[Sdpg] USA Join the World, Dec 3, Day of Action & Education on Global Warming & Climate Change

[Santa Barbara Permaculture Network]

Saturday, December 3rd, 2005 @ 10am: 
Join the Bus Riders Union for a day of action and education on global warming
and climate change:
"USA JOIN THE WORLD!" 
10:00am SHARP @ the corner of Wilshire & Western, Los Angeles, CA
 
Call President Bush NOW: (202) 456-1111 
Call Senator Harry Reid NOW: (202) 224-3542 or 1-888-355-3588
Tell them the U.S. must ratify the Kyoto Protocol (see details below)

Stop Calling Them Katrina, Rita, Stan or Wilma -- 
The Eye of these Man Made Disasters 
Resides in the U.S. Government!

U.S. Lifestyle vs. Third World Survival. Don't let the Bush administration
fool
you--global warming is human made and is killing us. Greenhouse gases from car
tailpipes, factories, and oil refineries trap heat in the atmosphere, warm the
earth, and cause countless "extreme weather events" that wreak havoc on the
worlds most vulnerable communities. In New Orleans, thousands of Black people
drowned and more were displaced by Hurricane Katrina, hundreds of Guatemalans
were buried in the mud by Hurricane Stan, and whole nations such as Tuvalu
watch as their pacific island sinks beneath rising ocean water. 

Stop the Bipartisan Non-Compliance. The U.S. has only 6% of the worlds
population but produces 25% of the worlds greenhouse gases that cause these
disasters! Countries like Tuvalu are calling for a 50% reduction in greenhouse
gases, starting with industrialized nations like the U.S., in order to stop or
even slow down the damage done by global warming. In 1998 the Clinton
Administration signed the Kyoto Protocol--an international agreement that
requires a reduction of a meager 5%. But the Clinton administration chose not
to defend the protocol and never sent it for ratification to the US Senate
that
included a significant number of Republicans and Democrats closely allied with
oil, coal, utility and automobile industries who threatened mutiny and painted
armageddon if introduced. Meanwhile the Bush Administration walks out of
International talks staunchly rejecting the agreement during his first term
with no significant public challenge from the Democrats. In 2004, John Kerry
paraded with movie stars and environmentalists appearing pro-Kyoto while
actually rejecting the treaty as a policy matter. 

Join the Clean Air, Clean Lungs, Clean Buses Campaign. Unfortunately the
average person in the U.S. isn't doing much to help. Let's be honest, many of
you have been freaked out about global warming after watching movies like The
Day After Tomorrow, and witnessing the devastating images of the recent
hurricanes. But then, you watch a commercial about a gas-guzzling SUV and you
want one! LA is the most polluted city in the country, with thousands of
tons of
greenhouse gases emitted from the 8 million cars that overrun the county. The
Labor/Community Strategy Center and the Bus Riders Union is challenging LA's
obsession with cars. We want to restrict the 8 million polluting cars in Los
Angeles and expand public transportation through our Clean Air, Clean Lungs,
Clean Buses campaign that would:

    Reduce L.A.'s cars from 8 million to 4 million

    Implement bus-only lanes on major thoroughfares throughout Los Angeles

    Use the cleanest fuels available for all future bus purchases

    Double the Los Angeles County MTA bus fleet from 2500 to 5000 clean fuel
buses

    Implement auto-free zones in Los Angeles to dramatically reduce auto
congestion and pollution

    Double the mileage of cars in California (and the U.S.) from 25 mpg to 50
mpg within a decade

Join Us on December 3rd:  The Labor/Community Strategy Center and the Bus
Riders Union, in solidarity with Tuvalu, Samoa, Sri Lanka, South Africa and
thousands of cities across the world, will demand that the Bush administration
and the US Senate ratify the Kyoto protocol. From December 3rd-9th, there will
be an international meeting in Montreal on the progress of the Kyoto protocol.
While over 160 countries have signed and ratified the agreement, George Bush
and the US Senate still refuse to ratify it. USA JOIN THE WORLD! 
 

Meet at 10:00am SHARP @ the corner of Wilshire & Western
(bus lines: 720, 20, 21, 207, 357, Red Line to Wilshire/Western)

Please RSVP to:
213-287-2800, ext. 28 or sun at busridersunion.org 
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