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Energy
Senate Energy and Climate Bill Funds Our Energy Block Grant Program
President Nickels Announces 1000th Signatory to Mayors Climate Agreement
October 1, 2009
Yesterday, several U.S. Senators, led by Senate Environment and Public Works Chairman Barbara Boxer (CA) and Senate Foreign Relations Chairman John Kerry (MA), unveiled a comprehensive energy and climate plan that dedicates annual resources to our Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program. This is a big win for the nation's mayors, and for your many local energy and climate protection efforts.
It is the product of your many contacts with your Congressional delegations as well as the recent Lobby Day efforts led by Conference President Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels and Vice President Elizabeth Kautz. Specifically, the Boxer/Kerry plan dedicates a portion of the bill's revenues to the EECBG program, providing a sustained and predictable funding stream through 2050. I will soon be calling on you to take additional actions as this legislation moves through the full Senate and later into House/Senate negotiations on a final agreement.
I also wanted you to know that tomorrow - Friday, October 2 - President Nickels will announce the 1000th Mayoral Signatory to the Mayors Climate Protection Agreement. The ceremony will take place during the opening press conference of the Conference's Fall Leadership Meeting in Seattle. Many Conference Members have signed this Agreement so I wanted you to know in case you receive press inquiries related to your continuing climate protection efforts.
If you have any questions on the legislation, please contact Conference staff Debra DeHaney-Howard at 202-861-6702 or ddehaney@usmayors.org, Judy Sheahan at 202-861-6775 or jsheahan@usmayors.org. For details on the Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, please contact Kevin McCarty at 202-861-6728 or kmccarty@usmayors.org.
Recent USCM Action Alerts
Urge Congress to Create an Independent Federal “Green Energy Bank” to Further Incentivize the Deployment of Low-Carbon Technologies to Address Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Create Green Jobs
Federal Investment Tools to Promote Deployment of Clean Energy Technologies and Catalyze Private Sector Financing
Importance of Greening Affordable Housing Developments
Energy and Infrastructure
“Greening” the Tax Code and Promoting Coordinated Federal Investment in Cities
Calling on Congress to Allocate an Impactful Share of Greenhouse Gas Auction Revenues Directly to Cities
Calling for Congress to Amend Federal Legislation that is Impeding the Creation and Implementation of Innovative Performance-based Green Building Codes
American Investments to Solve Environmental and Energy Challenges and Create New Jobs in America
Climate Change
Support for U.S. Engagement in COP 15 UNFCCC in Copenhagen
Supporting Full and Dedicated Funding of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant
Past Resolutions
76th Annual Meeting Resolutions (Miami, 06/08)
71st Annual Meeting Resolutions (Denver, 06/03)
70th Annual Meeting Resolutions (Madison, 06/02)
69th Annual Meeting Resolutions (Detroit, 06/01)
68th Annual Meeting Resolutions (Seattle, 06/00)
67th Annual Meeting Resolutions(New Orleans, 06/99)
66th Annual Meeting Resolutions (Reno, 06/98)
65th Annual Meeting Resolutions (San Francisco, 06/97)
Energy Resource Center
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant
The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Fact Sheet
U.S. Conference of Mayors and the EECBG
Legislation
Energy Independence Security Act 2007 – Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program, Section 542
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act – pp. 28-42
U.S. Mayor Archive – Energy
Key House Energy and Commerce Committee Passes Climate Change Bill (5/09)
President Obama Announces New National Fuel Economy Standards to Plan to Cut U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions (5/09)
Mayors/Local Groups Urge EECBG Funding in Cap and Trade Bill (5/11/09)
EECBG Spending Plans Begin to Take Shape in Cities Across U.S. (4/27/09)
Waxman-Markey Introduce Energy/Cap and Trade Discussion Draft (4/27/09)
EECBG Program: Conference-led Energy Block Grant Program Launched | EECBG Cities (4/6/09)
Energy Resolutions – 7/2008
Senate Climate Bill Strongly Supports Energy Block Grant (6/2/08)
Palmer, Pelosi Tout Energy Block Grant, Green Jobs to Strengthen the Economy (3/10/08)
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