I know we are all busy, but the Energy
Bill is important. If you can, write letters to the editor and/or Senators
Byrd and Rockefeller and Representatives Mollohan, Capito, or Rahall.
Karen Grubb
Conservation Chair
From:
Allison.Forbes@sierraclub.org [mailto:Allison.Forbes@sierraclub.org]
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007
6:04 PM
To: Allison.Forbes@sierraclub.org
Subject: [energy activists] Update
on energy bill timing; call Tuesday
Update on energy bill timing: Speaker Pelosi now says
negotiations on energy bill provisions, which have already begun, will wrap up
by November 16. The House will then adjourn for two weeks and return to vote on
December 3.
We
need to start working every member of Congress -- champions and swings -- on
Monday.
Visit
our very comprehensive website at www.sierraclub.org/flip
Find
activists materials at www.sierraclub.org/flip/do
and www.sierraclub.org/flip/know
including policy briefs for lobby meetings.
Get
the inside scoop at http://sierraclub.typepad.com/cleanenergywatch/
Tuesday energy call
The
next energy activist call will be Tuesday, October 23 at 8:30pm Eastern. Energy
activist calls occur weekly.
Call-in
number: 1-866-501-6174
Code:
2239223#
Please
join Global Warming and Energy program staff for an update on priority targets.
Come prepared to report on local and state efforts.
Got results?
Send
any lobby reports and relevant newspaper articles (your printed LTEs, Op-Eds,
editorials) to Allison.Forbes@sierraclub.org -- It is important that program
staff can report to House and Senate leadership on the breadth of the Club's
energy bill work.
What you can do today
1. Distribute this Take Action to you
local email lists: http://action.sierraclub.org/site/VoteCenter?page=voteList
Send
with a personalized message, i.e., Representative XXX's vote is very important.
Tell Representative XXX to help pass a strong clean energy bill and flip the switch
on our clean energy future this fall!
2. If you're not planning a
Solutions Tour media and visibility event, rabidly sending LTEs to state
newspapers, or arranging a district meeting with your member of Congress, plan a phone bank day or letter-writing party
for sometime in the next two weeks. Generate calls or letters to your Senators
and Representative asking for a strong clean energy bill that includes the
House-passed renewable electricity standard and Senate-passed fuel economy
standards.
"No nukes" message on Sierra Club homepage
Stop
the Nuclear Bailout: The Sierra Club supports a just-launched petition campaign
at http://www.nukefree.org/
to remove expensive loan guarantees for the building of
more nuclear power plants from the Energy Bill. Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne,
and Graham Nash, who were among the artists behind the historic "No
Nukes" concerts in 1979, will deliver the petition to Congress on October
23.
Background on Lieberman-Warner cap-and-trade bill
The
Sierra Club is urging co-sponsors of the bill and members of the Environment
and Public Works Committee to continue their leadership and improve the bill
that was introduced this week. There will be a hearing on October 24 and
the bill will be marked up in Subcommittee the week of October 31. Find more
information at http://usclimatenetwork.org/federal/lieberman-warner-bill
Allison
Forbes
National Conservation Organizer
Sierra Club Global Warming and Energy Program
(202) 548-6583