[Eco] The Global Warming Solutions Act

[Luisa]

Thanks Robin!

This is really good news.
And I love the way they are conducting their Grassroots 
activism! One call was today, and there is still the one on 
Saturday!


> Please Dial in to a Grassroots Conference Call this week.
> For your convenience, there will be two calls to pick from:
>
> Call #1: Thursday night Feb. 22, 7:30 pm. Call-in number:
> 1-888-537-8139, code 82531915
> Call #2: Saturday Feb. 24, noon. Call in number:
> 1-888-537-8139, code 82531915




--On 2/19/07 11:14 AM -0500 Robin Vinopal 
<robin at looneylabs.com> wrote:

> For those people located in Maryland, I thought I'd share
> this info that I just got from The Chesapeake Climate
> Action Network (http://www.chesapeakeclimate.org/).
>
> They wrote:
> ============
> The "Global Warming Solutions Act" bill suddenly has a
> chance to pass now in Maryland thanks to skyrocketing
> concerns about the collapsing global climate. The bill
> would make our state just the second in America - behind
> California - to mandate huge, statutory reductions in
> greenhouse gases by 2020 using a ?cap and trade? system for
> carbon dioxide. We need at least 100 committed citizens
> from across the state to join an emergency grassroots
> campaign over the next six weeks to push the bill through.
>
> More Information here:
> http://www.chesapeakeclimate.org/campaigns/campaign_detail.
> cfm?id=25
>
> Please Dial in to a Grassroots Conference Call this week.
> For your convenience, there will be two calls to pick from:
>
> Call #1: Thursday night Feb. 22, 7:30 pm. Call-in number:
> 1-888-537-8139, code 82531915
> Call #2: Saturday Feb. 24, noon. Call in number:
> 1-888-537-8139, code 82531915
>
> Here's what will happen on the call: Senator Pinsky,
> Delegate Barve, and Mike Tidwell will open by explaining
> the bill's historic significance and outlining the
> political strategy for getting it through both the MD
> Senate and House and on to the governor. Josh Tulkin and
> Claire Douglass of the CCAN staff will then explain the
> proposed emergency grassroots campaign and answer any
> questions you may have. We hope to keep the call to one
> hour, with follow up by email.
> ============
>
> - Robin