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Tell President Obama: It’s time to move forward on climate

02/05/2013 // 11:19 pm // 63 Comments // , Director of Strategic Partnerships and Grassroots

In his Inaugural Address, President Obama promised to “respond to the threat of climate change.” Now, it’s our job make sure that he does. The climate crisis is real, and we need to push our leaders to reduce the carbon pollution that causes it.

That’s why I hope you’ll join us in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, February 17 for the biggest climate rally in history. On President’s Day weekend, we’re calling on President Obama and all our leaders to take bold and decisive action on climate change.

We’ll be joining groups like the Sierra Club, the Hip Hop Caucus, 350.org, and tens of thousands of people like you. And we’ll tell President Obama that it’s time to move forward on climate.

In the words of actor and environmental activist Robert Redford: “This is the beginning. The beginning of a real battle, for America’s future. Real economic security is found in clean energy. That’s our future, not dirty energy that threatens us with ever worsening harm from climate change.”

Let’s call on President Obama to lead us toward that clean energy future. RSVP today and help us make history this February 17.

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63 Comments

  • guillaume simoneau

    February 6th

    we need to do something about this before species of animals around the planet disapear because of the repercussions of our actions

  • victoria wallace

    February 8th

    This is the reason I voted for you, this is the issue of our time and nothing else matters if we don’t get this right!

  • Deanna Ball

    February 8th

    Our children and grandchildren are going to suffer if we do not do something now.

  • Michael Raab

    February 8th

    Now’s the time to act and reduce carbon and greenhouse gas emissions. Biofuels, wind energy, solar, and efficiency are all critical to accomplishing this goal—they need more support!

  • C

    February 8th

    yes, and please have a law in the usa about the amount of sugar and fat allowed in food..especially Mc.Donalds..etc..

  • Felipe Ruiz

    February 8th

    It is time for the United States of America to take the lead and reduce carbon emissions and invest heavily in green technologies. Stop the madness and gradually remove our economy from war and oil and into green and sustainable economics. Yeah we are AMERICANS and that is what we do.

  • michael boyter

    February 8th

    President Obama. Its time to get ,moving and make some meaningful progress on climate change stop selling out to big oil and drilling in the Arctic Ocean, Stop Fracking it royally sucks and destroys our water table, show some backbone mr President and stand up to big oil and help save the planet, not destroy it.
    Respectfully,
    Michael Boyter
    Bethel Island. Ca

  • joe winters

    February 8th

    take away our gun rights and give drug cartels full auto

  • Nicholas Kaat

    February 8th

    It’s ridiculous that we have waited this long to admit this is a problem. Let’s not waste anymore time and do something about this today. Literally, today!

  • Jane Sunshine

    February 8th

    It’s about time you took action on climate change.

  • Barbara Gilbert

    February 8th

    Please keep this promise and don’t sell our children out for short term corporate profit.

  • E. Magid

    February 8th

    ALL ACTION MUST TAKE PLACE ASAP !

  • Roberto Zarate

    February 8th

    Mr. President,

    Anything you do during your presidency will pale by comparison to anything you do to correct America’s contribution to climate change.

    Dr. Zarate

  • Ryan Riddle

    February 8th

    Don’t let the fossil fuel industry to continue to destroy our environment and economy so the can get money like gluttons. They are money junkies.

  • HERBY MARTIN

    February 8th

    THANK’S.
    HERBY

  • JD Polk

    February 8th

    We must change the way we generate Electricity here on this “Little Wet Rock” circumnavigating that “Big ole Ball of Fire in the Sky”; or we are Hell Bent on our own eradication as a Species. And worse… all other living Species right with us….

  • Wendy Aversano

    February 8th

    I want no harm done to plants or animals and keep our water clean on this planet.

  • Barbara Roberts

    February 8th

    Dear President Obama,
    The time has come to DO something. Mankind cannot continue to hope it will not be that bad. The warming planet will bring disastrous consequences. You are a very bright man who understands this. Please, the time has come to act. Thank you.
    Barbara Roberts, Boise ID

  • Charles Murphy

    February 8th

    we are in deep trouble with the climate changes and we need to address these problems NOW, not tomorrow!!

  • Rebecca Savage

    February 8th

    I oppose this environmentally damaging pipeline.

  • Adrienne Williams

    February 8th

    Please think about our future GENERATIONS…. If we don;t do something now there will be no future GENERATIONS!

