I learned this exciting information the other day after a meeting with a member of the Greenpeace Political Team:
President Obama has the legal authority to sign onto an international treaty without waiting for Congress. We do not have to have the treaty ratified by our Congress. I know it sounds unbelievable, but our country is indeed in a unique position. Our President can also implement the terms of the treaty through the Clean Air Act and the EPA’s new “endangerment finding” (EPA now says CO2 is a health hazard and through this finding they can regulate CO2)
THIS IS HUGE! We must keep the pressure on President Obama to be a leader here at the negotiations. The whole world is looking to him to support a fair, ambitious, and legally binding deal.
DO YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS to make a phone call to the White House? He needs to hear from as many people as possible that he must show leadership here in Copenhagen.
Go here for the phone number and call script: http://members.greenpeace.org/survey/start/234/
More info about Obama’s authority to act: Yes_He_Can_120809
