Request for action from the Stop Climate Chaos coalition:
“The EU will vote on the EU Fuel Quality Directive next week (28th Feb). This would effectively ban Tar Sands from the EU, but the UK is opposing it and is actively lobbying other countries to vote against the measure (under pressure from Canadian lobbying).
We’re supporting a People & Planet action targeting Norman Baker and Nick Clegg to support this crucial legislation, and there’s now a link on the SCC website. Please push this out to your supporters and help pile on as much pressure as possible over the next week!
http://www.stopclimatechaos.org/tar-sands-action
Sample tweet: Join a new push to keep dirty #tarsands oil out of Europe – crucial vote next week http://ow.ly/95ePO
Promotion at any time is great, but a couple of dates to bear in mind:
Friday 17th Feb: a big push of the e-action (above) – as many emails sent to Nick Clegg and Norman Baker as possible.
Monday 20th Feb: Tweeting Nick Clegg urging Lib Dem support for the Fuel Quality Directive.
For more info and a direct link to the P&P action:
http://peopleandplanet.org/tarsands/takeaction/eu-ban
http://peopleandplanet.org/news/tar-sands-ban-push