  • Colonel Meyer

    February 8th

    We need a clean energy future to protect animals.

  • Mimi Hodsoll

    February 8th

    More needs to be done to avoid the dangerous consequences of a warming environment. Hopefully the President will keep his word and work on this issue.

  • michael schuessler

    February 8th

    Now is the time.

  • Alex Lindsay

    February 8th

    This will define your presidency. You will either be the President that saw the future and made changes, or the President that did nothing, kept the status quo, and caved in to big oil. The result being disaster for our beautiful planet and an inglorious place in history for you.

  • david bartlett

    February 8th

    TAX POLLUTERS!!!

  • Sydney Roberts Rockefeller

    February 8th

    We cannot afford not to do this!

  • Carolyn Meehan

    February 8th

    Here in the SW USA we are already feeling the effects. Predictions are that the SW USA is going to be in a perpetual drought. It is past time to do something!

  • LaDonna C Smith

    February 8th

    This is the most important issue of all…impacts are beyond political, beyond wars and human selfishness, beyond economic interests and homeocentricism.

  • Josh Buzzell

    February 8th

    I support Obama and his hard work to end the Global Warming crisis.

  • Dan Nichols

    February 8th

    Any suggestions on how under the present management we can end pollution?

  • Andrea Berens

    February 8th

    It time to save the planet. We’re out of time.

  • Alex Maradey

    February 9th

    WE need to change the way we view our resources, they are limited, ppl are limited life is special and worth something. By teaching the American ppl that everything has a shelf life, that is not worth anything, the citizens here apply that principle to other aspects of life. And we end up throwing away, squandering, access to fresh water, fresh air, organic food that is 1000x better for us and the planet. WE need to be investing in our future if not for us in this life time our grandchildren’s. To feel the guilt that our consumer way of lifestyle killed any aspect of happiness/ health/ and a good life is huge, and not one I want to bare. Please take advantge of a multi dimensioal approach to climate change, Challenge amaericans to do better!

  • William Byars

    February 9th

    The predicted climate calamities are happening on schedule and will get worse. How much worse is up to us.

  • sw

    February 9th

    We need to start focusing on the environment!

    In the words of actor and environmental activist Robert Redford: “This is the beginning. The beginning of a real battle, for America’s future. Real economic security is found in clean energy. That’s our future, not dirty energy that threatens us with ever worsening harm from climate change.”
    Say NO to Keystone XL

  • Lenny Lenny

    February 9th

    IT’S REAL……GO GREEN……Lenny

  • roy adsit

    February 9th

    global warming must be stoped. the simplist way is to move away from cars. do it now

  • George Oleyer

    February 9th

    the end of so many species of our sisters, so sad
    and so few notice to even weep
    before flood or drought destroy us
    all

  • mkilton spann

    February 9th

    you may very well be the last line of defense against a ‘too late to turn back” the clock on global warming..please heed the the scientific consensus and act boldly..thank from my grandchildren and yours..milton

  • Deborah Stucklen

    February 9th

    I hope to attend a climate change action near where I live in Loveland, CO, Perhaps Fort Collins, Denver, Boulder, Longmont……….

  • Tom Jackson

    February 9th

    Save the world by going GREEN!

  • Brock Brown

    February 9th

    Please help fix this problem before we are all on a fast-track to extinction. Thank you.

  • Lee Schuster

    February 9th

    I support anything that Pres Obama resolves twords conserving and protecting our precious Planet.

  • V

    February 9th

    Think of the environment.

  • Gary G. Lapid

    February 9th

    The Climate Crisis is more threatening to existence than
    nuclear weapons (or anything else life on earth has faced, we must take immediate steps to do everything possible to slow our catastrophically incinerating ourselves

  • Twoshoe Pattyfoot

    February 9th

    In Texas, this will be our 3 year without a Winter!

  • B J Proffitt

    February 9th

    Quick, before it’s too late!

  • Werner H. Cornelis

    February 9th

    This is really much more important, than it looks.
    The main cause of all these threats to environment is just one: overpopulation.
    To be rated at +67% even today; frightening… but beyond any reasonable doubt.
    +67 % or +2/3 !

  • Peter G. Joseph, M.D.

