Re: Texas Oil Giants Threaten Our Climate and Energy Future

9.23.2010

Re: Texas Oil Giants Threaten Our Climate and Energy Future

On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Environmental Defense Action Fund <takeaction@edf.org> wrote:

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Dear Scotts Contracting,

Texas oil interests are funding a multi-million ballot initiative to nullify the landmark climate law passed in California.

While you may not live in California, what happens with this law will affect us all.

Please send this "Pledge to VOTE NO on Prop 23" action link to friends, relatives and acquaintances in California: www.edf.org/NoOnProp23.

California's world-renowned environmental leadership and plans for a clean energy future are under attack and we need your help to stop it.

Two Texas oil companies are spending millions of dollars to ramrod through a dangerous and deceptive initiative on this November's ballot.

PLEASE SEND THIS MESSAGE TO FRIENDS, RELATIVES – EVERYONE YOU KNOW – IN CALIFORNIA TO HELP FIGHT BACK.

The Big Polluters Attack

Flush with victory in Washington, DC, where they killed national climate legislation this year, many of the same dirty energy forces are turning their sights west.

Leading the charge are Texas oil giants Tesoro and Valero Energy Corporation. They are spending millions to promote their dirty energy ballot initiative this November, Proposition 23.

This bill would effectively nullify California's landmark climate and energy law, AB32, which passed four years ago with bipartisan support.

We will all lose if these oil barons win.

California's leadership has inspired climate action in states across the nation. As the 8th largest economy in the world, California is a clean energy market mover and leader.

When AB32 goes into effect in 2012, it will spur energy innovation and create thousands of American clean energy jobs -- both in California and around the country -- jobs that will probably otherwise go overseas.

And, most importantly, AB32 will prove once and for all that solving the climate crisis and growing the economy go hand-in-hand.

The big polluters know this and that is why they are investing so much in trying to undo California's climate and clean energy progress.

We must defeat their Dirty Energy Prop 23 initiative and continue our progress toward a cleaner, greener economy.

For the planet, for the health of your children, and for our economic future, please take action today.

If you live in California, please do these two things right now:

1) Pledge to VOTE NO on Proposition 23: www.edf.org/NoOnProp23.

2) Then, please urge all your friends and family in California to VOTE NO on 23, too.

If you don't live in California, please do these two things right now:

1) Forward this email and action link to every Californian you know to urge them to VOTE NO on Prop 23: www.edf.org/NoOnProp23

2) Please make a donation to our VOTE NO on Prop 23 campaign to help get out the vote in November.

If we can defeat Prop 23, we will continue proving to the world how environmental policies spur innovation, create jobs and give us a competitive advantage to compete in an $8 trillion global clean energy market.

For the planet, the health of your children, and our economic future, let's stand together to VOTE NO on Prop 23.

Thanks for all you do,
Environmental Defense Action Fund

Environmental Defense Action Fund
1875 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20009
1-800-591-1919