Petition for clean electricity and carbon caps

Through our member Connie Peterson, Repower America has offered V4CF an opportunity to take action for clean electricity and carbon caps. The opportunity? Sign an online petition to add your voice to those calling for clean energy. Their invitation:

Our transition to a clean, prosperous and forward-thinking America requires nothing less than bold, sweeping changes from Congress and the President.

That's why, beginning with the President's budget and continuing in the months ahead, we must take every opportunity to support needed policies -- starting with capping carbon pollution and revitalizing our economy to ignite progress on clean energy.

Today, we are seeing opponents spin mis-truths in order to scare the public. They deny the need for change. They say we should keep polluting our air.

They're wrong. Clean energy works for America, and it's working.

It's working in Newton, Iowa, which could have been devastated in 2007 when Maytag closed down a major manufacturing plant that had anchored the town for a hundred years. Today, Newton boasts two wind energy farms and opened a new turbine manufacturing plant last year, even amidst grim news from other areas of our economy. That's new jobs for the people of Iowa.

It's working in Greenville, Michigan, where United Solar brought new green jobs in 2006, after Greenville's Electrolux plant announced their move to Mexico. United Solar has expanded in Greenville and will be building another manufacturing facility in Battle Creek.

This is the change we need all over America -- to put our country back on track, and solve the climate crisis at the same time. The voice for the status quo is powerful and well-funded. And we must beat it.

In the months to come, we'll be growing our movement with new efforts to meet this challenge. Join us in supporting bold action to cap carbon pollution. Join our effort to Repower America.