Recently...
On
Feb. 27, the House passed a bill extending crucial clean energy incentives that
would otherwise expire at the end of 2008. The incentives would be funded by a
long-overdue cut in subsidies for polluting oil and gas companies. We had
pushed to include a similar provision in the energy bill that passed in
December, but facing strong opposition from Sen. Pete Domenici
(N.M.), it was removed from the final bill. We’re now shifting our focus to the
Senate, where the bill will face a Presidential veto threat.
What's at stake
America
has virtually unlimited potential to generate electricity from renewable
sources of energy like wind and solar power. Environment America
is calling on lawmakers to support policies to get 25 percent of our nation’s
energy from clean, renewable sources by 2025. The most important step toward
achieving this goal is a requirement that at least 20 percent of our
electricity come for renewable sources. To achieve the rest of our goal we
should shift to clean, alternative transportation fuels like ethanol and
biodiesel and provide incentives for families and businesses to make the switch
to renewable energy.
