Tips & Trends

What’s Your Energy Policy IQ?


1) Did you know that Congress has introduced 350 pieces of legislation related to clean energy policy?

 

2) Did you know that more than 20 fortune 500 companies have joined forces with the nation's leading environmental organizations to shape federal global warming legislation?

 

3) Did you know that more than three-quarters of Americans believe that the federal government should create a major program to create a clean energy economy?

 

4) Did you know that all of the remaining presidential candidates have committed to a federal program to address energy independence or global warming?

 

5) Did you know that the House of Representatives passed legislation that would create a 13 billion dollar fund to develop clean energy technologies?

 

6) Did you know that more than a dozen states have clean energy funds to develop green industry in their states?

 

7) Did you know that the Congressional Budget Office estimates that a cap with a carbon-trading program could generate hundreds of billions of dollars in new economic activity if designed right?

 

8) Did you know that the nearly 25 states have passed legislation mandating the purchase of renewable energy?


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