[Peace] Fwd: Oil spill vigil in Champaign

[Karen Medina]

Thought some people on Peace would be interested in the "oil spill vigil"
next Tuesday.

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From: Steven Biel, MoveOn.org Political Action <moveon-help at list.moveon.org>
Date: Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 6:53 PM
Subject: Oil spill vigil in Champaign


 The BP oil spill is the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history. But
Congress isn't even talking about the bold action we need. So this Tuesday,
June 8, we're organizing emergency Oil Spill Vigils to demand an end to
America's addiction to oil. Can you host a vigil in your area?

<http://pol.moveon.org/event/events/create.html?action_id=213&id=20903-9843370-q9LgpPx&t=1>Host
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Dear MoveOn member,

It's just unbelievable.

By Tuesday, the oil spill in the Gulf will have been gushing out for 50 days
straight. It might already be five times larger than the Exxon Valdez, and
now BP says that the spill probably won't be stopped until August.1

Meanwhile, our political leaders in Washington aren't even talking about the
real solution—getting off oil once and for all, and fully powering our
economy with clean energy. It's clear we need a major public outcry to make
this horrible tragedy a turning point.

So on Tuesday—day 50 since the spill—we're organizing emergency Oil Spill
Vigils to demand an end to our dependence on oil, call for stepped-up
efforts to end the spill, and stand in solidarity with all those affected in
the Gulf.

Can you host an emergency Oil Spill Vigil next Tuesday? Click here to get
started:
http://pol.moveon.org/event/events/create.html?action_id=213&id=20903-9843370-q9LgpPx&t=5

Hosting a vigil is easy. We'll gather together, read stories from Gulf
residents affected by the spill, and observe a moment of silence. All you
need to do is find a nearby public location for people to gather, invite
friends, and tell the local media about it. We'll help you recruit people
and give you all the guidance you need.

By standing together at events coast-to-coast, we can make sure lawmakers
understand that the American people are demanding bold action to prevent
disasters like this from happening again.

But we have to act now. The people in the Gulf of Mexico are facing the
destruction of an entire way of life. Fishermen say they've lost 75% or more
of their business, and it's getting worse. Federal officials have closed
over one-third of the Gulf of Mexico to fishing. And the oil is poised to
reach the beaches of Florida soon.2

As Charlotte Randolph, president of one of the coastal parishes affected by
the spill, said, "You see it in people's eyes. You see it. We need to stop
the flow. Tourism is dead. Fishing is dead. We're dying a slow death."3

Until we end our dependence on oil, disasters like the BP spill will keep
happening. We can't get off oil in a day, but the energy experts say that if
we had gotten started 20 years ago after Exxon Valdez we could be most of
the way there already.4 But because Big Oil still calls the shots in
Washington, such bold action isn't even being discussed. We need to turn
this moment of crisis into a rallying cry to finally get America off oil.

We need as many Oil Spill Vigils as possible around the country so that tens
of thousands of MoveOn members have the chance to speak out right in their
neighborhoods. Can you host a vigil in your area? Click here:

http://pol.moveon.org/event/events/create.html?action_id=213&id=20903-9843370-q9LgpPx&t=6

Thanks for all that you do.

–Steven, Wes, Lenore, Kat, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "BP oil spill worse than Exxon Valdez, according to government
estimates," Christian Science Monitor, May 27, 2010
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=88572&id=20903-9843370-q9LgpPx&t=7

"BP officials on Gulf oil spill: We can't stop leak until August at the
earliest," *New York Daily News*, May 30, 2010
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=88575&id=20903-9843370-q9LgpPx&t=8

2. "BP puts containment dome on gushing oil geyser," The Washington Post,
June 4, 2010
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=88577&id=20903-9843370-q9LgpPx&t=9

"Almost one-third of Gulf fishing grounds closed," Associated Press, June 2,
2010
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=88578&id=20903-9843370-q9LgpPx&t=10

"Oysters: From The Gulf To The Table, " NPR, June 3, 2010
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=88576&id=20903-9843370-q9LgpPx&t=11

3. Ibid.

4. "Winning the Oil Endgame," Rocky Mountain Institute, September, 2007
http://www.oilendgame.com/

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