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Dear U.S. Senators and Members of Congress,As leaders in our communities concerned about the environmental impacts and economic consequencesof our current energy practices, we urge you to back a rapid and steady transition to an economypowered by clean, renewable resources. Specifically, we are asking you to co-sponsor the Senate andHouse resolution which sets a goal of meeting America’s energy needs with 100 percent renewableenergy and expanding access to the benefits of clean energy to all, including historically under-servedand disadvantaged communities.Burning coal, oil and gas is polluting our air, water and land. It is harming our health and changing ourclimate even faster than scientists predicted. At the same time, low-income communities, communitiesof color, and indigenous people often bear a disproportionate share of the impact.We can have healthier, more vibrant communities and a livable future for kids growing up today. But toget there, we must transform the ways we produce and consume energy. That has to start with acommitment to 100 percent clean, renewable energy.We have already made significant progress. Thanks to local, state and federal programs, renewableenergy is growing faster than anyone could have imagined. Clean energy is nearing a tipping point in oureconomy. Dozens of major corporations -- including General Motors, Apple, and Walmart -- have setgoals to meet all of their energy needs with renewable energy.America has an opportunity to be a leader on clean energy, reaping the economic and environmentalbenefits inherent in the global transition. The progress we have seen recently should give us theconfidence that we can take renewable energy to the next level.The good news is that there is a viable path to 100 percent renewable energy. America has virtuallyunlimited reserves of renewable energy from the wind, the sun, the earth and the oceans. We couldmeet our current electricity needs more than 100 times over with solar energy and more than 10 timesover with wind energy. Similarly, a strong commitment to saving energy with building retrofits and otherenergy efficiency measures can reduce our overall energy use to 40 to 60 percent below current levelsby 2050, even as our economy continues to grow. And, every day we see more evidence that electricvehicles and other transportation options will help us get where we need to go without using fossil fuels.We need to transform the way we power the country, and we still have a long way to go. That is why weare calling for swift action to transition to 100 percent renewable energy and to ensure that thetransition to clean energy helps lift up low-income and minority communities that have suffered someof the worst impacts of pollution.Please cosponsor the House/Senate resolution to support a 100 percent renewable energy future.Sincerely,
National OrganizationsACE: Alliance for ClimateEducationAmazon WatchAmerica Unites for KidsAssociation for the Tree ofLifeBold AllianceCatholic Network U.S.CAVU (Calm Air VisibilityUnlimited)Dryden Resource AwarenessCoalitionLeadership Conference ofWomen ReligiousEarth Action Inc.Nuclear Information andResource ServiceEarth Day NetworkEarthjusticeEarthworksElders Climate ActionEmerald Cities CollaborativeEnvironment AmericaEnvironmental ActionCenter for BiologicalDiversityEnvironmental WorkingGroupCenter for EnvironmentalHealthFood & Water WatchOcean Futures SocietyOffice of Apostolic Action &Advocacy, Christian LifeCommunity-USA (CLC)Partnership for PolicyIntegrityPeople’s ActionPhysicians for SocialResponsibilityPlastic Pollution CoalitionPolar Bears InternationalCenter for Food SafetyFossil Free PresbyterianChurch (USA)Center for PopularDemocracyFriends of the EarthPublic CitizenGreen for AllRootskeeper.orgCitizens United forRenewable Energy andSustainabilityGRID AlternativesSafe Climate CampaignHealth Care Without HarmSierra ClubClean Air CouncilHealthy Home Healthy PlanetStop the Frack AttackClean Air-Cool PlanetICLEI- Local Governments forSustainabilitySUN DAY CampaignClean Energy ActionClean Water ActionClean Water AllianceClimate Action NowInstitute for Local SelfRelianceInterfaith Power & LightClimate Law & Policy ProjectJewish Climate ActionNetworkClimateMamaKyoto U.S.A.Climatetruth.orgLabor Network forSustainabilityConscious Elders NetworkCool PlanetLEAD Agency, IncPower Shift NetworkSustainable Energy andEconomy NetworkSustainUSThe Solutions ProjectToxics Action CenterU.S. Climate PlanVoices for ProgressWilderness WatchWorking FamiliesOrganization
Local/State/Regional Organizations350 Bay Area350 Brooklyn350 CT350 Lansing350 Louisiana - New Orleans350 Marin350 Missoula350 New Mexico350 San Francisco350 Silicon ValleyAssociation to Preserve CapeCod, Inc.Conservation Voters NewMexicoCooperative Energy FuturesDon’t Gas the PinelandsEco-Justice MinistriesEnvironment ArizonaEnvironment CaliforniaEnvironment ColoradoEnvironment ConnecticutEnvironment FloridaEnvironment GeorgiaEnvironment IllinoisEnvironment IowaEnvironment Rhode IslandEnvironment TexasEnvironment VirginiaEnvironment WashingtonEnvironmental Defenders ofMcHenry CountyEnvironmental Justice TaskForce of the WNY PeaceCenterEnvironmental League ofMassachusettsFirst Unitarian UniversalistChurch of San Antonio GreenSanctuary TeamAzulEnvironment MaineFlorida Institute for Reformand EmpowermentBerkshire EnvironmentalAction Team (BEAT)Environment MarylandFloridians Against FrackingEnvironment MassachusettsFossil Free CaliforniaEnvironment MichiganFrack Free Four CornersEnvironment MinnesotaGas Free SenecaEnvironment MissouriGrassroots EnvironmentalEducationBetter Future ProjectBoston Catholic ClimateMovementCalifornia EnvironmentalJustice AllianceEnvironment MontanaCampaign for RenewableEnergyEnvironment NevadaCenter for RegenerativeCommunity SolutionsEnvironment New JerseyEnvironment New HampshireCoalition for ResponsibleSiting of LNG FacilitiesEnvironment New MexicoCoastal Research andEducation Society of LongIslandEnvironment North CarolinaConnecticut Coalition forEnvironmental JusticeEnvironment OregonEnvironment New YorkEnvironment OhioGreater Edwards AquiferAllianceGreen Education and LegalFundGreenLawGreentown LabsHands Across the RiverCoalition, Inc.Haverford CollegeHelotes Creek Nature Center
High Country ConservationAdvocatesIntrenchment Creek CoalitionPhysicians for SocialResponsibility ArizonaIOWA 350Physicians for SocialResponsibility HarrisburgIowa Citizens for CommunityImprovementPhysicians for SocialResponsibility Maine ChapterIowa Interfaith Power & LightPhysicians for SocialResponsibility New MexicoPhysicians for SocialResponsibility New YorkLexington Global WarmingAction CoalitionMassSolarMulticultural Alliance for aSafe EnvironmentNature Coast Conservation,Inc.New Energy EconomyNew Hampshire PipelineAwareness NetworkNew Jersey Citizen ActionNew Jersey HighlandsCoalitionNew Mexico Interfaith Power& LightNo Canton Gas PipelineNo Fracked Gas in MassNo Sharon Gas PipelineOne Hundred MilesOregon EnvironmentalCouncilOrganize NowOur Santa Fe