17.10.08


We can solve the climate crisis

Dear Kathy,

Thanks for sending a message to ABC last week. We delivered your note along with over 220,000 others. We had such a large response that the ABC website temporarily stopped accepting messages from anyone, anywhere.

You also helped build buzz -- lot of blogs and media outlets highlighted ABC's decision not to run our ad as both surprising and unfair. Great articles appeared in the Christian Science Monitor and Columbia Journalism Review, for example.

And the comments We members sent to ABC were fantastic...

Preston A. from Madison, Wisconsin, put it well:

"Along with thousands, I paid to help fund the airtime for this specific ad, and I expect you to do the right thing, right now, and run it. Be neutral, allow access, let America decide what it wants."

Eileen D. from Winthrop, Washington, sent a message that asked the crucial question:

"What side will history show you were on, as our hurricanes blow harder, our floods go higher, and our fires rage hotter?"

ABC still refuses to run the ad but the good news is that in the last few days, our Repower spot was watched over 200,000 times online. Members shared our story with over 190,000 more people. In the coming weeks we're going to keep pushing back on the influence of oil and coal companies in the public dialogue.

We will keep engaging until our messages get fair access to the airwaves. We know you will, too. Thank you for all your efforts.

Sincerely,

Cathy Zoi
CEO
www.wecansolveit.org



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