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Write Your Local Newspaper – Urge Your Senator to Pass Comprehensive Clean Energy and Climate Legislation!

The American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES) has been passed by the House of Representatives. As it moves to the Senate, we need to keep up the momentum to pass comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation. This legislation is vital to building an American clean energy future that will create jobs, cut our dependence on oil, and reduce the carbon pollution that causes global warming.

Sending a letter to the editor of your local paper is a great way to spread the word about the importance of this crucial issue that will affect the future of our planet. Just follow the steps below, and please let us know if you see it in print!

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By passing ACES, the House of Representatives has cleared a major hurdle towards building America's clean energy future that will create jobs, cut our dependence on oil, and reduce the carbon pollution that causes global warming.

As legislation moves to the Senate, it is important that we pass comprehensive clean energy and climate solutions to unleash investment in clean energy sources – like wind and solar – increase energy efficiency to save consumers money, boost the economy, strengthen national security, and limit global warming.

We need climate legislation now to create jobs and spur our economic recovery. There is growing support from businesses, faith groups, labor and other diverse groups that we need to produce more clean energy and reduce global warming pollution. Delay is not an option – we need to act now to create jobs in manufacturing and whole new industries, and protect the health of people and the planet.

ACES is a strong foundation that we can build upon. Over the next weeks we can convince Congress to provide more funding for renewable energy sources, increase the emphasis on energy efficiency, and create more clean energy jobs.

The opposition is blocking progress for America. They are just stalling since they are out of ideas and have no plans besides protecting profits and lining the pockets of greedy companies. We need to move to a clean energy future that will make America a global leader for the 21st century, not stuck with 19th century technologies and dirty fuel.

The ACES bill would establish a hard cap on global warming pollution that would reduce U.S. emissions by 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020, by 42 percent by 2030, and by 83 percent by 2050.