River, Inc.Peninsula Interfaith ClimateActionPennEnvironmentPhysicians for SocialResponsibility OregonSol-ReliantSouth Coast NeighborsUnited, Inc.Southern Alliance for CleanEnergySouthern Oregon ClimateAction NowStop Northeast Energy DirectStop the West RoxburyLateral PipelineStopNEDPhysicians for SocialResponsibility PhiladelphiaSustainable LexingtonPhysicians for SocialResponsibility San FranciscoBay AreaSustainable UptonPhysicians for SocialResponsibility WashingtonThe Environmental JusticeCenter at Chestnut HillUnited ChurchPhysicians for SocialResponsibility- Wisconsin/WIEnvironmental HealthNetworkSustainable TompkinsTexas Drought ProjectThe Lands CouncilThe League of WomenVoters of FloridaPipe Line AwarenessNetwork for the NortheastTransition Howard CountyProgress FloridaTucson Climate ActionNetworkRenewable Energy LongIslandResist the PipelineReThink Energy FloridaUnitarian Universalist MassAction NetworkUranium WatchSan Geronimo Nature CenterWatershed Alliance of SandySpringsSave Our Springs AllianceWATERSPIRITSave the Scenic Santa RitasAssociationWestern New YorkEnvironmental AllianceSierra Club, Lone StarChapterWisconsin Environment
Local Elected OfficialsDoug Von Gausig, Mayor ofClarkdale, ArizonaDaniel Biss, State Senator,Illinois SenateIsela Blanc, StateRepresentative, ArizonaHouse of RepresentativesLaura Fine, StateRepresentative, IllinoisHouse of RepresentativesJoe Ramirez, Vice Mayor of ElMirage, ArizonaWill Guzzardi, StateRepresentative, IllinoisHouse of RepresentativesJohn Insalaco, Mayor ofApache Junction, ArizonaFrank Hornstein, StateRepresentative, MinnesotaHouse of RepresentativesFue Lee, StateRepresentative, MinnesotaHouse of RepresentativesJim Carlson, State Senator,Minnesota SenateMargaret R. Rotundo, StateRepresentative, MaineHouse of RepresentativesJim Davnie, StateRepresentative, MinnesotaHouse of RepresentativesChristine Berg, Mayor ofLafayette, ColoradoJimmy Tarlau, StateDelegate, Maryland House ofDelegatesKaren Clark, StateRepresentative, MinnesotaHouse of RepresentativesSam Weaver, Councilmember of Boulder,ColoradoStephen Lafferty, StateDelegate, Maryland House ofDelegatesRaymond Dehn, StateRepresentative, MinnesotaHouse of RepresentativeGregory Haddad, StateRepresentative, ConnecticutHouse of RepresentativesAlex B. Morse, Mayor ofHolyoke, MassachusettsRick Hansen, StateRepresentative, MinnesotaHouse of RepresentativesThomas K. Butt, Mayor ofRichmond, CaliforniaJames Albis, StateRepresentative, ConnecticutHouse of RepresentativesMarilyn Moore, StateSenator, Connecticut SenateMatt Lesser, StateRepresentative, ConnecticutHouse of RepresentativesJohn Kolwalko, StateRepresentative, DelawareHouse of RepresentativesNan Orrock, State Senator,Georgia SenateChris Lee, StateRepresentative, HawaiiHouse of RepresentativesNicole Lowen, StateRepresentative, HawaiiHouse of RepresentativesGail Garrett, Select boardmember of Mt. Washington,MassachusettsGreg Snedeker, Select boardof Gill, MassachusettsMary S. Keefe, StateRepresentative,Massachusetts House ofRepresentativesSandra Masin, StateRepresentative, MinnesotaHouse of RepresentativesSandy Pappas, State Senator,Minnesota SenateTina Liebling, StateRepresentative, MinnesotaHouse of RepresentativesTom Sannicandro, StateRepresentative,Massachusetts House ofRepresentativesKermit Williams, StateRepresentative, NewHampshire House ofRepresentativesDavid Bly, StateRepresentative, MinnesotaHouse of RepresentativesLee Walker Oxenham, StateRepresentative, NewHampshire House ofRepresentativesD. Scott Dibble, StateSenator, Minnesota Senate
