Big Oil knew, call out racism, write to voters abroad!
Contact all members of Congress:
- By phone: (202) 224-3121
- By email: democracy.io
- By US mail: Representatives / Senators
- By fax: Representatives / Senators
- By Resistbot: Resist.bot
Contact White House or other federal agencies:
- BIG OIL KNEW OF DANGERSMuch like what happened in the tobacco industry in the 1960s, newly discovered documents now show the oil industry knew of CO2’s potential climate impact as early as 1954. More recently, Big Oil has privately acknowledged its efforts to downplay the dangers of burning fossil fuels. The industry publicly supported climate change laws, but behind the scenes lobbied against them. Again, we see another example of corporate greed. Fortunately, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 included about $370 billion in clean energy and climate investments over the next 10 years. Let’s tell our MoCs that we support legislation that will continue that kind of investment for the betterment of our world.
- CALL OUT RACISM AND IMPOSE A MORATORIUM ON LETHAL INJECTION EXECUTIONSA new study from Reprieve, an anti-death penalty organization, has found that half of the botched lethal injection executions were of Black people, even though only a third of the victims of these executions were Black. Furthermore, incidents of overt racism were observed in the treatment of these victims causing people more torture than with any other execution method. In light of these findings, as well as previous studies linking racism to the application of the death penalty, and the fact that many of the drugs used have not been approved by the FDA, let’s call for a moratorium on lethal injections on both the state and federal levels by contacting our MoCs as well as our governor, if we live in a death penalty state.
- WRITE TO US VOTERS LIVING ABROAD—INFO SESSION TODAYVote Forward is launching a new election outreach campaign to Democratic voters living abroad. Through this campaign, volunteers (like us!) will write letters to these voters and enclose an official form they can use to request their absentee ballots. Let’s attend this virtual info session tonight from 8-9 EDT to learn more and get involved.
- VOTE, VOTE, VOTELet’s register to vote, check our registration, and get election reminders at TurboVote!
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