I need your help TODAY

06/12/2007

Dear DFLers,

More jobs...
Less pollution...
Cheaper electricity bills...

We're closer than ever before!

The Senate votes on a Renewable Electricity Standard Amendment THIS WEEK!

Click below to write your Senators now.
http://action.lcv.org/campaign/res_petition/ks8ubw4pe7bxti?

The time is here! The Senate is expected to vote on Senator Bingaman's (D-NM) Renewable Electricity Standard amendment as soon as today!

This marks a vital turning point in our nation's shift away from fossil fuels. Now we need your help, to make sure your lawmakers are on board.

Click below to send a message to your Senators today telling them to vote "Yes" for renewable electricity!
http://action.lcv.org/campaign/res_petition/ks8ubw4pe7bxti?

The amendment would require 15% of our electricity to be produced from renewable energy sources, like wind, solar, geothermal and biomass, by the year 2020.

The Bingaman RES amendment would increase our use of renewable electricity to 15% by 2020 and:

Reduce global warming pollution;

Create hundreds of thousands of new high-paying jobs across the country by increasing homegrown renewable energy resources; and

Save consumers billions on their electric and gas bills, by diversifying our energy sources and increasing competition.
More than twenty states and Washington, D.C. have already adopted their own renewable electricity standards, which have proven so popular and effective that 9 of those states have actually strengthened their standards!

It's time for the rest of the country to catch up. We have a chance, this week, to make sure that happens -- if we act now.

Don't let your Senators vote the wrong way -- click below to send a message today.
http://action.lcv.org/campaign/res_petition/ks8ubw4pe7bxti?

Passage of the Bingaman RES amendment this week could build momentum for other pieces of critical clean energy legislation -- in both the Senate and the House.

This vote could set an important precedent, leading us toward a new energy future and new jobs in a new energy economy, while increasing our national security.

Thank you for taking action.

Sincerely,

Gene Karpinski
President
League of Conservation Voters