Hi friends,
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Does Mitt Romney think climate change is a joke? My family certainly doesn't.
I’m Micah, and I’m a climate organizer here in the Rockies. My family left New Orleans for Colorado after Hurricane Katrina, because we were worried about the impacts of climate change on our vulnerable, low-lying gem of a city.
Now instead of sea level rise and hurricanes, we're living with drought and horrific wildfires (fueled by longer, hotter summers, and climate-driven pine beetle infestations). The reality is, you can’t escape from climate change. People across our country and around the world are dealing with the impacts: droughts, wildfires, torrential floods, crop losses, higher food prices, and more.
Mitt Romney seems to think this is funny. In case you missed it, during his acceptance speech last night at the Republican National Convention, Romney mocked President Obama’s pledge, made four years ago, to take on the climate crisis. I’m appalled by Romney’s audacity—to make that statement while the people of Louisiana are suffering from the impacts of Hurricane Isaac (which hit on the 7-year anniversary of Katrina), and then to visit them today. The remark shows a blatant disregard for science and for what people are experiencing from a warming planet.
Now we have a petition asking Mitt Romney what he thinks about climate change and what he plans to do about it. We are going to deliver this petition to him at his Boston headquarters in September, and the more signatures that we have, the more powerful our message will be. Will you join us?
My family knows that climate change isn't a laughing matter. The communities I work with know it. You know it. It's time Mr. Romney did too.
Onward,
Micah
PS. Do you live in a drought-impacted area too? We're looking for other big, bold ways to get this message across—to both the Presidential candidates and the media. We're looking for farmers with drought-stricken crops who can plow a message into one of their fields for an aerial photograph (like this one here in Colorado, but with a climate-related message). So if you're a farmer with this kind of ability—or if you know someone who is—please get in touch! Oh, and we'd be happy to help cover the costs.
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