House Passes Energy Bill! Time to take action in Senate!
Dear Friends:
It is ironic that on Earth Day we note that the U.S. House of Representatives voted 249-183 yesterday to pass the Bush administration's energy bill—a bill that gives some $12 Billion in taxpayer money to the polluting nuclear power and fossil fuel industries while doing almost nothing to improve energy efficiency and renewable energy sources. In addition, as Bush himself admitted, the bill will not help reduce high gasoline prices. By refusing to increase vehicle mileage standards, the House would actually ensure that prices will remain high and "energy independence" will never be achieved.
The real battleground always has been the Senate, and that is where we must all now turn our attention.
TAKE ACTION!
Even though an energy bill has yet to be introduced in the Senate (and when it is, it will be somewhat different from the House bill), we encourage you to start calling your Senate offices now (Capitol Switchboard: 1-800-839-5276 or 202-224-3121) and tell them you do not want an energy bill that gives more of your money to the nuclear power and fossil fuel industries. Any energy bill should support clean, sustainable forms of energy production and energy efficiency measures.
And we encourage you to begin the necessary organizing and groundwork to make the outreach efforts we will need when the Senate finally does consider the bill. Grassroots groups (and even individuals!) should begin setting up phone trees, holding community forums, educating your neighbors and colleagues and community groups about the energy bill.
Write letters to the editor of your local newspapers. You can "thank or spank" your Representative and encourage your Senators to vote to defeat this bill. We'll need the involvement of everyone possible to stop the nuclear/fossil industries this year! Let us know how we can help your efforts.
Finally, if you haven't already: don't forget to sign the Petition for a Sustainable Energy Future at http://www.nirs.org and ask your friends and colleagues to sign it as well!
For a sustainable energy future,
Michael Mariotte
Executive Director
Nuclear Information and Resource Service
202-328-0002
nirsnet@nirs.org
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