Scientists and Economists' Climate Letter 2008 - Midwest
You can help! Because there are so many additional opportunities to help shape climate policies in the months ahead, the "U.S. Scientists and Economists' Call for Swift and Deep Cuts in Greenhouse Gas Emissions" remains open to new signers who meet the established criteria. Please take just a few minutes right now to reach out to colleagues whom you think would be interested and qualified. Connecting colleague-to-colleague is always the fastest, most effective way to get others involved.
So open up your "rolodex"—look for personal friends, department members, colleagues in different relevant departments on campus, project collaborators from around the region, scientists working in state and local agencies, etc. Once you've got a list in mind, then we've made the rest of it easy. Simply copy and past our draft email below into your email program; personalize it as you see fit; and then send it to the appropriate people in your address book.
Two hundred seventy-eight endorsers in the Midwest is a strong start, yet there are quite certainly many more who support swift and deep emissions reductions. You very likely know many of them! Thanks for your help.
Sample Email:
Dear [Colleague],
I have endorsed an exciting effort that brings scientists and economists together to speak in a unified voice on the urgent need for strong U.S. action to reduce heat-trapping emissions. I hope you will join me.
Over 1700 scientists and economists have already endorsed the U.S. Scientists and Economists' Call for Swift and Deep Cuts in Greenhouse Gas Emissions. See the official letter at http://ucsusa.org/global_warming/solutions/big_picture_solutions/scientists-and-economists.html. This compelling statement from scientific and economic experts around the country was delivered to all U.S. senators and representatives just prior to the Senate discussion on the Lieberman-Warner cap-and-trade bill—providing a strong scientific and economic foundation for a critical national policy debate on climate change.
The next several months provide an unprecedented window of opportunity to advance urgently needed climate policies. With a new administration, new members of Congress, and important policies emerging at the regional and state levels, now is the time for scientists and economists' voices to be heard loud and clear.
There are many additional opportunities to ensure that the Scientists-Economists' letter provides a sound scientific foundation for climate change policymaking, especially right here in the Midwest. With that in mind, the U.S. Scientists and Economists' Call for Swift and Deep Cuts in Greenhouse Gas Emissions remains open to additional signers—professionals with expertise relevant to our understanding of the scientific and economic dimensions of climate change, its impacts, and solutions. I encourage you to review the text of the letter and—if you agree—sign your name. Here's the direct link to the sign-on web form: http://ucsusa.org/global_warming/what_you_can_do/climate-letter-2008.html.
