AWEA Action Alert: Urge Your Senators to Pass a National RES Before the Elections!

On 9/14/2010 4:49 PM, Sean McGraw, American Wind Energy Association wrote:

AWEA Action Alert: Urge Your Senators to Pass a National RES Before the Elections! Urge Immediate Senate Action on a National Renewable Electricity Standard Take Action!   Thank you for the contacts you made with Senate offices over the August recess to urge passage of a national renewable electricity standard (RES).  Senate Majority Leader Reid told reporters in late August that the RES is "absolutely" in play as he continues to work on energy legislation this year.  We have seen a groundswell of support building over the past several weeks, and we need you to continue to call or write to your Senators so that we can bring a national RES across the finish line before the November elections! Recent highlights include: On September 12th, the 26 governors in the bipartisan Governors’ Wind Energy Coalition wrote to Senate leadership and an op-ed was published by their co-chairs in support of a strong national RES.  Moderate Senators have been voicing their support for this policy, including Kansas Republican Senator Sam Brownback, who announced his support for Senate passage of the 15% RES by 2021, which was reported out of the Senate Energy and Natural Resource Committee last year.  Renewable energy, agricultural, environmental, electrical utility and labor organizations wrote to Senate leadership to urge Congressional action on RES this September, and are expected to come together again this week to reiterate that now is the time for action. Please take a few minutes to join this chorus of RES supporters by calling or e-mailing your Senators now.  Tell them that a national RES has the power to ensure the future of the wind industry in America, and with it, your job and the jobs of 85,000 other Americans.  Tell them that passing a national RES is the step we need to take to make America the leader of a clean energy economy by setting targets for growth, and giving companies certainty that the U.S. is the best place to invest in renewable energy development and manufacturing. Thanks so much for your support!