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Congresswoman Kaptur Celebrates Earth Day With Call For ALternative Energy Development

Floor Speech

Date: April 22, 2007
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Energy Environment Natural Resources


CONGRESSWOMAN KAPTUR CELEBRATES EARTH DAY WITH CALL FOR ALTERNATIVE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT

U.S. Representative Marcy Kaptur marked the 37th anniversary of Earth Day will a call for quicker action on development of alternative and renewable fuels.

"Our nation has made great strides since the first Earth Day in 1970,” said Congresswoman Kaptur. “From the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act to creation of the Environmental Protection Agency, our response to pollution has become more robust. We have begun the cleanup of Lake Erie and the Great Lakes, which has spurred greater tourism and more economic opportunities.

“Now we have to address the unquenchable thirst for energy. It is time for a concerted effort to make the transition to cleaner energy alternatives and a turn away from the technologies of yesterday.”

Congresswoman Kaptur recently supported the CLEAN Energy Act of 2007, which would create a multibillion dollar trust fund to promote domestic renewable energy by ending tax loopholes for big oil companies. She also supported efforts to create a Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, a House task force to begin solving these problems.

“These legislative victories should be the starting place for the great task that lies ahead. Together, we must reinvent our economy and invest in the technologies that make us energy independent and sustainable for the future.

“With the construction of more ethanol facilities in our area, the world class development of photovoltaic research at the University of Toledo and the new possibilities of research at NASA Plumbrook, we are steadily marshaling the resources to meet these challenges.

“It is not enough simply to voice our concerns. We must take action. Every day that we let slip by us without advocating for and pursuing a national agenda consisting of clean, renewable energy is a day that we ignore the open door for a cleaner and more secure future for our children.”


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