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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2 face=Arial>----- Forwarded Message -----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Will Bates - 350.org <organizers@350.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> robert searle <dharao4@yahoo.co.uk> <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thursday, 31 May 2012, 19:38<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> A million strong. <BR></FONT></DIV><BR>
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<div>Dear friends,</div>
<div>This is huge.</div>
<div>Two weeks ago we joined a diverse coalition to launch an all-out offensive to end fossil fuel subsidies, and we weren't quite sure how it would turn out. Well, we've currently got 958,422 signatures on our combined global petition -- almost a million people strong!</div>
<div><B>Will you help us get to a million by the end of the week? </B><A href="http://act.350.org/go/1621?t=1&akid=1936.382012.9sSi_3" rel=nofollow target=_blank></B><font color="red"><b>MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "act.350.org" claiming to be</b></font> <B>Sign on here: www.350.org/rio</A></div>
<div>Once we get a million signatures, we'll move on to phase two: a surround-sound campaign to put the pressure on world leaders at the G20 Summit in Mexico and at the "Rio+20 Earth Summit" coming up in Brazil. </div>
<div><B>We'll be honest: we won't win the campaign to end fossil fuel subsidies with a petition alone -- and we won't be able to wrap this up by the end of the Rio Earth Summit.</B> But being a million strong is a powerful starting point, and our massive numbers will send an unignorable message to world leaders. </div>
<div>The truth is that ending these subsidies will take an ongoing and escalating campaign -- which is why we're digging deep on multiple fronts. As I type this, 350.org staff and volunteers are putting together a cutting-edge social media plan, planning a series of hard-hitting actions in countries around the world, and working on game-changing research that will expose just how massive the issue of subsidies is. </div>
<div>Our work on subsidies will continue in the weeks and months ahead -- but with the global summits in Mexico and Rio happening in just a few weeks, we have a unique moment to shine a light on a topic that all too often gets hidden and ignored. And we can't ignore it any longer -- the issue of subsidies is just too important. New research shows that <B>getting rid of fossil fuel subsidies would lead to massive reductions in the emissions that are super-heating our planet -- and could help level the economic playing field and trigger a clean energy revolution around the world. </B></div>
<div>One more thing: we’re saving June 18 for something special. It'll be the day when we’ll deliver our collective petition to world leaders, but also a day where we’ll try something a bit different -- and a day to take our message to the halls of power in a brand new way. </div>
<div><A href="http://act.350.org/go/1621?t=2&akid=1936.382012.9sSi_3" rel=nofollow target=_blank></B><font color="red"><b>MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "act.350.org" claiming to be</b></font> <B>We'll keep you posted on the next steps, but for now please help us reach the 1 million mark before the week is up: www.350.org/rio.</A></div>
<div>Onwards,</div>
<div>Will Bates for the 350.org Team</div>
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<div><A href="http://act.350.org/go/1624?t=3&akid=1936.382012.9sSi_3" rel=nofollow target=_blank><font color="red"><b>MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "act.350.org" claiming to be</b></font> Phasing out fossil fuel subsidies 'could provide half of global carbon target' |The Guardian go.350.org/M2kWyg</A></div><IMG src="http://act.350.org/o.gif?akid=1936.382012.9sSi_3"> </DIV>
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