{"id":2613,"date":"2006-08-13T09:44:23","date_gmt":"2006-08-13T16:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/08\/13\/letter-writing-sunday-15\/"},"modified":"2006-08-13T09:44:23","modified_gmt":"2006-08-13T16:44:23","slug":"letter-writing-sunday-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=2613","title":{"rendered":"Letter Writing Sunday #15"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week i’m writing a letter that i don’t get to write very often – a thank you letter. As you may well be aware, on February 16, 2005 the Kyoto Protocol<\/a> took effect in the 114 countries that ratified it. The US, as is well known, is not one of those countries. Many folks here in the US were pissed. After all, we have only 5% of the world’s population and yet we produce more than 25% of the world’s greenhouse gases.<\/p>\n

One of the more notably pissed off citizens was Seattle’s Mayor Nickels. But rather than just hold a press conference to express his rage, he decided to organize<\/a>. On March 30, 2005 Nickels and nine other mayors across the US, representing more than 3 million people, sent a letter<\/a> to more than 400 US mayors asking them to take action to stop global climate change. On June 13, 2005 the Mayors Climate Protection Act<\/a> was passed unanimously by the US Conference of Mayors. As of today, 279 mayors, representing 48.5 million people, have signed on to the agreement, including my own mayor, Mark Kruzan.<\/p>\n

So today i’m taking the time to write a letter to the mayor thanking him for taking action to protect the planet that gives us life. If you would like to know if your mayor has signed the agreement, just enter your zipcode on stopglobalwarming.org<\/a>. If your mayor has not signed the agreement, there is a button you can push that will send a pre-written email to them urging them to sign.<\/p>\n

If you would like more information about global climate change, you can get started at OneWorld.net’s Climate Change 101<\/a>. By the way, the most effective ways for you to take persynal action to stop global climate change are to drive less and bike more, eat locally grown foods, and go vegan. Stopglobalwarming.org has lots of other ways to help out (most are much easier, but not as effective). And if you want a very informative look at how your living choices effect the ecosystem, check out the Earth Day Footprint Quiz<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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