E-M:/ Rep. Dingell Votes to Support Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation

[Mary Sweeters <mary.sweeters@wdc.greenpeace.org>]

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Enviro-Mich message from Mary Sweeters <mary.sweeters@wdc.greenpeace.org>
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Rep. Dingell Votes to Support Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation

(ANN ARBOR Feb. 28, 2008) -- “Greenpeace applauds Rep. Dingell for 
voting in favor of the Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Act of 
2008 (HR 5351). This bill continues significant benefits to clean, 
renewable energy, energy conservation, and it cuts tax breaks that 
benefit the oil companies at a time when they are making record profits 
and gas prices are spiking.  This is a critical step forward to continue 
promoting clean, domestic sources of energy.”

“Extending incentives for renewable energy is sound policy. The bill 
would remove several big oil industry tax breaks that could raise an 
estimated $13.6 billion over a decade. And, according to a recent study 
by Navigant Consulting, allowing the renewable energy incentives to 
expire would lead to about 116,000 jobs being lost in the wind and solar 
industries from now until the end of 2009. America is on the cusp of a 
new, clean energy economy. These clean energy tax incentives would help 
our country make the transition to this economy - an economy powered by 
low-carbon technologies that help solve global warming, break our 
addiction to oil and create new high-wage jobs.

The next move for Rep. Dingell is to lead Congress in supporting 
proactive legislation like the strongest global warming bill in the 
House of Representatives, the Safe Climate Act. As Chairman of the 
Energy and Commerce Committee, Rep. Dingell owes it to his constituents 
and to the U.S. to lead the way toward science-based, comprehensive 
solutions to global warming.”

Contact: Mary Sweeters
(951)275.4676
mary.sweeters@wdc.greenpeace.org
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