What's New

In April, the Senate voted to extend critical incentives to the emerging clean energy industries, such as wind and solar power. If the House and the president don't do the same, federal support for these industries-namely the renewable energy production tax credit and the solar investment tax credit-will expire at the end of this year. Link to press release.

How You Can Help

We can’t afford NOT to invest in clean energy.

Don’t let the Senate drop the ball on clean energy. Tell your senators that the health of our environment and our economy depend on a thriving renewable energy industry and that we cannot let congressional gridlock to bring progress on clean energy to a screeching halt.

Background

American ingenuity, investment and hard work have created fledgling clean energy industries, such as wind and solar power, that are not only helping solve global warming and America's energy problems-they're creating thousands of good jobs that boost our economy.

Government support of clean energy has started to level the playing field with coal, oil, gas and nuclear power. In the states, forward-thinking energy policies are already making a big difference. Policies such as renewable electricity and energy-efficiency standards and tax credits have lead to substantial growth. The federal government must maintain its support for clean energy and follow the lead of the states in passing these proven policies.

In order to put our country on the right track for a clean energy future we need to reduce our energy consumption by 10 percent nationally and get 25 percent of our electricity from clean, renewable sources.

To achieve these goals Congress must:

• Extend the Renewable Energy Production Tax Credit before clean energy jobs are lost and emerging industries are stifled.
• Pass a renewable electricity standard to get 20 percent of our energy from clean, renewable sources by 2020.
• Ensure that large investments in clean, homegrown energy are part of any global warming bill and that future annual spending bills increase support for these important programs.