Laura,

Thank you for raising these important points. It is not the intention of this campaign to support the provisions in the GREEN Act related to garbage incinerators and biomass power plants. This should have been caught before the website went live, and the campaign is updating the site to make clear the points you raise so powerfully below.

 

Sara

 

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Sara Chieffo

League of Conservation Voters

202.413.9125 (cell)

202.454.4581 (office)

 

 

From: cdp@groups.b-team.org <cdp@groups.b-team.org> On Behalf Of Laura Haight
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2020 10:19 AM
To: cdp@groups.b-team.org; 'Courtney Foley' <cfoley@cacampaign.com>; 'Ari Appel' <aappel@partnershipproject.org>; 'David Shadburn' <dshadburn@cacampaign.com>
Cc: 'Mary S. Booth' <mbooth@pfpi.net>
Subject: RE: [cdp] Coalition for Clean Energy and Healthy Communities is launched

 

Lauren:

 

Thank you for sharing this information, which is more detailed than the sign-on letter that I reviewed and provided feedback to CAC about.

 

I am disappointed that a coalition that purports to support “clean energy and healthy communities” is calling on Congress to “extend and update the ITC, PTC, EV tax credit, and other credits as proposed in the GREEN Act” without qualification.

 

By now everyone should be aware that Black and brown communities are suffering disproportionately from a range of issues from police brutality to poor air quality.

 

It is unconscionable to say you support “clean energy and healthy communities” yet advocate for policies that will extend production tax credits for highly-polluting renewable energy technologies like garbage incinerators and biomass power plants, which are disproportionately sited in low-income communities of color and add to the pollution burden in these communities.

 

As a point of information, Congress extended the PTC for biomass and garbage incinerators in last year’s budget, and the House Ways & Means Committee’s Moving Forward Act would extend them again through 2025.

 

I ask you AGAIN to add a sentence to your policy platform expressly rejecting clean energy incentives for these polluting technologies and help lift up those of us who are fighting these bad policies and proposals, including the frontline communities you profess to support.

 

Thank you.

 

 

Laura Haight

U.S. Policy Director

Partnership for Policy Integrity

518-949-1797  lhaight@pfpi.net

 

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. Congress should extend and update the ITC, PTC, EV tax credit, and other credits as proposed in the GREEN Act. 

 

 

From: cdp@groups.b-team.org <cdp@groups.b-team.org> On Behalf Of Lauren Lantry
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2020 9:12 AM
Subject: [cdp] Coalition for Clean Energy and Healthy Communities is launched

 

Hi everyone, 

 

The Coalition for Clean Energy and Healthy Communities is officially launched and the website is live. Please help us amplify this launch today. Linked here is the digital toolkit and linked here is the joint press release. Let me know if you have any questions. 

 

Thanks,

Lauren

 

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