Send them a message now, John!

John, here's an update on where things stand with congressional climate action:

The U.S. Senate is working on two bills that together will move President Biden's Build Back Better agenda. One bipartisan infrastructure framework currently has support from the 60 senators needed for passage. The other just came out late Tuesday night, a much larger $3.5 trillion package that only needs a simple majority to pass through what's known as budget reconciliation.

Process jargon aside, our message is simple: We need both bills to pass, and it's gonna take every last vote to make it happen. This is our moment to shape the most important climate legislation in American history, and we must take it!

Send your senators and your representative an urgent message right now »


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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Carrie Clark <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, Apr 2, 2021 at 8:07 AM
Subject: The biggest climate and clean energy plan ever needs your signature, John!
To: John xxxxxx <[email protected]>

 

President Biden’s brand-new Build Back Better bill needs your support. Urge your senators and your representative to pass it now! »

John,

It’s been tough in the last year, but we North Carolinians love traveling the Good Roads State from the Outer Banks to the Blue Ridge Parkway. Now President Biden's Build Back Better plan will make it easier for us to explore our beautiful state in electric cars we can charge easily!

It will make it cleaner and less expensive to power our homes, businesses, and cars, so we can invest more money in our families. It will create high-quality, clean energy jobs weatherizing homes, making and installing solar panels, windmills, and electric car chargers, and more.

North Carolina is already the #2 solar power state, and clean energy is one of the fastest-growing industries. But Biden’s plan will supercharge our economy, making clean energy jobs and products accessible to more people.

The president just announced the plan Wednesday, and fossil fuel CEOs are already working overtime to stop it from happening, John. Urge Congress to Build Back Better for We the People, not the polluters! »

What’s in the plan? A lot, but here are some highlights:

  • A clean power standard that will bring us 100% Clean Energy for All by 2035
     
  • Bigger rebates to help lower-income Americans buy electric cars and install an EV charger in their home
     
  • 500,000 public EV charging stations across America by 2030
     
  • Convert school and city buses to electric power, and expand both passenger and freight rail
     
  • Make high-speed broadband accessible to every American
     
  • Build or retrofit 2 million energy-efficient homes, schools, and VA hospitals, saving them money on their power bills
     
  • Replace all lead water pipes across the country to stop poisoning communities of color
     
  • Modernize our grid to prevent the Texas blackouts from happening anywhere ever again
     
  • Plug abandoned oil and gas wells that are leaking methane into our atmosphere and causing climate change
     
  • Restock our national PPE stockpile and make us better prepared for future pandemics and more resilient to climate change
     
  • Job training and research and development to create the high-tech, clean energy jobs and products of the future

Sounds great, doesn’t it, John? It won’t happen unless you email your senators and your representative right now. Tell them why this is so urgent to you!

Send a message

How do we pay for this? By making sure corporate polluters pay their fair share in taxes and create jobs and products in America, not overseas.

This is about building a long-term, sustainable climate and economy, and a healthy quality of life, particularly for low-wealth communities and North Carolinians of color, who are most hurt by pollution and the intersecting COVID, economic, and climate crises.

This is our shot to transform our economy and stop the worst climate impacts from devastating our health and quality of life. This is what we elected President Biden and Congress to do. Tell them to make it happen! »


Thanks for taking action,
Carrie
Carrie Clark, Executive Director
NC League of Conservation Voters

 

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