[Sosfbay-discuss] Sustainable Energy Network

[Wes Rolley]

Joining this coalition is a requested agenda item for the Eco-Action Committee Telecon tonight. Does anyone think this is a good idea? 

I also note that Al Gore's speech on Global Warming Solutions <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/18/AR2006091801125.html?referrer=email>, given yesterday at New York University, has engendered at least on call for all of the minor parties (Greens, Libertarians, Reform, etc.) to draft Gore for President in 2008. 

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SUSTAINABLE ENERGY NETWORK
8606 Greenwood Avenue, #2
Takoma Park, MD 20912
301-588-4741


September 19, 2006

Dear Colleague:

I am writing to invite you and/or your organization to join the Sustainable
Energy Network (SEN) - if you are not already a member.

SEN is an informal network of 150+ U.S. organizations and businesses plus an
approximately equal number of individual activisits, including members of
government and academia, who wish to advocate a national energy policy that
aggressively promotes energy efficiency and renewable energy as strategies
for dramatically reducing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, phasing out nuclear
power, and ending energy imports.

More specifically, SEN believes that the goals of the nation's energy policy
should be to:

1.) promote energy-saving technologies in all sectors of the economy -
including energy-efficient buildings, appliances, lighting, vehicles, and
industrial processes as well as co-generation, district energy, and fuel
cells;

2.) promote environmentally-responsible applications of the cross-section of
renewable energy technologies including biofuels, biomass, geothermal,
hydropower, ocean, solar, wind, and renewably-based hydrogen;

3.) reduce greenhouse gas emissions to a level consistent with a world-wide
goal of global climate stabilization (e.g., curbing U.S. CO2 emissions by
60-80% from current levels by no later than mid-century);

4.) eliminate U.S. energy imports (i.e., oil and natural gas - are now 58%
and 15% respectively), while reducing overall use of oil, coal, and natural
gas; and

5.) phase out the current generation of nuclear power and not construct new
reactors in their place.

The Sustainable Energy Network will regularly prepare proposed letters to
Members of Congress, the Administration, and other decision-makers on these
issues.  Draft letters will be circulated to members of the network for
their information and possible sign-on.  Finalized letters will be sent
under the names of the signing organizations and individuals only.

The Sustainable Energy Network will also prepare periodic written
commentaries and op-eds on these issues.  Only the names of those signing
will be associated with any published materials.

No names of members of the Sustainable Energy Network will be used on any
letters, news releases, op-eds or other materials issued by SEN unless
permission has been granted for a specific release or statement.

All members of the Sustainable Energy Network will receive copies of draft
and finalized letters and op-eds as well as a periodic update of the contact
information for members of the network.  Periodic news stories will also be
circulated to members of the network.

If you would like to have your name or that of your organization added to
the members of the Sustainable Energy Network, please complete and return
the following form.  Membership is free.

NAME ___________________________________________

ORGANIZATION ___________________________________

ADDRESS ________________________________________

CITY/STATE/ZIP___________________________________

TELEPHONE ______________________________________

FAX ____________________________________________

E-MAIL _________________________________________

WEB PAGE _______________________________________

I AM JOINING THE SUSTAINABLE ENERGY NETWORK AS A(N)

_______ORGANIZATION   ________INDIVIDUAL

If you publish a newsletter or magazine ...

PUBLICATION NAME _______________________________

PUBLICATION FREQUENCY __________________________

EDITOR _________________________________________

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I look forward to hearing from you.


Sincerely,


Ken Bossong*, coordinator
Sustainable Energy Network
kbossong at hotmail.com


* Ken Bossong presently serves as the coordinator of the Sustainable Energy
Coalition (SEC), a coalition of 75 national and state-level organizations
and businesses promoting increased use of renewable energy and energy
efficiency.  The SEC is unaffiliated with the Sustainable Energy Network.

Previously, he had served as the Executive Director of the SUN DAY Campaign
(1993-2000), Director of the Public Citizen Critical Mass Energy Project
(1985 - 1993), Coordinator of the Citizens' Energy Project (1978 - 1985),
and Co-Coordinator of the Energy Program of the Center for Science in the
Public Interest (1973-1978).

-- 
"I find I have a great lot to learn – or unlearn. I seem to know far too much and this knowledge obscures the really significant facts, but I am getting on." -- Charles Rennie Mackintosh

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