It’s Getting Hot In Here

The Energy Action Coalition recently partnered with Change.org (not to be confused with Change.gov), MySpace and many other of our great friends and partners like Focus the Nation, NWF, and Campus Progress in the “Ideas for Change in America” contest. Our idea for change: Rebuild and Repower America with a Green Stimulus Package.

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Rebuild America with a Green Stimulus Package.

President-Elect Obama has said he wants to hear ideas from all Americans, so the folks at Change.org decided to take him up on the offer, and we certainly want to as well. The contest is open to all and so far over 3800 ideas have been submitted.

The “Top 10 Ideas for America” will be presented to the Obama Administration on Inauguration Day. Change.org will then build a national campaign to advance each idea in Congress, marshaling the resources of Change.org, MySpace, and our dozens of partner organizations (like Energy Action) and millions of combined members.

Since we got started a little late as we’ve been up to things like planning Power Shift 2009, our idea is a little behind and needs your help to catch up.  Can you take 30 sec and vote, then share with your friends via email or Facebook?

Rebuild America with a Green Stimulus Package

We believe the inevitable economic stimulus package proposed by the new administration should be used to start solving our economic and climate crises simultaneously – putting Americans back to work with Green Jobs that rebuild our nation’s infrastructure using clean technology.

The urgency with which a stimulus package is being proposed is an opportunity we need to seize now, as it is likely the single biggest chance we will have – perhaps for several years – to ensure our national investments are green and that they combat global warming while propping up our economy.

We must Repower America with projects and incentives that lay the groundwork for a national economy built on clean energy – absent of coal and independent of foreign oil – to achieve the clean, sustainable future our generation and our planet demands.

Vote for this change idea to help make sure our elected officials use the stimulus to create jobs across the country – in all 50 states – while redesigning how we use energy, rebuilding our factories, retraining our workers, making our economy stronger, making us more safe, reducing our dependence on foreign oil, and making our workers and economy competitive for decades to come, even as we’re saving the planet.

…also, when you vote, be sure to check out and vote for IGHIH blogger Alex Tinker’s idea!

Hold a Nationwide Town Hall Meeting on America’s Energy Future.