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MOVEON ASK HILLARY TO BE MORE LIKE BARACK - Dear MoveOn member, Please call Senator Clinton today and ask her to make sure polluters have to pay for pollution credits, so we can finance the transition to a clean energy economy.

By Danielle Clarke USA Vietnam Vet - Nov 1st, 2007 at 3:03 pm EDT

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THE FOLLOWING EMAIL WAS SENT TO ME OCTOBER 11TH ASKING MOVEON MEMBERS TO CALL HILLARY CLINTON TO BE MORE LIKE BARACK ENVIROMENTALLY SPEAKING.

THIS IS FUNNY AND POINTS TO HER TRUE COLORS WHICH LACKS ENVIROMENTALLY SPEAKING.

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Dear MoveOn member,

Here's a neat idea: make polluting companies pay for every ton of carbon dioxide they dump into the atmosphere—and then use the money to fund research into climate change, promote wind and solar power, and provide job training for workers in dirty industries.

That's the heart of Senator Barack Obama's new energy plan. Not surprisingly, industry is fighting hard for a very different kind of plan—one that awards companies millions of dollars of "pollution credits" for free. The more they pollute now, the more credits they get! We need to make sure the Democratic candidates are all together when it comes making polluters pay.

Can you call Senator Hillary Clinton and ask her to match Senator Obama's plan to auction all pollution credits and use the money to solve global warming?

703-469-2008

Then report your call here:

http://pol.moveon.org/call/index.html?cp_id=596&tg=391&id= MY ID WAS REMOVED

When you call, you can say something like, "It's important our leaders make polluters pay for pumping greenhouse gases into our air. Senator Clinton should include a 100% public auction for pollution credits in her energy plan."

Governor Richardson has a strong plan to make polluters pay. Senator Edwards and Senator Dodd have said industry should pay for at least some of their pollution credits. Senator Clinton is the only one who hasn't made a commitment to any auction whatsoever.

But she's got a new energy plan coming out, and we need to let her know we expect whoever's the next president to stand up to polluters on this one.

Industry sees the writing on the wall. They know Americans want change, and change means limiting greenhouse gases in our air. So they're trying to make lemonade out of lemons—by turning climate change legislation into a massive program of corporate subsidies. They call it "cap and trade" and American can't afford it.

This is not just an environmental issue—it's a real economic one. There are literally billions of dollars at stake. A full auction of pollution credits would generate anywhere from $50 to $150 billion.

Please call Senator Clinton today and ask her to make sure polluters have to pay for pollution credits, so we can finance the transition to a clean energy economy.

703-469-2008

Report your call here:

http://pol.moveon.org/call/index.html?cp_id=596&tg=391&id= MY ID WAS REMOVED

Thanks for all you do.

–Ilyse, Carrie, Wes, Justin and the MoveOn.org Political Action Team
Thursday, October 11th, 2007

Sources:

1. "In Obama's world, polluters must pay," LA Times, October 8, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/la-na-obama8oct08,1,7945139.story?coll=la-news-politics-national

2. Barack Obama's Plan to Make America a Global Energy Leader"
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=3048&id=11370-5993724-BAgGKs&t=1

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