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Fast-Growing Coalition Opposing Cap-and-Trade Goes National
http://www.nocapandtrade.com/
ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/
In October, the No Cap-and-Trade Coalition launched its campaign against cap-and-trade with a radio ad and new website (NoCapAndTrade.com) in Minnesota. Since its inception, the coalition has steadily added new members, including several national organizations. The group's website allows visitors to sign a petition against the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill and the UN's proposed climate treaty expected to be debated in Copenhagen this December. The group is also promoting an educational program featuring the new global warming documentary film, "Not Evil, Just Wrong," with a growing list of scheduled events in many communities.
A four-minute YouTube video of Lord Christopher Monckton posted by coalition member group Minnesota Majority became an instant internet sensation and contributed to the rapid growth of the coalition. In the video-gone-viral, Monckton explained the danger posed by a potential cap-and-trade treaty to the U.S. economy and sovereignty, urging the audience to oppose the treaty to be proposed and negotiated at the United Nations' upcoming Copenhagen conference.
The No Cap-and-Trade Coalition is now advocating a boycott against major companies who are supporting domestic cap-and-trade legislation or the Copenhagen conference. Companies targeted by the boycott include Google, Coca-Cola, Starbucks, Levi's, Timberland and others.
The group has been steadily raising money and just launched a television ad campaign.
The No Cap-and-Trade Coalition consists of several trade and industry groups and non-profit organizations who are concerned about the devastating impact a cap-and-trade scheme could have on American families and the faltering U.S. economy. "We need energy to turn things around," explained Linda Runbeck of the Minnesota Free Market institute, "a massive new tax on energy is the last thing we need right now. Cap-and-trade would be destructive to our economy."
At the onset, cap-and-trade is projected to cost the average family over $1,700 per year in new energy costs, growing to over $6,000 per year by 2035. Independent analyses of cap-and-trade proposals project the loss of millions of additional jobs and trillions of dollars out of the nation's GDP. "Cap-and-trade is a huge tax on everything," said Minnesota Majority president Jeff Davis.
Proponents say that cap-and-trade will prevent 1/10th of a degree of warming in 100 years. "That doesn't seem like a very worthwhile investment," said John Charles, president of the Cascade Policy institute. "We'd be making extraordinary sacrifices over unproven, contested theories and even if you buy into carbon-driven global warming, the pay off is insignificant. It's not worth the cost."
Boycott: The No Cap-and-Trade Coalition is an informal alliance of dozens of trade and industry groups and non-profit public policy organizations including: Associated Builders and Contractors, Freedom Foundation, Cascade Policy Institute, Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise, Minnesota Majority and Americans for Prosperity among others. For more info, please go www.NoCapAndTrade.com.
SOURCE NoCapAndTrade.com
ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/
In October, the No Cap-and-Trade Coalition launched its campaign against cap-and-trade with a radio ad and new website (NoCapAndTrade.com) in Minnesota. Since its inception, the coalition has steadily added new members, including several national organizations. The group's website allows visitors to sign a petition against the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill and the UN's proposed climate treaty expected to be debated in Copenhagen this December. The group is also promoting an educational program featuring the new global warming documentary film, "Not Evil, Just Wrong," with a growing list of scheduled events in many communities.
A four-minute YouTube video of Lord Christopher Monckton posted by coalition member group Minnesota Majority became an instant internet sensation and contributed to the rapid growth of the coalition. In the video-gone-viral, Monckton explained the danger posed by a potential cap-and-trade treaty to the U.S. economy and sovereignty, urging the audience to oppose the treaty to be proposed and negotiated at the United Nations' upcoming Copenhagen conference.
The No Cap-and-Trade Coalition is now advocating a boycott against major companies who are supporting domestic cap-and-trade legislation or the Copenhagen conference. Companies targeted by the boycott include Google, Coca-Cola, Starbucks, Levi's, Timberland and others.
The group has been steadily raising money and just launched a television ad campaign.
The No Cap-and-Trade Coalition consists of several trade and industry groups and non-profit organizations who are concerned about the devastating impact a cap-and-trade scheme could have on American families and the faltering U.S. economy. "We need energy to turn things around," explained Linda Runbeck of the Minnesota Free Market institute, "a massive new tax on energy is the last thing we need right now. Cap-and-trade would be destructive to our economy."
