“Thanks to the leadership of Representatives Conyers,
Dingell, Kildee, Kilpatrick, Levin and Stupak, Congress has an opportunity to
make a down payment on a new energy future by voting to support the ‘Creating
Long-Term Energy Alternatives for the Nation Act of 2007’ or the ‘CLEAN Energy
Act of 2007’ (H.R. 6).
Introduced with 199 cosponsors, the bill will shift roughly
$13 billion in handouts to the oil industry toward clean renewable energy and
energy efficiency. The House is scheduled to vote on H.R. 6 on January 18th.
It will be the last of the bills up for consideration during the House’s first
100 legislative hours.
In a 180 degree shift from energy policies that line the
pockets of polluting industries, the introduction of H.R. 6 is clear signal
that Congress is ready to start solving our energy problems.
It is time to start investing in America’s vast reserves of
renewable energy resources and energy efficiency technologies. By harnessing
renewable energy sources like wind, solar, and clean biofuels, we can secure
our economy and create jobs. By promoting technologies to save energy such as
hybrid vehicles, we can dramatically reduce our dependence on oil and save
consumers money.
We also commend Speaker Pelosi’s commitment to building a
new energy future, and look forward to working with Congress to continue to
move America’s
energy policy in this new direction well beyond the first 100 hours.”
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Environment Michigan – a statewide, citizen-based,
non-profit, non-partisan environmental advocacy organization – is the new home
of PIRGIM’s environmental work.
www.environmentmichigan.org
