From MoveOn e-mail dd 7/9/2009
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Energy and health care are the two biggest issues on Capitol Hill right now, and MoveOn Councils are planning fantastic local actions this month urging their senators to support clean energy jobs and a public health insurance option.
And we just heard some news about the energy fight that we wanted to share. As you may know, we've been expecting a key vote on the big clean energy bill in the Senate Environment and Public Works committee by the end of this month.
Today, Senator Barbara Boxer—the Chairwoman of the key Senate committee now considering the big clean energy bill—announced that her committee won't vote on the bill until after the August recess.1
Actually, this doesn't change much for our summer organizing plans. The bill is still being written and debated now. And grassroots organizing to pressure key senators while the bill is in committee remains our best chance to fix it.
So we're moving ahead with our national day of action on July 23rd. That's when Councils working on health care and energy will hold media events all around the country to spread our message!
To check which actions are planned by our council please go to:
http://www.moveon.org/team/ and sign in
If you haven't joined a council yet you can check planned activities by searching for councils using your zip code
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Friday, July 10, 2009
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
A GREAT DAY FOR CLEAN ENERGY
On Thursday, May 28th, the Jersey City/Hoboken MoveOn.org Council held its Clean Energy Jobs Day/ Green Initiative Meeting at the Babbio Center at the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken. 
The goals of the event were to:
[1] Nina’s Nuances Interior Design, Inc. - Jacquie Germany Principal Designer 218 Bloomfield Avenue, Suite 11C, Montclair, NJ 07042 Voice: (973) 233-1226 Fax: (973) 233-1228 - Email: jacquie@ninasnuances.com
www.ninasnuances.com
[2] MDM, PC - a CSA Group Company – Mariano Molina, President
66 York Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302 Tel: 201.434.6600 Fax: 201.434.3350 www.csagroup.com
[3] 3rd Rock Systems & Technologies, Inc – Vijay Israni, President
836 Pavonia Ave - Jersey City, NJ 07306
Phone: (866) 437-3762 (201) 341-3817 Email: info@3rdrock.us www.3rdrock.us
[4] AeonSolar LLC – Rob Ashmore, President
Phone 971-496-4430 E:mail: info@aeonsolar.com www.aeonsolar.com
[5] ENRGi Eastern Natural Resource Group Inc. – David Goldsholl, Owner
P.O. Box 72 Glen Rock NJ 07452
Phone (201) 882-2144 Fax (201) 882-8416 email: dave@enrgi1.com www.enrgi1.com
The goals of the event were to:
1. Show that New Jersey already has hundreds of established renewable energy companies working towards the targeted goals for electricity of 12% from renewable sources and 5% from increased efficiency in just 11 years, and can do even more if the bill is crafted correctly. (The opposition argues that green energy will take way too long to pursue.)
2. Show the media and NJ’s congressional delegation that with incentives offered by the Waxman-Markey Energy to reach that target will generate hundreds/thousands of new jobs in New Jersey alone.
3. Show that without federal incentives in the bill, the US will not reach the target 17%, those new jobs will not be created and the economy will not grow.
The event was a great success. At 10:00am about 50 people were seated in Room 104 listening to the presentation and ready to ask questions.
The speakers from the four companies we selected for this event were very eloquent and very clear in describing some of the current challenges they have to overcome. We all got a great picture on how these challenges can affect clean energy companies’ growth potential, their ability to create new jobs, and the opportunity to steer this country towards a clean energy economy and a renewable energy revolution.
Jacquie Germany – Nina’s Nuances Jacquie Germany, President of Nina's Nuances Interior Design, Inc,[1] opened the event describing her business which delivers green and sustainable interior and exterior design services to commercial and residential clients in New Jersey and New Y
ork. With the support of a thorough PowerPoint presentation, she showed us an example of her work, a kitchen renovation that includes green and sustainable solutions. Jacquie also talked extensively about the new ACES bill, illustrating all its major points and educating us on some of the major issues that this bill will address. She commented on how this bill, together with some of the provisions contained in the Stimulus Package approved earlier this year, would open new doors for small clean businesses such as hers to really start expanding and play a major role in assisting homeowners, landlords and developers and help them make green and sustainable choices for their buildings. Helping companies like hers to expand means help creating new jobs for people who might have lost their job but have been retrained to retrofit residential and commercial building using new green standards.
Mariano Molina – MDM,PC Mariano Molina, President of MDM, PC – a CSA Group Company,[2] and an Architecture and Design firm for green buildings, including LEED certified projects - talked about innovative ways to design buildings that take advantage of natural resources and minimize impact on the environment and human health. He showed pictures of t
he Joao S. Antao Public School #31 Early Childhood Center in Elizabeth, NJ, a project that received the 2008 ACEC Design Excellence Award. The building was designed employing “Green” building principles that employ environmentally responsible design, and construction practices were used such as passive and active solar energy, photovoltaic and geothermal heat pump systems, SMART START. He illustrated how by designing a hallway that slices through the building, they were able to get natural light to every room thus cutting down on the consumption of electricity. He explained how each room is individually ventilated, without using a system that circulates the same air throughout the building. This new single room ventilation will decrease the spreading of diseases in the school environment, something that has come to the attention of us all with the spread of swine flu. Mariano talked about how the new ACES bill should provide more funding for more public projects like this, allowing clean energy companies to expand and create new jobs.