Mindi Messmer, StateRepresentative, NewHampshire House ofRepresentativesRenny Cushing, StateRepresentative, NewHampshire House ofRepresentativesRichard McNamara, StateRepresentative, NewHampshire House ofRepresentativesJosephine Noone,Washington BoroughCouncil-member,Washington, New JerseyAngelica Rubio, StateRepresentative, New MexicoHouse of RepresentativesCisco McSorley, StateSenator, New Mexico StateSenateElizabeth Thomson, StateRepresentative, New MexicoHouse of RepresentativesLinda Trujillo, StateRepresentative, New MexicoHouse of RepresentativesElizabeth Thomas, TownSupervisor of Ulysses, NewYorkMary Jo Daley, StateRepresentative, PennsylvaniaHouse of RepresentativesJane Smith, State Senator,North Carolina SenateKeely Briggs, City Councilmember of Denton, TexasMike Woodard,State Senator, North CarolinaSenateJoel Briscoe, StateRepresentative, Utah Houseof RepresentativesPricey Harrison, StateRepresentative, NorthCarolina House ofRepresentativesBarbara Rachelson, StateRepresentative, VermontHouse of RepresentativesShelly Willingham, StateRepresentative, NorthCarolina House ofRepresentativesSusan Fisher, StateRepresentative, NorthCarolina House ofRepresentativesValerie Foushee, StateSenator, North CarolinaSenateStephanie Howse, StateRepresentative, Ohio Houseof RepresentativesMike Yantachka, StateRepresentative, VermontHouse of RepresentativesRobin Chesnut-Tangerman,State Representative,Vermont House ofRepresentativesBob Hasegawa, StateSenator, Washington StateSenateCandace Pratt, Councilor ofSequim, WashingtonJessyn Farrell, StateRepresentative, WashingtonHouse of RepresentativesAlissa Keny-Guye, StateRepresentative, OregonHouse of RepresentativesKaren Keiser, State Senator,Washington SenateMimi Stewart, State Senator,New Mexico SenatePeter Cornelison, Councilmember of Hood River,OregonJamie Pedersen, StateSenator, Washington StateSenateOlga Pedroza, City Councilor,Las Cruzes District 3Arthur Haywood, StateSenator, Pennsylvania SenateCory Mason, StateRepresentative, WisconsinHouse of RepresentativesRonald Bailey, Albany CityCouncil Member, New YorkChris Rabb, StateRepresentative, PennsylvaniaHouse of RepresentativesLiz Stefanics, State Senator,New Mexico Senate
Prominent IndividualsAlistair Pim, CorporateDevelopment Executive,Northeast Clean EnergyCouncil *Ann L Finneran, Chair, WaterIssues Task Force Sierra ClubAtlantic Chapter *Berl Hartman, Director,EnvironmentalEntrepreneurs (E2) *Brian F. Keane, President ofSmartPower*Bruce Amundson, MD,President, WashingtonPhysicians for SocialResponsibility*Catherine Thomasson, MD,Physicians for SocialResponsibilityCharles Hanna, Ph.D.,Duquesne UniversityDaniel C. Kline, CEO,ParaTechnica *Frank Gage, Assistant ChairRenewable Energy TaskForce, WNY Peace CenterInc.*Gail Neustadt, Author,Sebastian's Tale *James E. Jones, MD,Physicians for SocialResponsibility *Janelle London, Vice Chair,Menlo Park EnvironmentalQuality Commission *John F. Gurnon, President,Charles St. Supply Co.*Jonathan DiCesare, ProjectManager, CobleskillHydroelectric *Judith Glixon, Coordinator,Beth El Climate Team *Judy Weiss, Rabbi, BostonJewish Climate ActionNetwork*Katelyn McIntosh, JuniorScientist, Amec FosterWheeler *Katherine Eddins, ExecutiveDirector, Georgia-AlabamaLand Trust *Lynn Ringenberg, MD,President Physicians forSocial Responsibility *Marie Venner, Chair ofNational AcademiesTransportation ResearchBoard, Climate Change,Energy and SustainabilitySubcommittee *Mark Bauhaus, Partner, JustBusiness *Megan M. Gregory, TrinityPresbyterian Church, ForsythCounty CooperativeExtension *Meghan Haley-Quigley,Sustainability Manager,Union College*Michael Stone, Manager,Suntility Electric LLC *Mitchell R. Damon, Owner,MRDamon Construction *Pauline Rodrigues, FoundingMember, Southeast Coalitionfor Clean Air *Pouné Saberi, MD, Physiciansfor Social ResponsibilityRegan Keller, ProjectManager, Us CreativeWorks*Rob Rollins, DirectorBusiness Development,BlueSel Commercial SolarInc.