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Winds of Change Newsletter, August 2009 See sidebar for table of contents
Congress Doesnt Always Want to Come
CLEAN
From an April 16 letter:
We are nearing the end of the Spring District Work
Period, when Congress is working in their district offices. Our
nationwide grassroots effort to "Educate Congress" is in progress, with
many meetings happening this week and next week.
I want you to know our grassroots work is making an
impact! An activist from Maryland recently met with the energy staffer
from Representative Ruppersbergers office. The staffer welcomed the
opportunity to hear from a constituent who is well informed about energy
issues. He offered that he regularly hears from energy industry
representatives and rarely has the opportunity to sit down and discuss
these issues with voters.
This is encouraging but we need to continue to press our
leaders for change, one meeting at a time.
We know some of you are getting resistance to meeting
from your representatives office. This is unacceptable, and dont let
it deter you.
Our message for a clean energy economy is too important
and our leaders have a responsibility to listen. You may have had
trouble, but educating our leaders can only happen through our
persistence and creativity.
Together we will make sure they realize we will continue
to push them until we see more decisive leadership and accountability to
their constituency. We all know there is only one way to stop the
climate crisis and put our economy back on track by investing in a
clean energy future. Its time for our leaders to act, and we wont stop
until they do.
Thank you for your hard work.
Sincerely,
Pam Solo, The CLEAN
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