Vijay Israni, President of 3rd Rock Systems & Technologies, Inc,[3] a company that focuses on proven renewable energy technologies such as solar photovoltaics, fuel cells and hydrogen generation systems, gave a wonderful presentation on his company and their projects. 3rd Rock Systems installed the solar photovoltaic systems we visited at Stevens Institute. The company uses an innovative financial mechanism, known as a power purchase agreement or a PPA, to provide clean solutions with immediate and long-term benefi
ts, from both an economic and environmental perspective, to residential, commercial and government entities. Under a PPA, 3rd Rock Systems and Technologies maintains and operates the solar installations, thus overcoming the major challenge of a solar system initial cost to the consumer, and then sells the generated electricity to the consumer where the project is installed, or to utilities companies. Vijay explained that his company has projects 20 times bigger than the one at Stevens Institute in the works but now those projects have come to a stop due to the current market conditions. It
is difficult for many project developers to find financing due to the current economic conditions and this has severely undermined clean energy providers. The Stimulus Package and now the ACES bill should supply enough incentives to stimulate investments in clean energy companies. The incentives should go from being tax incentives to being direct grants, and those grants should go to the installers, rather than the financers. Only taking these and other meaningful measures will allow clean energy companies to expand, finance new projects and create more jobs, leading the way for a new renewable energy revolution and our nation to became a leader in creating new sources of clean energy.
Rob Ashmore, President of AeonSolar LLC,[4] a company which also provides residential and commercial solar installations in New Jersey, followed the lead of other speakers and expanded on the significance of the ACES bill provisions for small and larger clean energy companies. He explained that the cost of solar power has decreased dramatically over the past 10 years and payback time for solar is now quicker than people thought (4 years residential; 6 to 7 years commercial). At the same time, rates for utility power continue to rise. With the help of rebates, tax credits and “green credits”, it can now cost less to power a residential or commercial property with clean, abundant energy from the sun than with electricity supplied by a utility company. His company helps clients navigate through the maze of incentives, permits, rules and regulations, to help them install the best possible system for their needs. He strongly advocated the need to simplify the incentives’ system to make it more mainstream and appealing to all those people interested in joining the clean energy user community, and to reduce the bureaucratic burden on installers. Also, while many people and businesses are interested in implementing a Solar Energy system, they are nervous about adding to their debt in the uncertain economy. Finally, to reach the mainstream consumer, more education on the benefits of renewable energy and energy efficiency is required.
Geothermal energy for the home David Goldsholl, owner of ENRGi Eastern Natural Resource Group Inc,[5] was supposed to join our panelists group and talk about his company which offers geothermal heating and cooling systems for residential and commercial buildings, but unfortunately at the last minute he could not get to the meeting. So MoveOn member Andy Velwest shared what he new about geothermal systems, which are according to David from ENRGi, the “sle
eping giant of renewable energy movement” because geothermal cuts the costs of heating and cooling, the biggest energy expense in any building: commercial or residential. Mariano Molino, of MDM, PC, continued explaining how a geothermal system works and what benefits it offers. Geothermal systems use the earth relatively constant temperature to provide heating, cooling, and hot water for homes and commercial buildings. Geothermal system use water or antifreeze solution which gets circulated through plastic pipes buried beneath the earth's surface. During the winter, the fluid collects heat from the earth and carries it through the system and into the building. During the summer, the system reverses itself to cool the building by pulling heat from the building, carrying it through the system and placing it in the ground. This process creates free hot water in the summer and delivers substantial hot water savings in the winter. Geothermal systems are very environmentally friendly, they conserve natural resources by providing climate control efficiently and thus lowering emissions; minimize ozone layer destruction by using factory-sealed refrigeration systems, which will seldom or never have to be recharged; and use underground loops to transfer heat, with no external venting and no air pollution.
A very lively and interesting Questions and Answer session followed the speakers’ presentation raising more awareness about the ACES bill, rebates, tax credits and “green credits” already available, and how the general public can help push for legislations that really support a clean energy economy.
The Q&A sessions was followed by a tour of the impressive and very creative solar installations that 3rd Rock Systems and Technologies built at Stevens Institute.
Overall during the day we saw and heard great examples of local innovation and expertise that really illustrate the clean energy economy. We thank all our speakers for taking the time to join us in this initiative and special thanks also go to Sylvia Schwartz, of Schwartz Marketing who does marketing and PR for green companies, and provided invaluable help in organizing this event.
America’s economy is in crisis, and we are feeling it right here in New Jersey a
nd as President Obama said in his speech at Nellis Air Force base in Las Vegas a few days ago, “... We have to lay a new foundation for prosperity...and a renewable energy revolution is part of that foundation....... So we've got a choice. We can remain the world's leading importer of oil, sending our money and our wealth away, or we can become the world's leading exporter of clean energy. We can hand over the jobs of the future to our competitors, or we can confront what they've already recognized as the great opportunity of our time: The nation that leads the world in creating new sources of clean energy will be the nation that leads the 21st-century global economy.”
So let’s show our support for this clean energy economy and for these companies that do an amazing job against many odds and can change our future for the better. Congress is currently considering the ACES bill which has the potential to start us on the path to a new energy economy. But Big Oil and Big Coal are working hard to keep us reliant on dirty energy for decades to come.
We ask you to contact your Senators and Congressman to urge them to lead the nation and serve their constituents by working to strengthen the bill so it creates clean energy jobs here in New Jersey, with more money-saving energy efficiency and more reliance on cleaner, cheaper sources of energy like wind and solar.
