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Dear Friend,
Want to know what the climate crisis looks like? Well, 2011's record number of natural disasters and extreme weather events offer a disturbing glimpse of our future.
Across America, you lived through a variety of extremes – from heat, to blizzards, to floods, to drought. More than 2,200 of you shared your stories of extreme weather in your communities.
Your stories inspired our dramatic new 2011 Extreme Weather video:
Please watch our video and sign our "Yes, I'm Worried" petition. Tell us in your own words why you're worried about the climate crisis and why you think we need to act.
We'll share your concerns with your members of Congress in an effort to restart the conversation around the need for real climate action.
A Real Crisis We Can Solve
While Washington has not passed a strong climate and energy bill, progress is being made in other ways.
Last week, California overcame fierce opposition from the polluting industry and adopted the first-in-the-nation comprehensive statewide cap and trade system to slash statewide carbon emissions.
For EDF's California team and thousands of EDF activists, this is a long, hard-fought victory.
For the rest of us, this ambitious program will create a powerful economic engine to unleash clean energy investments and will demonstrate to the whole country that slashing climate emissions can be done in economically affordable and efficient ways.
Time is of the essence and we need your help to deliver this message to Washington.
Please watch our 2011: Extreme Weather video and sign our "Yes, I'm Worried" petition today.
Thanks for your activism and support,
Sam Parry
Director, Online Membership and Activism
