While watching Senate energy negotiations stall, collapse, and enter the critical life support phase, I didn't take the time to flag a good energy bill my legislators introduced July 21. The bill's goal is to keep you cool in the summer and warm in the winter - without warming your children's world - by promoting thermal renewable energy.

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President Obama and the U.S. Senate have failed. They promised legislation to transform our energy system, create jobs and reduce pollution and today Senate Majority Leader Reid gave up.

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Over 6,000 companies are calling on Congress to enact meaningful and effective energy and climate legislation. The American Businesses for Clean Energy (ABCE) and We Can Lead, an organization of Business Leaders in Support of Strong Energy and Climate Policy, took out an ad in POLITICO magazine to highlight their strong support. The ad states that "when our leaders in Washington drag their feet, America falls behind."

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It's finally summer...three months of warm weekend getaways and backyard barbeques. But there are 100 people in Washington who can't afford to take any time off. Our U.S. senators now have two comprehensive climate and energy bills in front of them: the American Power Act and the Carbon Limits and Energy for America's Renewal (CLEAR) Act. Both would create new American jobs, decrease our dependence on dirty oil, and cut global warming pollution through nationwide carbon emission limits. In addition, both bills would return a large portion of the revenue generated from making polluters pay for carbon to American families.

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State representative Jeremy Kalin (DFL - North Branch) spoke out in support of passing clean energy and climate legislation during an MPR Midmorning show and a press conference on Harriet Island in St. Paul yesterday. Representative Kalin is the chair of a nationwide coalition of 1,210 state legislators who called on Congress and the president to adopt a comprehensive climate and energy bill.

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Over 1,200 organizations have signed a letter to President Obama calling for his leadership to help pass comprehensive climate and energy legislation this year. Fresh Energy is proud to be among them.

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