price on carbon!
Don't be discouraged by Congress's failure last week to act on a broad energy and climate bill. Behind the scenes, the coalition for a price on carbon is broader and deeper than ever - left to right, environmental groups to industry, "green tea partiers" to social justice advocates.
This may surprise you: even top corporate, GOP, and swing Democratic leaders tell us privately they support a price on carbon. They are willing to do so publicly in 2011 - but they need our help, to withstand the condemnations they expect from angry pressure groups that want the US to remain dependent on dirty fuels.
To seize this opportunity, Future 500 in partnership with US Climate Task Force have brought together NGOs and investors, who have shaped two simple principles for a price on carbon. The principles reflect the opportunity now at hand to craft a specific policy to put a price on carbon that can secure 60 votes in the Senate.
-A DIRECT PRICE ON CARBON
-A DIVIDEND OR
TAX REDUCTION TO CONSUMERS
(*Detailed policy principles available here)
The following groups and leaders have already confirmed their support. Please take a moment now to join them, by clicking here.
As You Sow
Carbon Tax Center
Citizens
Climate Lobby
Climate Crisis Coalition
Fresh Energy
Global Exchange
PennFuture
Progressive Democrats of America
Public Citizen
Renewable Energy Resources
Sustainable World Coalition
We invite you--Future 500 stakeholders - to join us in this important initiative. To support these principles, please visit our new climate page here.
If you have any further questions please contact me or Scott Smithline, Climate Director, at ssmithline@future500.org
Sincerely,
Bill Shireman
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