To: The United States Senate
REJECT the Trump-McConnell Dirty Energy Deal!
Mitch McConnell is using dirty tricks to push a disastrous dirty energy bill through Congress that would keep us addicted to fossil fuels and be a DISASTER for people on this planet.
Under no circumstances should Senators vote to sacrifice our future for fossil fuel industry profits!
Under no circumstances should Senators vote to sacrifice our future for fossil fuel industry profits!
Why is this important?
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell decided to bring a new dirty energy bill to the Senate floor when Congress gets back from their July 4 vacation.
McConnell made a rare move to skip committee hearings for a bill that hasn't even been introduced yet.
This new bill would:
— speed up approval of exports of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) abroad, increasing fracking here at home;
— give FERC (an agency with absolutely no accountability to the people) even more authority over decisions about pipelines for natural gas;
— authorize hundreds of millions of dollars for research into recovering methane hydrates, a dangerous new source of methane trapped under the ocean floor;
— AND it has no mention of solar or wind in the "renewables" section!
This bill is the fossil fuel industry's dream come true — and it would be a disaster for our planet. We can't let Trump and Senate Republicans play dirty tricks with our future.
They need 60 votes to pass it in the Senate and oil and gas industry lobbyists are pushing hard to make that happen. But we won't give up without a fight!
One thing is for certain — it's going to take senators hearing from the people to get them to do the right thing.
Our planet is out of time — we MUST move America off fossil fuels immediately.
McConnell made a rare move to skip committee hearings for a bill that hasn't even been introduced yet.
This new bill would:
— speed up approval of exports of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) abroad, increasing fracking here at home;
— give FERC (an agency with absolutely no accountability to the people) even more authority over decisions about pipelines for natural gas;
— authorize hundreds of millions of dollars for research into recovering methane hydrates, a dangerous new source of methane trapped under the ocean floor;
— AND it has no mention of solar or wind in the "renewables" section!
This bill is the fossil fuel industry's dream come true — and it would be a disaster for our planet. We can't let Trump and Senate Republicans play dirty tricks with our future.
They need 60 votes to pass it in the Senate and oil and gas industry lobbyists are pushing hard to make that happen. But we won't give up without a fight!
One thing is for certain — it's going to take senators hearing from the people to get them to do the right thing.
Our planet is out of time — we MUST move America off fossil fuels immediately.