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Instead of charting a bold vision for America’s energy future, this act undermines some of America’s finest and strongest environmental and consumer protections. The bill includes exemptions to the Safe Drinking Water Act for oil and gas drilling and the Clean Water Act for construction related to oil and gas development. Moreover, the bill opens up coastal areas that have been under moratorium for decades to a harmful inventory of oil and gas resources. It also contains a provision that could be used to disadvantage communities and states that wish to seek redress for contaminated drinking water in any new suits filed in state courts. The bill stacks the deck against having an environmental review of a broad range of oil and gas activities, making it much more difficult for the public to have meaningful input. Further, it threatens wildlife and subsistence values of the 23 million-acre National Petroleum Reserve Alaska. Read about the harmful provisions on the energy Policy Act of 2005. (29kb pdf) Read the letter sent to the US Senate asking for their vote against the EPA of 2005 (11kb pdf) Read the Sierra Club's statement
Read about the clean energy solutions that America deserves See what America would look like under the Bush energy plan. Where does he plan to put those 1,300 new power plants? Read about energy industry contributors that helped fund the Bush campaign. Is the President beholden to these special interests? Vice President Cheney has stated repeatedly that the Bush energy policy contains 11 of 12 proposals recently outlined by the Sierra Club. Truth, or misrepresentation? Judge for yourself. (pdf file, 53K) Statement of Carl Pope, Sierra Club Executive Director, about the Bush energy plan. President Bush's energy tour misrepresents the reality of his energy policy. See the ads the Sierra Club is running in response to the Bush energy plan. Photo courtesy Dept. of Energy / National Renewable Energy Laboratory Up to TopHOME | Email Signup | About Us | Contact Us | Terms of Use |
On August 8th, President Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005 into law. America needs a new direction on energy policy that reduces our oil dependence, invests in clean energy technology and curbs global warming. Sadly, this Act fails to achieve these goals. Instead of taking the country forward, the energy bill harms public health, the environment and consumers.