Robert Redford is in a new ad being aired by the Natural Resources Defence Council on national and Washington D.C. cable.
The Gulf disaster is more than a terrible oil spill. It's the product of a failed energy policy...one that puts oil company profits ahead of people and the environment.
America needs safe, clean and renewable energy -- not more oil spills.
That means politicians in Washington have a choice: keep bowing to the demands of Big Oil, or stand up for the American people.
You can tip the balance.
Tell President Obama to lead America toward a clean energy future.
The Plum Line: Redford to Obama: Show leadership on energy
I agree with Greg Sargent on this:
The push suggests that environmental groups are going to ratchet up the pressure on Obama to seize on one of the most devastating environmental disasters in history to change the conversation on energy once and for all. Good.
The Plum Line: Redford to Obama: Show leadership on energy
The NRDC has it right also. We need a real energy bill.
Comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation could create 2 million jobs, cut 2 billion tons of pollution and save 2 trillion dollars.
A bill can create two million American jobs that can't be shipped overseas and build a domestic clean energy market that will allow U.S. firms to compete in the rapidly expanding global clean tech industry. The money saved comes from cutting our oil imports in half. And by reducing our pollution we simultaneously address the most pressing environmental challenge of our time -- climate change.
We cannot wait any longer to put our nation on a path to cleaner energy.
Americans support these goals. To achieve them, comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation must do four things:
•Promote investment in energy efficiency as well as wind, solar and other renewable sources of power.
•Set a cap on the carbon pollution that is contributing to climate change.
•Complement, not discard, existing state and federal efforts to reduce carbon emissions. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency has the authority to regulate carbon pollution under the Clean Air Act. And governments in a number of states have taken action already to protect their citizens from rising levels of carbon. Federal legislation should complement these efforts, not compromise them.
•Provide the leadership we need to support international efforts to deal with climate change -- real carbon reductions, preserving forests around the world and aid for the poorest and most vulnerable people on earth in coping with the ravages of climate change
NRDC
Update I: From mahakali overdrive in the comments, a number of excellent points:
Yes, as an Obama supporter (3+ / 0-)
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I feel that this is a good place to let him know what I, as part of the American public, want him to help guide us toward -- sustainable, clean energy. As a strong supporter of the President, I feel that this is a place where I know he is a smart and ethical individual who should listen to the will of the American people and be true to himself by pushing back at special interests like the energy and oil lobbyists.
If we don't start building strong foundations for the future, using this BP atrocity as a springboard for that, we will not move into a sustainable model of living for the earth OR ourselves as humans. And that is something that ANY human should be able to get on board with.
There is no issue more important than climate change. It is the basis of all other issues. It concerns every single one of us. Without a clean planet, there is no "U.S. politics."
This is an issue we can ALL agree on, I feel.
"Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted." -- MLK Jr.
by mahakali overdrive on Tue May 18, 2010 at 10:12:48 AM PDT
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