It's important to let our elected officials know that we support the WAXMAN-MARKEY ENERGY BILL. If they know that their constituents support it, they'll be more likely to keep fighting for it. Plus, other senators and congressmen who are on the fence will take notice, too.
For Congress representatives contact information please log onto our co
uncil’s website at:
http://tinyurl.com/JC-H-Councilor our blog at: http://jerseycity-hoboken-moveon.blogspot.com
Moveon.Org/Jersey City/Hoboken Council
www.moveon.org e-mail: jc.h.council@gmail.com
For a summary of the current version of the ACES bill please go to:
http://energycommerce.house.gov/index.php - scroll to the announcement on May 15th that has the latest info on the Bill, including a Summary or
http://apolloalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/apollo-summary-of-waxman-markey-bill-041009-3.pdf - has a very quick reference summary
2. Show the media and NJ’s congressional delegation that with incentives offered by the Waxman-Markey Energy to reach that target will generate hundreds/thousands of new jobs in New Jersey alone.
3. Show that without federal incentives in the bill, the US will not reach the target 17%, those new jobs will not be created and the economy will not grow.
The event was a great success. At 10:00am about 50 people were seated in Room 104 listening to the presentation and ready to ask questions.
The speakers from the four companies we selected for this event were very eloquent and very clear in describing some of the current challenges they have to overcome. We all got a great picture on how these challenges can affect clean energy companies’ growth potential, their ability to create new jobs, and the opportunity to steer this country towards a clean energy economy and a renewable energy revolution.
Jacquie Germany – Nina’s Nuances Jacquie Germany, President of Nina's Nuances Interior Design, Inc,[1] opened the event describing her business which delivers green and sustainable interior and exterior design services to commercial and residential clients in New Jersey and New Y
ork. With the support of a thorough PowerPoint presentation, she showed us an example of her work, a kitchen renovation that includes green and sustainable solutions. Jacquie also talked extensively about the new ACES bill, illustrating all its major points and educating us on some of the major issues that this bill will address. She commented on how this bill, together with some of the provisions contained in the Stimulus Package approved earlier this year, would open new doors for small clean businesses such as hers to really start expanding and play a major role in assisting homeowners, landlords and developers and help them make green and sustainable choices for their buildings. Helping companies like hers to expand means help creating new jobs for people who might have lost their job but have been retrained to retrofit residential and commercial building using new green standards.Mariano Molina – MDM,PC Mariano Molina, President of MDM, PC – a CSA Group Company,[2] and an Architecture and Design firm for green buildings, including LEED certified projects - talked about innovative ways to design buildings that take advantage of natural resources and minimize impact on the environment and human health. He showed pictures of t
he Joao S. Antao Public School #31 Early Childhood Center in Elizabeth, NJ, a project that received the 2008 ACEC Design Excellence Award. The building was designed employing “Green” building principles that employ environmentally responsible design, and construction practices were used such as passive and active solar energy, photovoltaic and geothermal heat pump systems, SMART START. He illustrated how by designing a hallway that slices through the building, they were able to get natural light to every room thus cutting down on the consumption of electricity. He explained how each room is individually ventilated, without using a system that circulates the same air throughout the building. This new single room ventilation will decrease the spreading of diseases in the school environment, something that has come to the attention of us all with the spread of swine flu. Mariano talked about how the new ACES bill should provide more funding for more public projects like this, allowing clean energy companies to expand and create new jobs.
Vijay Israni, President of 3rd Rock Systems & Technologies, Inc,[3] a company that focuses on proven renewable energy technologies such as solar photovoltaics, fuel cells and hydrogen generation systems, gave a wonderful presentation on his company and their projects. 3rd Rock Systems installed the solar photovoltaic systems we visited at Stevens Institute. The company uses an innovative financial mechanism, known as a power purchase agreement or a PPA, to provide clean solutions with immediate and long-term benefi
ts, from both an economic and environmental perspective, to residential, commercial and government entities. Under a PPA, 3rd Rock Systems and Technologies maintains and operates the solar installations, thus overcoming the major challenge of a solar system initial cost to the consumer, and then sells the generated electricity to the consumer where the project is installed, or to utilities companies. Vijay explained that his company has projects 20 times bigger than the one at Stevens Institute in the works but now those projects have come to a stop due to the current market conditions. It
is difficult for many project developers to find financing due to the current economic conditions and this has severely undermined clean energy providers. The Stimulus Package and now the ACES bill should supply enough incentives to stimulate investments in clean energy companies. The incentives should go from being tax incentives to being direct grants, and those grants should go to the installers, rather than the financers. Only taking these and other meaningful measures will allow clean energy companies to expand, finance new projects and create more jobs, leading the way for a new renewable energy revolution and our nation to became a leader in creating new sources of clean energy.Rob Ashmore, President of AeonSolar LLC,[4] a company which also provides residential and commercial solar installations in New Jersey, followed the lead of other speakers and expanded on the significance of the ACES bill provisions for small and larger clean energy companies. He explained that the cost of solar power has decreased dramatically over the past 10 years and payback time for solar is now quicker than people thought (4 years residential; 6 to 7 years commercial). At the same time, rates for utility power continue to rise. With the help of rebates, tax credits and “green credits”, it can now cost less to power a residential or commercial property with clean, abundant energy from the sun than with electricity supplied by a utility company. His company helps clients navigate through the maze of incentives, permits, rules and regulations, to help them install the best possible system for their needs. He strongly advocated the need to simplify the incentives’ system to make it more mainstream and appealing to all those people interested in joining the clean energy user community, and to reduce the bureaucratic burden on installers. Also, while many people and businesses are interested in implementing a Solar Energy system, they are nervous about adding to their debt in the uncertain economy. Finally, to reach the mainstream consumer, more education on the benefits of renewable energy and energy efficiency is required.