*Robert Perkowitz, Presidentof ecoAmerica*Ross Gelbspan, Author, TheHeat is On and Boiling PointRoz Baker, MD, Physiciansfor Social Responsibility *S. David Freeman, Authorand former Chairman of theTennessee Valley Authority *Sandra Jones, Director,Plymouth Area RenewableEnergy Initiative *Sara Ross, CEO, SungageFinancial *Sarah Zemanick, Director ofCampus Sustainability,Cornell University *
Steve Garnaas-Holmes,Pastor, St. Matthew's UnitedMethodist Church*Terry Pawlowski, Chair ofTucson Climate ActionNetwork*Stuart Besnoff, Owner,Alpine Solar Heat and HotWater *Tom Cotter, Regional SalesManager, Renew Financial *Susan Donaldson, BoardChair, Better Future Action *Tom Kabat, Board Member,SunWork.org *Tyler Carlton, ExecutiveCommittee: LGBT SubCommittee Co-Chair,Massachusetts DemocraticParty *Victoria Alford Guest,Reverend, FirstCongregational Church inNatick *AcademicsAlbert R George, Director ofGraduate Studies in Systems,Cornell UniversityAndrew Kurtz, AssociateProfessor, Boston UniversityAndy McCollum, Professor ofBiology, Cornell CollegeAnne Oeldorf-Hirsch,AssistantProfessor, University ofConnecticutAsha Nadkami, AssociateProfessor, UMass AmherstBaerbel Hoenisch, AssociateProfessor, ColumbiaUniversityBarbara Gurr, Ph.D.,University of ConnecticutBarbara Welker, AssociateProfessor, SUNY GeneseoBethany Bradley, AssociateProfessor, University ofMassachusettsC.M. Armitage, Professor,UNC-Chapel HillCandace Claytor, AssociateProfessor, Michigan StateUniversityChris Chiappari, AssociateProfessor, St. Olaf CollegeCindi Gilliland, Professor ofPractice, University ofArizonaErin Binney Girdler, AssociateProfessor of Biology,Kalamazoo CollegeEugenia Lean, Ph.D.,Columbia UniversityFernan Jaramillo, Professorof Biology, Carleton CollegeClaudia Buchmann,Professor, Ohio StateUniversityFrederick H. Damon,Professor, University ofVirginiaDagomar Degroot, AssistantProfessor, GeorgetownUniversityGeorge W. Layng, Professorof English, Westfield StateUniversityDaniel Zwanziger, Professor,New York UniversityHeidi Elmendorf, AssociateProfessor of Biology,Georgetown UniversityDavid G. Embrick, PhD,Associate Professor ofSociology and AfricanaStudies Institute, Universityof ConnecticutHieu Nguyen, Ph.D.,Professor, New JerseyInstitute of TechnologyDavid N. Dinkins, Professor,Columbia University-SIPADavid Shapleigh, AssociateProfessor, Westfield StateUniversityIon Bogdan Vasi, AssociateProfessor, University of IowaJ. Morgan Kousser, Prof. ofHistory and Social Science,California Institute ofTechnology
James Langeland, Professorof Biology, KalamazooCollegeJames Russell, AssociateProfessor, Brown UniversityJames V. Masi, Ph.D.,Professor, University ofSouthern MaineJanet Mann, Professor,Georgetown UniversityJay Meegoda, Ph.D.,Professor, New JerseyInstitute of TechnologyJeff Baldwin, Professor ofGeography, Sonoma StateUniversityJeff Jeremiason, Ph. D.,Associate Professor inChemistry andEnvironmental Studies,Gustavus Adolphus CollegeJeffrey Seidman, AssociateProfessor and Chair, Dept. ofPhilosophy, Vassar CollegeJen Dolan, Professor, UMassAmherstJerome A. Paulson, MD,FAAP, Professor Emeritus ofPediatrics and