Action alert: Help us urge EU to win one for the climate!
Next week, members of the European Parliament’s ENVI Committee will be voting on possible changes to the EU’s F-Gas Regulation.
The clock is ticking and time is short – we need your help to urge them to secure a big win for the climate by voting on June 19 to ban hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in new equipment and products by 2020.
The F-Gas Regulation governs the use of climate-changing fluorinated gases, including HFCs – super greenhouse gases many hundreds or thousands of times more powerful than carbon dioxide which are used in refrigeration, air conditioning, aerosols, foams, solvents and fire protection.
More than 250 Europe-based companies already produce climate-friendly alternatives using natural refrigerants and it is only the well-funded, disproportionate influence of the HFC chemical industry which is seeking to keep their profitable status quo.
We don’t want big industry to have it all their own way – help us to convince the members of the ENVI Committee to make a change a really matters.
Here’s what you can do …
1. Share our campaign film
EIA has produced this brief campaign film to raise awareness of the harmful effects of F-gases and the importance of getting rid of them.
Please use the Share and Embed codes in the upper right corner of the film to pass it around among your family, friends and contacts, and to embed it any online forums and communities you frequent, such as Facebook and Google+.
The more people who contact ENVI Committee members before June 19, the more they are likely to do the right thing!
2. Email ENVI Committee members
Below is the list of the individual members of the ENVI Committee and their contact emails.
Please take a moment to email as many of them as you can to urge them to vote for a ban on the use of HFCs in new equipment and products by 2020.
You may wish to compose your own message or use/adapt this one:
To (COMMITTEE MEMBER’S NAME HERE)
I am contacting you with regard to the meeting of the ENVI Committee due to take place on Wednesday, June 19 to discuss possible changes to the European Union’s F-Gas Regulation.
I would urge you most strongly to further the tradition of Europe’s progressive climate policies and to counter global warming by voting for a ban on the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in new equipment and products by 2020.
As I am sure you are aware, HFCs are super greenhouse gases many hundreds or thousands of times more powerful than carbon dioxide; they are used in refrigeration, air conditioning, aerosols, foams, solvents and fire protection.
A vote to ban HFCs in new equipment from 2020 would constitute a major win for the climate, set a standard for other countries to follow and also offer a significant boost to the 250-plus European companies which already produce climate-friendly alternatives using natural refrigerants.
Yours sincerely
(YOUR NAME HERE)
ENVI Committee members
Austria
* Ms Karin Kadenbach [email protected]
* Richard Seeber [email protected]
Belgium
* Ms Anne Delvaux [email protected]
* Frederique Ries [email protected]
Bulgaria
* Vladko Todorov Panayotov [email protected]
* Antonyia Parvanova [email protected]
Czech Republic
* Ms Mila Cabrnoch [email protected]
* Mioslav Ouzky [email protected]
* Pavel Poc [email protected]
Denmark
* Dan Jorgensen [email protected]
* Ms Anna Rosbach [email protected]
Finland
* Satu Hassi [email protected]
* Eija-Riitta Korhola [email protected]
France
* Ms Sophie Auconie [email protected]
* Ms Sandrine Belier [email protected]
* Ms Francoise Grossetete [email protected]
* Ms Corinne Lepage [email protected]
* Gilles Pargneaux [email protected]
Germany
* Karl-Heinz Florenz [email protected]
* Matthias Groote [email protected]
* Ms Christa Klass [email protected]
* Holger Krahmer [email protected]
* Jo Leinen [email protected]
* Peter Liese [email protected]
* Ms Dagmar Roth-Behrendt [email protected]
* Horst Schnellhardt [email protected]
* Thomas Ulmer [email protected]
* Ms Anja Weisgerber [email protected]
* Ms Sabine Wils [email protected]
Greece
* Kriton Arsenis [email protected]
* Theodoros Skylakakis [email protected]
* Ms Marina Yannakoudakis [email protected]
Hungary
* Lajos Bokros [email protected]
* Nessa Childers [email protected]
* Erik Banki [email protected]
Italy
* Paolo Bartolozzi [email protected]
* Sergio Berlato [email protected]
* Franco Bonanini [email protected]
* Yves Cochet [email protected]
* Ms Elisabetta Gardini [email protected]
* Mario Pirillo [email protected]
* Oreste Rossi [email protected]
* Savatore Tatarella [email protected]
Latvia
* Kārlis Sadurskis [email protected]
Lithuania
* Radvilé Morkunaite [email protected]
Netherlands
* Ms Esther de Lange [email protected]
* Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy [email protected]
* Ms Kartika Tamara Liotard [email protected]
Poland
* Tadeusz Cymanski [email protected]
* Ms Jolanta Emilia Hibner [email protected]
* Bogusław Sonik [email protected]
Portugal
* Ms Edite Estrela [email protected]
Romania
* Ms Elena Oana Antonescu [email protected]
* Ms Daciana Octavia Sarbu [email protected]
* Claudiu Ciprian Tanasescu [email protected]
Slovakia
* Ms Anna Zaborska [email protected]
* Zofija Mazej Kukovic [email protected]
Spain
* Pilar Ayuso [email protected]
* Ms Cristina Gutierrez-Cortines [email protected]
* Andres Perello Rodriguez [email protected]
Sweden
* Carl Schlyter [email protected]
* Åsa Westlund [email protected]
United Kingdom
* Martina Anderson [email protected]
* Martin Callanan [email protected]
* Chris Davies [email protected]
* Ms Jill Evans [email protected]
* Ms Linda McAvan [email protected]
* Paul Nuttall [email protected]
* Ms Glenis Willmott [email protected]
Please circulate this page to everybody you know and encourage them to help – the more people who contact the committee’s members, the more they are likely to respond in a positive and responsible way.
Thank-you for your help and action!