**************************************** A lavishly funded unholy alliance including Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh and ExxonMobil has whipped up ideological extremists into a partisan frenzy. At stake is our last best chance to stop global warming and create a clean energy future. Please make your emergency donation today your gift in the next 24 hours will be tripled $2-for-$1 match. http://support.edf.org/site/R?i=ltxgO053OFg_emXnlnFK0Q.. **************************************** Dear Auntie Nanuuq, A small, immensely well-financed cabal of polluters and ideological extremists is on the verge of selling out our nation's future in the name of political gain. At stake is the path-breaking effort to cap America's global warming pollution and unleash our clean energy future. Led by radical ideologues Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh and financed with hundreds of millions of dollars from big polluters, climate action opponents have unleashed a shameless and disgraceful tidal wave of lies, distortion and naked partisan muscle. You and I and other committed Americans are all that stands between victory and defeat in what may be our last best chance to get America on course toward a clean energy future. That's why two of our most committed supporters, Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham, through their Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment, have offered to match your online donation $2-for-$1. http://support.edf.org/site/R?i=JIHqg0ziEitvtxhUC2ReKg.. For the next 24 hours, for every $1 you donate, $3 will go toward our global warming campaign to win climate action this year. What is so infuriating is that this is not a principled disagreement over the best course for the nation -- it is an ugly and cynical effort to embarrass and undermine the President and the enemies of action show no concern for the consequences. As South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint said bluntly, they think if they can block President Obama on issues like global warming and health care, they'll "break" his presidency. These forces are spending millions every single day on scare tactics, fake grassroots action, junk science, lavishly funded ad campaigns, and an army of K Street lobbyists. During the House fight, Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck practically ran a round-the-clock telethon urging their listeners and viewers to call Capitol Hill. For some House offices, their calls overwhelmed the switchboard. And now Sarah Palin has thrown her hat in the ring and is rallying her "Drill-Baby-Drill" base to block climate action. It will take everything we have to take on the forces of obstruction. We need to unite our supporters and fight fire with fire. Will you step up your support today? Please donate now to our $2-for-$1 Summer Match Campaign to triple your support for global warming action. http://support.edf.org/site/R?i=pmYaZG4O8z4OVKox7UCcKA.. Here's what we're doing to fight back. In concert with other environmental groups, business, industry and labor, we are working round the clock in Washington and in key swing states to: * Produce hard-hitting ads on the urgent threat of global warming action and the economic opportunities of unleashing a clean energy future. * Continue to reach out to the business community -- from large corporations to local businesses -- to recruit them in our efforts to show that we can fight global warming and grow our economy. * Counter the radical right and the big polluters on TV, radio and in the blogosphere to set the record straight. * Recruit 50,000 new online activists in August to mobilize grassroots public education efforts. Produce a detailed video series to educate online audiences on the urgency of global warming action. * Provide expert analysis on the climate threat and economic opportunity. I've worked in and around legislative politics for many years, but this is frankly the sleaziest and potentially most destructive display of cynical politics I have ever witnessed. There is too much at stake. We can't let them win. Please help today with a donation to our $2-for-$1 Summer Match Campaign. http://support.edf.org/site/R?i=ptXsfgH0Ji8U79RCfobt8w.. Thanks for your activism and support, Fred Krupp President Environmental Defense Fund 257 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10010 1-800-684-3322
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