Monday, March 27, 2006
Is WA State going green? 3/16/06
Dear Editor,
Are we joining the rest of the country and going green?
There are so many of us being hosted by this planet. We take care of our houses, our desks and our cars, how about our planet? It looks like it’s going to happen.
A poll conducted this year by the Pew Research Center found that nationwide some issues go down well with everyone. Republicans, Democrats and Independents were all in favor of “requiring better fuel efficiency for cars, trucks & SUV’s” (86% for, 12% against), and “increasing federal funding for research on wind, solar, and hydrogen energy” (82% for, 14% against). There was even bipartisan support for “spending more on subway, rail and bus systems” (68% for, 26% against).
This is exciting as we have an Initiative to go on the ballot this November in Washington State. It’s I-937 and it’s for 15% of our energy to be from wind, solar and conservation by 2020. Amazingly all the Public Utilities have signed up for it. It is going to create thousands of family supporting jobs, stabilize household electric bills, support clean air and wean us off foreign oil.
We need 160,000 throughout WA State. Sign the Initiative at Mail Unlimited in Yelm or the ITEX office in Rainier, and help get the Initiative on the ballot.
Are we joining the rest of the country and going green?
There are so many of us being hosted by this planet. We take care of our houses, our desks and our cars, how about our planet? It looks like it’s going to happen.
A poll conducted this year by the Pew Research Center found that nationwide some issues go down well with everyone. Republicans, Democrats and Independents were all in favor of “requiring better fuel efficiency for cars, trucks & SUV’s” (86% for, 12% against), and “increasing federal funding for research on wind, solar, and hydrogen energy” (82% for, 14% against). There was even bipartisan support for “spending more on subway, rail and bus systems” (68% for, 26% against).
This is exciting as we have an Initiative to go on the ballot this November in Washington State. It’s I-937 and it’s for 15% of our energy to be from wind, solar and conservation by 2020. Amazingly all the Public Utilities have signed up for it. It is going to create thousands of family supporting jobs, stabilize household electric bills, support clean air and wean us off foreign oil.
We need 160,000 throughout WA State. Sign the Initiative at Mail Unlimited in Yelm or the ITEX office in Rainier, and help get the Initiative on the ballot.
# posted by Florence Vincent @ 5:46 PM 
