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Today's climate action blueprint opens the door for legislation
in 2009.
Check out Climate 411 for more on today's events:
http://action.edf.org/ct/p7_dLn91rXCK/
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Dear Auntie Nanuuq
Barack Obama has not yet been inaugurated, but climate
legislation buzz is already building in Washington. Take that as
a good sign!
On Capitol Hill today, the United States Climate Action
Partnership (USCAP) -- a coalition of industry and environmental
groups co-founded by EDF -- unveiled a detailed blueprint for
climate action to jumpstart economic recovery with a cap on
global warming pollution.
This breakthrough agreement opens the door for global warming
legislation in 2009.
In a press statement, EDF President Fred Krupp celebrated the
USCAP announcement:
"This is an Obama Era blueprint -- business and
environmentalists working together for a bold, practical
solution, and that solution is cap and trade."
Two years in the making, the USCAP blueprint represents a
consensus agreement among a diverse group of American companies
and leading national environmental groups on the design of
comprehensive climate legislation.
The centerpiece of the USCAP blueprint is a mandatory and
declining economy-wide cap on global warming pollution from
electric utilities, transportation fuels and industrial
facilities. It calls for aggressive greenhouse gas emissions
reductions with targets and timelines consistent with
President-elect Barack Obama's proposals.
The global warming pollution cap is the key. It sets a hard
limit and guarantees reductions in global warming emissions. And
it mobilizes private capital to build the clean energy
technologies here in the U.S. that will solve climate change.
Moments after the blueprint was released, Congressman Henry
Waxman (D-CA), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce
Committee, convened the first major climate hearing of the year.
Fred Krupp joined CEOs of the USCAP coalition to deliver
testimony and offer details about the blueprint.
You can get the latest news and updates of today's events on our
Climate 411 blog: http://action.edf.org/ct/p7_dLn91rXCK/
Your support is making a difference. Today's announcement brings
us one giant step closer to winning climate action this year.
Thank you for all you help make possible,
David Yarnold
Executive Director
Today's climate action blueprint opens the door for legislation
in 2009.
Check out Climate 411 for more on today's events:
http://action.edf.org/ct/p7_dLn91rXCK/
*************************************
Dear Auntie Nanuuq
Barack Obama has not yet been inaugurated, but climate
legislation buzz is already building in Washington. Take that as
a good sign!
On Capitol Hill today, the United States Climate Action
Partnership (USCAP) -- a coalition of industry and environmental
groups co-founded by EDF -- unveiled a detailed blueprint for
climate action to jumpstart economic recovery with a cap on
global warming pollution.
This breakthrough agreement opens the door for global warming
legislation in 2009.
In a press statement, EDF President Fred Krupp celebrated the
USCAP announcement:
"This is an Obama Era blueprint -- business and
environmentalists working together for a bold, practical
solution, and that solution is cap and trade."
Two years in the making, the USCAP blueprint represents a
consensus agreement among a diverse group of American companies
and leading national environmental groups on the design of
comprehensive climate legislation.
The centerpiece of the USCAP blueprint is a mandatory and
declining economy-wide cap on global warming pollution from
electric utilities, transportation fuels and industrial
facilities. It calls for aggressive greenhouse gas emissions
reductions with targets and timelines consistent with
President-elect Barack Obama's proposals.
The global warming pollution cap is the key. It sets a hard
limit and guarantees reductions in global warming emissions. And
it mobilizes private capital to build the clean energy
technologies here in the U.S. that will solve climate change.
Moments after the blueprint was released, Congressman Henry
Waxman (D-CA), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce
Committee, convened the first major climate hearing of the year.
Fred Krupp joined CEOs of the USCAP coalition to deliver
testimony and offer details about the blueprint.
You can get the latest news and updates of today's events on our
Climate 411 blog: http://action.edf.org/ct/p7_dLn91rXCK/
Your support is making a difference. Today's announcement brings
us one giant step closer to winning climate action this year.
Thank you for all you help make possible,
David Yarnold
Executive Director
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