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I am writing to urge you to vote in favor of limiting carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases from major industrial sources. These gases are contributing to global warming, which will bring with it serious changes to our way of life and damage America's economy.
Senators McCain and Lieberman's Climate Stewardship Act (S. 139) is a reasonable first step in limiting heat-trapping gas emissions. As 85% of U.S. global warming-related emissions come from our energy use, it is irresponsible to pass energy legislation without addressing this human-caused problem.
The Climate Stewardship Act's market-based approach would harness American technological know-how to find the most cost effective ways to cut our emissions of heat trapping gases. Off-the-shelf reductions already available include producing more electricity from clean renewable sources, limiting carbon pollution from dirty coal- fired power plants, increasing the energy efficiency of our homes and factories, and making cars go further on a gallon of gas. By encouraging investment in these and other methods, the act would also ensure that American technology remains competitive as other countries move to reduce their own emissions.
As the world's number one emitter of heat-trapping gases, the United States should be a leader in the fight to curb global warming instead of trailing behind the rest of the world. Our voluntary emission reduction measures have failed. In fact, U.S. emissions are nearly 12 percent higher now than they were in 1990.
Please demonstrate your commitment to responsible stewardship of America's environment for our children and grandchildren by voting for the Climate Stewardship Act amendment to the energy bill. I look forward to hearing your position on this issue.
Sincerely,
Robert Henderson
Copyright © 2003-2006, Rob Henderson