As the nation winds down from an historic election, many Americans are asking the question: Now What? Yesterday, the “We Campaign” responded to that question with a comprehensive solution to the three core challenges facing the United States: the economy, national security and the climate crisis.
In July, former Vice President and Nobel Laureate Al Gore issued a challenge to Repower America with 100% clean electricity within ten years. Building on that challenge, the “We” Campaign is launching a major advertising and grassroots effort to support the new President-Elect and other leaders as they seek to fulfill the election’s mandate for change and enact policies to revitalize the U.S. economy and help solve the climate crisis.
“There has never been a better time than right now to Repower America,” said Cathy Zoi, CEO of the Alliance for Climate Protection, the nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that manages the 1.8 million-member “We” Campaign. “Now is not the time for small steps or a narrow focus. The American people are calling for bold change, and Repower America is the big solution to get our country back on track quickly. Quickly transitioning to clean energy will kick-start our economy, generate millions of new green jobs and provide the foundation for long term economic growth.”
Starting on November 6, a series of new advertisements will run on television, in print and online. The first ad poses the question, “Now What?” The answer: “Our nation just made history. We have an historic opportunity to boost our economy and Repower America with 100% clean electricity within 10 years. It will create new American renewable energy jobs, end our addiction to dirty coal and foreign oil and solve the climate crisis.” The ad concludes, “Big problems need big solutions. History is watching.”
On Sunday a new television ad entitled “Common Thread” will begin airing, pointing to America’s continued harmful dependence on carbon-based fuels as the common thread running through our economic, national security and climate crises. If we pull that thread and end our carbon dependence, the ad states, we have the ability to solve these problems by repowering America.
The plan to Repower America outlines immediate investments in three areas: energy efficiency, renewable generation and transmission.
- Energy Efficiency: A national upgrade to eliminate waste, save money, and improve comfort. Make every bit of energy we produce work harder for us.
- Renewable Generation: Accelerate the ramp-up of clean, renewable electricity sources through policies that support increased private and public investment in technologies that work, like wind, solar, and geothermal.
- Unified National Smart Grid: Modernize transmission infrastructure so that clean electricity generated anywhere in America can power homes and businesses across the nation. National electricity ‘interstates’ that move power quickly and cheaply to where it needs to be; local smart grids that buy and sell power from households and support clean plug-in cars.
“We have the tools in hand today to make the plan to Repower America a reality,” said Zoi. “But transforming our economy will require bold leadership and resolve. We need our new administration to embrace the Repower America goal and usher in a new era of American excellence, in which our nation leads the world in clean energy technology.”
To view the ads, visit the website below.
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