To: Joe Manchin, U.S. Senator
Climate Action: A "War on America"?
Senator Manchin: We are calling on you to stop your dangerous "war on America" rhetoric and start supporting President Obama's plan to protect kids and communities through cutting carbon pollution from power plants.
Why is this important?
As the mom of two young boys and the Co-Founder of a group called Climate Parents, I felt hopeful last week when President Obama announced his climate plan, which includes reducing carbon pollution from power plants and scaling up clean energy. I was dismayed and upset when West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, a member of the President’s own party, called the plan designed to make the world more stable and safe for our kids, “a war on America.”
This is a reckless position. The truth is that the dirty energy interests Senator Manchin represents are putting our kids in danger, and his own state is among the hardest hit. More than one in five West Virginia high school students suffers from asthma, and water supplies are heavily contaminated from mountaintop removal mining. And is if that weren’t enough, communities across America are facing increasingly destructive storms, heat waves and drought caused by the burning of fossil fuels.
The President’s plan to regulate power plants represents one of the most significant steps our nation can take to cut carbon pollution, given the failure of Congress to take more comprehensive action.
Parents, grandparents, and anyone who loves kids expect our leaders to promote energy that is kid safe and climate safe, not block progress because of allegiance to deep-pocketed fossil fuel companies. We want energy that doesn’t make our kids sick or threaten our communities by worsening climate change.
Urge Senator Manchin to stop his dangerous rhetoric and publicly support the President’s plan to cut carbon emissions from coal plants.
Thank you for taking action!
Lisa Hoyos
Co-Founder and Director
Climate Parents
This is a reckless position. The truth is that the dirty energy interests Senator Manchin represents are putting our kids in danger, and his own state is among the hardest hit. More than one in five West Virginia high school students suffers from asthma, and water supplies are heavily contaminated from mountaintop removal mining. And is if that weren’t enough, communities across America are facing increasingly destructive storms, heat waves and drought caused by the burning of fossil fuels.
The President’s plan to regulate power plants represents one of the most significant steps our nation can take to cut carbon pollution, given the failure of Congress to take more comprehensive action.
Parents, grandparents, and anyone who loves kids expect our leaders to promote energy that is kid safe and climate safe, not block progress because of allegiance to deep-pocketed fossil fuel companies. We want energy that doesn’t make our kids sick or threaten our communities by worsening climate change.
Urge Senator Manchin to stop his dangerous rhetoric and publicly support the President’s plan to cut carbon emissions from coal plants.
Thank you for taking action!
Lisa Hoyos
Co-Founder and Director
Climate Parents