Geothermal energy for the home David Goldsholl, owner of ENRGi Eastern Natural Resource Group Inc,[5] was supposed to join our panelists group and talk about his company which offers geothermal heating and cooling systems for residential and commercial buildings, but unfortunately at the last minute he could not get to the meeting. So MoveOn member Andy Velwest shared what he new about geothermal systems, which are according to David from ENRGi, the “sle
eping giant of renewable energy movement” because geothermal cuts the costs of heating and cooling, the biggest energy expense in any building: commercial or residential. Mariano Molino, of MDM, PC, continued explaining how a geothermal system works and what benefits it offers. Geothermal systems use the earth relatively constant temperature to provide heating, cooling, and hot water for homes and commercial buildings. Geothermal system use water or antifreeze solution which gets circulated through plastic pipes buried beneath the earth's surface. During the winter, the fluid collects heat from the earth and carries it through the system and into the building. During the summer, the system reverses itself to cool the building by pulling heat from the building, carrying it through the system and placing it in the ground. This process creates free hot water in the summer and delivers substantial hot water savings in the winter. Geothermal systems are very environmentally friendly, they conserve natural resources by providing climate control efficiently and thus lowering emissions; minimize ozone layer destruction by using factory-sealed refrigeration systems, which will seldom or never have to be recharged; and use underground loops to transfer heat, with no external venting and no air pollution.A very lively and interesting Questions and Answer session followed the speakers’ presentation raising more awareness about the ACES bill, rebates, tax credits and “green credits” already available, and how the general public can help push for legislations that really support a clean energy economy.
The Q&A sessions was followed by a tour of the impressive and very creative solar installations that 3rd Rock Systems and Technologies built at Stevens Institute.
Overall during the day we saw and heard great examples of local innovation and expertise that really illustrate the clean energy economy. We thank all our speakers for taking the time to join us in this initiative and special thanks also go to Sylvia Schwartz, of Schwartz Marketing who does marketing and PR for green companies, and provided invaluable help in organizing this event.
America’s economy is in crisis, and we are feeling it right here in New Jersey a
nd as President Obama said in his speech at Nellis Air Force base in Las Vegas a few days ago, “... We have to lay a new foundation for prosperity...and a renewable energy revolution is part of that foundation....... So we've got a choice. We can remain the world's leading importer of oil, sending our money and our wealth away, or we can become the world's leading exporter of clean energy. We can hand over the jobs of the future to our competitors, or we can confront what they've already recognized as the great opportunity of our time: The nation that leads the world in creating new sources of clean energy will be the nation that leads the 21st-century global economy.”So let’s show our support for this clean energy economy and for these companies that do an amazing job against many odds and can change our future for the better. Congress is currently considering the ACES bill which has the potential to start us on the path to a new energy economy. But Big Oil and Big Coal are working hard to keep us reliant on dirty energy for decades to come.
We ask you to contact your Senators and Congressman to urge them to lead the nation and serve their constituents by working to strengthen the bill so it creates clean energy jobs here in New Jersey, with more money-saving energy efficiency and more reliance on cleaner, cheaper sources of energy like wind and solar.
It's important to let our elected officials know that we support the WAXMAN-MARKEY ENERGY BILL. If they know that their constituents support it, they'll be more likely to keep fighting for it. Plus, other senators and congressmen who are on the fence will take notice, too.
For Congress representatives contact information please log onto our co
uncil’s website at:http://tinyurl.com/JC-H-Councilor our blog at: http://jerseycity-hoboken-moveon.blogspot.com
Moveon.Org/Jersey City/Hoboken Council
www.moveon.org e-mail: jc.h.council@gmail.com
For a summary of the current version of the ACES bill please go to:
http://energycommerce.house.gov/index.php - scroll to the announcement on May 15th that has the latest info on the Bill, including a Summary or
http://apolloalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/apollo-summary-of-waxman-markey-bill-041009-3.pdf - has a very quick reference summary
[1] Nina’s Nuances Interior Design, Inc. - Jacquie Germany Principal Designer 218 Bloomfield Avenue, Suite 11C, Montclair, NJ 07042 Voice: (973) 233-1226 Fax: (973) 233-1228 - Email: jacquie@ninasnuances.com
www.ninasnuances.com
[2] MDM, PC - a CSA Group Company – Mariano Molina, President
66 York Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302 Tel: 201.434.6600 Fax: 201.434.3350 www.csagroup.com
[3] 3rd Rock Systems & Technologies, Inc – Vijay Israni, President
836 Pavonia Ave - Jersey City, NJ 07306
Phone: (866) 437-3762 (201) 341-3817 Email: info@3rdrock.us www.3rdrock.us
[4] AeonSolar LLC – Rob Ashmore, President
Phone 971-496-4430 E:mail: info@aeonsolar.com www.aeonsolar.com
[5] ENRGi Eastern Natural Resource Group Inc. – David Goldsholl, Owner
P.O. Box 72 Glen Rock NJ 07452
Phone (201) 882-2144 Fax (201) 882-8416 email: dave@enrgi1.com www.enrgi1.com
Monday, June 1, 2009
Friday, May 22, 2009
CLEAN ENERGY JOBS DAY
MoveOn.org - Because Democracy Is Not a Spectator Sport
Political Action Green Initiative Meeting
Political Action Green Initiative Meeting
Jersey City/Hoboken Council
CLEAN ENERGY JOBS DAY
Call on Congress to Pass Strong Clean Energy Jobs Bill to Jump-Start Job Creation in Hudson County
The clean energy jobs bill, called the American Clean Energy and Security Act, is expected to come to a vote in the House of Representatives this summer. If passed, the bill will allow successful businesses in Hudson County to grow and we will be able to put people back to work, reduce electricity and heating costs for local households, and keep America competitive in the global economy.
