New Report Shows Why the 44th President Must Put America on the Clean Energy Path
Concord,
N.H. – A coalition of organizations gathered today in Concord, urging
all of the presidential candidates to pledge to turn things around and
put America on the clean energy path. Documenting the need, viability
and support for an aggressive clean energy agenda, Environment New
Hampshire released a new report by Environment America entitled, Clean Energy for America: Why the 44th President Must Put America on the Clean Energy Path.
“American
voters have the right to know where the candidates stand on one of the
most critical problems facing the country: our addiction to dirty
energy,” said Erika Staaf of Environment New Hampshire. “All of the
candidates for president should pledge to make big, bold clean energy
initiatives a centerpiece of their environmental and economic policies.”
The
new report documents the enormous potential for clean energy solutions
such as developing homegrown energy resources, such as solar, wind, and
biomass power, and energy efficiency. The report provides a “top ten”
list of the most important policies that the next president should
champion to bring greater energy independence and more jobs to the
United States, solve global warming, and put America back in the lead
in technological innovation.
The Conservation Law Foundation,
Clean Water Action and the New Hampshire Wind Energy Association joined
Environment New Hampshire in releasing today’s report and calling on
the candidates to pledge to meet all of America’s future energy needs
with clean energy solutions.
“The next president must
prioritize harnessing America’s abundant clean energy resources and
vast reserves of energy efficiency,” said Farrell Seiler, Chairman of
the New Hampshire Wind Energy Association. “It would be highly
irresponsible for the next president to pass up the environmental
benefits and economic opportunities our nation will see by taking
action to put America on a clean energy path.”
Environment
America is calling on all of the presidential candidates to make a
pledge for clean energy, promising to, if elected, meet all future
energy needs with clean, renewable energy.
The Environment New
Hampshire is a statewide nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting
New Hampshire’s air, water and open space. Environment America is the
national office for Environment New Hampshire and the more than two
dozen affiliated state-based environmental groups.
