Big Oil launches false, misleading radio ads

Yesterday, the American Energy Alliance – a front group for Big Oil run by an oil industry lobbyist – launched a false and misleading radio ad in Rep. Hill’s district.

The ad cites an M.I.T. study to back up the claim that shifting U.S. energy production to clean energy sources will impose a $3,100 "energy tax," but the author of that study says that statistic is "just wrong."

In fact, a recent Environmental Protection Agency analysis of the American Clean Energy & Security Act draft legislation says families will save money!

This oil company front group wants to prevent us from building a new clean energy economy. They want to continue the failed energy policies of the past, which means that Big Oil companies get billions in tax breaks, while America falls further behind as other countries develop the clean energy technologies of the future.

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Call Rep. Hill at (202) 225-5315. Tell him to say "No" to Big Oil by supporting the American Clean Energy & Security Act.

Another clean energy ad runs in local papers

For the second day in a row, a newspaper ad appeared again today's Bloomington Herald-Times and Columbus Republic touting the the clean energy economy. This second ad, signed again by America's Building Trades Union, the South Central Indiana Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO, and the League of Conservation Voters, also calls on Congress to support a comprehensive clean energy jobs plan. Click on the ad to see a larger image of it.

As the ad says, call Rep. Hill at (202) 225-5315 and ask him to support a comprehensive clean energy plan that will create the industries of tomorrow and millions of new clean energy jobs -- made right here in America.

Building an American clean energy economy

Clean energy ad runs in local newspapers

This ad ran in today's Bloomington Herald-Times and Columbus Republic. Signed by America's Building Trades Union, the South Central Indiana Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO, and the League of Conservation Voters, the full-page ad calls on Congress to support a comprehensive clean energy plan. Click on the ad to see a larger image of it.

From the ad: It's time for America to lead again. Tell Congress to support a comprehensive clean energy plan. Call Rep. Baron Hill at (202) 225-5315.

Make our energy clean, make it in America

Hearings begin today

Today the Energy & Commerce Committee in the U.S. House begins hearings on the American Clean Energy & Security Act. The legislation will usher in a new era of clean energy production in the U.S. – creating millions of new clean energy jobs, limiting the pollution that causes global warming and reducing America’s dependence on foreign oil.

As a member of Energy & the Environment Subcommittee, Rep. Hill has an opportunity to significantly influence and shape this legislation. Yet greedy corporate polluters are waging an aggressive campaign to weaken the bill and keep America dependent on the failed energy policies of the past – allowing other countries to take advantage of the growing clean energy industries while America’s economy continues to struggle.

Call Rep. Hill toll free at 1-866-440-1321. Tell him to support the American Clean Energy & Security Act.

The potential for new jobs

The potential of clean energy

The Evening News & the Tribune reported today on a press conference featuring Jeremy Coxon, vice president for a renewable energy company, who commented on the need to invest in clean energy in order to spur growth:

“Since the announcements regarding the federal stimulus package, there has been significant interest in our solar and wind energy systems,” said Jeremy Coxon, vice president of Floyds Knobs-based SunWind Power Systems Inc.

His company provides services and products such as solar panels and wind turbines for renewable energy in Kentucky and Indiana.

“Southern Indiana does indeed receive enough solar and wind energy to power an average farm operation, business or residence,” he said.

However, he added that the state lacks incentives and the configuration of electrical metering standards hinders growth of the industry.

This is another example of how we can create the industries of tomorrow and new clean energy jobs by shifting U.S. energy production toward cleaner, cheaper sources like the wind and the sun and reducing the carbon pollution that causes global warming.