Lobbying Congress

Lobbying Congress

Lobbying Congress

Recently the U.S. witnessed a Republican takeover of the House of Representatives. This development could stymie the growth of solar power projects and renewable industries in America. As a result, the American Solar Energy Society is putting together the Rise-Up Solar Nation campaign. Its aim is to have 1 million members influencing Congress to pass bills that help support a solar program or a renewable industry.

"We're going to raise 25 million dollars; we're going to ask the million solar citizens to each give us 25 dollars," Brad Collins, The American Solar Energy Society national campaign director said. "You give us 25 bucks, we'll make this happen. And we're going to focus onsolar energy's immediate potential to improve the environment, increase energy independence create jobs and make America more competitiveall good things."

He furthermore stated that "the sun rises up every day. It's time for us to rise up and make this change happen, and we can do this." He went on to say that "the campaign for a solar nation is a bold call to action for our chapters like CRES, the solar advocates everywhere who will become known as the Rise Up campaign."

The Rise-Up campaign will generate around $500,000 before it really gets going as well as struggle against misinformation, propagated by the fossil fuel industry, Mr. Collins said. The Rise-Up campaign will look to duplicate the success of the Solar Lobby of the 1980's.

"Here's the marvelous thing about social change, all you have to do is create the momentum," Mr. Collins said. "The change agents, the decision makers, the politicians, the spokesmen, the key stakeholders all around will be attracted to that. They will stand proudly in front of that parade and take it for their own. And more power to them. We don't have to own this. We don't have to lead it. All we have to do is start it."

Mr. Collins added that "there were about 60,000 people in the Solar Lobby." "Members of Congress called the Solar Lobby and asked for advice on rule-making and legislative writing because they knew it was a powerful group. That's what we need to do. We need to create a powerful movement." The campaign, he made clear, will focus on social change in order to boost consciousness ofsolar's benefits.

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