ofEnvironmental &Occupational Health, GeorgeWashington UniversityJessica Gutknecht, AssistantProfessor, University ofMinnesota, Twin CitiesJohannes Urpelainen,Associate Professor,Columbia UniversityJohn Brigham, Professor,UniversityMassachusetts AmherstJohn R. Balmes, MD,Professor of Medicine, UCSFand Professor ofEnvironmental HealthScience, UC BerkeleyJohn R. Balmes, MD,Professor of Medicine, UCSF;Professor of EnvironmentalHealth Science, UC BerkeleyJohn Riker, Professor ofPhilosophy, Colorado CollegeJohn Zobitz, AssociateProfessor of Mathematics,Augsburg CollegeJonathan Glasser, Professor,College of William and MaryJoseph B. Underhill,Associate Professor,Augsburg CollegeJoyce M. Mullan, Ph. D.,Teaching Assistant Professor,Stevens Institute ofTechnologyJulie Klinger, Professor,Boston UniversityKath March, ProfessorEmerita, Cornell UniversityKristin Burkholder, AssistantProfessor, EnvironmentalScience, Stonehill CollegeLarry Reeger, AssociateProfessor, SUNY SullivanLoraine Lundquist, Ph.D.,Institute for Sustainability,California State UniversityM A Butler, AssistantProfessor, Missouri StateMargo Wolfson, AssistantProfessor, BrookdaleCommunity CollegeMartha Weiss, AssociateProfessor, GeorgetownUniversityMelanie Kankam, Professor,Spelman CollegeMelanie Morris, AssistantDirector of Sustainability,Suffolk County CommunityCollegeMichael Ferber, Professor,University of New HampshireMichael Goodhart, AssociateProfessor of Political Science,University of PittsburghMichael Griffin, Professor,Macalester CollegeMichael L. Boller, Ph.D.,Associate Professor ofBiology, St. John FisherCollegeMichael Singer, Professor ofBiology and EnvironmentalStudies, Wesleyan UniversityMichael Wysession,Professor, WashingtonUniversityNathan Phillips, Ph.D.Professor, Department ofEarth and
Environment, BostonUniversityNinian Stein, Ph. D., TuftsUniversityNoel Healy, AssistantProfessor, Department ofGeography, Salem StateUniversityObed Pasha, Lecturer,University of MassachusettsAmherstOlivia Holmes, Professor,Professor, BinghamtonUniversityRaffael Scheck, Professor,Colby CollegeRandi Darling, AssociateProfessor, Westfield StateUniversityRobin Greeley, Ph.D.,University of ConnecticutRoy Gordon, Professor,Harvard UniversitySarah Stoll, Professor,Georgetown UniversitySeungsook Moon, Professorof Sociology, Vassar CollegeShan Zhu, Ph.D, UNC-CHShankar Nair, University ofVirginiaSimone Galperti, AssistantProfessor, UCSDStellan Vinthagen, Professorof Sociology, University ofMassachusetts, AmherstStephen Bird, AssociateProfessor, Political Science,Clarkson UniversityStewart Weaver, Professor ofHistory, University ofRochesterSusan Crate, Professor,George Mason UniversitySusan Gerbi McIlwain,Professor of Biology, BrownUniversityTimmons Roberts, Professor,Brown UniversityUjjayant Chakravorty,Professor of Economics, TuftsUniversityUwakwe Chukwu, Ph. D., SCState UniversityVittorio Hosle, Ph.D.,University of Notre DameWalter Bock, Professor,Columbia UniversityRobert Goldberg, Professorof Epidemiology, Professor ofEpidemiologyBusinessesAbender CorporationExclusive JewelsGreen Education Inc.Aquamarine StudioFireFlower AlternativeAthens Running CompanyEnergyBurnham StudioEnergySageCell Phone Repairs and MoreGaspChase Systems LLCGo Green electricNew England Solar Concepts,Inc.Golden Real EstateNew Mexico Story PowerGolden SolarNewark Science andSustainability Inc.CityROCKClean Power Inc.Energy EmporiumGolden Well Being CollectiveHookah HookupLongfellow Health ClubsMr. Sustainable LLC
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