In order to drive home this point, on:
Thursday, May 28, at 10:00am
Room 104 in the Babbio Center at Stevens Institute of Technology
1 Castle Point on Hudson, Hoboken
Small-business leaders and residents of Hudson County will host a meeting with local clean energy companies to talk about their businesses and how investments in a clean economy will have quick economic benefits and create local jobs
A new energy economy means we'll ramp up manufacturing for solar and wind equipment, get people back to work making homes and buildings more energy efficient, and expand businesses to install clean energy technology at our homes, schools, post offices, and other public buildings. Businesses like, 3rd Rock Systems & Technologies, which installs solar panels on large commercial areas (including Stevens Institute) then sells power to companies cheaper than PSE&G, are already based here and are looking to expand their business and workforce.
Please join us and show your support for new jobs and a cleaner world
To sign up for this event go to: http://moveon.org/
click on Upcoming Events (bottom right side), type in your zip code and follow instructions
Light refreshments will be served at 9:30am - Meeting will start promptly at 10:00am
N.B. - The Babbio Center was built with sustainable technologies, a showcase “environmentally conscious” structure
CLEAN ENERGY JOBS DAY
Call on Congress to Pass Strong Clean Energy Jobs Bill to Jump-Start Job Creation in Hudson County
The clean energy jobs bill, called the American Clean Energy and Security Act, is expected to come to a vote in the House of Representatives this summer. If passed, the bill will allow successful businesses in Hudson County to grow and we will be able to put people back to work, reduce electricity and heating costs for local households, and keep America competitive in the global economy.
In order to drive home this point, on:
Thursday, May 28, at 10:00am
Room 104 in the Babbio Center at Stevens Institute of Technology
1 Castle Point on Hudson, Hoboken
Small-business leaders and residents of Hudson County will host a meeting with local clean energy companies to talk about their businesses and how investments in a clean economy will have quick economic benefits and create local jobs
A new energy economy means we'll ramp up manufacturing for solar and wind equipment, get people back to work making homes and buildings more energy efficient, and expand businesses to install clean energy technology at our homes, schools, post offices, and other public buildings. Businesses like, 3rd Rock Systems & Technologies, which installs solar panels on large commercial areas (including Stevens Institute) then sells power to companies cheaper than PSE&G, are already based here and are looking to expand their business and workforce.
Please join us and show your support for new jobs and a cleaner world
To sign up for this event go to: http://moveon.org/
click on Upcoming Events (bottom right side), type in your zip code and follow instructions
Light refreshments will be served at 9:30am - Meeting will start promptly at 10:00am
N.B. - The Babbio Center was built with sustainable technologies, a showcase “environmentally conscious” structure
Thursday, May 7, 2009
UPDATE ON CLEAN ENERGY DAY - May 6th - CONFERENCE CALL
I just wanted to bring you up to date on what we discussed during the conference call last night.
MaryAnn has contacted a few businesses that we might showcast on May 28th - Clean Energy Day
She is going to collect all their information on a Google doc that we can all share
It seems that there are a few of them very interested.
Also Jacquie Germany is going to do a presentation on her business which is green design for the home (we posted her presentation on google docs for us to take a look at and see if it would work.)
Andy Velwest also contacted a company which does home design and green inspections and he'll get more information on that.
We will probably organize the Clean Energy Day as a big media day but instead of touring green businesses we were thinking of using one green business facility to hold a kind of a mini conference where all the invited clean energy businesses will do a presentation on their business and explain what they are doing, how the new bill would impact them, how they can create jobs and what kind of jobs they would be creating, etc...
We are still debating the pro and con of this format but we should discuss it further.
While we wait for the list of businesses participating to be finalized:
- Tom Rosensweet will start to alert our members and other groups about this event, so that we will try to have several people participate. The goal is 15/20 people. The event is on a working day (Thrusday) in the morning so we are not sure what kind of turn out we will have but we are hoping people will still participate if at all possible. It would be great if you could get veterans, unions and other group working with people that need jobs, to attend this event. It might be a good chance for them to hear about possible future jobs in details.
- Rossella and Bill I will compile a list of Media that we can contact as soon as we have all the deatils about the Clean Energy Day.
We'll have another conference call next Wednesday at 7:00pm to finalize all the details and put the planning into motion, I hope you will have time to participate.
We'll keep you posted if anything else comes up.
If you'd like to participate to the Conference call please send an e-mail to jc.h.council@gmail.com and we'll send you the number to call.
MaryAnn has contacted a few businesses that we might showcast on May 28th - Clean Energy Day
She is going to collect all their information on a Google doc that we can all share
It seems that there are a few of them very interested.
Also Jacquie Germany is going to do a presentation on her business which is green design for the home (we posted her presentation on google docs for us to take a look at and see if it would work.)
Andy Velwest also contacted a company which does home design and green inspections and he'll get more information on that.
