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Fax Congress: Strengthen and Pass the Clean Energy Bill!

The American Clean Energy and Security Act (the Waxman-Markey bill, HR 2454) represents a critical opportunity to deliver on President Obama’s vision for a clean energy economy. With the bill coming up for a vote on the House floor by the end of this week, Congress needs to hear from you!

Fax your representative now and urge them to oppose any moves to weaken this bill, support all efforts to strengthen it, and to vote to pass H.R. 2454 so it can be made even stronger in the Senate and beyond.

February 09, 2010

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Dear representative,

I am writing to ask you to oppose any efforts to weaken H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act, and to actively encourage and support moves to strengthen it.

Strong energy and climate legislation is essential for long-term economic prosperity. The American Clean Energy and Security Act, HR 2454, is a critical opportunity to deliver on President Obama’s vision for a clean energy economy.

I urge you to oppose any efforts to weaken this bill, and to actively encourage and support moves to strengthen it. I also urge you to vote to pass this bill out of the House so we can improve it as it moves to the Senate and beyond.

Please stand with the 49 members of the House who have signed a Dear Colleague letter circulated by Reps. Pingree and Ellison calling for the bill to be strengthened in three key ways:

1. Holding Polluters Accountable – restore authority to the EPA to regulate coal plants;

2. Increasing investment in green jobs and in protecting vulnerable communities against the impacts of global warming

3. Improving the renewable energy standard.

Again, I urge you to oppose any efforts to weaken this bill, to actively encourage and support moves to strengthen it, and to vote to pass H.R. 2454.

Sincerely,

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