I will say that there is a great amount of work ahead for Obama's administration, and I don't for a minute envy him for it. Breaking things is easy; fixing them takes more time and effort and even some creativity.
Here are some highlights from the emails I've been receiving from the activist and environmental groups I support...
We look forward with excitement and anticipation to the opportunities ahead to fight for social justice. We are already at work on efforts that will provide positive change for our country.
Thank you,
The Brave New Films team
Come January, we will be granted a fleeting moment of opportunity -- a matter of months -- for turning environmental promise into legislative reality. We must strike swiftly if we are to defuse the twin crises of fossil fuel addiction and global warming -- or the Earth we leave our grandchildren will be unimaginably different than the one we now know and love.
It's a tall order. But the last eight years have prepared us like nothing else could. NRDC is ready. I trust you are, too, because we'll need you there with us more than ever before.
Sincerely,
Frances
Frances Beinecke
President
Natural Resources Defense Council
Even as we celebrate, we are gearing up to translate these electoral victories into lasting action to end our dependence on oil, reverse global warming, and chart America's course to a clean, renewable energy economy.
As President-Elect Obama said last night, "This victory alone is not the change we seek – it is only the chance for us to make that change."
Thank you again for your generous support of LCV. We could not have done it without you. We look forward to changing our country’s energy future together!
Sincerely,
Gene Karpinski
League of Conservation Voters
It won’t be easy, and there are plenty of tough fights ahead. But you can be sure that Defenders Action Fund will work with the new Administration -- and conservation champions of all political stripes -- to enact legislation and policies that protect our wildlife.
For now, let’s celebrate this historic day and the hope it holds for our wolves, polar bears and other wildlife -- and please accept my most sincere thanks for helping make it happen!
With Gratitude,
Rodger Schlickeisen, President
Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund
Our immediate imperative is to help set the Obama administration's environmental agenda between now and when he takes office on January 20, and then take advantage of the momentum this administration will have in its first 100 days.
In the meantime, we will continue the effective legal and advocacy work that has kept our nation's environmental legacy and laws intact despite years of relentless assault on them by the current administration. Even now, on their way out of office, Bush and Cheney are laying a trail of environmental land mines. They are trying to gut the Endangered Species Act; allow greater destruction by mountain top removal coal mining; and pave the way for more coal-burning power plants that will accelerate global warming.
Rest assured, we'll keep fighting the Bush legacy for as long as it takes, and we ask you to stand with us as we pursue a more positive agenda that now seems within our reach.
Sincerely,
Trip Van Noppen
President, Earthjustice
Barack Obama said last night, "This victory alone is not the change we seek--it is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were. It cannot happen without you."
We have a great opportunity. The world faces overwhelming human rights crises. But with your help, we can turn this country’s policies on human rights back in the direction of alleviating, and not contributing, to these crises.
President-elect Obama has promised to restore the rule of law, to repair America’s damaged perception in the world, to close Guantánamo, and to renounce torture.
These promises bring hope. In the coming days, we will need you to help make those promises a reality.
Sincerely,
Larry Cox
Executive Director
Amnesty International USA
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