Clean Energy Jobs & American Power Act

Democratic Senators Barbara Boxer (CA) and John Kerry (MA) introduced the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act on September 30, 2009, 821-page legislation aimed to reduce carbon emissions 20 percent by 2020 and 80 percent by mid-century. President Obama hailed the Senate proposal, saying his administration is "deeply committed to passing a bill that creates new American jobs and the clean energy incentives that foster innovation." The bill includes significant public investment in clean energy research, as well as provisions to generate electricity from natural gas and nuclear power and support carbon capture and storage research (read summary). The Senate bill calls for a 20 percent emissions cut by 2020, a more aggressive reduction than the House-passed bill's 17 percent and President Obama's call for a 14 percent cut.

Bill Introduction

Bill as Introduced

Chairman's Mark Version

Analysis

WRI's Summary of CLEARA (February 17)
WRI's Emissions Analysis (December 17)
ICLEI USA (November 2)
Natural Resources Defense Council (October 8)
Union of Concerned Scientists (October 8)
World Resources Institute (October 7)
National Wildlife Federation (October 6)

Statements

Introduction of the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act

Reaction to Introduction of Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Environment America (September 30, 2009)
Climate Bill a Step Toward Addressing Needs of the Hardest Hit, Oxfam America (September 30, 2009)
Reaction to Introduction of the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, World Resources Institute (September 30, 2009)
Sierra Club Applauds Clean Energy & American Power Act, Sierra Club (September 30, 2009)
Reaction to Introduction of Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, The Wilderness Society (September 30, 2009)
Reaction to Introduction of Senate Clean Energy and Climate Legislation, National Wildlife Federation (September 30, 2009)
Reaction to Introduction of Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Environmental Defense Fund (September 30, 2009)
Statement on Draft Senate Climate Bill, Greenpeace (September 30, 2009)
LCV Applauds Introduction of the Clean Energy Jobs & American Power Act, League of Conservation Voters (September 30, 2009)
Reaction to Introduction of Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Alliance for Climate Protection (September 30, 2009)
Statement on the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Blue Green Alliance (September 30, 2009)
Statement on Introduction of Climate and Energy Legislation in US Senate, World Wildlife Fund (September 30, 2009)
Reaction to Introduction of Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Union of Concerned Scientists (September 30, 2009)
Statement from Chairman Al Gore on the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Alliance for Climate Protection (September 30, 2009)
Reaction to Introduction of Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Natural Resources Defense Council (September 30, 2009)
Reaction to Introduction of Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, 1Sky (September 30, 2009)
Reaction to Introduction of Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Friends of the Earth (September 30, 2009)
Statement on Senate Climate Bill, Center for Biological Diversity (September 30, 2009)
Reaction to the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, The Nature Conservancy (September 30, 2009)
Senate Clean Energy, Climate Plan Essential to Putting America Back in Control, Clean Energy Works (September 30, 2009)
Statement on Introduction of Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Earthjustice (September 30, 2009)
Reaction to Introduction of Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Physicians for Social Responsibility (October 1, 2009)
Reaction to Introduction of Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Chesapeake Climate Action Network (October 1, 2009)

Committee Action

Reaction to Senate Hearings on Kerry-Boxer Climate Change Bill, Earthjustice (October 27, 2009)
Statement by EDF President Fred Krupp on Committee Passage of the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Environmental Defense Fund (November 5, 2009)
Reaction to Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Passage of Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Center for Clean Air Policy (November 5, 2009)
Reaction to Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Passage of Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Oxfam America (November 5, 2009)
Reaction to Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Passage of Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, World Wildlife Fund (November 5, 2009)
Reaction to Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Passage of Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Environment America (November 5, 2009)
Reaction to Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Passing the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Natural Resources Defense Council (November 5, 2009)
Reaction to Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Passage of Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Oceana (November 5, 2009)
Reaction to Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Passing the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, National Wildlife Federation (November 5, 2009)
Reaction to Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Passage of Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, The Wilderness Society (November 5, 2009)
Reaction to Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Passage of Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, League of Conservation Voters (November 5, 2009)
Reaction to Senate Environment and Public Works Passage of Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Union of Concerned Scientists (November 5, 2009)
Statement on Climate Bill Action in Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Friends of the Earth (November 5, 2009)
CARE Welcomes Committee Action on Senate Climate Bill, CARE USA (November 5, 2009)
Reaction to Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Passage of Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, The Nature Conservancy (November 5, 2009)
Climate Framework Should Focus on Clean Energy, Environment America (December 10, 2009)

Testimony

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

9:30 AM

EPW Hearing Room – 406 Dirksen

Witnesses:

Panel 1

John F. Kerry, United States Senator (D-MA) (download testimony)

Panel 2

Steven Chu, Secretary of United States Department of Energy (download testimony)
Ray Lahood, Secretary of United States Department of Transportation (download testimony)
Ken Salazar, Secretary of United States Department of the Interior (download testimony)
Lisa Jackson, Administrator of United States Environmental Protection Agency (download testimony)
Jon Welllinghoff, Chairman of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (download testimony)

