<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"Maggie L. Fox, Repower America" <<a href="mailto:info@repoweramerica.org">info@repoweramerica.org</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">May 25, 2010 11:28:37 AM GMT-04:00</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><<a href="mailto:mill@continuum.org">mill@continuum.org</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>How Big is the Spill?</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div spellcheck="false"><table bgcolor="white" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="650"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 11px; color: rgb(49, 139, 203); font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; text-align: center; "></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="650" height="90"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><a href="http://www2.repoweramerica.org/page/m/396e8c58/6fd9a4ed/109a1b6/19ba419f/1222303995/VEsH/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(102, 138, 51); "><img src="http://cpaf.repoweramerica.org/page/-/repowercpaf.jpg" width="650" height="99" border="0" alt=""></a></td></tr></tbody></table><table bgcolor="#ffffff" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="650" style="border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 5px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(127, 186, 0); position: static; z-index: auto; "><tbody><tr><td valign="top" width="20"> </td><td valign="top" width="548"><div id="email_content" style="font-size: 13px; color: rgb(71, 71, 71); line-height: 16px; font-family: verdana, tahoma, helvetica; text-align: left; "><br>Dear Friend,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>It's now been over a month since the Deepwater Oil Disaster began -- and not only has BP failed to stop the flow of oil so far, but we still don't even know how big the spill is -- because BP won't allow anyone else to investigate the extent of the problem.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>The secrecy must stop.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>BP is refusing to share information -- data it's already tracking -- that would assist in the response and public understanding of the scope and severity of the Deepwater Oil Disaster. And they have every incentive in the world to keep doing so --<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong>news reports say that the smaller the official estimates of the spill, the lower BP's liability could be in court.</strong><sup>1</sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>We don't let criminals investigate their own crimes, and this shouldn't be any different. It's time for BP to get out of the way and allow access for independent scientists and engineers to determine the real size of this catastrophe.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br><strong><a href="http://www2.repoweramerica.org/page/m/396e8c58/6fd9a4ed/109a1b6/19ba419e/1222303995/VEsE/" style="color: rgb(102, 138, 51); font-family: verdana, tahoma, helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; font-weight: bold; ">Sign the petition today calling on BP to provide full access to all their data to the government and independent scientists.</a></strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>Independent reviews by scientists across the country are suggesting that the oil leak may be as much as 19 times worse than the original estimates -- but BP refuses to provide them with the data required to make their estimates more precise. All we know for sure is that the oil just keeps on gushing.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br><strong>BP is extremely sensitive right now to public pressure</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>-- so let's tell them that we won't stand for them hiding the truth. We'll deliver copies of the petitions and any comments you submit to the CEO of BP, as well as the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br><strong><a href="http://www2.repoweramerica.org/page/m/396e8c58/6fd9a4ed/109a1b6/19ba419d/1222303995/VEsF/" style="color: rgb(102, 138, 51); font-family: verdana, tahoma, helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; font-weight: bold; ">Demand full access to BP's data and real answers about the Deepwater disaster.</a></strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>Thanks for joining this fight,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>Maggie L. Fox<br>Chief Executive Officer<br>Climate Protection Action Fund<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>P.S. This disaster is a painful reminder of how dangerous our addiction to oil really is - and how critical it is that our elected officials in Washington pass strong climate and clean energy legislation that weans us off of dirty fossil fuels as soon as possible. We must make sure that Americans and our leaders understand the true cost of oil. We simply can't afford a BP coverup.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><a href="http://www2.repoweramerica.org/page/m/396e8c58/6fd9a4ed/109a1b6/19ba419c/1222303995/VEsC/" style="color: rgb(102, 138, 51); font-family: verdana, tahoma, helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; font-weight: bold; ">Sign the petition now demanding full transparency.</a></strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>___________<br>1. Marisa Taylor, Renee Schoof and Erika Bolstad, "Low oil spill estimate could save BP millions in court,"<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em>McClatchy Newspapers</em>, May 20, 2010.<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20100521/pl_mcclatchy/3511770" style="color: rgb(102, 138, 51); font-family: verdana, tahoma, helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; font-weight: bold; ">http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20100521/pl_mcclatchy/3511770</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br></div></td><td valign="top" width="20"> </td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="650" style="position: static; z-index: auto; "><tbody><tr><td colspan="3" style="font-size: 11px; color: rgb(49, 139, 203); font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; text-align: center; "><div style="margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; "><a href="http://www2.repoweramerica.org/page/m/396e8c58/6fd9a4ed/109a1b6/19ba419b/1222303995/VEsD/" style="font-size: 11px; color: rgb(102, 138, 51); ">RepowerAmerica.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>|<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www2.repoweramerica.org/page/m/396e8c58/6fd9a4ed/109a1b6/19ba419a/1222303995/VEsA/" style="font-size: 11px; color: rgb(102, 138, 51); ">Facebook</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>|<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www2.repoweramerica.org/page/m/396e8c58/6fd9a4ed/109a1b6/19ba4199/1222303995/VEsB/" style="font-size: 11px; color: rgb(102, 138, 51); ">Twitter</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br><center><div class="disclaimer" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-size: 11px; ">Paid for by the Climate Protection Action Fund</div></center><img src="http://www2.repoweramerica.org/page/o/396e8c58/6fd9a4ed/109a1b6/19ba4187/1222303995/open.gif" width="22" height="1"></div></span></blockquote></div><br></body></html>