Thanks to great outreach work by our political liaison, Hilary Staver, we have set up a lobbying meeting with Senator Ben Cardin's energy aid Josh Kline this Friday! This is fortuitous given how hard it is to schedule meetings with the hard-working and busy people of the senate offices. Now that we have the opportunity though, we can advocate for a stronger version of the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES) from the senate. It is most appropriate to target Ben Cardin's office because the Maryland Senator sits on the Environment and Public Works committee, who is partaking in crafting the senate version. In the meeting, we'll likely cover some talking points previously noted in Media Director Kenny Frankel's "Clean and Green" diamondback article, which can be found on our Media page. Anyways, if you want to attend this meeting, which is an invaluable experience, contact Hilary at hstaver@umd.edu and she'll give you more details on how you can participate. It will be held this Friday, September 11, at 4:30pm in Cardin's office on Capitol Hill in DC! We hope we have a lot of people come out! Kenny Frankel Media Director CommentsLeave a Reply |  AuthorUMD for Clean Energy is a student activist group at the University of Maryland. In the past, they have successfully petitioned the university and University System of Maryland Board of Regents to commit to carbon neutrality by 2050. This past spring, they were successful in collaborating with statewide environmental groups to pass the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act, which sets the strongest short-term emissions reduction target in the nation – 25 percent reductions from 2006 levels by 2020. The group has also recently engaged at the federal level, lobbying for climate legislation which passed the House of Representatives this past June and will be considered by the Senate in the fall. ArchivesMarch 2010 Categories |
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