Archive - Jun 12, 2009

This has definitely been one busy week! With the House vote quickly approaching (hopefully) everything and everyone is focused on the bill. Unless, of course, you have been without internet, newspapers, or the like, in which case you are in luck, as this post is chock-full of ACES (that’s the American Clean Energy and Security Act) information. In fact, check out this guide to everything ACES. If you are up-to-date with the ACES happenings, there has been a lot going on this week, so, you’ll still find this informative.

Yesterday, a team of 1Sky staffers, joined by 16 other climate-conscious organizations, went to Capitol Hill to talk about the importance of strengthening H.R. 2454, the Waxman-Markey clean energy bill. Our Policy Analyst Jason Kowalski, armed with third-day interns Melissa Rice, Rhiya Trivedi and me, collectively took on meetings with 15 House members. By the end of the day, we had held 200 meetings!