We will probably organize the Clean Energy Day as a big media day but instead of touring green businesses we were thinking of using one green business facility to hold a kind of a mini conference where all the invited clean energy businesses will do a presentation on their business and explain what they are doing, how the new bill would impact them, how they can create jobs and what kind of jobs they would be creating, etc...
We are still debating the pro and con of this format but we should discuss it further.
While we wait for the list of businesses participating to be finalized:
- Tom Rosensweet will start to alert our members and other groups about this event, so that we will try to have several people participate. The goal is 15/20 people. The event is on a working day (Thrusday) in the morning so we are not sure what kind of turn out we will have but we are hoping people will still participate if at all possible. It would be great if you could get veterans, unions and other group working with people that need jobs, to attend this event. It might be a good chance for them to hear about possible future jobs in details.
- Rossella and Bill I will compile a list of Media that we can contact as soon as we have all the deatils about the Clean Energy Day.
We'll have another conference call next Wednesday at 7:00pm to finalize all the details and put the planning into motion, I hope you will have time to participate.
We'll keep you posted if anything else comes up.
If you'd like to participate to the Conference call please send an e-mail to jc.h.council@gmail.com and we'll send you the number to call.
Obama’s Emissions Plan Needs Tweaking, E.U. Climate Chief Says
Obama’s Emissions Plan Needs Tweaking, E.U. Climate Chief Says
Read More:
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/obamas-emissions-plan-needs-tweaking-eu-climate-chief-says/#more-8089
Read More:
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/obamas-emissions-plan-needs-tweaking-eu-climate-chief-says/#more-8089
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Discussion Draft Summary - The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009
Here's the link to the discussion draft of the Clean Energy bill being duscussed in the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
The bill is over 400 pages but this is a pretty good summary.
http://energycommerce.house.gov/Press_111/20090331/acesa_summary.pdf
The bill is over 400 pages but this is a pretty good summary.
http://energycommerce.house.gov/Press_111/20090331/acesa_summary.pdf
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Undecided reps on House panel hold key to climate bill
http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-02-undecided-reps-on-house-panel/
It don't mean a thing if you ain't got those swings
Posted 7:07 AM on 2 May 2009by Kate Sheppard
It don't mean a thing if you ain't got those swings
Posted 7:07 AM on 2 May 2009by Kate Sheppard
UPDATE ON 5/2 MEETING and GREEN JOBS CAMPAIGN
During the meeting on Saturday May 2nd,we came up with a general canvas for what we need to do to organize the Clean Energy Job Day on May 28th.
On Wed. May 6th at 8:00pm we will have an Organizing Conference Call with all of you who could not attend the meeting and we'll iron out the final details.
Please join our Organizing Conference Call this Wednesday to help out with this effort. Even if you can't attend the event on May 28th, we would be very grateful if you could help us out by making a few phone calls.
General ideas for the Clean Energy Job Day.
The goal of this event is to pressure congress to strenghten and support the clean energy jobs legislation. This event will take place on May 28th around 10am. We'll showcase at least 3 clean energy businesses. We'll ask the businesses to give our delegation a tour and we'll try to get media coverage for the event.We'll take pictures during the tour.We'll send the pictures and comments to legislators.
We need help from our members
· We need somebody to call the businesses and ask them if they are interested in participating and showcasing their business
· We need somebody to call the media and get them to the event (our media coordinator will help with calls details and a list of media outlets we need to call)
· We need members to call other community groups, unions, political groups to ask them for their support and if they can send some somebody to join us during the event
· We need to identify speakers who will explain to the attendees and the media what this action is all about.
· We need to have at least 15 people attending on May 28th around 10:00am, which is a Thursday and might be a tough day to take off from work
All these calls need to happen within 10 days, but they should not take much time.
Please join our Organizing Conference Call this Wednesday to help out with this effort.
Even if you can't attend the event yourself we will very grateful if you could help us out by making a few phone calls.
Details about the conference call to follow.
UPDATE ON 5/2 MEETING and GREEN JOBS CAMPAIGN
During the meeting on Saturday May 2nd,we came up with a general canvas for what we need to do to organize the Clean Energy Job Day on May 28th.
On Wed. May 6th at 8:00pm we will have an Organizing Conference Call with all of you who could not attend the meeting and we'll iron out the final details.
Please join our Organizing Conference Call this Wednesday to help out with this effort. Even if you can't attend the event on May 28th, we would be very grateful if you could help us out by making a few phone calls.
General ideas for the Clean Energy Job Day.
The goal of the Clean Energy job Day is to pressure Congress to strenghten and support the clean energy jobs legislation. This event will take place on May 28th around 10am.
We'll showcase at least 3 clean energy businesses.
We'll ask the businesses to give our delegation a tour and we'll try to get media coverage for the event.We'll take pictures during the tour.We'll send the pictures and comments to legislators.
To organize this event we need member to help us out.
- We need somebody to call the businesses and ask them if they are interested in participating and showcasing their business
- We need somebody to call the media and get them to the event (our media coordinator will help with calls details and a list of media outlets we need to call)
- We need members to call other community groups, unions, political groups to ask them for their support and if they can send some somebody to join us during the event
- We need to identify speakers who will explain to the attendees and the media what this action is all about.
- We need to have at least 15 people attending on May 28th around 10:00am, which is a Thursday and might be a tough day to take off work for many people
All these calls need to happen within 10 days, but they should not take much time.
Please join our Organizing Conference Call this Wednesday to help out with this effort. Even if you can't attend the event yourself we will very grateful if you could help us out by making a few phone calls.
