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This election should be about the issues!

Hi Daniel,

Tell the top TV political reporters: "The American public deserves to know where all the candidates stand on the climate crisis and on the clean energy solutions they propose to address it. Asking those questions is your responsibility."

Our next president could be the one who finally takes on global warming, and who leads America into a new energy future. In my opinion, energy and global warming are two of the most urgent problems our new president will face when he or she takes office exactly 360 days from now.

But I am astonished that, instead of the presidential candidates facing tough questions about their plans to solve these two problems on the campaign trail, something else is happening, something very frustrating to me.

Of the nearly 2,938 questions asked of the presidential candidates by the top five TV political reporters to date, only four mentioned global warming. Four! That's only one more than the number of questions asked about UFOs. Yes, you read correctly, Unidentified Flying Objects!

Watch a video to learn more and take action:
http://environmentillinois.org/action/what-are-they-waiting-for?id4=ES

Environment Illinois is asking you to join hundreds of thousands of others in asking America's leading reporters, "What on earth they are waiting for?" Help us stop the absurdity of the media ignoring the greatest environmental and economic challenge of our generation.

Please take a minute to check out this video that highlights some of the more absurd questions these reporters felt compelled to ask while ignoring global warming and critical clean energy solutions. Then sign our petition urging these reporters to get serious about addressing climate change and about putting America on a clean energy path.

America is at a critical crossroads and who our next president is and the decisions she or he makes will make all the difference in determining the health, safety and well-being of our country. What truly are these reporters waiting for?

Watch the video and sign our petition:
http://environmentillinois.org/action/what-are-they-waiting-for?id4=ES

And thank you for helping us shape media coverage about these critical issues.

And, after taking action, if you want to learn more about our clean energy campaign, go to www.environmentillinois.org.

Sincerely,

Rebecca D. Stanfield
Environment Illinois State Director
RebeccaS@environmentillinois.org
http://www.environmentillinois.org

P.S. Thanks again for your support. Please feel free to share this e-mail with your family and friends.

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