Making America a global leader

In an editorial in today’s issue of the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call, Rep. Upton repeated his misguided criticism of legislation to create millions of clean energy jobs and reduce the carbon pollution that causes global warming – once again referring to such efforts as a “cap-and-tax scheme.”

Consider: It takes 250 tons of steel and 6,000 parts to build a wind turbine, yet the U.S. currently imports the majority of our wind power equipment from other countries. Michigan is losing thousands of jobs while the clean energy technologies of the future are manufactured overseas.

We can put America back to work by becoming a global leader in the new clean energy economy. But construction can’t begin until Congress acts.

Call Rep. Upton at (202) 225-3761 and ask him to support the American Clean Energy & Security Act.