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Pickens Plan District Group AL-05

Welcome to the Alabama 5th Congressional District Group for the New Energy Army! If you live in AL-05, please join us to learn more about Pickens Plan events and activities taking place in our District.

Website: http://push.pickensplan.com/group/DistrictGroupAL05
Location: Alabama
Members: 31
Latest Activity: Jun 24

AL-05 District Leader

The Pickens Plan District Leader for AL-05 is Jesse Gonzalez.

Click here to learn more about Pickens Plan District Groups and to sign up as a District Leader. If you are interested in volunteering for the position, you can also leave a message on the Comment Wall below.

Click here to view the District Leaderboard to see how progress in AL-05 compares with other Pickens Plan District Groups.

***REMINDER***
The Pickens Plan website has a lot of groups dedicated to lively discussion on energy issues and policy. For this particular group, please try to keep all comments and discussions focused on ideas and tactics for accomplishing our district’s goals. We may occasionally veer off topic, and that’s fine within reason, but let’s try and keep our eyes on the prize. Thank you!

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Orville Stansell

New Congress man. 3 Replies

Started by Orville Stansell. Last reply by Bob Austin Jan 14.

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Mike Pickens Comment by Mike Pickens on June 24, 2009 at 12:58pm
I am your new regional leader, please let me hear from you !
Renee Klink Comment by Renee Klink on April 3, 2009 at 11:16am
District members, we’re at the third and final day of the Virtual March, and today we are focusing on getting action on a bill to establish a 21st century transmission system and a National Renewable Electricity Standard (RES). As Boone points out, twenty-eight states now have an RES – which directs electric utilities to produce a set percentage of their power using alternative sources by a date certain.

Let’s make a great final push. Please use this link to contact Congress and the President again today and send a message to them about renewable energy! Thanks to all who have participated in the Virtual March this week!
Renee Klink Comment by Renee Klink on April 2, 2009 at 8:49am
Thanks to all of you who have taken action in the Virtual March so far! It’s Day Two, and the focus today is on oil imports -- the March 2009 numbers show we imported 65 percent of the oil we used -- so let’s contact our Members of Congress again today about reducing America’s dependency on foreign oil. You can do this by phone, of course, and we have also set up links to e-mail Congress or contact your members via Facebook and Twitter about today's issue.

When you’ve done this, please leave a note here on our group page to let other members know you’ve taken action, and tell us if you received any information or feedback from the members’ offices.

Also, if you are a business owner or part of an organization that would like to take part in the Virtual March, please let me know and we’ll recognize you as a partner on the Pickens Plan Virtual March page!
Renee Klink Comment by Renee Klink on April 1, 2009 at 12:59pm
The first day of the three-day Pickens Plan Virtual March on Washington is here!

Among other actions, I’m encouraging everyone to send a single e-mail today, tomorrow, and Friday. It’s a simple thing to do, but it has tremendous impact.

Click here to ask Congress and President Obama to support the NAT GAS Act of 2009.

Thank you for your support.
James L. Baker Comment by James L. Baker on March 4, 2009 at 3:06pm
A Renewable Energy Outreach event is scheduled for March 25th at Biztech in Huntsville. I'm waiting for details. It sounds interesting.
Renee Klink Comment by Renee Klink on March 4, 2009 at 9:49am
Hi district members, have you signed up for the Virtual March on Washington yet? It's April 1-3. We want to continue to have an impact on how the Administration formulates American energy policy, and the Army will focus its energy during those three days on e-mails, calls and faxes to every Member of Congress.

Click here for more information about the Virtual March! And let's all make the commitment to recruit 10 other people to take part.
Renee Klink Comment by Renee Klink on February 4, 2009 at 11:05am
Hi all, let's keep the pressure on the Senate! While the stimulus package is not perfect, it does have good in it and will jumpstart efforts to get wind and solar projects going.

More than 30,000 members of the New Energy Army have contacted their elected officials in the last 48 hours. If you haven't done so, please take a few minutes now to contact your Senators. Use phone and/or e-mail to reach out to them on this very important issue.

Senator Sessions 202-224-4124 - Senator Shelby 202-224-5744

As Boone says, "let's give the Senators another push... to get this accomplished.... The Army and the grassroots are going to do it."
Renee Klink Comment by Renee Klink on January 27, 2009 at 11:08am
Your help needed today!

Boone and the Pickens Plan need your help! As you saw from Boone's email last Friday, the stimulus package will be voted on tomorrow in the House, and it includes wind energy elements that are in line with the Pickens Plan.

We need you to make a phone calls today to your Congressman and Senators. To find the phone number of your Member of Congress, go to the House of Representatives website and the U.S. Senate website and enter the info when prompted. It will give you complete contact info, including the phone number.

Here are some talking points to use when you call your Congressperson or Senator's office:

1. Urge them to tell House Leadership that their constituents support the wind energy elements included in the Stimulus Bill which will build upon 2008's successes in the wind energy sector:
-- Extension of the Production Tax Credit
-- Implementation of a renewable infrastructure loan program

2. We hope they're willing to do more on the natural gas side and provide the incentives that will greatly expand the use of domestic natural gas as a vehicle fuel in America. Expanded use of NGVs (natural gas vehicles) will help wean us off of foreign oil and create new American jobs. These incentives include:
-- Increasing the vehicle tax credit to make natural gas trucks more accessible for heavy and medium duty truck operators
-- Extending the fuel tax credit

3. The Pickens Plan works best as a whole plan - wind and natural gas - and we hope Members of Congress will support that. The Stimulus Bill is a strong start but there's more we can - and should – do.

Once you make your call, leave a comment here to let us know how it went. Or email me directly – renee.klink@pickensplan.com. (And be sure to give me your name and email address so we can make sure you get the 10 MyEnergy points we are awarding for each phone call.)

Good luck, and let's get it done!
HealthyJourney Comment by HealthyJourney on January 8, 2009 at 11:31am
There's going to be a ONE DAY ONLY event on January 22 from 9am-3pm here in Scottsboro, Alabama, the annual Senior Expo. Lets set up a booth for the Pickens Plan there. There will be many other booths and companies set up to inform the public about their businesses along with free food, refreshments and entertainment for all. Contact Rita Williams, Council For Aging, 256-574-6733 to get yours. Everyone is invited, this is a FREE EVENT.
Dominick Uli Comment by Dominick Uli on December 20, 2008 at 4:09am
Remember, members of congress are there to represent us, the voters. If you don't tell them how you feel about issues they won't know which issues to push in congress and which issues to fight against. Write your congressman! Tell him what you want him to do. And don't forget, one issue per letter.
 

Members (31)

Harry Martin David R. Carpenter Bob Austin Orville Stansell DistrictLeaders Renee Klink Ray LaVay Bob Christine Stineman James L. Baker Cathy Lamberth Jonathan Cooper JASON HOLMES debbie thomas Heath Holden CASEY CAPLIN John E. Kirk Michael Hennigan Dominick Uli Rev. Kendall J. Calvin Sr.  M.TH HealthyJourney Chris Baldone Kevin McDonald Barney Berryman mary Greg Dukeman Tim Richard Krieger daniel poppe Wayne Holland
 
 

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