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Big Day for the Future of God’s Creation

UPDATE: The bill passed! Thanks to all who made phone calls and sent emails to your representatives. Stay tuned for what’s coming next for this legislation.

Today, we are following the debate on the American Clean Energy and Security Act is being debated live on the House floor. A final vote is likely around 2 p.m. We will keep you updated on what happens.

Want to know what’s happening in real time?

You can follow the action on C-Span, watch live streaming video online, or you can follow the #aces hashtag in the Twitterverse.

Another Big Step Toward Climate Protection

The American Climate and Energy Security Act

H.R. 2454

This bill, introduced May 15 by Congressmen Waxman and Markey, builds upon the discussion draft circulated in March.  Though the bill’s major components are the same, Waxman and Markey made important additions and changes, which are outlined below.  The bill is currently being “marked up” in the Energy and Commerce Committee. Chairman Waxman has pledged to pass this landmark legislation through his committee by more »

When the U.S. Finds the Moral Courage to Lead

Al Gore, at today’s Climate and Energy Subcommittee hearing on the Waxman-Markey bill (American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009):

Let me highlight a few items in the bill that I believe to be of particular importance:

It promotes the rapid introduction of the clean and renewable technologies that will create new jobs and reduce our reliance on carbon-based fuels.

It is time to close the carbon loophole and begin the steep reductions we need to make in the pollution that causes global warming.

It helps us use energy more efficiently and transmit it over a secure, modernized, digital smart grid system.

Moreover, the best way to secure a global agreement that guarantees that other nations will also reduce their global warming pollution is for the U.S. to lead the world in meeting this historic challenge. The United States is the world’s leader. We are the only nation in the world that can. Once we find the moral courage to take on this issue, the rest of the world will come along. Now is the time to act before the world gathers in Copenhagen this December to solve the crisis. Not next year, this year.