The Congressional calendar for the rest of the year is quickly filling up, but we have one more chance to move toward a clean energy future this year. Environmental, labor, business, and faith groups are joining together this week for the “72 Hours for Clean American Power” call-in campaign. Yesterday we began bombarding Senate offices with hundreds of calls for a clean energy future – and today we hope you will join the effort!
With energy legislation stuck in the Senate, why bother to make a call? As Robert Redford said in his recent op-ed in support of the campaign, “We still possess a powerful ability to influence our lawmakers. When we raise our voices loudly and fully enough, we can hit the core sensitivity of politicians: the desire for votes. They are still our representatives, after all, and they have to respond to public outcry.”
And what are we calling for? As Gillian Caldwell of the 1Sky Campaign explains, “The demands are simple: keep the Clean Air Act strong and pass a comprehensive clean energy bill providing us with the opportunity to truly reform our energy and economic needs for a better future.”
So take a minute today to make the call, spread the word through Facebook and Twitter, and be part of the push for a clean energy future. If you don’t have time to call, you can send an email supporting the Clean Air Act or calling for comprehensive climate legislation this year. Together we can make the phones ring off the hook, and hold our representatives accountable to our desire for a clean energy future that protects our planet and all its inhabitants.