<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> ----- Forwarded Message -----<br> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> "Bigbillcutler@aol.com" <Bigbillcutler@aol.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> 350-silicon-valley-chat@googlegroups.com <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, March 21, 2014 2:32 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [350 SV Chat] Fwd: YOUR CHANCE to motivate Congress on climate legislation...<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv0951839271">
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<div>Are you all getting this? Looks like a very good effort to
support.</div>
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<div>Bill Cutler</div>
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From: pdrich350@gmail.com<br>To: pdrich350@gmail.com<br>Sent: 3/20/2014
6:01:53 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time<br>Subj: YOUR CHANCE to motivate Congress
on climate legislation...<br></div>
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<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b>Our Monthly Congressional Initiative this month,
involves….</b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b> </b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b>….calling into House and Senate committees or
sub-committee chairs in the Majority/ranking members in the
Minority,</b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b>on CLIMATE BILLS they each are
handling…</b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b> </b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b><i>BY CALLING 7 NUMBERS into Washington DC, you can ask
that these bills move forward, while SHARING THIS:
</i></b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b><i> </i></b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b>ONE - there is a new website created by Professor
Jacobson at Stanford, on how all 50 states can go 100% renewable by
2030. Check it our yourself - <a rel="nofollow" title="http://www.thesolutionsproject.org/" target="_blank" href="http://www.thesolutionsproject.org/">www.theSolutionsProject.org</a>
.</b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b>His team of fellow professors, 2 at Cornell and 1
at UC Davis, were challenged by actor turned activist, Mark Ruffalo, wanting
to have push back on the fracking industry in rural upstate NY where he makes
his home with his young family. Filmmaker Josh Fox is in this mix now,
as well. </b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b> </b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b>TWO - that the American Association for the Advancement
of Science, just issued a <i>What We Know</i> report, that states immediate
action is necessary to avert irreversible climate chaos - the strongest
statement ever made on a policy level, from scientists.</b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b>More action will follow from this group, with membership
of over 120 thousand scientists and science supporters.</b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b> </b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b><i>I have called these 7 numbers myself
already: the reception has been MOST
POSITIVE!</i></b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b> </b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b>CALL #1 - to Senator Boxer's office (D - CA),
chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW). She
lets you leave a message directly to her, at 202-224-3553. Your call is
concerning S332 - known as the Climate Protect Act, which puts a price on
carbon, with a fee and dividend approach, endorsed by leading US climatologist
James Hansen, and the Citizens Climate Lobby. She co-authored this bill
with Senator Sanders (I - VT).</b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b> </b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b>CALL #2 - to Senator Vitter's office (R - LA), new
ranking member of the EPW cmte, S332 - see above. His office number is
202-224-4623.</b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b> </b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b>CALL #3 - to the office of the Senate Committee on
Finance, chaired by Senator Wyden (D - OR), with ranking minority member
Senator Hatch (R - UT). This call is about the bill, S329 which cuts
subsidies to Fossil Fuel, which President Obama has been asking for, since he
ran as a presidential candidate. The number to call is
202-224-5244.</b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b> </b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b>CALL # 4 - to the office of Senator Hatch - see details
above - at 202-224-5251.</b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b> </b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b>CALL #5 - is to the House Cmte on Natural Resources,
Majority Office, chaired by Rep Doc Hastings (R - WA), concerning bill
HR2956 - Ending Welfare to Oil. It is the House counterpart to S329.
The phone number to call is 202-225-2761.</b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b> </b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b>CALL # 6 - is to the House Cmte on Natural Resources,
Minority Office, headed by ranking member Peter DeFazio (D - OR). See
details above. The number to call is 202-225-6065.</b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b> </b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b>CALL #7 - is to the subcmte of the House Ways and Means
Cmte, Energy and Mineral Resources. The subcmte office handles both the
Majority and Minority staff. The bill HR 2956 -Ending Welfare to Oil -
is going through this 2nd committee, chaired by Rep Lamborn (R - CO) and its
minority ranking member is Rush Holt (D - NJ). The number to call is
202-225-2761.</b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b> </b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b><i>SUGGESTED SCRIPT - </i></b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b><i> </i></b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b><i>I am calling as an effort going on with the
Transition Express Campaign, based in Danville CA. </i></b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b><i>We are making calls onto Capitol Hill, urging passage
of climate bills in both the House and Senate.</i></b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b><i>The urgency is due to new efforts by a team of
professors at Stanford, Cornell and UC Davis, </i></b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b><i>issuing blueprints for all 50 states to go 100%
renewable by 2030.</i></b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b><i>The details can be found at <a rel="nofollow" title="http://www.thesolutionsproject.org/" target="_blank" href="http://www.thesolutionsproject.org/">www.theSolutionsProject.org</a>
. </i></b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b><i>Emphasize there is an s at the end of
Solutions.</i></b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b><i>Make reference to the bill you are calling
about.</i></b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b><i> </i></b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b><i>Second point: that the American Assoc for
Advancemt of Science issued this past week,</i></b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b><i>the urgency for the US govt to take bolder action to
avert irreversible climate chaos,</i></b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b><i>in their What We Know report. This is the first
policy-focused action they have ever taken.</i></b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b><i>They plan more action soon, from this group that has
membership of over 120 thousand scientists and science
supporters.</i></b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b><i> </i></b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b><i>Share your name and city and state. Thank them
for passing this on to (legislator's name) and staff.</i></b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b> </b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b> </b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b>Feel free to take action anytime in the next week on
this, even leaving messages over the weekend.</b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b>We welcome learning if you took this action - if so -
contact me. Thank you!</b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b> </b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b> </b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b>my best - Polly Rich, aka Priscilla</b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b> </b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b> </b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b>PS - see more details in links below, in my
signature.</b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b> </b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Priscilla Rich,
founder&Exec Dir/Transition Express Campaign/Atlas Awards - Danville
CA</span></i></b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><a rel="nofollow" title="http://www.transitionexpress.vpweb.com/" target="_blank" href="http://www.transitionexpress.vpweb.com/"><b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">www.TransitionExpress.vpweb.com</span></i></b></a><b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> - an advocacy
group, promoting low carbon lifestyles by 2020, with focus on 100%
Organics/Renewables movement, building Climate Teams city by
city</span></i></b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></i></b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;">NEW - petition to Congress
asking for a Federal Budget that makes us sustainable by
2030</span></i></b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;">h</span></i></b><a rel="nofollow" title="http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/congress-pass-a-budget-1" target="_blank" href="http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/congress-pass-a-budget-1"><b><i><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;">ttp://petitions.moveon.org/sign/congress-pass-a-budget-1</span></i></b></a><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"></span></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"> </span></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;">NEW - now published, all 50
state blueprints, showing how each can go 100%
Renewable,</span></i></b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;">by 2030 - <u><a rel="nofollow" title="http://www.thesolutionsproject.org/" target="_blank" href="http://www.thesolutionsproject.org/">www.theSolutionsProject.org</a>
</u> - affiliated with Stanford University</span></i></b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b><i><u><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;">
</span></u></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"> </span></i></b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">for inspiring our new
BeTheExample campaign-within-a-campaign, an Einstein quote:
</span></i></b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">'Setting an example is not the
main means of influencing others, it is the only means.'
