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Wednesday, July 8, 2009

American Clean Skies Foundation Issues Statement On Today's Introduction of the Natural Gas Act of 2009 in the Senate

/PRNewswire/ -- The American Clean Skies Foundation, a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C. whose mission is clean energy and environmental education, issued the statement below in conjunction with the introduction of the historic NAT GAS Act of 2009 in the Senate by U.S. Senators Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah). A companion House bill was introduced in April 2009 by Congressmen John Larson (D-Conn.), Dan Boren (D-Okla.) and John Sullivan (R-Okla.).

This bi-partisan bill provides incentives that will lead to the greater use of domestically produced natural gas as a transportation fuel. It will replace higher-cost and higher emitting gasoline- and diesel-powered vehicles with newer, cleaner, and lower cost natural-gas powered vehicles. This bill, which would increase the manufacturing of natural gas vehicles, will also create American jobs, strengthening the U.S. automotive industry and the overall economy.

Included in the bill are key elements that would: extend the tax credit for natural gas used as a transportation fuel; expand a tax credit for 80 percent of the additional incremental cost when purchasing any dedicated natural gas vehicle and increase the refueling property tax credit from $50,000 to $100,000 per station; create incentives for manufacturers to sell natural gas vehicles in the United States; and require that a percentage of the vehicles the federal government buys over the next five years run on natural gas.

"We applaud U.S. Senators Robert Menendez and Orrin Hatch for introducing the New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act (NAT GAS Act) today. We appreciate their leadership, along with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, for recognizing the critically important role American-produced, clean-burning natural gas can play in helping reduce carbon emissions. This bill addresses our country's economic and security priorities in a way that benefits all Americans.

The introduction of the NAT GAS Act today in the Senate represents one more major step toward putting one of our most valued natural resources in our country to greater use. The Act proposes that vehicles, especially heavy, medium, and light-duty trucks and buses, run on natural gas.

Natural gas is clean, American and affordable and multiple recent ground-breaking studies have confirmed we have abundant reserves in the United States to power our economy for decades to come. This legislation lays the groundwork to begin reducing our troublesome dependence on foreign oil and puts America on track towards a more promising energy future. No energy source can do more for America's environment and economy in the immediate future than natural gas."

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Saturday, June 20, 2009

Statement by the American Clean Skies Foundation Regarding PGC Report Confirming America's Abundant Supply of Clean-Burning Natural Gas

/PRNewswire/ -- The Potential Gas Committee's study on natural gas supply in the United States, unveiled by the American Gas Association in Washington, D.C., reinforces the fact that America has an enormous supply of recoverable natural gas. According to the study, America's own natural gas supply is capable of meeting the country's industrial, power generation and transportation needs for the next 100 years. Additionally, the abundance of natural gas in the United States means we can also considerably increase the use of it to meet the country's desire for cleaner, more reliable domestic energy.

The results of this biennial assessment support the findings released approximately one year ago by our group, the American Clean Skies Foundation, through a groundbreaking study conducted by Navigant Consulting, Inc. Those findings were the first validation that there are enormous supplies of domestic natural gas contained primarily in deep natural gas shale formations across the country.

Natural gas is the only domestic fuel capable of quickly lowering our dependency on foreign oil from unstable suppliers in the Middle East, Africa and Central and South America. As a significantly cleaner-burning fuel, natural gas is also the only fuel source available right now to help meet carbon-reduction goals without the added expense of high-cost carbon sequestration investments.

As this report underscores, domestically produced, clean-burning natural gas is indeed affordable and abundant. Now is the time to move America forward on a path toward a promising and new clean energy future, built on the increased usage of alternative and renewable energy sources, and led by America's own natural gas.

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Saturday, October 25, 2008

John McCain Message re: America's Dependence on Foreign Oil

Problem: America's Dependence on Foreign Oil

Our nation's security and prosperity depends on our nation's ability to break its strategic dependence on foreign sources of energy. America needs to achieve energy independence and John McCain has the plan to do it!

John McCain's Solution: The Lexington Project

The Lexington Project is John McCain's comprehensive energy policy that includes:

Expanding domestic oil and natural gas exploration and production
Reforming our transportation sector
Investing in clean, alternative sources of energy
Clean coal
45 new nuclear power plants by 2030
Alternative, low carbon fules such as wind, hydro, and solar power
A permanent tax credit equal to 10 % of wages spent on R&D
Promoting energy efficency
Addressing the speculative pricing of oil

Follow this link to learn more about the plan: The Lexington Project

As president, John McCain will take the necessary steps to ensure that Americans have dependable energy sources: producing more power, encouraging technology development, reducing energy prices, and addressing climate change.

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