Ask Obama to Support 350 PPM Goal

Atmospheric carbon dioxide currently stands at about 387 parts per million. Scientists, including the head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and James Hansen of NASA, have called on world leaders to reduce that level to 350 parts per million. Doing so will require the United States to cut its greenhouse gas emissions to 40 percent or more below 1990 levels by 2020.

Studies have concluded that 35 percent of species could be committed to extinction by 2050 if current emissions trajectories continue. But many of these extinctions can be prevented if greenhouse gas emissions are cut.

In celebration of the International Day of Climate Action on October 24, we need you to help us take action to save these species and the thousands of others at risk from runaway climate change. With President Barack Obama preparing for international climate negotiations in Copenhagen this December, the time to act is now.

Please sign our petition urging President Obama to follow the science and support a 350 ppm goal for any legislation or negotiated international agreement.

Dear President Obama:

The scientific consensus is clear: We must reduce the level of atmospheric carbon dioxide to 350 parts per million (ppm) or below to avoid global catastrophe. While this is no doubt an ambitious goal, if we fail, life on Earth -- including the polar bear, manatee, Atlantic salmon, caribou, and our own human race -- faces a perilous future.

To date, proposed bills in the U.S. Congress have fallen far short of the 350 ppm goal. Please make sure that any legislation or negotiated agreement in Copenhagen to address the climate crisis sets a target to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide to no more than 350 ppm. Any emission target that doesn't get the United States to 350 ppm or less won't be enough to save life on Earth as we know it.

Please show bold leadership in protecting all of our futures and ensure that 350 ppm is part of the climate legislation and agreements.

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1-25 of 2722 signatures

Number	Date	Name	Location
2722	Tue Feb 09 21:35:44 EST 2010	martha lynne	newport, NC , US
2721	Mon Feb 08 10:03:11 EST 2010	David Floeter	Orinda, CA , US
2720	Sat Feb 06 22:44:23 EST 2010	Chere Force	Maitland, FL ,
2719	Sat Feb 06 14:06:51 EST 2010	Diana Glaser	Concord, CA , US
2718	Sat Feb 06 12:35:20 EST 2010	Jenni Roche	Sandyford, ot , IE
2717	Fri Feb 05 14:00:16 EST 2010	mija riedel	san Francisco, CA , US
2716	Fri Feb 05 08:25:57 EST 2010	Daniel Gilmore	Silver Spring, MD , US
2715	Fri Feb 05 03:50:19 EST 2010	Beatrice Gilboa	Grenoble, FL , FR
2714	Fri Feb 05 01:29:53 EST 2010	Moran Bluestein	Philadelphia, PA , US
2713	Fri Feb 05 00:21:00 EST 2010	Maeve Callaghan	Chicago, IL , US
2712	Fri Feb 05 00:07:49 EST 2010	Katherine Anne Stansbury	Portland, OR , US
2711	Thu Feb 04 23:37:10 EST 2010	Dan & Pat Montague	Olympia, WA , US
2710	Thu Feb 04 22:15:18 EST 2010	James Melloh	Auburn, ME , US
2709	Thu Feb 04 22:00:32 EST 2010	jane larson	Dublin, OH , US
2708	Thu Feb 04 21:32:00 EST 2010	Marcela Univaso	Katy, TX , US
2707	Thu Feb 04 20:31:32 EST 2010	Juyne Triplett	Bay Village, OH , US
2706	Thu Feb 04 19:14:23 EST 2010	Denise Kaufman	Chicago, IL , US
2705	Thu Feb 04 18:37:48 EST 2010	Paul and Carole Dyer	Casa Grande, AZ , US
2704	Thu Feb 04 18:29:10 EST 2010	Kelli Sowers	Mt Pleasant, MI , US
2703	Thu Feb 04 18:25:14 EST 2010	Filipa Lobão	Lisbon, ot , PT
2702	Thu Feb 04 17:43:02 EST 2010	Linda Waine	Taunton, MA , US
2701	Thu Feb 04 17:36:53 EST 2010	Thomas Bragg	Germantown, MD , US
2700	Thu Feb 04 16:43:36 EST 2010	Leonie Jagels	Wurtsboro, NY , US
2699	Thu Feb 04 16:26:02 EST 2010	Carol Hobbs	Charlevoix, MI , US
2698	Thu Feb 04 15:39:27 EST 2010	shari welsh	Marina, CA , US

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