Sierra Club announces Energy Resources Policy

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Excerpt from "Context" section at the beginning of the policy:

Guided by the conservation ethic, the Sierra Club has crafted this comprehensive Energy
Resources Policy to promote a positive vision of a sustainable energy future. The Sierra Club’s
clean energy strategy will wean us from oil, coal and other fossil fuels, eliminate energy waste,
work in harmony with natural systems, and define the technologies and smart energy solutions
that will meet our nation’s energy needs.

As these changes unfold, other important benefits will follow. For example, bringing home and
work closer together through better land-use planning will not only save energy, but also build a
greater sense of community and allow us more time to enjoy it.

The path to a sustainable energy future starts by promoting energy conservation, tapping the
enormous resource of energy efficiency, directly reducing dependence on non-renewable fuels
and maximizing the benefits of renewable energy. At the same time, energy efficiency and
renewable energy will be the engine of new economic growth, saving money and creating jobs.
The result will be lasting improvements for our economy and our environment, more livable
communities, more productive manufacturing, less wasteful use of materials, and less pressure
on the natural systems of the Earth that sustain us.

Increased conservation, energy efficiency and use of renewable resources will not happen
through new laws and policy alone. While those are necessary, there also must be a fundamental
shift in awareness, attitudes and values that connects directly to experience, learning and
thoughtful consideration of a better way to live on our planet.

The Sierra Club’s ranking of energy resources set forth in this policy provides initial guidance,
but this roadmap is only a first step. The journey cannot be perfectly mapped out before we
begin moving forward. The Sierra Club’s strategy incorporates the best “no regrets” strategies
for the economy and the environment, whether fossil fuel depletion and global climate change
advance rapidly or not as quickly as expected.

A lot of earnest people put a lot of work into it. Read on.

http://www.sierraclub.org/policy/conservation/energy.asp

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1. K&R/nt

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2. I like that they start with 'promoting energy conservation' n/t