The Great Lakes Zephyr - Wind Energy & Hydrogen Journal

GRACE: People's Ratification of the Kyoto Global Warming Treaty The much-discussed Kyoto Protocol took effect this week, on Feb. 16th. In the face of the United States' continuing refusal to ratify the international agreement, a group of progressive activists is launching a drive to gather millions of signatures from U.S. citizens for a "People's Ratification of the Kyoto Global Warming Treaty. Please sign the petition today. http://www.kyotoandbeyond.org/ Also, see: http://www.grist.org/comments/soapbox/2005/02/16/gelbspan/ PEOPLE'S RATIFICATION OF THE KYOTO GLOBAL WARMING TREATY When faced with a grave threat to a livable future for ourselves, our children and future generations, it is our duty as Americans to respond. To date, some 140 nations have ratified the Kyoto Protocol, which enters into force in February 2005, in order to arrest the intensifying destructiveness of global climate change. In contrast, the United States, which generates 25 percent of the world's polluting carbon emissions with only 5 percent of its population, refuses to join in this worldwide effort to keep this planet hospitable to civilization. We recognize the current goals of the Protocol are too low ­ and its timetable too long -- to effectively halt the escalating instability of the global climate. We also recognize the Kyoto Protocol is the only existing diplomatic framework through which the entire global community can address this unprecedented challenge. We further recognize that the Constitution of the United States grants us the ultimate authority of government. Therefore, as citizens of the United States, we hereby ratify the Kyoto Protocol and demand that our elected representatives follow suit. Additionally, we pledge to support subsequent phases of the Kyoto Protocol to reduce worldwide greenhouse emissions by 70 percent. This global transition to clean energy would address nature's demand for a stable climate even as it generates millions of clean energy jobs. Finally, we declare, through this act of ratification, our allegiance to the democratic process, our fundamental and mortal relationship with this Earth and our essential solidarity with every other member of the human family. www.kyotoandbeyond.org ******************** You have received this email because you signed up for the GRACE Public Fund Action Alert list. www.gracepublicfund.org