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- From: ndallen@r-node.gts.org (Nigel Allen)
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- Subject: Public Citizen Rates States on Energy Use
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.231822.23745@r-node.gts.org>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 23:18:22 GMT
- Organization: Echo Beach, Toronto
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- Here is a press release from Public Citizen.
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- Public Citizen Rates States on Energy Use
- To: National Desk, Environment and Energy writers
- Contact: Jonathan Becker, 202-546-4996, or Andrew Carroll,
- 202-833-3000, both of Public Citizen
-
- WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- All but three states rely on
- "dirty, dangerous and depletable" energy resources to meet a
- majority of their energy needs, according to a report released by
- Public Citizen's Critical Mass Energy Project, while none of the 50
- states has even approached its potential in developing alternatives
- to coal, nuclear and oil-generated power.
- The report, Energy Audit: A State-by-State Profile of Energy
- Consumption and Conservation highlights the need for greater
- funding of energy policies at the state level and describes some
- policy tools states can employ to increase energy efficiency and
- reliance on clean, safe and renewable energy resources.
- "Even with a new federal energy bill, much of the responsibility
- for energy choices falls to the states," said Jonathan Becker,
- energy-policy analyst for Public Citizen, "and it's clear that some
- states are making much wiser decisions than others."
- Energy Audit contains Public Citizen's analysis of four key
- idicators of energy use. The report describes the experiences of
- a number of states that have produced thorough and innovative
- approaches to meeting their energy needs.
- "Federal energy policy is still controlled by the fossil-fuel
- and nuclear power lobbies," continued Becker. "It has been left up
- to the states to implement a fair, safe and sensible energy plan."
- Governors of all 50 states have been sent copies of Energy Audit:
- A State-by-State Profile of Energy Consumption and Conservation.
- Copies of the 45-page Energy Audit are available from Public
- Citizen at a cost of $40. Discounts are available to non-profit
- organizations and schools. Members of the press may receive the
- study free of charge on request.
- Public Citizen is a non-profit research and advocacy
- organization founded in 1971 by Ralph Nader. Public Citizen has
- over 130,000 members nationwide. The Critical Mass Energy Project
- is its energy-policy arm.
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