Details about the conference call to follow.More details and info can be on our blog at http://jerseycity-hoboken-moveon.blogspot.com/
Thank youRossella AquilaCouncil Coordinator
Monday, May 4, 2009
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
5/2/09 AT 2:00PM - ORGANIZING MEETING AT 517 MANILA AVE.,JERSEY CITY
5/2/2009 POWERUP AMERICA ORGANIZING MEETING
To sign up click here:
http://pol.moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=93104&id=-8727613-zXE1H4x
On May 28, all over the country, we'll be organizing a Clean Energy Jobs Day -- a national day of action to turn up the heat on Congress by showing the promise of the clean energy economy to our senators and representatives, the media, and the public. We'll highlight the clean energy jobs and businesses that already exist in our communities, and we'll showcase the ways in which they could expand. During the Jobs Day, we will organize a press conference at a clean energy business, and then lorganize tours of a few other clean energy sites. We'll call on our senators or representatives to support President Obama's plan for a new energy economy.
To effectively plan for and build up to the Jobs Days, we'll hold an Organizing Meetings on May 2nd at 2:00pm.
In order to run Clean Energy Jobs Days-- we need to recruit clean energy business leaders! Click here for an outline for your conversations with clean energy business leaders in your community to invite them to join with the Council for the Clean Energy Jobs Days.
The best way to find clean energy business leaders who are willing to participate in the Jobs Day is to ask everyone on the Council to brainstorm local clean energy business leaders who they know in the community.
We also should call all of the small business leaders recruited through the Small Business drive to ask them to help recruit clean energy business leaders specifically. We can also contact members who who signed MoveOn's online petition.
To sign up click here:
http://pol.moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=93104&id=-8727613-zXE1H4x
On May 28, all over the country, we'll be organizing a Clean Energy Jobs Day -- a national day of action to turn up the heat on Congress by showing the promise of the clean energy economy to our senators and representatives, the media, and the public. We'll highlight the clean energy jobs and businesses that already exist in our communities, and we'll showcase the ways in which they could expand. During the Jobs Day, we will organize a press conference at a clean energy business, and then lorganize tours of a few other clean energy sites. We'll call on our senators or representatives to support President Obama's plan for a new energy economy.
To effectively plan for and build up to the Jobs Days, we'll hold an Organizing Meetings on May 2nd at 2:00pm.
In order to run Clean Energy Jobs Days-- we need to recruit clean energy business leaders! Click here for an outline for your conversations with clean energy business leaders in your community to invite them to join with the Council for the Clean Energy Jobs Days.
The best way to find clean energy business leaders who are willing to participate in the Jobs Day is to ask everyone on the Council to brainstorm local clean energy business leaders who they know in the community.
We also should call all of the small business leaders recruited through the Small Business drive to ask them to help recruit clean energy business leaders specifically. We can also contact members who who signed MoveOn's online petition.
NEW IDEAS - Local Connections
On Friday 4/24 our council held a meeting to discuss the council's organization and to brainstorm about what we would like to do, what we need MoveOn to do , how can we improve the information exchange between the council and MoveOn.org, and what we want to plan for the future.
Many ideas and opinions were tossed on the table.
MaryAnn Sherman, our regional co-ordinator, is going to bring them to the attention of the MoveOn people and we'll try to restructure the council to better suit everybody's needs.
One of our goals would be to reach out to many community groups and faith base groups to see if it would be possible to coordinate local initiatives asking for change and make them stronger. Many of us would like to join actions taken by local groups other then MoveOn, and if we cooperate with local groups we can lend support for their causes. We toyed with the possibility of becoming a clearinghouse for local action initiatives promoted by other groups.
MoveOn.org basically acts on national issues but as a council we feel the need to be more connected to the local community. We'll continue to promote MoveOn events at the national and local level but at the same time we'll make every effort to advertise and promote local initiatives.
In that spirit we hope to show in this post links to many local organizations and groups that share similar interests.
Many ideas and opinions were tossed on the table.
MaryAnn Sherman, our regional co-ordinator, is going to bring them to the attention of the MoveOn people and we'll try to restructure the council to better suit everybody's needs.
One of our goals would be to reach out to many community groups and faith base groups to see if it would be possible to coordinate local initiatives asking for change and make them stronger. Many of us would like to join actions taken by local groups other then MoveOn, and if we cooperate with local groups we can lend support for their causes. We toyed with the possibility of becoming a clearinghouse for local action initiatives promoted by other groups.
MoveOn.org basically acts on national issues but as a council we feel the need to be more connected to the local community. We'll continue to promote MoveOn events at the national and local level but at the same time we'll make every effort to advertise and promote local initiatives.
In that spirit we hope to show in this post links to many local organizations and groups that share similar interests.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
MOVEON AGENDA FOR NATIONAL GREEN JOBS DAY
"We're in a pivotal moment on passing ground-breaking clean energy jobs legislation through congress. We need to quickly ramp up pressure on the House Energy & Commerce Committee, which is writing the legislation now; and we need to begin organizing to place pressure on the Senate, so that conservative senators can't kill the legislation later. So in Energy & Commerce committee districts, we're organizing small-business district meetings by May 11th (Note: Frank Pallone, Jr., is the only representative in NJ on the committee and he represents the Sixth District of New Jersey which covers most of Middlesex County and a good portion of Monmouth County, including the Bayshore and 16 communities on the Atlantic Ocean. It also encompasses small portions of Somerset and Union counties). And all over the country, we're organizing a "Clean Energy Jobs Day" during the next congressional recess -- a national day of action to highlight clean-energy businesses and the local opportunity of the new energy economy."
