April Action resources

Actions:

1)  Practice the laser talk.

• April 2011 Laser Talk (U.S.): Time to end subsidies for big oil
• April 2011 Laser Talk (Canada): Time to end subsidies for big oil and gas

2)  U.S. volunteers: Ask our representatives to co-sponsor the “End Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act,” introduced by Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR). Attendees at meeting should write letters. Designate point persons to contact (e-mail or phone) energy and environment aides of your representatives.

• One-page fact sheet on Rep. Blumenauer's End Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act.
• Rep. Blumenauer's press release on EBOTS.
• Friends of the Earth's fossil fuel subsidy report, "Green Scissors."
• FCNL's Congressional Directory, to find staff for members of Congress.

    Canadian volunteers: Ask candidates in the upcoming election to eliminate government subsidies for the fossil fuel industry.

• Climate Action Network Canada page on Fossil Fuel Tax Breaks.
• Fossil fuel subsidies fact sheet.

3) Generate letters for the Million Letter March campaign at Earth Day events in your community.

• One-page instructions for writing a letter.
• MLM registration form, which letter-writers must submit with letters to register on the Web site.
• One-pager on Million Letter March principles, additional info, if needed, for letter writers.