[NV Greens] Fw: [CMEP] H.R. 6: Tenacious beast, be gone

[Barb Ewing]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joseph Malherek" <jmalherek at CITIZEN.ORG>
To: <CMEP at LISTSERVER.CITIZEN.ORG>
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 3:02 PM
Subject: [CMEP] H.R. 6: Tenacious beast, be gone


> !!! A C T I O N    A L E R T !!!
>
> July 20, 2005
>
> The House-Senate energy bill conference committee, chaired by Rep. Joe
> Barton (R-Tex.), is currently meeting in an effort to resolve
> differences between each body's respective version of the bill (H.R. 6,
> "The Energy Policy Act of 2005"). Whatever merits this legislation has
> are far outweighed by the great harm that it would do.
>
> Under consideration are proposals to repeal the vital
> consumer-protection law known as Public Utility Holding Company Act
> (PUHCA), subsidize the mature nuclear industry, and leave taxpayers with
> the bill to clean up groundwater polluted by petro-chemical companies
> [see "MTBE" action below]. Meanwhile, there are no substantive measures
> to move our country towards energy independence and sustainability.
>
> Please write your senators and representative and urge them to oppose
> this regressive legislation!
>
> To send an e-mail to your elected officials with suggested text via
> Public Citizen's Web site, go here:
> http://www.demaction.org/dia/organizations/publiccitizen/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=998
>
> It is ESPECIALLY important to contact members of the energy conference
> committee.  For a list of the 65 members of the committee -- and how
> much money they've taken from the energy industry in campaign
> contributions -- go here:
> http://www.citizen.org/cmep/energy_enviro_nuclear/electricity/energybill/2005/articles.cfm?ID=13728
>
> ==========
>
> DON'T LET CONGRESS SELL OUT ON MTBE
>
> Stop Congress from letting petro-chemical polluters off the hook!
>
> One of the most contentious issues in the energy bill is the proposed
> liability waiver for producers of MTBE, a fuel additive that has
> polluted groundwater across the nation.  Cleaning up contaminated
> drinking water is conservatively estimated to cost at least $29 billion.
> Negotiations are currently underway that would leave taxpayers
> responsible for the vast bulk of cleanup costs while providing industry
> with legal immunity from lawsuits demanding compensation for the mess
> they've created. The liability waiver is in the House but not the Senate
> version of the bill, but House members are adamant about its inclusion.
>
> Tell your senators and representatives not to accept any deal that
> would immunize these corporate polluters from legal liability and leave
> taxpayers with any part of the cleanup bill!  CALL the Capitol
> Switchboard TOLL-FREE at 877-762-8762 to connect to your elected
> officials!
>
> For Public Citizen's analysis of the MTBE liability waiver, go here:
> http://www.citizen.org/cmep/energy_enviro_nuclear/electricity/energybill/2005/articles.cfm?ID=10546
>
> For more information on the energy bill, go here:
> http://www.stopenergybill.org
>
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