America deserves a safe, clean, and affordable energy future. We should use America's technological know-how to develop newer, cleaner sources of energy and make our cars, homes and appliances more energy efficient.

States across the country are putting clean energy policies into action. It is time for the Bush administration to forge a new energy path instead of relying on the outdated dirty and dangerous policies of the past.

We call on Congress and the Bush administration to pledge to take the following steps toward a smarter, cleaner energy future:

• Promote a renewable energy standard requiring 20% electricity generation from renewable sources by 2020.
• Increase the fuel economy standard for cars, SUVs and light trucks to 40 mpg by 2013, reducing the oil used by cars and trucks by one-third in 2020 and saving consumers money at the gas pump.
• Ensure a reliable and consumer-friendly electric system by strengthening consumer protections. Consumers should not be at the whim of energy giants such as Enron and Dynegy.
• Oppose opening the Arctic Refuge and other sensitive lands to oil and gas drilling. Given the benefits of renewable energy and increasing energy efficiency, we should not drill in the country’s last remaining wild places.

Read the Clean Energy Pledge.

More Information available:

Ten of Many Terrible Provisions Already in the Energy Bill

How The Senate Energy Bill Takes America In The Wrong Direction

Energy Overview

Energy Efficiency & Auto Fuel Efficiency

Renewable Energy

Protecting America’s Wild Places

Energy Security

Subsidies For Dirty Energy

Power Plant Pollution

Analysis Of 2001-02 Legislation

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