Tell Toyota to Walk the Talk

The Toyota Prius has become an icon of the future of clean and efficient cars. But while Toyota takes one step forward toward that clean future, it quietly takes three steps back into business as usual. Toyota recently began offering two gas guzzling hybrid vehicles that, according to reporters from The New York Times, don’t get better fuel mileage than their non-hybrid versions. Toyota also joined a group of automakers suing to overturn California’s new regulations to reduce smog and global warming pollution from vehicles (these regulations stem from a precedent-setting law conceived by Bluewater). In addition, the company is participating in efforts to block substantial increases in the federal CAFE fuel mileage standards, and Toyota vehicles have a worse average fuel mileage today than they did in 1990. Bluewater Network published an ad in Mother Jones online and will be running an ad in The New York Times criticizing Toyota’s anti-environmental policies. Toyota's lobbying and litigation run opposite to the company's carefully cultivated green image. Send a message to Toyota today and tell them to end their opposition to U.S. laws that would help protect the planet and reduce oil dependence! Important! Your personal experiences and buying decisions as a consumer carry weight, so please add your own thoughts at the start of the letter. With your help we are making the difference! -Your friends at Bluewater Frequently Asked Questions About Our Campaign

Subject: Please improve Toyota's fuel mileage performance Dear Mr. Watanabe, Despite well-deserved applause for the Prius hybrid, Toyota is not living up to its green image. Toyota's two most recent hybrid offerings appear to be gas guzzlers with no real fuel efficiency increases. Toyota is also fighting against U.S. laws that would increase fuel mileage standards and reduce smog and greenhouse gas pollution. These actions are completely inconsistent with your company's professed concern about global warming. A company's actions speak louder than its green rhetoric. Please immediately support substantial increases in federal fuel mileage standards, oppose the lawsuit against California's Clean Cars Law, and offer us cars that use much less gas. By doing so you will help protect the planet, reduce oil dependence, and preserve a positive environmental image of your company. Your signature will be added from the information you provide.		In order for this message to be successfully delivered to the appropriate target(s), all fields are required.           Title    Select Title Mr. Ms. Mrs. Miss Dr. Rabbi Fr. Rev. Hon. Br. Sr. Msr. First Name * Last Name * Email * Street * Street 2 City * State/Region Select One... Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware D.C. Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Alberta British Columbia Manitoba Newfoundland New Brunswick Nova Scotia Northwest Territories Nunavut Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan Yukon Territory Other * Zip/Postal Code    * Send an Email   Keep me informed on this and other campaigns Please remember my info

Bluewater Network's mission is to champion innovative solutions and inspire individuals to protect the earth's finite and vulnerable ecosystems. Bluewater Network promotes critical policy changes in government and industry to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and eradicate other root causes of air and water pollution, global warming, and habitat destruction.

Bluewater Network -- a division of Friends of the Earth " 311 California, Suite 510 " San Francisco, CA 94104 phone: 415.544.0790 " fax: 415.544.0796 " email: bluewater@bluewaternetwork.org Copyright © 2005 Friends of the Earth