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Letter: Burr’s vote

Posted on August 21, 2008 by Staff

Richard Burr’s recent “No” vote to tax subsidies for wind and solar energy is a loss for renewable energy and may cost thousands of American jobs. By a narrow six-vote margin, Senate Republicans blocked voting on the subsidies, which run out for good in December, for the eighth time. While huge oil companies continue to receive government subsidies for pumping foreign oil, startup solar and wind power companies are about to be devastated if the Senate allows their subsidies to expire. Solar and Wind Power companies will be forced to look for more forward thinking countries in which to operate, and thousands of Americans working in these sectors will lose their jobs. The movement to break our energy dependence on dirty fossil fuels and dictatorial governments will receive a crippling blow if Senators such as Mr. Burr and Mr. McCain do not vote to extend these subsidies. According to Thomas Friedman in his New York Times article “Eight Strikes and You’re Out,” John McCain never voted on any of the eight attempts to pass this legislation, even while he shows wind power turbines on his TV ads.

If we are to end our dependence on dirty, foreign oil, we must have an infrastructure of clean and renewable energy in place. Only six more votes are needed. Please call Senator Burr and ask him to Vote “Yes” when the Cloture Motion for S. 3335 is voted on again.

Jon Rea
Durham, NC

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