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Green-e Certifies UPC Wind's Mars Hill Green Tags
(Green-e Press Release)
SAN
FRANCISCO, Calif. (April 24, 2007) —The Center for Resource Solutions announced
today that UPC Wind’s new Mars Hill Green Tags are Green-e certified. UPC Wind’s
Maine-based Mars Hill Wind Farm (Mars Hill) joins the network of renewable
energy providers who offer products certified by Green-e, the nation’s leading
certification and verification program for renewable energy.
Read entire Press Release.
Maine Chapter Stance on Energy issues:
Sierra Club joined with the American Solar Energy
Society (ASES), key Members of Congress, and the nation’s preeminent climate
scientist to unveil a new report authored by ASES that lays out a plan for
dramatically reducing the nation’s global warming emissions. The roadmap—now
the official Sierra Club global warming strategy—details how an aggressive,
yet achievable, increase in the use of energy efficiency and renewables alone
can achieve a 60-80% reduction in U.S. global warming emissions by 2050. Follow
the links below to view the Executive Summary or Overview and Summary
of the Studies.
Statement of Carl Pope, Sierra Club Executive
Director
"The House showed a commitment to a new direction on energy issues when it voted
by a wide margin to approve H.R. 6 during its first 100 hours in session.
Yesterday, again by wide margin, Speaker Pelosi and the House reiterated this
commitment by creating the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global
Warming. We applaud the dedication the new leadership in the House has shown to
finding ways to end our dangerous addiction to oil, fight global warming, and
invest in the clean energy solutions that will fuel the economy of tomorrow.
"We congratulate Rep. Ed Markey, a longtime friend of the Sierra Club, on his
new chairmanship. Rep. Markey has long shown his dedication to giving America
the kind of energy policy it so badly needs and deserves and we look forward to
his leadership on the new committee.
"Working with the other relevant committees, the select committee will be an
important new tool in making progress on global warming and energy legislation
in the 110th Congress. Along with Speaker Pelosi, we hope to mark the progress
of important legislative proposals by celebrating Energy Independence Day this
Fourth of July."
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The Maine Chapter Supports:
1. A Cabinet Level Energy Commissioner
2. A state energy plan for Maine that:
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Encourages the state to set an example for energy
efficiency.
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Focuses on energy efficiency and conservation, on both
the supply and demand for energy resources, regional issues, transmission and
distribution infrastructure, and fuel diversity.
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Supports the increased use of alternative
energy technologies
and energy efficient systems.
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Increased consumer awareness of the need to reduce energy
consumption through habits of energy conservation and use of energy efficient
products.
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Open and comprehensive approach to siting of industrial
energy facilities (LNG) on
Maine's coast.
3. A Strong Maine Greenhouse Gas Initiative and
Climate Change Action Plan.
The Maine Chapter Recommends:
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The creation of a Four Point Pollutant Program in Maine
that addresses the issues of air pollution instate including Carbon Dioxide.
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Providing public awareness about the importance of
demanding clean upwind air.
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The public should pledge
not to idle their motor vehicles.
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