BIDEN PREPARES FOR OUR BLISTERING FUTUREad
The impacts of climate change are no longer theoretical but unfolding globally.
QUICK READ:
Quick read: We are 50 years beyond the warnings of scientists. The delay’s impact can be seen and felt worldwide, threatening lives, food supplies, power generation and much more. This isn’t the time to buy the lies of Republicans. It’s 50 years beyond the time to act. We have a responsibility to protect the future, as much as we can, for the children who are following us.
CONTENTS:
BACKGROUND
President Biden’s bold moves to prepare America for unprecedented climate change come not a moment too soon. The news globally is already horrific:
Severe heat waves and droughts across the EU and the U.S.
America’s infrastructure failing from California to Mississippi.
The Antarctic's “doomsday glacier” is projected to raise sea levels by 3 to 10 feet, retreating faster than predicted.
The damage is unfolding around the world. Assessing the floods in Pakistan, the UN chief said he had “never seen climate carnage” on such a scale.
China, the world’s #1 greenhouse gas producer, was hammered by a historic heat wave that limited or eliminated power from dams, cutting electricity across the country. Carmakers have closed plants, and rice crops are withering because of the soaring heat.
We’ve lost five decades because of the oil industry’s lies that gave Republicans cover for inaction. Consequently, as warming soars closer to tipping points, projected changes are probably irreversible:
States, including Texas and Florida, will lose millions of acres to rising seas.
Diminishing forests, which filter water and bind nutrients, threaten drinking water.
Countries supplying 70% of the world’s food face extreme heat risks.
We need to act, as Biden has done, on science-based guidance for the climate we have forever altered.
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].
I support President Biden’s efforts to prepare for global warming, but much more must be done. We are 50 years beyond the warnings of scientists, and the delay’s results are already being seen and felt around the world, threatening lives, food supplies, power generation, forcing people from their homes, and much more. This isn’t the time to buy the lies of Republicans. It’s 50 years beyond the time to act.
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].
I support President Biden’s efforts to prepare for global warming, but much more must be done. We are 50 years beyond the warnings of scientists, and the delay’s results are already being seen and felt around the world, threatening lives, food supplies, power generation, forcing people from their homes, and much more. This isn’t the time to buy the lies of Republicans. It’s 50 years beyond the time to act.
Script for Republican Senators
D.C switchboard: 202-224-3121
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], [state], [zip code].
I support President Biden’s efforts to prepare for global warming, but much more must be done. We are 50 years beyond the warnings of scientists, and the delay’s results are already being seen and felt around the world, threatening lives, food supplies, power generation, forcing people from their homes, and much more. This isn’t the time to buy the lies of Republicans. It’s 50 years beyond the time to act.
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].
I support President Biden’s efforts to prepare for global warming, but much more must be done. We are 50 years beyond the warnings of scientists, and the delay’s results are already being seen and felt around the world, threatening lives, food supplies, power generation, forcing people from their homes, and much more. This isn’t the time to buy the lies of Republicans. It’s 50 years beyond the time to act.
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].
I support President Biden’s efforts to prepare for global warming, but much more must be done. We are 50 years beyond the warnings of scientists, and the delay’s results are already being seen and felt around the world, threatening lives, food supplies, power generation, forcing people from their homes, and much more. This isn’t the time to buy the lies of Republicans. It’s 50 years beyond the time to act.
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].
I support President Biden’s efforts to prepare for global warming, but much more must be done. We are 50 years beyond the warnings of scientists, and the delay’s results are already being seen and felt around the world, threatening lives, food supplies, power generation, forcing people from their homes, and much more. This isn’t the time to buy the lies of Republicans. It’s 50 years beyond the time to act. of Ukraine.
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].
I support President Biden’s efforts to prepare for global warming, but much more must be done. We are 50 years beyond the warnings of scientists, and the delay’s results are already being seen and felt around the world, threatening lives, food supplies, power generation, forcing people from their homes, and much more. This isn’t the time to buy the lies of Republicans. It’s 50 years beyond the time to act.
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].
I support President Biden’s efforts to prepare for global warming, but much more must be done. We are 50 years beyond the warnings of scientists, and the delay’s results are already being seen and felt around the world, threatening lives, food supplies, power generation, forcing people from their homes, and much more. This isn’t the time to buy the lies of Republicans. It’s 50 years beyond the time to act.
ACTION THREE: Good Trouble.
GOOD TROUBLE: Below are opportunities to fight for our democracy. As John Lewis said, go make some “good trouble.”
Get involved with Extinction Rebellion or another group working for climate change. For more information, click here.
Fridays at 4 - Letter and Postcard Writing — Indivisible Oregon.
Learn about persuasive language and communication research at the Zoom ASO Movement Briefings every second Wednesday. (DELAYED THIS AUGUST. WATCH THE WEBSITE FOR UPDATES.)
Join the campaign to hold the House and Senate at GiveNoGround.org
Work to protect democracy in the House by electing Democrats Val Hoyle in District 4, Jamie McLeod-Skinner in District 5, and Andrea Salinas in Oregon’s new Congressional District 6.
Check out the Poor People's Campaign Readies 'Massive, Nonviolent' Effort to Save Democracy
Outside of Portland? Check out COIN Oregon.
FURTHER READING
Trump's Ukraine impeachment shadows war, risks GOP response
4 things to remember about Trump, Ukraine and Putin - CNN
Biden administration readies about $800 mlllion in additional security aid for Ukraine -sources
Biden: War 'will not end with a Russian defeat of Ukraine
Ukraine Should Wait on Cease-Fire Talks With Russia. Here’s Why.
Ukraine rules out any ceasefire deal that involves ceding territory to Russia
