{"id":566673,"date":"2010-05-17T12:40:42","date_gmt":"2010-05-17T16:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/climateprogress.org\/?p=25297"},"modified":"2010-05-17T12:40:42","modified_gmt":"2010-05-17T16:40:42","slug":"the-american-power-act-cuts-pollution-and-helps-american-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/566673","title":{"rendered":"The American Power Act cuts pollution and helps American families"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Question: <\/em>Why do we need comprehensive clean energy legislation? What types of  measures are included in the draft American Power Act? How will these  provisions help American families?<\/p>\n<p>CAP&#8217;s  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanprogress.org\/experts\/WeissDaniel.html\">Daniel  J. Weiss<\/a>, Senior Fellow and Director of Climate Strategy, explains in this edition of <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanprogress.org\/issues\/2010\/05\/weiss_video.html\">Ask  the Expert<\/a>. <\/em><br \/>\n<span id=\"more-25297\"><\/span><br \/>\n<object width=\"550\" height=\"310\" data=\"http:\/\/www.americanprogress.org\/images\/rd2\/flash\/flowplayer.commercial-3.0.5.swf\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.americanprogress.org\/images\/rd2\/flash\/flowplayer.commercial-3.0.5.swf\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value='config={\"key\":\"#@fae15a997f67f7892e5\",\"clip\":{\"autoPlay\":true,\"autoBuffering\":false,\"url\":\"http:\/\/images2.americanprogress.org\/CAP\/2010\/05\/ATE_Weiss_americanpower.mp4\"},\"playlist\":[{\"url\":\"http:\/\/images2.americanprogress.org\/CAP\/2010\/05\/Weiss_screengrab.jpg\"},{\"autoPlay\":false,\"autoBuffering\":false,\"url\":\"http:\/\/images2.americanprogress.org\/CAP\/2010\/05\/ATE_Weiss_americanpower.mp4\"}]}' \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Related Posts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Permanent Link to Senator Kerry explains the  strategy and substance of the American Power Act:  \u201cIt strengthens the  Clean Air Act by expanding the authority of the EPA and making that  authority permanent.\u201d\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"http:\/\/climateprogress.org\/2010\/05\/12\/senator-kerry-explains-american-power-act-epa-authority-clean-air-act\/\">Senator Kerry explains the strategy and substance  of the American Power Act:  \u201cIt strengthens the Clean Air Act by  expanding the authority of the EPA and making that authority permanent.\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Permanent Link to American Power Act to create  millions of clean energy jobs, slash pollution and oil use, while  boosting U.S. farmers and manufacturers\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"http:\/\/climateprogress.org\/2010\/05\/11\/american-power-act-to-create-millions-of-clean-energy-jobs-slash-pollution-and-oil-use-while-boosting-u-s-farmers-and-manufacturers\/\">American Power Act to create  millions of clean energy jobs, slash pollution and oil use, while  boosting U.S. farmers and manufacturers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Why do we need comprehensive clean energy legislation? What types of measures are included in the draft American Power Act? How will these provisions help American families? CAP&#8217;s Daniel J. Weiss, Senior Fellow and Director of Climate Strategy, explains in this edition of Ask the Expert. Related Posts: Senator Kerry explains the strategy and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-566673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=566673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566673\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=566673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=566673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=566673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}