E-M:/ New US Senate Energy Bill Offers Real Relief, Not Recycled Rhetoric

["Anne Woiwode" <Anne.Woiwode@sierraclub.org>]

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 7, 2008
CONTACT: Josh Dorner, 202.675.2384


     New Senate Energy Bill Offers Real Relief, Not Recycled Rhetoric
                  Bill Puts Consumers, Clean Energy First


Washington, D.C.-Senate Democrats today unveiled a new energy bill, the
Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008.  It will address the root causes of high
gas prices, hold Big Oil accountable and put consumers first in our
addressing our current energy and economic crises.  A detailed summary of
the bill is available at:
http://democrats.senate.gov/dpc/dpc-new.cfm?doc_name=lb-110-2-78 


          Statement of Carl Pope, Sierra Club Executive Director


"The Sierra Club is thrilled with this bill.  The Consumer-First Energy Act
offers Americans real relief instead of the recycled rhetoric and
disastrous energy policies that the president and his allies in Congress
have pushed for the past seven years.  The bill will actually protect
consumers, put America on the path toward a clean energy future, and
finally put the brakes on the taxpayer-funded giveaways that have been
helping fuel Big Oil's record profits.


"It's time for wind farms, not windfalls.  Right now, Big Oil has consumers
over a barrel but isn't even paying its fair share.  This bill will take
back the giveaways to polluters and instead put that money where it will do
some good by investing it in clean, renewable energy, energy efficiency,
and the other smart energy solutions that will help us break our addiction
to fossil fuels, bring energy costs back under control, and put our economy
back on the path to prosperity.


"This bill offers Senators the chance to stop writing a blank check to Big
Oil and begin to help their constituents who are clamoring for real relief
from pain at the pump."


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