360+ Organizations Release Statement on Senate Inaction on Energy Bill

As we witness the worst industry-caused environmental catastrophe in our history, the deadliest coal mining disaster in 40 years, and sweat through the hottest first 6 months of any year on record, there’s never been a more urgent time to move forward with a clean energy and climate policy.

 There’s no doubt that big oil, big coal, their army of lobbyists and their partners in Congress are cheering the obstruction that blocked Senate action on clean energy and climate legislation. Their cheers are cheers for China taking the lead in clean energy jobs, the Middle East getting more of our money, and America getting more pollution and fewer jobs.

At every opportunity, a minority of Senators who are in the pocket of America’s largest polluters in the coal and oil industries chose obstruction over working together to solve America’s energy and national security challenges. As a result of their actions, the big polluters will continue to reap record profits at the expense of Americans.

As we look forward, one thing is clear: the Senate’s job is not done. They must use every opportunity available to address clean energy and climate reform by working to limit carbon pollution and invest in new clean energy sources that are made in America, including protecting the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to crack down on polluters.

The statement is signed by more than 360 organizations, the first 26 of which are listed here:

1. 1Sky
2. Campus Progress Action
3. Center for American Progress Action Fund
4. Center for International Environmental Law
5. Clean Water Action
6. Defenders of Wildlife
7. Democracia
8. Earth Day Network
9. Earthjustice
10. ecoAmerica
11. Energy Action Coalition
12. Environment America
13. Environmental Defense Fund
14. League of Conservation Voters
15. National Audubon Society
16. National Wildlife Federation
17. Natural Resources Defense Council
18. Operation Free
19. Rock the Vote
20. Sierra Club
21. The Alliance for Climate Protection
22. The Wilderness Society
23. Union of Concerned Scientists
24. US Climate Action Network
25. Voces Verdes
26. World Wildlife Fund