Action Alert!
Your voice is needed to protect human and ecological health!
Have you heard about the Green New Deal? It’s a proposal that’s been gaining some attention lately. It links efforts to transition to a renewable energy system with efforts to strengthen the economy and increase the availability of living-wage jobs. The proposal shows that protecting the environment and human health does not contradict efforts to grow the economy; in fact, quite the opposite.
The Action Needed:
Read more about this idea here, and then contact your Members of Congress to ask them to support (and even champion!) the Green New Deal in Congress this coming year. Ask them to work with their colleagues in Congress to make climate change a priority action area this year. We cannot wait to take action – lives are at stake.
Who to Contact:
Connecticut offices for US Senators and Representatives:
Senator Richard Blumenthal: 860.258.6940
Senator Chris Murphy: 860.549.8463
Representative John Larson: 860.278.8888
Representative Joe Courtney: 860.886.0139
Representative Rosa DeLauro: 203.562.3718
Representative Jim Himes: 866.453.0028
Representative Elizabeth Esty: 860.223.8412
Sample Message: “My name is ____ and I live in your district. I’m calling to urge you to support the Green New Deal. Addressing climate change should be a priority for Congress this year. Climate change is already having damaging impacts on communities around the country, and the impacts are expected to get worse if our country does not take comprehensive action soon. As a person of faith, this issue is important to me because…”
Want to learn more?
“What Will It Take to Get United States Climate Action?” (The Nature Conservancy, March 2018)
“5 Takeaways For New England From The U.S. Climate Report” (New England News Collaborative, November 26, 2018)
“The moral opportunity is really knowing that people of faith can lead the way — that we’re called to shine the light in the darkness and bring people together for a vision towards this more hopeful world.” (Susan Hendershot, president of Interfaith Power & Light, in “From Grassroots to Government: A Climate Assessment Presents a Moral Opportunity” Sojourners, 12/3/18).
