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"It's a situation where we hate to say we told you so, but we told you so."
-- Mark Serreze, senior research scientist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center in response to global warming cynics In this issue 1) Take Action: Party for a Cause! 1) Take Action: Party for a Cause! Plus you'll get to hear from Carl Pope, the Sierra Club's Executive Director and from Van Jones, the head of Green for All. It's easy; will you open up your living room to host a Lightbulbs to Leadership house party?
Our champions for action on global warming in Congress need your help to build support for a sound global warming policy that invests in clean energy and creates new economic opportunity here at home. Representatives Waxman, Markey, and Inslee are asking their fellow members of Congress to endorse principles calling for strong, fair legislation that will do what scientists tell us is necessary to fight global warming.
3) Victory: Coal Plant Must Regulate Global Warming Pollution The effects of this ruling will be far reaching and should influence permits for all new coal-fired power plants across the country. For more information about moving towards a clean energy future, visit http://www.sierraclub.org/coal. 4) Global Warming: Santa Could Need Shorts The melting of the North Pole is a major milestone in the progression of global warming. It will follow a similar first-ever event last September, the melting of the Northwest Passage. Find out what you can do to stop the melt.
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