Global Warming

Wondering Where Global Warming Pollution Comes From?

Take this Quick Quiz.

Would switching from driving an average new car to a 13 mile per gallon SUV for one year waste more energy than if you:

A. Left your refrigerator door open for 6 years,

B. Left the bathroom light on for a week, or

C. Left your color TV turned on for 28 years?

The answer: Trick question. It's D, all of the above.

SUVs waste more energy and spew out more global warming pollution than other passenger vehicles. Now that a new Congress has been sworn in, it is vital to inform new senators, and remind old senators, about the best way to fight global warming and save money at the pump: raising the national standards for how far cars, SUVs and light trucks must go on a gallon of gas.

TAKE ACTION: The Sierra Club's Global Warming and Energy Program can provide you with postcards to send to your senators urging them to take action on global warming.

Improved mile per gallon standards for our cars, SUVs and light trucks would cut carbon dioxide pollution by 600 million tons and save consumers at least $45 billion each year at the pump. Tell your senators to work for more fuel economical cars that reduce threat of global warming and save you money at the gas pump.

For more information, contact Alex Veitch at (202) 547-1141 or alex.veitch@sierraclub.org.

Find out more about steps you can take to help curb global warming at our website: www.sierraclub.org/globalwarming.