Stop the energy bill from becoming a disaster- critical need to act

[greenman3610]

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The Future of Clean Power is in the Balance

Here's the situation: In order to get enough bipartisan support for the 2007 Congressional Energy Bill, Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Reid are favoring a bill that would have NO SUPPORT FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY.

The two Democrats have decided not to include critical tax credits for solar and wind in the federal energy package. This will be disastrous for a country trying to wean itself off of foreign oil and fight climate change. It will have a chilling effect on citizens wanting to install solar energy systems, and for companies capable of performing this work.

It’s hard to believe that less than a month after Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work educating the world about the dangers of global warming, the US is considering passing energy legislation that does nothing for renewable electricity. But that’s exactly what our Congressional leaders are considering.

Can you make a call to your own legislators as soon as possible to get them to tell these leaders that they must support clean energy?
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more info here:
http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/businessre/story;jsessionid=D508DB3C9057BAF9901480F81E3B46A3?id=50551


"this situation could be our worst nightmare, with passage of a weak RPS that truly doesn't incentivize the market and loss of the ITC and PTC which truly drives the combined market penetration of renewable energy and energy efficiency.”

In fact, we could face the situation where loan guarantees for nuclear and incentives for cleaner coal come out of a core Energy Bill, a compromise on vehicle mileage standards are approved and a weak RPS is also approved which allows the Congressional Democrats to claim victory — something for everybody.