It’s time to call climate change the emergency it is, John.

Just this week, California (where I live) has experienced two massive
earthquakes back-to-back, Alaska hit record-breaking heat waves, and D.C.
experienced nearly a month’s worth of rain in just one hour.

Hello...apocalypse anyone??

And yet, Republicans lie that they don’t believe it exists and too many
Democrats either stick their heads in the sand or fight for tiny changes
that barely slow the path of climate destruction!

And Trump… don’t even get me started on Trump… he just dealt a major blow
to renewable energy by adding new tariffs on solar panels, his
administration continues to roll back the clock on essential environmental
protections and gut the EPA... and Trump Republicans mock any mention of
climate change by throwing snow in the Capitol as if that somehow proves
global warming is a fraud…

Yeah, because that’s how that works. *eye roll*

I want to laugh at them, but this is serious. That’s why, today, Bernie
Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have moved to declare the climate
crisis an official emergency, giving the government special powers to take
on the crisis with resources that can meet the scale of the problem.

It’s up to us to stand by them 100%.

We won’t save our planet unless we have politicians willing to take
action. Will you step up today with the resources it takes to elect more
progressive candidates who will take climate change seriously by passing
real solutions like those in the Green New Deal?

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The time for debating climate change is well past over. As Alaska
experienced record-breaking 90 degree heat, their city officials worried
about the state’s infrastructure. A state built on snow and cold
temperatures doesn’t exactly survive in the heat, does it?

Historic floods terrorized Midwestern communities this past year. Once
again, our infrastructure wasn’t up to par. Levees unequipped to handle
massive flooding and building codes too weak to resist the realities of
extreme weather left thousands in damages and even took lives. Parts of
the United States are becoming uninhabitable because of climate change.

And the truth is, climate change isn’t just an environmental issue. It’s
about racial and economic justice. Climate change could force 120 million
people into poverty in the next ten years. And on top of that, create a
“climate apartheid” where the wealthy pay to escape heat and hunger while
everyone else, likely mostly communities of color, are left in the dust.

I know you get it, John, but Republicans and too many
Democrats in Congress don’t. On our current path, our world has an
expiration date and unless we act fast, it will keep getting closer and
closer.

We can turn it around. With leaders who support the Green New Deal. With
progressives like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders. With
victories for progressives up and down the ballot nationwide now, this
November and again in 2020. Rush a donation of any amount to help DFA
elect progressive leaders ready to protect and preserve our planet for
future generations to come. We can’t afford to have you sit this fight
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-Charles

Charles Chamberlain, Chair
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