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League of Conservation Voters wants you at Nevada Energy Summit

08/07/2009

Friends,

Last year, Americans voted overwhelmingly for change, including an energy policy for the 21st Century.

Members of Congress are working to jumpstart our economy and create new, green jobs in Nevada by passing a historic Clean Energy Plan. Unfortunately, big oil and gas companies are using scare tactics to stall this work and are organizing a protest Monday against any sensible reform to our nation’s outdated energy policy.

PLEASE JOIN US—Monday, August 10, at 8:30 a.m. on the steps of the Cox Pavilion of the UNLV campus—to let our elected officials know we need green jobs and a Clean Energy Plan now! It’s important that we show our support for a Clean Energy Plan.

Join other Nevadans to send a public “thank you” to Sen. Harry Reid for the work he is doing to support a Clean Energy Plan in Congress and call on other senators to vote in favor of jobs that can’t be exported overseas. Sen. Reid recognizes that we must harness Nevada’s vast solar, wind and geothermal energy potential to stabilize our energy costs and create much-needed jobs!

Free parking is available in the Cox Pavilion parking lot on the UNLV campus at Swenson and Tropicana. For more information, please go to http://www.rebuildnevada.org. To rsvp, please email (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

New CBO Deficit Projections Signal U.S. Economy in Even Worse Shape Than Previously Thought

03/20/2009

Americans United for Change, which is helping lead a major national campaign to pass President Obama’s historic budget plan along with nearly 100 leading labor, environmental and progressive organizations, issued the following statement today in response to alarming new figures from the Congressional Budget Office that project a substantially higher federal deficit than previously estimated.

Tom McMahon, Acting Executive Director, Americans United for Change: "The sobering new deficit projections deliver a stark message that the economy is in even worse shape than was previously thought. It also underscores the urgent need to pass the bold initiatives on healthcare, education, energy and the economy laid out the President’s budget."

Leaders from Green For All and Apollo Alliance to Speak at �Green Today, Jobs Tomorrow”

01/26/2009

Michigan Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth Director Stanley “Skip” Pruss announced today that the author of The Green Collar Economy as well as a co-director of Apollo Alliance, of Washington, D.C., have accepted invitations to speak at the “Green Today, Jobs Tomorrow” conference scheduled for May 11^th at the Lansing Center.

Sunshine into Electricity: Affordable Renewable Energy

01/12/2009

Event Details: The White River Group of the Sierra Club invites the public to attend “Sunshine Into Electricity: Affordable Renewable Energy” at its Jan. 13 meeting at 7 p.m. at the Springfield Conservation Nature Center. Refreshments and networking begin at 6:30 p.m.

Access to clean, renewable energy to power our homes is a key component of a sustainable lifestyle.

�Green Today, Jobs Tomorrow� Lansing, May 11th

12/16/2008

Michigan Department of Labor & Economic Growth Director Stanley “Skip” Pruss announced today that a daylong “Green Today, Jobs Tomorrow” conference will be held on May 11, 2009 at the Lansing Center.

The conference will focus on workforce and economic development for Michigan’s emerging green economy. The conference is aimed at bringing together business, education and training, labor, environmental, community- and faith-based, and policy advocacy partners and stakeholders who are currently working on nurturing a green economy and talent base in Michigan.

www.michigan.gov/greenjobsconference.

‘Now What?’ ‘Repower America’ Plan Answers Call for Bold Answers to Address America’s Growing Econom

11/07/2008

MENLO PARK, Calif., Nov 06, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/—As the nation winds down from an historic election, many Americans are asking the question: Now What?

Today, the "We" Campaign responded to that question with a comprehensive solution to the three core challenges facing our country: our economy, national security and the climate crisis.

In July, former Vice President and Nobel Laureate Al Gore issued a challenge to Repower America with 100% clean electricity within ten years. Building on that challenge, the "We" Campaign is launching a major advertising and grassroots effort to support the new President-Elect and other leaders as they seek to fulfill the election’s mandate for change and enact bold policies to revitalize our economy and help solve the climate crisis.

Huge Nationwide Rallies Call for ‘Green Jobs Now!’

09/27/2008

With a reeling economy, soaring gas prices and rising fears of a global climate crisis, more than 100,000 people rallied at events across the country to urge leaders to jump start the clean energy economy. The events, "Green Jobs Now: A Day to Build the New Economy," urged policy makers to think beyond the short-sighted distraction of drilling and, instead, create real energy solutions that build a new green economy strong enough to create millions of green jobs and lift people out of poverty.

W.V.: Most In State Do Not Favor More ‘Subprime’ Investments In Carbon-Based Fuels

09/26/2008

If elected officials in Charleston and Washington, D.C. are going to continue to invest in energy through subsidies, tax breaks and other incentives, the focus should shift from coal and nuclear power to promoting wind and solar energy, enhanced energy efficiency, hybrids and other highly fuel-efficient cars, according to a new survey

Iowa’s Lutheran Churches Going Green

05/12/2008

Re: Climate Change Legislation � Urgent Plea for Enactment of Carbon Fees

05/09/2008

Dear Senators and Representatives:

We are writing to you about the urgent problem of climate change. Each of us has approximately two decades of public-sector experience in environmental enforcement.1 In addition, Allan has substantial experience with cap-and-trade programs. The purpose of this letter is to communicate the bases for our opinion that attempting to address climate change through a cap-and-trade approach alone (as is currently contemplated in most of the major bills before Congress) is an inefficient and ineffective strategy to address the most pressing problem of our time. We believe that failure by the United States to enact meaningful and escalating carbon fess in the near future will result in an unacceptable risk of devastating and irreversible global climate change. Even if you have doubts concerning the time-frame remaining for effective action, please join us in insisting on a strategy that will effectively address this unacceptable threat to our children’s future.—Laurie Williams & Allan Zabel

Iowa sportsmen want global warming leadership

11/01/2007

LCVEF & CVSCEF Announce First Issue Ads of ‘08 Cycle

04/23/2007

On the eve of the first debate, the League of Conservation Voters Education Fund and the Conservation Voters of South Carolina Education Fund today announced an ad buy to coincide with the South Carolina debate. The ad is narrated by Robert Redford and urges the 2008 presidential candidates to make addressing global warming a top priority.

LCVEF Releases Guide on Where ‘08 Candidates Stand on Global Warming

04/20/2007

Just in time for Earth Day, League of Conservation Voters Education Fund (LCVEF) President Gene Karpinski today released a handy one page guide on where the 2008 presidential candidates currently stand on global warming with LCVEF's Earth Day statement.

LCVEF Releases Statement on Second IPCC Report

04/05/2007

League of Conservation Voters Education Fund (LCVEF) President Gene Karpinski issued the following statement in response to the second International Panel on Climate Change report released this morning.