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Americans United for Change
"Pope Or Kochs"
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0:30 ad run in Des Moines and Cedar Rapids, IA and Manchester, NH week of June 29, 2015.
Male Announcer: The Pope's
recent call to people of faith underscores the obligation we have to
future generations to address climate change and protect our
environment.
But one group is desperate
to attack Pope Francis and protect their pollution profits: the Koch
brothers.
Now Republican presidential
hopefuls are attacking the environment, attacking climate change and
even attacking the Pope to impress their big money benefactors.
They've made their
choice. Who do you stand with?
The Pope or the Kochs?
Visit PopeorKochs.com
Notes: June 29, 2015 press
release...
The Pope or the Kochs? : New
Ads in NH & IA Press GOP
Presidential Hopefuls to Answer Pope Francis’ Urgent Moral Call to
Address Climate Change
Washington DC –
The Republican presidential field has been
feeling the heat for their devil-may-care-attitude toward
climate change since Pope Francis released his official encyclical calling
the
looming
environmental
devastation
a ‘moral issue’ that can no
longer be ignored by politicians and policy makers -- a very big deal within
the
Church.
In
support
of the Pope’s urgent call to action,
pro-environment
group Americans United for Change is launching
a new ad campaign in Iowa and New Hampshire calling on GOP
candidates for President, including Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio,
Bobby Jindal, and Rick Santorum, to stand with the Pope over the oil
billionaire Koch brothers that have spent millions of dollars trying to
discredit climate science to protect their bottom line.
They can start by supporting President Obama’s bold climate change action
plan that would cut down harmful carbon pollution by 30
percent while adding 360,000 net new jobsto
the
economy
by
2020.
See script and backup below for “Pope or
Kochs” airing this week on TV and radio in Des Moines and Cedar Rapids,
IA and Manchester, NH. Paid digital ads on Twitter and Facebook will
also encourage voters in these early primary states to view the ads
at www.PopeorKochs.com.
Brad Woodhouse,
President, Americans United for Change: “The
Republicans
eyeing
the
White
House may all sing from the same
climate-skeptic hymnal, but the worsening consequences of
climate change are not something that have to be taken on
faith. It’s happening right before our eyes, whether it’s rising average
temperatures and sea levels, out-of-control forest fires stemming
from
longer
periods
of drought, or more
frequent and more intense storms
and
tornadoes.
It’s
no
wonder 70 percent of voters want their
representatives to stop fiddling as Rome burns.”
“Unfortunately, the promise of $900 million in campaign
support from
the Koch brothers has led to a race to the bottom between GOP
presidential hopefuls over who believes less in climate science, some
even going so far as to publicly dis the
Pope,”
continued
Woodhouse.
“Buying
influence in Washington and funding quack climate
studies is all part of Big Oil’s profit-protection plan to
kill any effort to limit the millions of metric tons of carbon
pollution they spew into the air every year. It’s why today the
GOP’s entire environmental policy can be boiled down to ‘Whatever the
Kochs say.’
“The GOP didn’t listen to former U.S Generals and
Admirals who warned climate change is a serious and
immediate national security threat. They’ve blown off the 97 percent of
the
scientific
community
that
agree that climate change is
real and man-made. They choose to ignore the growing chorus of
economists that say the President’s carbon action plan is a
good for the economy and jobs. And so far, the moral appeal
by the Pope and many of other faith leaders that our political leaders
be better stewards of the planet has been met with indifference from
those too busy chasing Koch money. What will it take to convince the
Grand Oil Party to act: a climate event straight out of the book of
Genesis?”
Adding to the scientific consensus, two recent University of New Hampshire reports found: “Rising seas pose significant risks to New Hampshire coastal communities and ecosystems, cultural resources and the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, and climate change-driven health impacts threaten to affect Granite State and New England residents who are vulnerable to rising temperatures, more precipitation and severe weather events”.