"In the coming weeks, we have an important window of opportunity for our Power Up America campaign:
"In the coming weeks, we have an important window of opportunity for our Power Up America campaign:
- The Energy and Commerce Committee, sometimes called the Waxman Committee, is debating a big, potentially economy-shifting and game-changing energy bill. We're hearing that this committee's bill is increasingly important -- so we need to quickly organize some extra pressure on ALL members of that committee.
- At the same time, we need to take our target-focused campaign to the next level, so that this big energy bill can't be watered-down and killed in the Senate.
We know that the biggest obstacle to progress is fierce lobbying by pollution-based companies like Big Coal and Big Oil. To counter them, we need to continue to elevate the voices of small business owners, and look for ways to highlight clean energy businesses. So, we're planning two exciting tactics to rise to this pivotal moment: - In House Energy & Commerce committee districts, we're organizing district meetings featuring small business owners. We need to move quickly on these, since the committee will begin voting on amendments to the legislation around May 11th. These meetings will include some media work -- a press conference outside the office, so that media can cover it and other members can come.
- And all over the country, we're organizing a Clean Energy Jobs Day -- a national day of action in late May (28th) to turn up the heat on Congress by showing the promise of the clean energy economy to our senators and representatives, the media, and the public. We'll highlight the clean energy jobs and businesses that already exist in our communities, and we'll showcase the ways in which they could expand. During the Jobs Day, each Council will organize a press conference at a clean energy business, and then lead a tour of a few other clean energy sites. They'll call on their senator or representative to support President Obama's plan for a new energy economy. To effectively plan for and build up to the Jobs Days, we'll hold an Organizing Meeting on May 2nd.
IN BRIEF: We're organizing Clean Energy Jobs Days all over the country for late May. In House Energy & Commerce committee districts, we're also organizing small business district meetings with Congress. And there will be other additional tactics for councils that are really energized and want to do more.
In all our organizing for the coming weeks, we're pivoting out of the small business outreach that we've been doing. It should be an exciting drive, and it's directly relevant to the political moment we're in."
Intense negotiations over Waxman Markey
ISubject: intense negotiations over Waxman Markey
f the testimony from Al Gore yesterday spelled out just how important this bill is, the top stories in this summary of the news shows you why our efforts over the next few weeks are so important -- there are significant backroom negotiations underway right now that will determine just how strong a bill this is. We need to let Congress know that passively going along on this bill is not enough. We want them to be among those pushing for this bill to stay strong.
http://climateprogress.org/2009/04/25/energy-and-global-warming-news-for-april-24-25-the-inevitable-watering-down-of-waxman-markey/
f the testimony from Al Gore yesterday spelled out just how important this bill is, the top stories in this summary of the news shows you why our efforts over the next few weeks are so important -- there are significant backroom negotiations underway right now that will determine just how strong a bill this is. We need to let Congress know that passively going along on this bill is not enough. We want them to be among those pushing for this bill to stay strong.
http://climateprogress.org/2009/04/25/energy-and-global-warming-news-for-april-24-25-the-inevitable-watering-down-of-waxman-markey/
Monday, April 13, 2009
Reaching out to small business owners to create a clean energy economy
Shifting to a clean energy economy means creating good local jobs that can't be outsourced, which means rising employment – and that’s good for business. A massive weatherizing program would mean that small businesses and homeowners would save money on monthly utility bills – and that’s good for the bottom line. Overall, the clean energy economy vision is good for America, and good for local business – and it’s the future of America’s economyRight now, MoveOn Councils are reaching out to thousands of small business owners around the country. These business voices are very powerful in calling for a shift to a new, clean energy economy. So our goal is to gather letters from as many small business owners as possible--and then to start making their voices heard by delivering those letters to members of Congress.
On April 16, we'll deliver the first round of small business letters to our target members of Congress.
Do you own a business in New Jersey? Does anybody in your family own a business? Are you self employed?
Will you sign the letter at the link below endorsing a clean energy economy?
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dd7vn3z5_0gdqndpgt
Here’s what we need you to do:
Print out the attached letter either or your company’s letterhead or on plain paper
Fill in the blanks and have the business representative sign it
Fax it to : 973-324-5763
We need to collect all the letters by Wednesday April 15th to deliver them to Congressman Albio's and Senators Lautenberg and Menendez's offices on Apil 16th.
Make your voice heard
This is an ongoing effort, and we’ll continue working to recruit local business leaders to our campaign
You can sign online by going to: http://pol.moveon.org/smallbusiness
On April 16, we'll deliver the first round of small business letters to our target members of Congress.
Do you own a business in New Jersey? Does anybody in your family own a business? Are you self employed?
Will you sign the letter at the link below endorsing a clean energy economy?
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dd7vn3z5_0gdqndpgt
Here’s what we need you to do:
Print out the attached letter either or your company’s letterhead or on plain paper
Fill in the blanks and have the business representative sign it
Fax it to : 973-324-5763
We need to collect all the letters by Wednesday April 15th to deliver them to Congressman Albio's and Senators Lautenberg and Menendez's offices on Apil 16th.
Make your voice heard
This is an ongoing effort, and we’ll continue working to recruit local business leaders to our campaign
You can sign online by going to: http://pol.moveon.org/smallbusiness
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