At the onset, cap-and-trade is projected to cost the average family over $1,700 per year in new energy costs, growing to over $6,000 per year by 2035. Independent analyses of cap-and-trade proposals project the loss of millions of additional jobs and trillions of dollars out of the nation's GDP. "Cap-and-trade is a huge tax on everything," said Minnesota Majority president Jeff Davis.
Proponents say that cap-and-trade will prevent 1/10th of a degree of warming in 100 years. "That doesn't seem like a very worthwhile investment," said John Charles, president of the Cascade Policy institute. "We'd be making extraordinary sacrifices over unproven, contested theories and even if you buy into carbon-driven global warming, the pay off is insignificant. It's not worth the cost."
Boycott: The No Cap-and-Trade Coalition is an informal alliance of dozens of trade and industry groups and non-profit public policy organizations including: Associated Builders and Contractors, Freedom Foundation, Cascade Policy Institute, Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise, Minnesota Majority and Americans for Prosperity among others. For more info, please go www.NoCapAndTrade.com.
SOURCE NoCapAndTrade.com
BOYCOTT
Boycott American families and businesses are being economically threatened by cap-and-trade schemes. If cap-and-trade is approved, Americans can expect to pay thousands of dollars every year in “carbon taxes”. Millions of American jobs will be lost as companies seek more business-friendly locations elsewhere in the world. All this for what proponents acknowledge will at best result in 1/10 of 1 degree temperature change in 100 years!
But these facts don’t seem to matter to those corporations that have joined forces with the green lobby in supporting cap-and-trade. Some corporations stand to make millions as the result of cap-and-trade. Others have simply caved in to the political pressure from the green lobby. Regardless of their reasons, all of these companies are undermining American citizens by supporting cap-and-trade.
The Center for American Progress published a list of 100 organizations that support cap-and-trade. Hopenhagen, a website supporting the Copenhagen Climate Treaty, lists 92 organizations as “friends” of their effort. The U.S. Climate Action Partnership (USCAP) is a group of 30 large corporations and Park Avenue environmental groups that have joined forces to lobby for the Waxman-Markey cap-and-tax bill.
Why would you choose to support these corporations with your wallet when they
are advocating for policies that will be disastrous for most American families?
Here is a list of 19 companies that we believe would be most susceptible to a consumer boycott campaign. They have decided to support cap-and-trade, now you need to decide whether you are going to support them.
Organizations can be removed from the boycott list by taking the following two actions: 1) withdrawing their names as a supporter of cap-and-trade from the appropriate list above; and 2) issuing a press release stating that their organization will not take a specific position on cap-and-trade and the Copenhagen climate treaty.
UPDATE: Reader’s Digest has complied with our request and has been removed from the boycott.
BOYCOTT TARGETS
· BP AmericaLamar McKay, President
630-420-5111
· Businessweek
Keith Fox, President
212.512.2511
· Clif Bar
Gary Erickson, President
510-859-2283
· Coca-Cola
Alexander Douglas, President N. America
404-676-2121
· Chrysler
Sergio Marchionne, CEO
800-992-1997
· e-Bay
John Donohoe, President
800-322-9266
· Ford Motor Company
William Ford, Chairman
800-392-3673
· Gap Inc.
Glenn Murphy, CEO
650-952-4400
· General ElectricJeffrey Immelt, CEO
203-373-2211
· General MotorsFredrick Henderson, CEO
313-667-5000
· Google
Brent Callinicos, Vice President
650-253-0000
· Hewlett Packard
Mark Hurd, President
650-857-1501
· Johnson & JohnsonWilliam Weldon, CEO
732-524-0400
· Levis Strauss & Co.
John Anderson, President
415-501-4373
· Newsweek
Tom Ascheim, CEO
212-445-5245
· Nike
Mark Parker, President
212-367-4447
· PepsiCoIndra Nooyi, CEO
914-253-2000
· Starbucks
Howard Schultz, CEO
206-447-1575
· Timberland
Jeffrey B. Swartz, President
603-773-1212
http://www.nocapandtrade.com/boycott/
TAKE ACTION!
1.Use our Message Form to send an email to the executives of these companies, notifying them you plan to participate in the boycott their products and services until they have withdrawn support for cap-and-trade. Tell them you are going to spread the word to friends and neighbors and encourage them to join the boycott.
2.Call each of these executives and deliver the same message, even if you have sent an email. Phone calls are one of the most effective ways to get an executive’s attention.
