10:10 vote in Parliament
Posted: 21 Oct 2009, 12:41
10:10 storms Parliament
At 4.15pm today, the UK politicians will vote on whether the House of Commons, the House of Lords, all Government Departments, all local councils, all schools, all hospitals, all prisons and even the Army must sign up to our 10:10 campaign and cut their emissions by 10% next year. A YES vote would clearly be fantastic news, not just for the carbon dioxide which wouldn't be pumped into the atmosphere, but also because it would be the most significant short-term emissions cutting program ever introduced anywhere in the world. (Sorry Maldives, but your ten-years-to-go-carbon-neutral is looking positively long-term.....). And with less than 50 days till Copenhagen, a bold move from a rich country is desperately needed to break the deadlock in the international negotiations.
About 5,500 people have so far contacted their MP asking them to vote YES, which is a moderately convincing number for such things, but we really need to double that in the next few hours or they'll conclude that nobody much cares. So if you live in the UK, go to this website - http://38degrees.org.uk/get-parliament-to-vote-1010 - and zap off a quick email to your MP. There's only a few hours left, so pretty please do it straight away and then bug everyone near you at work/college/baby yoga/prison to do the same. If you're not in the UK, please send the link to any UK friends and if you're a Twitterer, here's a sample tweet: Parliament is voting on whether to join #1010 today. Please ask your MP to be Not Stupid & vote YES: http://retwt.me/ZzbD
At 4.15pm today, the UK politicians will vote on whether the House of Commons, the House of Lords, all Government Departments, all local councils, all schools, all hospitals, all prisons and even the Army must sign up to our 10:10 campaign and cut their emissions by 10% next year. A YES vote would clearly be fantastic news, not just for the carbon dioxide which wouldn't be pumped into the atmosphere, but also because it would be the most significant short-term emissions cutting program ever introduced anywhere in the world. (Sorry Maldives, but your ten-years-to-go-carbon-neutral is looking positively long-term.....). And with less than 50 days till Copenhagen, a bold move from a rich country is desperately needed to break the deadlock in the international negotiations.
About 5,500 people have so far contacted their MP asking them to vote YES, which is a moderately convincing number for such things, but we really need to double that in the next few hours or they'll conclude that nobody much cares. So if you live in the UK, go to this website - http://38degrees.org.uk/get-parliament-to-vote-1010 - and zap off a quick email to your MP. There's only a few hours left, so pretty please do it straight away and then bug everyone near you at work/college/baby yoga/prison to do the same. If you're not in the UK, please send the link to any UK friends and if you're a Twitterer, here's a sample tweet: Parliament is voting on whether to join #1010 today. Please ask your MP to be Not Stupid & vote YES: http://retwt.me/ZzbD
