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Ed Case is running for the congressional seat which Neil Abercrombie is vacating to run for Governor.
Abercrombie is a strong supporter of the Pickens plan (He was one of the first cosponsors of HR 1835 - NAT Gas Act of 2009.)
CASE will have a “Campaign Lunch” on Saturday, December 12th
11AM to 1PM.
Central Intermediate School Cafeteria
1302 Queen Emma Street (Downtown)
RSVP 888-9997 or edcasehawaii@aol.com
I’ll be flying over from KONA to attend.
This is a great opportunity for us to communicate (face to face) with Case - question him about foreign oil in Hawaii - urge him to move forward with renewable energy in Hawaii, and support the Pickens Plan!
I strongly urge you all to RSVP and come to the Luncheon.
A Hui Hou
Russ Robinson - District Leader
Pickens Plan
Based on the latest figures from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA), the U.S. imported 65 percent of its oil, or 366 million barrels, in May 2009, sending approximately $21.6 billion, or $484,087 per minute, overseas to foreign governments.
Over the last few weeks, co-sponsorship of H.R. 1835, the New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act (NAT GAS) has grown to almost 60. (On April 1st, Neil Abercrombie was one of the first 20 co-sponsors).
Our staggering dependence on foreign oil is responsible for more than two-thirds of our trade deficit, and it’s killing our economy and putting our national security at risk; the automakers need to take some responsibility for getting us to this crisis point and participate in the solution of this critical issue.
Russ Robinson
District Leader Hawaii 01/02
Please phone the Members of Hawaii Congressional Delegation (there’s only four) and encourage others in your district to do so also. We’d like to ask them to support and consider co-sponsorship of the energy legislation.
Use phone #’s below
Be sure to identify yourself as a Pickens Plan supporter and a resident of Hawaii, give your Zip Code! (Only if you are)
Ask for an appointment to talk with the Legislator. If you get one, use it to tell them the talking points below. If not tell the staffer the points and request that they be given directly to the Legislator while they’re in Hawaii for recess.
Please report the Member/staff response back to me either by sending me a message as a “friend” or posting a comment on my page.
Congressman Neil Abercrombie (808) 541-2570 - Honolulu [Election HQ-589-2237]
Mahalo him for Cosponsoring H.R. 1835 [NAT Gas Act 2009] “The second half of the Pickens Plan” - T. Boone Pickens.
Tell him to support the inter island grid part of Hawaiian Clean Energy Imitative (HCEI). Urge him to join Pickens Volunteers - 53 other Congress members already have!
Congresswoman Mazie Hirono (808)541-1986 - Honolulu
245-1951 - Kauai & Niihau, 566-7199 - Lanai, Molokai - 552-0160
TALKING POINTS
Support H.R.1835 The [NAT Gas Act 2009]. Urge her to join Pickens Volunteers, as above.
Senator Akaka (808) 522-8970 - Honolulu 935-1114 - Hilo
TALKING POINTS
Support legislation that makes the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative happen!
Urge him to join Pickens Volunteers - 8 other Senators already have.
Senator Inouye 541-2542 - Honolulu 935-0844 - Hilo, 639-0100 - Kauai, Maui - 242-9702, Molokai
TALKING POINTS - as above
Good Hunting Russ Robinson District Leader HI
April 1, 2009 - Boone Part of Public Announcement for H.R. 1835
- New Alternative Transportation To Give Americans Solutions Act of 2009
- Boone Characterizes H.R. 1835 as “the second half of the Pickens Plan.
April 2, 2009- Neil Abercrombie [HI 01] COSPONSOR H.R. 1835.
AS PART OF THE VIRTUAL MARCH EMAIL CONGRESSMAN
ABERCROMBIE WITH AN ‘AT - A - BOY‘!
Be sure to tell him you’re a PICKENS VOLUNTEER.
GO TO:
http://www.house.gov/abercrombie/e_form.shtml
Fill it in ( if you don’t identify yourself as a resident of Hawaii your email goes to the bottom of the pile - round file).
Mahalo Keep Marching
Russ Robinson - HI District Leader
IT’S TIME FOR ACTION!
EMAIL THE LEGISLATORS LISTED BELOW
Tell’em :
YOU’RE A PICKENS PLAN VOLUNTEER FROM HAWAII.
The leadership at the SUMMIT MEETING of the National Clean Energy Project agreed that “Building” The smart grid is the first step on the road to reducing our dependence on foreign oil.
For Hawaii this means building the key element of the HCEI Agreement:
THE SUBMARINE POWER CABLE - TO GRID THE ISLANDS.
MAKE THIS PROJECT YOUR # 1 GOAL FOR 2009!
Russ Robinson - District Leader Hawaii
Sen. Akaka : (202) 224-6361 senator@akaka.senate.gov
Sen. Inouye: (202) 224-3934 senator@inouye.senate.gov
Neil Abercrombie - (202) 225-2726 http://www.abercrombie.house.gov
Mazie Hirono - 02 (202) 225- 4906 http://www.hirono.house.gov
Where did the map at the top left of the "Wind in Hawaii come from?
Mahalo
Russ Robinson - Hawaii District 02 Leader
How are doing?
Checking to see if you would care for information on our VBine wind turbine?
We are opening an office on maui in April and have several people interested in your area. Aloha, Bill
The boss need each of us to contact our U.S. Senators and ask them to support the Pickens Plan components of the stimulus package.
Here’s some words from Boone you might consider using:
“A high percentage of our oil still comes from foreign countries. Even in December, as the economy was contracting, we imported nearly 70 percent of the oil we used and paid over $19 billion for it.
I am very interested in the aspects of The American Renewal and Reinvestment Act (H.R. 1) that include the promotion of alternative energy - wind and solar; the building out of a 21st century electrical transmission grid; and incenting trucking companies to upgrade from trucks running on foreign diesel to those running on domestic natural gas.
A Department of Energy study showed that developing our capacity to produce wind energy would not only replace 20 percent of the electricity we now produce using coal-burning plants, but would add 138,000 jobs in the first year and more than 3.4 million over a ten-year span.
Also, if we switch just 350,000 of the 6.5 million heavy trucks running on the nation's Interstate Highways to domestic natural gas from imported diesel, we could cut our oil imports by over five percent. In December alone that would have kept nearly $1 billion from being shipped off shore.
I hope you will join me in supporting these components of the Pickens Plan as H.R. 1 moves toward final passage.”
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Remember, whatever ill befalls the Mainland economy, worse will happen to Hawaii. If we loose the energy sector of the economy we’ll loose all of the benefits of the Industrial Revolution, and Hawaiians will once again go sailing to fish the Northwest Islands in the likes of HOKULE’A and MAKALI’I.
Russ Robinson
Pickens Plan District Leader for HI 01/02
Sen. Akaka
http://akaka.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Home
Sen. Inouye
http://inouye.senate.gov/abtform.html
Thank you for joining Green Jobs Now!
Happy New Year.
Melissa
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