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

9:30 AM

EPW Hearing Room – 406 Dirksen

Witnesses:

Panel 1: Jobs and Economic Opportunities

Peter Brehm, Vice President of Business Development & Government Relations, Infinia Corporation (download testimony)
Dan Reicher, Director, Climate and Energy Initiatives, Google (download testimony)
Dave Foster, Executive Director, Blue Green Alliance (download testimony)
Michael Nutter, Mayor, City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (download testimony)
Kate Gordon, Senior Policy Advisor, Apollo Alliance (download testimony)
Bill Klesse, Chairman and CEO, Valero Energy Corp (download testimony)
Brett A. Vassey, President and CEO, Virginia Manufacturers Association (download testimony)

Panel 2: National Security

John Warner, United States Senator (Retired) (download testimony)
Kathleen Hicks, Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Forces, United States Department of Defense (download testimony)
Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn USN (Ret.), Member, Military Advisory Board, Center for Naval Analyses (download testimony)
Major General Robert H. Scales (Ret.) (download testimony)
Drew Sloan, Fellow, Truman National Security Project (download testimony)
Lieutenant Colonel James Jay Carafano (Ret.), Deputy Director, Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies, Director, Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies, The Heritage Foundation (download testimony)

Panel 3: Utilities

David Crane, President and Chief Executive Officer, NRG Energy, Inc. (download testimony)
Ralph Izzo, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated (PSEG) (download testimony)
Kevin Law, President and Chief Executive Officer, Long Island Power Authority (download testimony)
Nathaniel Keohane, Director of Economic Policy and Analysis, Environmental Defense Fund (download testimony)
Joel Bluestein, Senior Vice President, ICF International (download testimony)
Barry Hart, Chief Executive Officer, Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives (download testimony)
Dustin Johnson, Commissioner, South Dakota Public Utilities Commission (download testimony)

Panel 4: Adaptation

Shari T. Wilson, Secretary, Maryland Department of the Environment (download testimony)
Ronald E. Young, President, California Association of Sanitation Agencies (download testimony)
Dr. Peter C. Frumhoff, Chief Scientist, Climate Campaign, Union of Concerned Scientists (download testimony)
Larry J. Schweiger, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Wildlife Federation (download testimony)
Fawn Sharp, President, Quinault Indian Nation (download testimony)
Jim Sims, President and Chief Executive Officer, Western Business Roundtable (download testimony)
Dr. Kenneth P. Green, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute (download testimony)

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Panel 1: Moving to a Clean Energy Economy

Preston Chiaro, Chief Executive Officer, Energy Product Group, Rio Tinto (download testimony)
John Rowe, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Exelon Corporation (download testimony)
Dr. Willett Kempton, Professor, Marine Policy, University of Delaware (download testimony)
Bob Winger, President, International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Local 11 (download testimony)
Fred Krupp, President, Environmental Defense Fund (download testimony)
Mike Carey, President, Ohio Coal Association (download testimony)
Bob Stallman, President, American Farm Bureau Federation (download testimony)

Panel 2: Transportation

Sherwood Boehlert, Co-Chair, Bipartisan Policy Center’s National Transportation Policy Project (download testimony)
William Millar, President, American Public Transportation Association (download testimony)
Mike McKeever, Executive Director, Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) (download testimony)
Barbara J. Windsor, President & Chief Executive Officer, Hahn Transportation, Inc. (download testimony)

Panel 3: Actions in Other Countries

John Podesta, President and Chief Executive Officer, Center for American Progress Action Fund (download testimony)
Ned Helme, President, Center for Clean Air Policy (download testimony)
Jonathan Lash, President, World Resources Institute (download testimony)
Iain Murray, Vice-President for Strategy, Competitive Enterprise Institute (download testimony)

Panel 4: Moving to a Clean Energy Economy

Linda Adams, Secretary, California Environmental Protection Agency (download testimony)
Dave Johnson, Organizing Director, Laborers’ Union Eastern Region, Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA) (download testimony)
J. Stephan Dolezalek, Managing Director, VantagePoint Venture Partners (download testimony)
David Hawkins, Director, Climate Center, Natural Resources Defense Council (download testimony)
Eugene Trisko, Attorney at Law, On behalf of the United Mine Workers of America (download testimony)
Matt Smorch, Vice President of Strategic Planning, CountryMark (download testimony)
Paul Cicio, Executive Director, Industrial Energy Consumers of America (download testimony)

Key Developments

Senate Committee Passes Climate Bill

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5, 2009 - The Clean Energy Jobs bill advanced through a key committee in early November 2009. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee passed their version of the bill by 11-to-1, despite a boycott of the vote by the panel's Republicans. The bill will now be merged with legislation being written by five other Senate panels. Read more

