Energy Bill 2007
http://ga3.org/campaign/blog_energy_alert
12/20 - from The Grist
Pass/Fail Senate OKs fuel-economy increase, but drops more ambitious parts of energy bill
The Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly passed an energy bill that would raise auto fuel-economy standards to 35 miles per gallon by 2020 -- but only after a more ambitious version of the bill ran into a roadblock. The more ambitious version, which the House passed last week, got a thumbs-up from 59 senators -- a handful of Republicans as well as all of the Democrats except Mary Landrieu from oil-friendly Louisiana -- but that was still one vote shy of the 60 needed to get it past a threatened filibuster. To push the bill through, Democratic leaders in the Senate dropped provisions that would have required utilities to get 15 percent of their energy from renewables by 2020 and would have cut tax breaks and subsidies for oil companies. The revised bill now goes back to the House for approval; the White House says President Bush will sign it.
11/28/07
Last week, the price of oil hit a near record high $99 per barrel, and with it, gasoline rose to an average of $3.09 per gallon. With winter coming, heating prices could rise too. This is a real threat to us all.
Congress needs to act now to pass a comprehensive energy bill to reduce these threats.
Senate and House leaders are now debating how to increase fuel economy and reduce oil use. If Congress crafts a final energy bill with the best provisions from earlier measures, it would reduce U.S. oil use by at least 2.5 million barrels per day by 2016. That's a good thing.
But big oil and other special interests are conniving to block these measures. That's a bad thing.
So write Congress today and tell them to pass a good energy bill that:
Includes more efficient motor vehicle fuel economy (CAFE) standards to reduce oil use by 1.2 million barrels per day by 2020, which is slightly less than the amount of oil the U.S. currently imports from Venezuela
Includes the House renewable fuels provision, which would stop oil companies from making it difficult it sell cleaner flex fuels such as E-85 and create incentives for service stations to add flex fuels to their other gasoline offerings
Includes the House renewable electricity provision, which would save consumers more than $200 billion in reduced energy costs
Includes energy efficiency provisions from both bills that could reduce electricity used for lighting by 65 percent and energy used for buildings by 50 percent by 2020
Congress needs to hear from you, loud and clear. You can send the email we have written for you or, better still, personalize it for more impact.
Thanks for you help,
Alan and the CAPAF advocacy team
The Center for American Progress Action Fund is the sister advocacy organization of the Center for American Progress. The Action Fund transforms progressive ideas into policy through rapid response communications, legislative action, grassroots organizing and advocacy, and partnerships with other progressive leaders throughout the country and the world. The Action Fund is also the home of the Progress Report and Think Progress, the blog that pushes back daily.
Urge Congress to Pass a Strong Clean Energy Bill!
This summer we achieved two major victories. In June the Senate passed an Energy Bill requiring automobiles go farther on a tank of gas and in August the House passed an Energy Bill requiring electric utilities to obtain more power from clean, renewable sources-such as the wind and sun. This is truly an exciting time. This fall we have the opportunity to help pass the strongest energy bill to date.
However, while Congress was on August recess, the auto industry was working hard to undermine these important victories. Now we need to counter their voice in Congress with our own!
Fill out the form on the site to remind your members of Congress that you support a Clean Energy Bill with strong standards for fuel economy and renewable energy!
Tell me more
Help this organization fight for safe energy:
https://secure.ga3.org/03/soe_donate
http://www.saveourenvironment.org/
10/30 More Information on Energy Bills
From Chris of EnergyBill2007.org
I wanted to give you a heads-up on what we're doing to reach out to members of Congress. So far, we have placed full-page print ads in papers in Pennsylvania for Representative Platts, http://smnr.us/platts/; Illinois for Representative Kirk, http://smnr.us/kirk/; New Mexico for Representative Udall, http://smnr.us/udallnm/; and Colorado for Representative Udall, http://smnr.us/udallco/.
12/20 - from The Grist
Pass/Fail Senate OKs fuel-economy increase, but drops more ambitious parts of energy bill
The Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly passed an energy bill that would raise auto fuel-economy standards to 35 miles per gallon by 2020 -- but only after a more ambitious version of the bill ran into a roadblock. The more ambitious version, which the House passed last week, got a thumbs-up from 59 senators -- a handful of Republicans as well as all of the Democrats except Mary Landrieu from oil-friendly Louisiana -- but that was still one vote shy of the 60 needed to get it past a threatened filibuster. To push the bill through, Democratic leaders in the Senate dropped provisions that would have required utilities to get 15 percent of their energy from renewables by 2020 and would have cut tax breaks and subsidies for oil companies. The revised bill now goes back to the House for approval; the White House says President Bush will sign it.
11/28/07
Last week, the price of oil hit a near record high $99 per barrel, and with it, gasoline rose to an average of $3.09 per gallon. With winter coming, heating prices could rise too. This is a real threat to us all.
Congress needs to act now to pass a comprehensive energy bill to reduce these threats.
Senate and House leaders are now debating how to increase fuel economy and reduce oil use. If Congress crafts a final energy bill with the best provisions from earlier measures, it would reduce U.S. oil use by at least 2.5 million barrels per day by 2016. That's a good thing.
But big oil and other special interests are conniving to block these measures. That's a bad thing.
So write Congress today and tell them to pass a good energy bill that:
Includes more efficient motor vehicle fuel economy (CAFE) standards to reduce oil use by 1.2 million barrels per day by 2020, which is slightly less than the amount of oil the U.S. currently imports from Venezuela
Includes the House renewable fuels provision, which would stop oil companies from making it difficult it sell cleaner flex fuels such as E-85 and create incentives for service stations to add flex fuels to their other gasoline offerings
Includes the House renewable electricity provision, which would save consumers more than $200 billion in reduced energy costs
Includes energy efficiency provisions from both bills that could reduce electricity used for lighting by 65 percent and energy used for buildings by 50 percent by 2020
Congress needs to hear from you, loud and clear. You can send the email we have written for you or, better still, personalize it for more impact.
Thanks for you help,
Alan and the CAPAF advocacy team
The Center for American Progress Action Fund is the sister advocacy organization of the Center for American Progress. The Action Fund transforms progressive ideas into policy through rapid response communications, legislative action, grassroots organizing and advocacy, and partnerships with other progressive leaders throughout the country and the world. The Action Fund is also the home of the Progress Report and Think Progress, the blog that pushes back daily.
Urge Congress to Pass a Strong Clean Energy Bill!
This summer we achieved two major victories. In June the Senate passed an Energy Bill requiring automobiles go farther on a tank of gas and in August the House passed an Energy Bill requiring electric utilities to obtain more power from clean, renewable sources-such as the wind and sun. This is truly an exciting time. This fall we have the opportunity to help pass the strongest energy bill to date.
However, while Congress was on August recess, the auto industry was working hard to undermine these important victories. Now we need to counter their voice in Congress with our own!
Fill out the form on the site to remind your members of Congress that you support a Clean Energy Bill with strong standards for fuel economy and renewable energy!
Tell me more
Help this organization fight for safe energy:
https://secure.ga3.org/03/soe_donate
http://www.saveourenvironment.org/
10/30 More Information on Energy Bills
From Chris of EnergyBill2007.org
I wanted to give you a heads-up on what we're doing to reach out to members of Congress. So far, we have placed full-page print ads in papers in Pennsylvania for Representative Platts, http://smnr.us/platts/; Illinois for Representative Kirk, http://smnr.us/kirk/; New Mexico for Representative Udall, http://smnr.us/udallnm/; and Colorado for Representative Udall, http://smnr.us/udallco/.
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