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Bill Ford Jr. or Pinocchio? a* "I2P Don’t Buy His Environmental Rhetoric. Don’t Buy His Cars. Address Dear Mr. Ford: OR Ford vehides are one of the largest sources of global warming pollution in the U.S. Despite that you reneged on your pledge to significantly raise SUV fuel mileage, and you personally lobbied Congress against improving the nation’s fuel mileage standards. To protect our children’s future, I pledge not to buy your vehicles (including Volvo, Mazda, Jaguar, and Land/Range Rover) until your vehicles are built to be climate-friendly, and you convince Congress to double the nation's fuel mileage standards. Name City, State, ZIP Email_ The planet can’t afford a Ford. Send us your pledge and we’ll forward it to Bill Ford Jr. Get these ads seen! Contribute at www.bluewatemetwork.org or enclose a check with your pledge. Jarrwonx 311 California St. Suite 510 San Francisco, CA 94104 ; Protect Our Children’s Future 31 Li ewatern e two rk. org Bluewater Network, Greenpeace, Environmental Working Croup, Public Citizen (CA), The Fund for Animals, EarthRights International, Tides Foundation, The David Brower Fund, Circle of Life, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Center for Biological Diversity, Center for Safe Energy, Our Children's Earth, The Ruckus Society, Green Corps, Sustainable World Coalition, Renewable Energy Action Project, Turtle Island Restoration Network, Council of Canadians (Victoria, BC), Free The Planet, Environmental Advocates, Salmon Protection and Watershed Network, Campaign to Safeguard America's Waters, Center for Environmental Health, Ocean Advocates, Southern Rockies Watershed Network, Living Rivers, Kettle Range Conservation Group, Environmentalists Against War, Mangrove Action Project, Global Compliance Research Project, Sacred Land Film Project, West Africa Rainforest Network, Travel Just, Baikalwatch, Bay Area Wilderness Training Sign the pledge. Tell your friends. Pledge online at: www.bluewaternetwork.org