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But I believe that if everyone lends a hand, we can easily double that number. Here’s why it’s important: In addition to listing all of the businesses that sign the petition on our website, we’ll use these signatures at rallies across the country in August to show Members of Congress that there is broad community support for effective, science-based global warming legislation.

Here’s what you can do to make sure it happens:

1. If you own a business and haven’t yet had a chance to sign on to the petition, please take a minute and do so now.
2. If you have friends who own businesses, send them this email and urge them to sign up.
3. Don’t own or represent a business? No problem. Download the toolkit and start recruiting businesses from your community today.

It’s time for our politicians to stop hiding behind the myth that taking real action on global warming would hurt small businesses. It’s Congress’ inaction that’s hurting the business community and all of us, now and for generations to come.

The time for action is now,

Ben Kroetz
Greenpeace Online Organizer

702 H Street, NW, Suite 300, Washington, D.C. 20001
(800) 326-0959

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Stopping global warming is everyone’s business.

You already know that, year after year, Greenpeace activists put their lives on the line to protect whales. Today, two of our activists are sitting in jail in Japan for their undercover work to expose a stolen whale meat scandal in Japan last month as part of our campaign to save the whales.

Following a four-month undercover investigation, we broke the news last month of a major scandal involving the embezzlement of whale meat from the Japanese government-subsidized Southern Ocean whaling program. Our activists handed over a box of whale meat as evidence of the whale meat smuggling operation, and the Tokyo public prosecutor agreed there was sufficient evidence of wrongdoing.

But early this morning in Japan, our Greenpeace office was raided and two of our activists were arrested. Junichi Sato, 31, and Toru Suzuki , 41, are being investigated on charges of stealing a box of whale meat that they had presented as evidence in the smuggling case.

Take Action >> Stand by Junichi and Toru by writing the Japanese Prime Minster immediately.

By Japanese law, our activists could be held without charges for up to 23 days. Our activists are innocent of any crime. They have been arrested after returning whale meat that was stolen from Japanese taxpayers and for exposing a fraud that may reach high into the Japanese government agencies that run the whaling program.

To make matters worse, rumors are flying that the prosecutor will soon announce his intent to drop the smuggling investigation, even as our activists sit in jail for exposing the truth.

On the eve of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) meetings, I hope you’ll support our activists and the whales they are working to protect. And I hope I can count on you again next week as the IWC meetings commence, and the Japanese government makes its annual attempt to lift the moratorium on commercial whaling.

In solidarity,

John Hocevar
Oceans Campaigner

702 H Street, NW, Suite 300, Washington, D.C. 20001
(800) 326-0959

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Set them free!

Oil companies like Exxon have been denying the impacts of global warming for years. Yet scientists have painted a clear picture of what will happen to the planet if we don’t take immediate steps to stop global warming, and now economists are predicting dangerous consequences for the business community as well.

Local businesses have an important role to play in getting Congress to take action. To make sure Congress knows that local businesses across the country demand real action on climate change, we’re launching the "Businesses for a Safe Climate" petition.

To make this a success, we need YOUR help. Here’s what you can do:

1. If you own a business or represent a business , check out the petition and sign your business on today.
2. Don’t own or represent a business? No problem. You can help recruit businesses from your community!

We’ll be tracking all of the businesses that sign the petition on our website, and we’ll be using these signatures at rallies across the country in August to demonstrate to our Congressional representatives that there is broad community support for effective, science-based global warming legislation.

Members of Congress need to hear from every member of the communities they represent. Make sure the businesses in your community are heard, start collecting signatures today.

Thank you,

Ben Kroetz
Greenpeace Online Organizer

702 H Street, NW, Suite 300, Washington, D.C. 20001
(800) 326-0959

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