Dear Friend,

In two weeks, the Senate will either pass historic global warming legislation, or they will squander this critical opportunity.

What they decide in the next two weeks depends on what we do now.

That is why we've launched Operation: Climate Vote – an emergency mobilization campaign to pass landmark legislation to cap and reduce America's global warming pollution.

And to make sure we seize this historic opportunity, a generous donor has agreed to match your gift dollar-for-dollar through June 1.

Make an emergency gift today.

I believe we can win the vote, but each day presents new challenges and obstacles.

Big Coal and the National Association of Manufacturers are spending tens of millions of dollars to sabotage the bill. Their misinformation campaign claims the bill would cost American jobs and wreck the economy.

At a time when the American economy is struggling with $4-a-gallon gas, we must confront this misleading propaganda head on. In fact, passing global warming legislation will create jobs and build the clean energy economy of the 21st century.

We're also fighting "decoy" global warming proposals, like the one recently offered by Senator George Voinovich (R-OH). His plan is pure smokescreen with subsidies and loopholes that will allow global warming pollution to increase for decades.

You and I have worked too hard for too long to allow real global warming action to be derailed now by special interests and climate skeptics.

Make an urgent donation to our Operation Climate Vote campaign and your donation will be matched dollar-for-dollar through June 1.

With your help we will:

• Run hard-hitting television spots in over 20 key swing vote states that show viewers that "the most expensive thing we can do about climate change is fail to solve it."
• Run print ads in the policy newspaper The Hill warning legislators of the Voinovich proposal.
• Work with Senate leaders to ensure that carbon reduction targets in the Climate Security Act are not weakened.
• Secure the necessary swing votes in the Senate to pass the bill and gain the 60 votes that would be necessary to break the industry-driven filibuster expected from climate skeptics in the Senate.
• Mobilize influential constituencies - from corporations to religious and military leaders - to urge Congress to act.
• Keep the phone banks going each and every day to maintain constituent pressure on their Senators.
• Generate earned and paid media to keep this critical issue in front of the public eye and to keep our leaders focused on the need to act.
• Continue building our online constituency and mobilizing them through action alerts and other channels.

The Climate Security Act is an important bill that would cap and reduce America's global warming pollution. The science warns us we must act now to begin cutting our global warming emissions and this is our best shot of passing legislation this year.

We're in the home stretch. With just weeks left until the vote, our plan must be put into action during every hour of every day.

Donate now to support Operation: Climate Vote—and your gift will be matched dollar-for-dollar through June 1.

Thank you for all that you do.

Sincerely,

David Yarnold
President, Environmental Defense Action Fund