    February 9th

    The most efficient way to curb carbon pollution is to let the market do it. Put a consumer-friendly, steadily-rising, initially-small price on the carbon content of fossil fuels at their point of entry into the economy, return the funds to households, place a border tax on imports from countries that do not control carbon pollution so as to level the playing field, then the government can step out of the stampede towards the next industrial revolution. CARBON FEE AND DIVIDEND MAKES SENSE. The economists are in consensus! Imagine that!

  • Maribel Garcia-Exposito (Ms)

    February 9th

    Please put an immediate end to fossil fuels. Thanks!

  • Richard Dingwall

    February 9th

    We can hope that our government does the right thing to help curb global warming but, we as individuals need to make the concerted effort to change to alternatives that are on the market. This needs to be a global effort not just a US effort. We all live on this planet not just a portion of it. Try thinking hydrogen fuel cells, electric cars and trucks, solar, wind generators, thermal heating and cooling. Start searching alternatives!

  • James Worth

    February 9th

    In reference to the 3 comments above: 1, extinctions of species have happened and are continuing at increasing pace. 2, Obama has a lot on his plate but very little besides words has materialized to “end” global warming. We have to do a lot of hard work to force him [and I believe he wants to be forced] to address the problems on a scale that can really make a change. And change on a global scale really needs U.S. leadership. 3. Peter Joseph is right about a carbon fee or tax and market forces and everything else has to be used to effect a real turn around. And I thank Dr. Joseph for his Email about the February 17th March on Washington. But why haven’t I heard more about it? Why are not Greenpeace, EDF, NRDC, World Wildlife Fund, The Nature Conservancy and every other conservation agency and NGO involved? The Dirty fuel makes Dirty weather marathon got no [or almost no] play in the printed or broadcast news. Nor have 350′s various demonstrations claiming to be the largest ever world wide demonstrations received much notice. I went on the March on Washington almost 50 years ago and I want to go on this one but I don’t want to make the effort to no effect. Why not a million? Or 10 Million? If it blocks up all the roads, jams DC to gridlock it will be harder to ignore. The conservation groups like the Democratic party in the last 4 and more elections have been altogether too wimpy. Jimmy Carter put solar panels on the White House. A start. Ronald Reagan took them off more than thirty years ago. Too much time wasted. Polite discourse and sweet reason has not worked. There are more than ten million of us that know it! Time and life are wasting. What are we going to make happen on the 17th of February?

  • Janet dews

    February 9th

    This country must take action now in order to start reversing immutable damage to the air, water, and soil & thus to people.

  • John R. Carter

    February 9th

    Is there anything more important? Think about it!

  • Gerard Evan Stolk

    February 9th

    President Obama,
    Please make sure that the planet is protected from Global Warming. THe Oil & Coal companies are just greedy! THey are lying to us all the time about Global Warming.
    Please take action to STOP THIS IMMEDIATELY!
    Thanks,
    Gerard Evan Stolk

  • Robert Holgate

    February 9th

    We need to wake up and take out power back. It’s time for the majority of the American public to VOTE. We do not support guns, we do not support polluters and we do not support taking women’s rights to choose away. Yet many politician will NOT do what the majority want as they are beholding to the special interests and spend 80% of there day trying to raise money from them. Stop this craziness and get money out of politics. 1st deal with Climate change honestly and stop the spin then we have a chance of survival. 2nd Take all guns that fire more then 5 rounds at a time off the market, 3rd allow women the right to make there own health decisions. All this will fall into place when we get money out of politics. LGBT right are the new civil right issue and thank god its moving in the right direction. Lets let that be an example of what can be accomplished.

  • Richard Woo

    February 9th

    Hello Mr. President:
    Please move our society off of fossil fuels.
    Thanks
    Richard
    Portland Oregon USA

  • william doran

    February 9th

    Please// could we leave some thing for our grandchildren

  • Mary Ellen Bennett

    February 10th

    There is a profound immorality in letting this beautiful
    planet be destroyed that was gifted to us. Humans, animals and all that is natural in our world is being compromised and we can’t wait any longer.

  • Ron D'Angelo

    February 10th

    This is the Most important issue we face. If we do not take action about this now NOTHING ELSE WILL MATTER.

  • Eugene H. Hill

    February 10th

    Climate – Long Term Weather – Overdue in being recognized!

  • Rose Marie Stef

    February 11th

    I support Obama and his hard work to end the Global Warming crisis.

  • Raymond Nuesch

    February 12th

    Move forward on solutions to combat climate change!

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