ACCCE Focuses on Upcoming Lieberman-Warner Debate

(Statement by ACCCE V.P. for Communications Joe Lucas regarding new phase of advertising campaign)

(Alexandria, VA) - “Last month, ACCCE released our proposed national climate strategy, along with 12 principles that reasonable federal climate change legislation must embody. Our climate strategy and legislative principles were designed to advance environmental improvement, economic prosperity, and energy security.

“ACCCE is publicly committed to supporting the timely adoption of federal climate change legislation (and recognizes that a mandatory cap-and-trade program is one option for such legislation) so long as the principles we advocate are appropriately addressed. However, we are not supporting S.2191—the Lieberman-Warner bill—as it is currently written, because this legislation does not adequately embrace those principles.

“These advertisements point out some of our concerns with S.2191, which the U.S. Senate is scheduled to consider soon, and express our desire to work constructively with Sens. Lieberman, Warner, and other Members of Congress to help fashion federal climate legislation that we can enthusiastically support.”

To view copies of the Lieberman/Warner print ad visit:

http://www.americaspower.org/News/Ad-Archive

For a copy of the ACCCE Climate Policies go to:

www.cleancoalusa.org

About ACCCE

The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE) is a non-profit, non-partisan partnership of companies involved in producing electricity from coal. Because coal is America’s most abundant energy resource, ACCCE supports energy policies that balance coal’s vital role in meeting our country’s growing need for affordable and reliable electricity with the need to protect the environment. ACCCE also advocates for the development and deployment of advanced clean coal technologies that will produce electricity with near-zero emissions. Headquartered in Alexandria, VA. For more information, visit www.cleancoalusa.org or www.americaspower.org