</span></i></b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></i></b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">announcing 2 new websites
- <u><a rel="nofollow" title="http://www.atlasawards.vpweb.com/" target="_blank" href="http://www.atlasawards.vpweb.com/">www.AtlasAwards.vpweb.com</a>
</u> and <u><a rel="nofollow" title="http://www.betheexample.vpweb.com/" target="_blank" href="http://www.betheexample.vpweb.com/">www.BeTheExample.vpweb.com</a>
</u> -</span></i></b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">presenting climate heroes
yearly, and building climate teams locally - 2013 ATLAS AWARDEES still getting
posted...</span></i></b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></i></b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a rel="nofollow" title="http://www.lowcarbonpledge.vpweb.com/" target="_blank" href="http://www.lowcarbonpledge.vpweb.com/">www.LowCarbonPledge.vpweb.com</a>
- how all Americans can move towards clean energy - now 17
ways</span></i></b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><a rel="nofollow" title="http://www.rethinkingenergy.vpweb.com/" target="_blank" href="http://www.rethinkingenergy.vpweb.com/"><b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">www.RethinkingEnergy.vpweb.com</span></i></b></a><b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> - affordable way to do
energy retrofits on homes </span></i></b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><a rel="nofollow" title="http://www.solvingclimatethreat.vpweb.com/" target="_blank" href="http://www.solvingclimatethreat.vpweb.com/"><b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">www.SolvingClimateThreat.vpweb.com</span></i></b></a><b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> - <u> national
action</u> - see the latest!</span></i></b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><a rel="nofollow" title="http://www.sustainabledesign.vpweb.com/" target="_blank" href="http://www.sustainabledesign.vpweb.com/"><b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">www.SustainableDesign.vpweb.com</span></i></b></a><b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> - resources on energy
efficiency/clean energy/climate change</span></i></b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a rel="nofollow" title="http://www.workinggreen.vpweb.com/" target="_blank" href="http://www.workinggreen.vpweb.com/">www.WorkingGreen.vpweb.com</a>
- ideas for creating a unique career in the new green
economy</span></i></b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></i></b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">for those creating Climate
Teams to speak to your mayor/city or town
council...</span></i></b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></i></b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><a rel="nofollow" title="http://www.go100percent.org/" target="_blank" href="http://www.go100percent.org/"><b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">www.go100percent.org</span></i></b></a><b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> - campaign effort of
Renewables 100 Policy Institute, Santa Monica CA</span></i></b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><a rel="nofollow" title="http://www.renewables100.org/" target="_blank" href="http://www.renewables100.org/"><b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">www.renewables100.org</span></i></b></a><b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> - main website of institute
listed immediately above</span></i></b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><a rel="nofollow" title="http://www.thesolutionsproject.org/" target="_blank" href="http://www.thesolutionsproject.org/"><b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">www.theSolutionsProject.org</span></i></b></a><b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> - Stanford U. Environment
Engineering Professor Mark Z Jacobson's upcoming website, based on his team's
study for state by state blueprints to go 100% - sign up for
updates</span></i></b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a rel="nofollow" title="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stacy-clark/mark-z-jacobson-renewable-energy_b_2859518.html" target="_blank" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stacy-clark/mark-z-jacobson-renewable-energy_b_2859518.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stacy-clark/mark-z-jacobson-renewable-energy_b_2859518.html</a>
- the back story on the Jacobson et al studies, state by state, to go
100% renewable</span></i></b></div>
<div class="yiv0951839271MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND:white;"><b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;"><a rel="nofollow" title="http://www.nationofchange.org/letterman-interviews-stanford-professor-about-us-transitioning-100-renewable-energy-1382622274" target="_blank" href="http://www.nationofchange.org/letterman-interviews-stanford-professor-about-us-transitioning-100-renewable-energy-1382622274">http://www.nationofchange.org/letterman-interviews-stanford-professor-about-us-transitioning-100-renewable-energy-1382622274</a>
- Professor Jacobson on Letterman show, Oct 2013 - making clear 2020 is
when we need to have policies in place to go 100% renewable, in
time</span></i></b></div>
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