3.Print and distribute copies of out Boycott Flyer in your neighborhood.
Below is a comprehensive list of all companies from the afore mentioned sources. While many of these companies are not part of the boycott campaign, they are listed as supporters of cap-and-trade.
Center for American Progress
List ELECTRIC UTILITIES AND ENERGY COMPANIES
But these facts don’t seem to matter to those corporations that have joined forces with the green lobby in supporting cap-and-trade. Some corporations stand to make millions as the result of cap-and-trade. Others have simply caved in to the political pressure from the green lobby. Regardless of their reasons, all of these companies are undermining American citizens by supporting cap-and-trade.
The Center for American Progress published a list of 100 organizations that support cap-and-trade. Hopenhagen, a website supporting the Copenhagen Climate Treaty, lists 92 organizations as “friends” of their effort. The U.S. Climate Action Partnership (USCAP) is a group of 30 large corporations and Park Avenue environmental groups that have joined forces to lobby for the Waxman-Markey cap-and-tax bill.
Why would you choose to support these corporations with your wallet when they
are advocating for policies that will be disastrous for most American families?
Here is a list of 19 companies that we believe would be most susceptible to a consumer boycott campaign. They have decided to support cap-and-trade, now you need to decide whether you are going to support them.
Organizations can be removed from the boycott list by taking the following two actions: 1) withdrawing their names as a supporter of cap-and-trade from the appropriate list above; and 2) issuing a press release stating that their organization will not take a specific position on cap-and-trade and the Copenhagen climate treaty.
UPDATE: Reader’s Digest has complied with our request and has been removed from the boycott.
BOYCOTT TARGETS
· BP AmericaLamar McKay, President
630-420-5111
· Businessweek
Keith Fox, President
212.512.2511
· Clif Bar
Gary Erickson, President
510-859-2283
· Coca-Cola
Alexander Douglas, President N. America
404-676-2121
· Chrysler
Sergio Marchionne, CEO
800-992-1997
· e-Bay
John Donohoe, President
800-322-9266
· Ford Motor Company
William Ford, Chairman
800-392-3673
· Gap Inc.
Glenn Murphy, CEO
650-952-4400
· General ElectricJeffrey Immelt, CEO
203-373-2211
· General MotorsFredrick Henderson, CEO
313-667-5000
Brent Callinicos, Vice President
650-253-0000
· Hewlett Packard
Mark Hurd, President
650-857-1501
· Johnson & JohnsonWilliam Weldon, CEO
732-524-0400
· Levis Strauss & Co.
John Anderson, President
415-501-4373
· Newsweek
Tom Ascheim, CEO
212-445-5245
· Nike
Mark Parker, President
212-367-4447
· PepsiCoIndra Nooyi, CEO
914-253-2000
· Starbucks
Howard Schultz, CEO
206-447-1575
· Timberland
Jeffrey B. Swartz, President
603-773-1212
http://www.nocapandtrade.com/boycott/
TAKE ACTION!
1.Use our Message Form to send an email to the executives of these companies, notifying them you plan to participate in the boycott their products and services until they have withdrawn support for cap-and-trade. Tell them you are going to spread the word to friends and neighbors and encourage them to join the boycott.
2.Call each of these executives and deliver the same message, even if you have sent an email. Phone calls are one of the most effective ways to get an executive’s attention.
3.Print and distribute copies of out Boycott Flyer in your neighborhood.
Below is a comprehensive list of all companies from the afore mentioned sources. While many of these companies are not part of the boycott campaign, they are listed as supporters of cap-and-trade.
Center for American Progress
List ELECTRIC UTILITIES AND ENERGY COMPANIES
- Austin Energy
- Avista
- ConEdison
- Constellation Energy
- Duke Energy
- Edison Electric Institute
- Entergy
- Exelon
- FPL Group
- National Grid
- NRG Energy Inc.
- PG&E Corporation
- PNM Resources
- PSE+G
- Renewable Fuels Assn.
- Alcoa
- Alstom Power
- Applied Materials
- Aspen/Snowmass
- BluewaterWind
- BP Solar
- Business Council on Sustainable Energy
- Calpine Corp.
