The Leadership Campaign calls upon Massachusetts to lead the clean-energy revolution by passing a bill for 100% Clean Electricity in the next 10 Years. With international climate negotiations starting on December 7th and federal action sorely lacking, we call for Governor Patrick and the leaders of the State Legislature to assert Massachusetts' traditional leadership role to demonstrate that it is politically possible in America to have public policy reflect the realities and demands of science. Our responsibility to our brothers and sisters around the world, as well as to current and future generations of Americans, requires no less. We will accomplish our ends with the principled determination of a people ready to lead.  These were among twenty students who spent two months this summer biking around the state to lay the groundwork for the Leadership Campaign. Photo Credit: Roger Darrigrand from the Eagle Tribune | DECLARATION OF LEADERSHIP I hereby declare my leadership and call upon Governor Deval Patrick to work with the student leaders of Massachusetts Power Shift to introduce a bill moving the Commonwealth of Massachusetts towards 100% Clean Electricity in the next 10 Years. I further call on the Massachusetts Legislature to pass this bill before the beginning of the international climate negotiations in Copenhagen, Denmark, which commence on December 7th, 2009. I further declare that: 1) No human being, now or in the future, should be forced to suffer from my consumption of electricity, whether a Commonwealth citizen suffering from cancer, asthma, or mercury poisoning today, or a global citizen suffering from malnutrition, malaria, or resource-wars tomorrow. 2) Every human being has the right to clean electricity, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has a responsibility to ensure that all of its citizens can use their electricity with clean consciences. In order to promote this declaration and the values and goals contained within it, I hereby pledge to use all non-violent methods available and will personally commit to seeing the goals achieved through the courage of my conviction, the clarity of my vision, and the unyielding nature of my principled determination. |
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