Dear President Obama Page #11

is by working right on down

from the top level

to the bottom level.

People have to become involved

and people

have to become invested.

It's almost like a test

for us as American citizens.

(Mark)

How do we pass this test?

And is there still time?

Humans are frankly

a rapacious species.

Without the willpower

to restrain our consumption

and without

the wisdom to recognize

that we are just one link

in a global ecosystem

we may fail our greatest test

to survive.

On September 21, 2014

up to 400,000 people took

to the streets of New York City

to demand that our nation

address climate change

and lead with renewable

energy solutions.

What they took away

from the ban on fracking

in New York state

was that when people organize

they can win.

I was at that

climate change march.

And it opened my eyes,

mind and heart

to see that incredible

out pouring of human energy.

The goal of the march

was to draw global attention

to the need to shift from

a fossil fuel-driven economy

to one that harnesses

renewable energy sources.

President Obama, you've done

a lot during your time

in office to influence

our energy future.

I know you understand

that if we are to preserve

the planet's climate

for generations to come

the only path is to keep

fossil fuels in the ground.

You've tried to rain in

carbon dioxide emissions

from coal plants and stood up

the climate deniers.

At the same time, under your

watch, fossil fuel extraction

has grown increasingly extreme.

Companies are drilling deeper.

Accidents more frequent.

Danger's constant.

Vast acres of public lands

and the deep sea

are being drilled

at all-time highs.

In order to try and put

coal out of business

you sided with natural gas.

But the shale gas boom that

many said would be a bridge

to a new energy future

has turned out to be nothing

more than a dead end.

By trying to please everyone

I'm afraid that your all

of the above energy policy

has left many millions

of Americans in harm's way.

If we wanna keep moving toward

a future free of fossil fuels

then real change

must come from ourselves

and from our leaders.

We must join together

to shift the power

and change our energy system.

The time is now

to re-power our country

with energy from the sun,

the wind and the water.

The time for a clean energy

revolution is now.

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