THE CARBON POLLUTERS’ SENATOR (D-WV) IS SINGLE-HANDEDLY KILLING THE PLANET
Paid-for politicians do their donors’ bidding even if this requires trashing programs people need and want and sacrificing our planet.
QUICK READ: Sen. Joe Manchin, drenched in fossil fuel money, is intent on blocking the most significant climate change bill in history and our last, best chance to slow the coming devastation. We cannot sit back and let him and industry donors destroy the planet.
TAKE ACTION NOW:
BACKGROUND
Voters grant politicians power so they can make our lives better.
Biden’s Build Back Better (BBB) bill does that by investing in families. It’s also our best chance to save the planet.
BBB, including its climate provisions, is wildly popular with everyone but Republican politicians.
Shockingly, Democratic Senator Joe Manchin is also opposed--especially to the $150 billion Clean Electricity Payment Program (CEPP), which provides incentives for utilities to switch to clean energy and penalizes those that don’t.
Manchin’s opposition could kill the entire bill. Without CEPP, the US will fall far short of its international climate pledges and doom the planet.
The fossil fuel industry is fighting to protect the $649 billion subsidies for coal, oil and gas, that boost the wealth of industry executives and shareholders.
It’s no coincidence Manchin vigorously defends the dirty energy industry. Since he’s been in Congress, it’s “donated” over $2.3 million to his campaigns.
And he owns as much as $5 million in a coal brokerage firm, earning him $500,000 in 2020 alone.
This greed must stop. Call your Members of Congress to save the planet for your children, their children, and generations to come.
ACTION One: Call the Senate.
Script for Oregon Senators
SEN. MERKLEY: Portland office: 503-326-3386 | D.C. office: 202-224-3753
My name is [--] and I'm a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
You must keep the climate components of Build Back Better intact and protect us from fires, floods, droughts, hurricanes, the next pandemic, and all the other consequences of climate change.
SEN. WYDEN: Portland office: 503-326-7525 | D.C. office: 202-224-5244
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
You must keep the climate components of Build Back Better intact and protect us from fires, floods, droughts, hurricanes, the next pandemic, and all the other consequences of climate change.
Script for Republican Senators
D.C switchboard: 202-224-3121
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], [state], [zip code].
You must keep the climate components of Build Back Better intact and protect us from fires, floods, droughts, hurricanes, the next pandemic, and all the other consequences of climate change.
ACTION TWO: Call the House.
Script for Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01)
Oregon office: 503-469-6010 | DC office: 202-225-0855
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
You must keep the climate components of Build Back Better intact and protect us from fires, floods, droughts, hurricanes, the next pandemic, and all the other consequences of climate change.
Script for Cliff Bentz (OR-02)
Medford office: 541-776-4646 | DC office: 202-225-6730
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
You must keep the climate components of Build Back Better intact and protect us from fires, floods, droughts, hurricanes, the next pandemic, and all the other consequences of climate change.
Script for Earl Blumenauer (OR-03)
Oregon office: 503-231-2300 | DC office: 202-225-4811
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
You must keep the climate components of Build Back Better intact and protect us from fires, floods, droughts, hurricanes, the next pandemic, and all the other consequences of climate change.
Script for Peter DeFazio (OR-04)
Eugene office: 541-465-6732 | DC office: 202-225-6416
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
You must keep the climate components of Build Back Better intact and protect us from fires, floods, droughts, hurricanes, the next pandemic, and all the other consequences of climate change.
Script for Kurt Schrader (OR-05)
Salem office: 503-588-9100 | DC office: 202-225-5711
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
You must keep the climate components of Build Back Better intact and protect us from fires, floods, droughts, hurricanes, the next pandemic, and all the other consequences of climate change.
Action 3:
Other opportunities for action include:
WRITE LETTERS AND POSTCARDS IN GOOD COMPANY,
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Further Reading:
The climate disaster is here – this is what the future looks like | The Guardian
A last chance for US climate action: Democrats’ Build Back Better and infrastructure bills - Vox
Opinion | Joe Manchin Versus West Virginia on Climate and Child Care - The New York Times
Backed by big oil, Manchin holds the keys to Dems’ climate agenda - OpenSecrets
Climate hawks reject compromise in reconciliation - Roll Call
As Manchin Blocks Climate Plan, His State Can’t Hold Back Floods - The New York Times
Here's what Manchin told the Biden team on climate - E&E News
Buttigieg says delay in climate action will cost lives amid reports of Manchin roadblock | The Hill
Fossil Fuel Subsidies Cost U.S. More than Defense Budget: IMF Report - Rolling Stone
