Progress towards Repowering America

Repower America

How to change our course on energy: We have enormous untapped power. Across America, we can harness the wind and sun to power our future and leave dirty, dangerous energy behind. America needs a bold, new energy plan that: Requires that America generate 100 percent of its electricity from clean sources such as wind and solar power; Cuts our dependence on oil in half; and Reduces heat-trapping global warming pollution 80 percent by 2050. Read more on the specifics of our plan below. Reduce Our Oil Dependence Exxon Mobil and other Big Oil companies are spending millions to take our country in the wrong direction- pushing many of the same old polluting policies. But, we have the technology to dramatically reduce our oil consumption. Plug-in hybrid electric that go 150 miles on a gallon of gas already exist. Congress and the new administration should tell the auto industry to make vehicles that get at least 60 miles to the gallon. More Building An Energy-Efficient America A new generation of high performance energy efficient homes that generate their own clean power are being built across the country. An investment in this and similar projects will help America get 100 percent of our electricity from clean, renewable energy. That is why we are calling on decision makers to enact the policy solutions that will put us on track to make all new buildings zero-energy by 2030. More Clean Energy For America We can supply power to millions of homes and businesses by harnessing homegrown energy from the sun, wind and crops. That’s why we are calling Congress to require that utilities generate 100 percent of America’s electricity from clean energy sources such as wind and solar. More

Repowering America in brief

There’s no question that America has the technological know-how to meet 100 percent of our energy needs with clean, renewable energy. Wind turbines and solar panels can supply limitless clean, renewable energy to power and heat millions of homes and businesses. We can make high performance energy efficient homes that generate their own clean power and dramatically reduce our energy consumption.

With the war raging in the Middle East, the economic downturn, and global warming threatening our future, we cannot wait. Repowering America with 100 percent clean, renewable energy is the most effective way to improve our energy security, jump-start our economy, and avoid the worst effects of global warming. We need to start now. That’s why we’re calling on congress and the incoming administration to make energy efficiency, expanding our public transportation, deploying renewable energy technology, and reducing the pollution that causes global warming central elements in America's economic policies.

Progress towards Repowering America

Americans want real change that creates jobs and preserves our environment. State officials have been leading the nation. Environment America helped persuade 28 states to require a growing amount of their electricity come from renewable resources. Congress is now beginning to act. Last year, Environment America helped move congress towards a new energy future by approving $78.6 billion in funding for clean energy, energy efficiency, and green transportation through the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act. That was just a first step- we need to do much, much more. Environment America's Repower America campaign is promoting a national Renewable Energy Standard (RES) that would require the nation’s utilities to get more of their electricity from clean, renewable energy like wind and solar. In addition we are working to increase the development of a green skilled workforce, increased building efficiency, and the rapid deployment of renewable energy like offshore wind, so that we can reduce pollution and jump-start our economy.