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<DIV>Caroline<BR></DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> fred <fredd@freeshell.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> sosfbay-discuss@cagreens.org<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Mon, December 27, 2010 11:24:23 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [GPSCC-chat] Earth Day 2011<BR></FONT><BR>I say, "Amen."<BR><BR>How about a public Earth Day demonstration of some kind honoring/supporting some exemplary business or government entity that has, and is taking a leading role in environmental friendship.<BR><BR>Fred<BR><BR>On 12/27/10 8:41 AM, Wes Rolley wrote:<BR>> This year will be the 40th Earth Day. This is troubling for me given that we seem to be losing the battle with those who really don't care.<BR>> <BR>> In the budget skirmishes that are sure to fuel most of the political discussions in the first quarter... CA budget is a mess and the Tea Party types new to Congress
want to make waves... one prime target is the "socialist" manipulation of society brought about the "environmental fascists". At the Federal level, the major target will the the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA). Efforts will be made to defund the EPA and some of the Tea Party types campaigned on the idea of eliminating the EPA entirely.<BR>> <BR>> What happens on Earth Day 2011 will be all the more telling since the EPA seems to be the only hope of limiting greenhouse gas emissions. With the current Senate rules, there will never be a vote on any new climate legislation.<BR>> <BR>> For the first Earth Day, there was broad bi-partisan support in Congress. The CoChairs of the First Earth Day were Sen. Gaylord Nelson (Dem from WI) and Representative Pete McCloskey (Republican from CA). Actually Pete's district was on the Peninsula and that made it very local for us. Nelson has long since
passed but McCloskey is still fighting that battle where he can, now most often in court rather than at the polls, though his return to electoral politics in 2006 gave many Republicans permission to vote against Richard Pombo.<BR>> <BR>> With the increasing urgency of climate change and the need for action, I am suggesting the the Green Party SCC, along with our friends in San Mateo, take the lead in creating a major event for Earth Day 2011. Greens need to take the lead in creating a new ecological consciousness. We need to own the issue, not just to go along with some other organization that might be less interested in political results.<BR>> <BR>> If not us, who? If not now, when?<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> sosfbay-discuss mailing list<BR>> <A href="mailto:sosfbay-discuss@cagreens.org"
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