Subject: #1 ACTION PLEASE: climate change/global warming 2 related
calls for help.
TWO IMPORTANT ORGANIZATIONS ARE UNDER ATTACK
FROM EXXON, the
Union of Concerned Scientists and 350.org. <<<
(donate links there)
I received the message below today from the
Union
of Concerned Scientists.
I am putting this one first
because they are also hugely important in the area of climate
science but are smaller, I believe, than 350.org. I also got one
that is similar from 350.org. I am sending that one next. If you
would rather just go ahead and help 350.org now also,
here is that
link. I plan to send their full message tomorrow.
As always I am leaving links that work, stripped of portions that
would relate you to me. So never mind that my name appears.
Please
act, because this is important!
Fyi I made what was for me a large donation. Please help me.
Donate
to the Union of Concerned Scientists now.
Holding Exxon responsible for what they have done and getting
them to help pay for whatever can be done to limit the damage they
have done matters.
Thanks in advance,
Larry
[Scroll to near the bottom for links to informational articles.]
from the Union of Concerned Scientists:
Larry A—
The US House Science Committee, led by climate denier Lamar Smith,
is demanding four years of correspondence between experts at UCS,
other nonprofits, and state attorneys general. This clear abuse of
power is meant to stop our efforts to expose the truth about
ExxonMobil's climate deception.
Over the past few days, hundreds have stepped up to defend us. Will
you join them?
Donate
to the Union of Concerned Scientists now.
Representative Smith thinks he can bully us into silence. Let's show
him what we're made of, Larry A. Pitch in now.
John Mace, Membership Director
Union of Concerned Scientists
ExxonMobil's political allies are coming after UCS staff—demanding
correspondence going back years.
Make a gift right now to the Union of Concerned Scientists to beat
back these attacks.
DONATE
Dear Larry A,
UCS has always defended scientists from baseless and
politically-motivated harassment by politicians.
Now the attack is on us.
The US House Science Committee, headed by climate denier
Representative Lamar Smith,
is demanding that UCS turn over years
of correspondence between our staff and allied groups about our
work to expose ExxonMobil's history of deception on global
warming.¹
This enormously burdensome demand is designed not only to intimidate
us, but to take time and resources away from our critical work to
promote climate solutions. So, make no mistake: we'll defend
ourselves and our staff with everything we've got—but we need you
with us now.
Help fight back against the harassment of UCS staff and supporters
by making a gift now.
Why this attack, why us, and why now?
UCS helped uncover what might be the biggest smoking gun in the
climate movement's history:
ExxonMobil knew for decades that
burning fossil fuels would lead to devastating global warming.
And, instead of alerting the public, executives downplayed their
own studies and funded disinformation campaigns to block action
against fossil fuels.²
Our work to expose this secret history helped lead state attorneys
general to launch investigations.³
We poked the bear, Larry A.
And, now, the backlash begins.
And it's not just UCS in the crosshairs—it's other nonprofits who
speak the truth about ExxonMobil, and even the attorneys general
themselves.
Make
a gift to the Union of Concerned Scientists now to make sure we
have the resources to keep exposing fossil fuel misinformation as
we fend off these political attacks.
This is just the latest abuse of power by Representative Smith,
who's spent the last nine months harassing National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration climate scientists whose research he
doesn't like.⁴
UCS has already started pushing back on Representative Smith for
these attacks—embarrassing him in the media and dropping more than
90,000 citizen petitions on his desk—so it's no wonder we're being
targeted now.⁵
We're ready to take on this fight and the tough fights ahead, but
how strong we are depends on you. Make
a gift to the Union of Concerned Scientists now.
Please, Larry A, stand with us now.
Sincerely, Ken Kimmell
Ken Kimmell
President
Union of Concerned Scientists
1.
https://science.house.gov/sites/republicans.science.house.gov/files/documents/05.18.16%20SST%20Letter%20to%20UCS.pdf
[PDF]
2.
http://www.ucsusa.org/publications/got-science/2016/got-science-may-2016
3.
http://www.ucsusa.org/news/press-release/MA-AG-investigation-Exxon
4.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2016/03/07/lamar_smith_broadens_his_attacks_on_noaa_scientists.html
on_noaa_scientists.html
5.
http://blog.ucsusa.org/michael-halpern/as-noaa-head-testifies-in-congress-90000-ask-science-committee-chairman-to-stop-playing-politics-with-science
Science for a healthy planet and safer world
UCS is a 501(c)(3) organization. All gifts are tax deductible. You
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Brother
Larry/Attorney Scott archives (Larry at Blogspot)
"undisclosed recipients" email message archive, no
logging in, no public comments
One way or
another, raise yourself up I
say; get over fear. If you are not doing it
you can do it. Other people are doing it. We can learn
from them, I find.