Senate Hearings Kick Off Climate Bill Debate

WASHINGTON, October 27 - With Democrats and Republicans deeply divided about the need for and cost of curbing climate changing pollution and pursuing an energy economy that tilted away from dirty and expensive fossil fuels, the United States Senate today launched a potentially far-reaching debate on legislation designed to secure the environment and propel a new industrial chapter for the American economy. Read more

Obama Expresses Support for Strong Climate Change Legislation

BOSTON, October 23 - Speaking Friday at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, President Barack Obama expressed his strong support for legislation to control climate change by limiting greenhouse gas emissions (Watch video). Obama said he is looking to Congress to pass "comprehensive legislation that will finally make renewable energy the profitable kind of energy in America." Read his full remarks

Boxer, Kerry Restart Climate, Energy Debate With New Senate Bill

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Democratic Senators Barbara Boxer of California and John Kerry of Massachusetts today introduced the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, a proposal that calls for reducing carbon emissions 20 percent by 2020 and 80 percent by mid-century. Read more

Sign-On Letters

Environmental Groups Urge Support for Comprehensive Reform (2/25/2010)
Sign-On Letter Against Senate Action on an Energy Only Bill (February 25, 2010)
We Can Lead Letter to President and Congress (1/21/10)
Ad in Wall Street Journal and Politico: Coalition of Business and Green Groups (1/21/10)
Sign-On Letter to Senate Committee Leaders: Climate and Energy Priorities (December 1, 2009)
Sign-On Letter to Senate Environment and Public Works Committee for Passage of S. 1733 (November 2, 2009)
Sign-On Letter to Senate to Strengthen House Bill from Coalition of over 300 (August 26, 2009)
Letter to President and Congress: Scientists Call for Strong Leadership on Climate (Woods Hole Research Center)

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Clean Energy Jobs & American Power Act

Bill Introduction

Analysis

Statements

Reaction to Introduction of Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Environment America (September 30, 2009)

Sierra Club Applauds Clean Energy & American Power Act, Sierra Club (September 30, 2009)

Reaction to Introduction of Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, The Wilderness Society (September 30, 2009)

Reaction to Introduction of Senate Clean Energy and Climate Legislation, National Wildlife Federation (September 30, 2009)

Reaction to Introduction of Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Environmental Defense Fund (September 30, 2009)

Statement on Draft Senate Climate Bill, Greenpeace (September 30, 2009)

LCV Applauds Introduction of the Clean Energy Jobs & American Power Act, League of Conservation Voters (September 30, 2009)

Reaction to Introduction of Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Alliance for Climate Protection (September 30, 2009)

Statement on the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Blue Green Alliance (September 30, 2009)

Statement on Introduction of Climate and Energy Legislation in US Senate, World Wildlife Fund (September 30, 2009)

Reaction to Introduction of Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Union of Concerned Scientists (September 30, 2009)

Statement from Chairman Al Gore on the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Alliance for Climate Protection (September 30, 2009)

Reaction to Introduction of Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Natural Resources Defense Council (September 30, 2009)

Reaction to Introduction of Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, 1Sky (September 30, 2009)

Reaction to Introduction of Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Friends of the Earth (September 30, 2009)

Statement on Senate Climate Bill, Center for Biological Diversity (September 30, 2009)

Reaction to the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, The Nature Conservancy (September 30, 2009)

Senate Clean Energy, Climate Plan Essential to Putting America Back in Control, Clean Energy Works (September 30, 2009)

Statement on Introduction of Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Earthjustice (September 30, 2009)

Reaction to Introduction of Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Physicians for Social Responsibility (October 1, 2009)

Reaction to Introduction of Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Chesapeake Climate Action Network (October 1, 2009)

Reaction to Senate Hearings on Kerry-Boxer Climate Change Bill, Earthjustice (October 27, 2009)

Statement by EDF President Fred Krupp on Committee Passage of the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Environmental Defense Fund (November 5, 2009)

Reaction to Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Passage of Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Center for Clean Air Policy (November 5, 2009)

Reaction to Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Passage of Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Oxfam America (November 5, 2009)

Reaction to Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Passage of Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, World Wildlife Fund (November 5, 2009)

Reaction to Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Passage of Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Environment America (November 5, 2009)

Reaction to Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Passing the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Natural Resources Defense Council (November 5, 2009)

Reaction to Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Passage of Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Oceana (November 5, 2009)

Reaction to Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Passing the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, National Wildlife Federation (November 5, 2009)

Reaction to Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Passage of Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, The Wilderness Society (November 5, 2009)

Reaction to Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Passage of Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, League of Conservation Voters (November 5, 2009)

Statement on Climate Bill Action in Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Friends of the Earth (November 5, 2009)

CARE Welcomes Committee Action on Senate Climate Bill, CARE USA (November 5, 2009)

Reaction to Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Passage of Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, The Nature Conservancy (November 5, 2009)

Climate Framework Should Focus on Clean Energy, Environment America (December 10, 2009)