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Smokestacks vs. Windmills‏ : can we save the Clean Air Act?

The energy bill passed by the House of Representatives contains an ugly surprise—the repeal of a key part of the Clean Air Act that limits global warming pollution from coal plants and oil refineries.1

Unless the Senate fixes the bill, we'll be stuck with more dirty coal plants instead of thousands of new clean energy jobs. But many senators haven't yet taken a position on this weakening of the Clean Air Act.

Can you sign a letter asking Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins to save the Clean Air Act? Clicking here will add your name:

http://pol.moveon.org/fax?tg=FSME_1.FSME_2&cp_id=1005&id=16595-15277574-kEHLGQx&t=3

After you add your name, we'll fax this letter to Sens. Snowe and Collins on your behalf:

Dear Sens. Snowe and Collins,

I'm concerned about the House energy bill's repeal of a key part of the Clean Air Act.

Unless the Senate fixes the bill, we'll be stuck with more dirty coal plants instead of millions of new clean energy jobs.

Will you fight to save the Clean Air Act?

Sincerely,
Your Name
Your Town

What's at stake? Without this important Clean Air Act provision, President Obama's Environmental Protection Agency will have to halt recent efforts toward cracking down on the global warming pollution from dirty coal plants.2

What's more, if Congress eliminates this part of the Clean Air Act, they'll let old, dirty coal plants off the hook for their pollution—and could pave the way for the construction of over 100 new coal plants in communities across the country.3

The upshot is that as long as Big Coal dominates our politics and our energy grid, wind and solar power won't be able to compete on a level playing field. That's terrible news for the climate and the economy: Wind and solar create more than twice as many jobs as coal and oil.4

That's why we need the Senate to save the Clean Air Act and open the door to the clean energy economy of the future.

Clicking here will add your name to the letter to Sens. Snowe and Collins, and we'll fax it to them right away:

http://pol.moveon.org/fax?tg=FSME_1.FSME_2&cp_id=1005&id=16595-15277574-kEHLGQx&t=4

Thanks for all you do.

–Anna, Noah, Laura, Wes and the rest of the team

Sources:
1. "Under House energy bill, coal won't be going away," Los Angeles Times, June 22, 2009
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51521&id=16595-15277574-kEHLGQx&t=5

"Big Coal Using Climate Change Bill To Roll Back Clean Air Act," The Huffington Post, June 18, 2009
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51542&id=16595-15277574-kEHLGQx&t=6

"Waxman-Markey Strips EPA of Clean Air Act Authority to Fight Global Warming," Friends of the Earth, June 2009
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51541&id=16595-15277574-kEHLGQx&t=7

2. "Climate endangerment finding clears White House review," The New York Times, April 14, 2009
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51624&id=16595-15277574-kEHLGQx&t=8

"Climate change legislation now faces senate heat," Albany Times Union, July 12, 2009
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51623&id=16595-15277574-kEHLGQx&t=9

3. "Why we need EPA GHG regulatory authority," Matthew F. Pawa, Esq., July 2, 2009 [PDF]
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51620&id=16595-15277574-kEHLGQx&t=10

4. "Green Recovery: A Program to Create Good Jobs and Start Building a Low-Carbon Economy," Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, September 2008
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51621&id=16595-15277574-kEHLGQx&t=11