Received from MoveOn.org:

[pnorman]

Dear MoveOn member,

The Bush-Cheney energy bill is back, and it could come up for a vote at any moment.
Republicans have signaled that they'll give as little as 24 hours' notice. We've got to get
out ahead of it.

Please call your Senator(s) now, at:

Senator Patty Murray
Washington, DC: 202-224-2621

Senator Maria Cantwell
Washington, DC: 202-224-3441

Make sure they know you're a constituent, then urge them to:

"Please FILIBUSTER to stop the energy bill."*

Give some reasons why you're concerned -- some good ones are listed below.

Please let us know you're calling, at:

http://www.moveon.org/callmade3.html?id=2392-1430238-piRIMT2MxbISst7g1WKqXQ

The energy bill is still terrible. Here's what it does:

1. Delays clean-up in smoggy cities, which would increase asthma
attacks and other health problems, especially among children and elderly people.

2. Pollutes rivers and coastal waters by exempting oil and gas drilling
from clean-up safeguards

3. Allows energy companies to rip off consumers by repealing the
Public Utility Holding Company Act.

4. Includes billions in subsidies for big oil, nuclear, timber, and
coal companies.

5. Increases air pollution and global warming with new incentives to
burn coal for electricity without adequate pollution controls.

6. Threatens drinking water by allowing the underground injection of
diesel fuel and other chemicals during oil and gas development.

7. Weakens environmental safeguards to pave the way for more oil and
gas drilling on sensitive public lands in the Rocky Mountain West.
At least sixteen national hunting and fishing organizations oppose
these provisions.

8. Locks in American dependence on foreign oil by adding new
roadblocks to better fuel economy.

9. Tramples on states' abilities to protect their coasts from harmful
oil and gas exploration by weakening their input on federal
coastal projects.

10. Promotes nuclear proliferation by reversing long-standing U.S.
policy against reprocessing waste from commercial nuclear
reactors, and using plutonium to generate commercial energy.

Please call your Senator(s) now, at:

Senator Patty Murray
Washington, DC: 202-224-2621

Senator Maria Cantwell
Washington, DC: 202-224-3441

Urge them to filibuster the energy bill.

Please let us know you're calling, at:

http://www.moveon.org/callmade3.html?id=2392-1430238-piRIMT2MxbISst7g1WKqXQ

Thank you.

Sincerely,

--Adam, Carrie, Eli, James, Joan, Laura, Noah, Peter, Wes, and Zack
The MoveOn.org Team
February 24th, 2004

* For more information on filibusters, see:
http://www.moveon.org/moveonbulletin/bulletin11.html
(Those senators listed are from Washington. Check out your own state and give them a buzz).

pnorman
STAND UP, KEEP FIGHTING http://shows.implex.tv/wellstone/