- Clif Bar
- Dow Chemical
- Dow Corning
- eBay
- GE
- Genpower
- HP
- John Deere
- Johnson & Johnson
- Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Buyers
- Levi Strauss
- National Semiconductor
- Nike
- Rio Tinto
- Seventh Generation
- Siemens
- Solar Power Industries
- Starbucks
- Symantec
- Boilermakers
- Building and Construction Trades
- Communications Workers
- Laborers International
- Services Employees
- Steelworkers
- Utilities Workers Union
- American Farmland Trust
- Growth Energy
- National Farmers Union
- American Chemical Society
- American Institute of Architects
- American Public Health Association
- American Rivers
- Baptist Pastors and Theologians
- CARE
- Catholic Relief Services
- Center for American Progress
- Clean Water Action
- Climate Communities/ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability USA
- Defenders of Wildlife
- Earthjustice
- Environment America
- Environmental Defense Fund
- Evangelical Climate Initiative
- EvangelicalLutheranChurch in America
- HipHop Caucus
- International Forum on Globalization
- Izaak Walton League of America
- Jewish Council for Public Affairs
- Latino Coalition
- League of Conservation Voters
- League of Women Voters
- National Assn. of Clean Air Agencies
- National Audubon Society
- National Congress of American Indians
- National Council of Churches
- National Parks Conservation Assn.
- National Resource Defense Council
- National Wildlife Federation
- Oxfam Oceana
- PewCenter on Global Climate Change
- Pew Environment Group
- Physicians for Social Responsibility
- Renewable Fuels Assn.
- Sierra Club
- The Episcopal Church
- The Nature Conservancy
- The Wilderness Society
- Trout Unlimited
- U.S. Conference of Mayors
- Union of Concerned Scientists
- United Methodist Church-General Board of Church & Society
- United Nations Foundation
- United States Conf. of Catholic Bishops
- Woods Hole Research Center/20 eminent scientists and leaders
- World Resources Institute
- World Wildlife Fund
Copenhagen Sponsors (Hopenhagen) - 2ergo
- A&E TV
- Ad Council
- AdForum
- Advertising Week
- Alex Tehrani (Photographer)
- AOL
- Art Info
- Biography
- Business India
- Business Insider
- Business Week
- Buzz Logic
- Christian Weber (Photographer)
- Citadel Media
- Clang (Photographer)
- Clear Channel
- Climate One
- Coca-Cola
- Colle + McVoy
- Corbis
- CosmoGirl
- Cosmopolitan
- Danish Foreign Ministry
- DART
- Discovery Channel
- Earth Hour
- EcoSeed
- EuroNews
- Eventful
- Everyday Health
- Flavor Pill
- Gawker
- Getty
- Global Observatory
- Good Magazine
- Google
Grub Street - Health Central
- History
- Huffington Post
- IAC
- ICUC
- IGN
- ICP
- International Advertising Association
- International Herald Tribune
Internationalist - JCDecaux
- Joachim Ladefoged (Photographer)
- Ketchum
- Kinetic Worldwide
Marge Ely c/o Gallery Stock - MDC Partners
- Menu Pages
- MLB
- Mother Jones
- MPG
- National Geographic
- National Geographic Stock
- Natural Capitalism Solutions
- Natural History
- Neo@Ogilvy
- Newsweek
- NY Mag
- Ogilvy
- Pandora
- Paul Davis (Illustrator)
- Presidential Climate Action Project
- Real Simple
- Redworks
- SAP
- Scientific American
- Seventeen
- Siemens
- Stefan Ruiz (Photographer)
- SustainLane Media
- TakePart
- Text Appeal
- The City of Copenhagen
- The Economist
- The Financial Times
- The Wall Street Journal
- Thomson Reuters
- Treehugger
- Tribal Fusion
- T-sign Studios
- Vibrant Media
- Warner Bros Digital Media
- Washington Monthly
- Zazengo
USCAP Members- AES
- Alcoa
- Alstom
- Boston Scientific Corporation
- BP America
- Caterpillar
- Chrysler
- ConocoPhillips
- Deere & Company
- The Dow Chemical Company
- Duke Energy
- DuPont
- Environmental Defense Fund
- Exelon Corporation
- Ford Motor Company
- FPL Group
- General Electric
- General Motors Corporation
- Johnson & Johnson
- Natural Resources Defense Council
- The Nature Conservancy
- NRG Energy
- PepsiCo
- Pew Center on Global Climate Change
- PG&E Corporation
- PNM Resources
- Rio Tinto
- Shell
- Siemens Corporation
- World Resources Institute