Let’s have a parade Dec. 5th to tell Detroit: No bailout without clean cars!
U.S. lawmakers are considering bailing out the Big 3 automakers, the same automakers who have aggressively lobbied against higher gas mileage standards for years and who (surprise!) are on the verge of economic collapse.
On Friday, Dec. 5th, the Chesapeake Climate Action Network will host the largest, funnest parade ever of hybrid car drivers in America. If you own a Prius or other hybrid, join us for a lunchtime caravan around the U.S. Capitol building. We’ll decorate our cars with our message to Congress: No Detroit bailout without a serious commitment to the fuel efficient cars of the future!
Will you join us? Will you tell a friend? We just need one hour of your time — and your beautiful car — at lunchtime. Sign up now>>
The Big Three have spent years lobbying heavily against increases in fuel efficiency. They are even suing California, Maryland and many other states that have passed clean cars legislation requiring more efficient, less polluting vehicles.
In an era of rapid global warming, one in which $4-a-gallon gas is a not-too-distant memory, it’s time for Detroit to get serious about fuel efficiency, not just for the sake of the climate but also because investing in fuel efficiency is the only way to save the Big 3.
Americans are demanding clean cars. Join us on December 5th to show Detroit that the technology to make fuel efficient cars exists – we’re driving it!
WHAT: Hybrid Car Parade to Drive Home Message to Congress: No Detroit Bailout Without Clean Cars.
WHEN: Friday, December 5th at noon
WHERE: We will rendezvous at a central parking-lot location near the Capitol, then begin our parade around the Capitol building in caravan style. The precise rendezvous location will be announced soon. In rendezvous parking lot, organizers will hand out maps of parade route plus decorations and placards for cars that need them.
RSVP: http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/423/t/8191/event/index.jsp?event_KEY=46658
CONTACT: Ted Glick, 240-396-2155 or ted@chesapeakeclimate.org
The parade will be part of the “International Day of Climate Action,” a day of action on December 6th to highlight the crucial UN Climate Conference in Poland, which begins December 1st. Join us in DC at our December 5th parade and you’ll also be taking part in a natiowide event with actions happening in over 70 countries!
See you there!
