Energy & Environment
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End Oil Subsidies With concerns growing over the impacts of the sequester budget cuts, we believe Congress should put an end to these taxpayer-paid subsidies to an industry that is enjoying record profits. Across-the-board sequester cuts will reduce air pollution monitoring, scale back Superfund cleanups and reduce funding clean water and drinking water projects. Closing tax loopholes and subsidies to the oil industry would have positive impact on the federal budget by generating revenue for smart investment in our economy and help businesses and the environment. read on... |
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Fracking and New York State The recent development of high-volume hydraulic fracturing, often referred to as “fracking” or “unconventional” shale gas drilling, has raised serious concerns about its impacts on the environment, public health, and local and regional economies. The practice involves injecting millions of gallons of water, sand and chemicals deep into the earth at extremely high pressure to fracture rock formations and release trapped deposits of natural gas and/or oil. read on... |
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Fracking and Climate Change The businesses represented by the American Sustainable Business Council, like other businesses, value clean affordable energy that is not vulnerable to foreign policy-induced supply disruptions. With climate change presenting an ever more daunting challenge to the nation’s economic well-being, ASBC is mobilizing businesses to support clean energy and efficiency programs and policies. read on... |
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Renewable Portfolio Standards Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) are state mandates which require utilities to produce a certain amount of energy from renewable sources of energy, such as wind, solar and biofuel, within a specific time frame. The standards vary from state to state - for example, North Carolina mandates 12.5% clean energy production by 2021 while Colorado calls for 30% by 2020. read on... |
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Support Clean Energy Victory Bonds Information on the Clean Energy Victory Bonds Act of 2013 will soon be available. For information on the Clean Energy Victory Bonds Act of 2012, please read the following. Reliable, long-term financing has been one of the greatest obstacles to moving the nation toward a clean energy future. Clean Energy Victory Bonds can be a big part of the solution. The Clean Energy Victory Bonds Act of 2012 works to create an investment vehicle that allows Americans to invest in one of the fastest growing sectors in the global economy, as well as a means to collectively provide a secure... read on... |
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Tell the White House to Cancel the Keystone XL Pipeline President Obama last year delayed the final decision the Keystone XL Pipeline. Since then, the President promised in his second inaugural address that the United States would “respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray... read on... |
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Uphold EPA Oversight of Greenhouse Gases In 2012, the EPA revised its rules on new source performance standards (NSPS) of greenhouse gas emissions, resulting in stricter regulations on future power plants. Unfortunately, these rules do not address existing power plants, which tend to be heavy greenhouse gas producers. What’s more, recent initiatives by the 112th Congress have been aimed at undermining the EPA's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants. These efforts, no doubt, will continue in the 113th Congress, and are not in the business community's or the... read on... |
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