[If you do one thing today, make it this!]
H.R. 6, the so-called "energy bill," is an almost indescribably evil piece of legislation. The 1700 page bill has evolved over a couple of years, but the details were worked out recently in relative secrecy. Here are a few points about the bill from saveourenvironment.org:
* It tramples on states' abilities to protect their coasts from harmful oil and gas exploration by weakening their voice about federal projects that affect their coasts.
* The bill repeals the main law that protects consumers from energy market manipulation and fraud: the Public Utility Holding Company Act.
* It encourages nuclear proliferation, by reversing a long-standing U.S. policy against reprocessing waste from commercial nuclear reactors and against using plutonium to generate energy from commercial use.
* It dramatically increases air pollution and global warming with huge new incentives for burning coal, oil and gas. [Over $23 billion in tax breaks.]
* It would increase dependence on foreign oil by adding loopholes that weaken fuel economy laws.
* It threatens drinking water sources by exempting from the Safe Drinking Water Act the underground injection of diesel fuel and other chemicals during oil and gas development.
Contact your state senators and ask them to join in a filibuster of this vile Bush Administration assault on our air, soil, and water.
(Note: Thanks to Green Delaware for spreading the word on this. These guys are a model of state-level environmental activism. I don't even live in Delaware, but I read their stuff regularly.)
H.R. 6, the so-called "energy bill," is an almost indescribably evil piece of legislation. The 1700 page bill has evolved over a couple of years, but the details were worked out recently in relative secrecy. Here are a few points about the bill from saveourenvironment.org:
* It tramples on states' abilities to protect their coasts from harmful oil and gas exploration by weakening their voice about federal projects that affect their coasts.
* The bill repeals the main law that protects consumers from energy market manipulation and fraud: the Public Utility Holding Company Act.
* It encourages nuclear proliferation, by reversing a long-standing U.S. policy against reprocessing waste from commercial nuclear reactors and against using plutonium to generate energy from commercial use.
* It dramatically increases air pollution and global warming with huge new incentives for burning coal, oil and gas. [Over $23 billion in tax breaks.]
* It would increase dependence on foreign oil by adding loopholes that weaken fuel economy laws.
* It threatens drinking water sources by exempting from the Safe Drinking Water Act the underground injection of diesel fuel and other chemicals during oil and gas development.
Contact your state senators and ask them to join in a filibuster of this vile Bush Administration assault on our air, soil, and water.
(Note: Thanks to Green Delaware for spreading the word on this. These guys are a model of state-level environmental activism. I don't even live in Delaware, but I read their stuff regularly.)
