FCNL Action Alert
January 12, 2007

Cutting Subsidies to Big Oil

Greetings,

This is my first message to a growing email list of Friends and like-minded folks who share an interest in advancing legislation to address global climate change and protect the environment by reducing U.S. fossil fuel consumption through energy conservation, improved efficiency, and accelerated development and use of renewable energy sources. FCNL’s work with the 110^th Congress is just now getting underway. I anticipate that there will be a lot of activity in this Congress concerning the growing challenges of climate change and energy policy.

I will be sending action alerts on pending legislation, legislative updates, and FCNL background information on related issues to this list—perhaps a few times per month to start and depending on the level of activity in Congress. I hope you will find this helpful and worthwhile. Please forward it to others you know who may be interested. I will read and welcome your feedback, but please understand in advance that I may not be able to respond quickly or to engage in lengthy correspondence.

And now, without further ado, here is the first relevant action alert of the new Congress.

Take Action: Cutting Subsidies to Big Oil

At a time of continuing high oil prices and record-breaking oil company profits, do oil companies really need generous government incentives to encourage them to look for more oil? Is finding and producing more oil really the best way to end the U.S. “addiction” to oil? Tell your members of Congress that it is time for a new policy. Ask him or her to support legislation in the coming weeks that would roll back subsidies for big oil and reinvest in energy conservation, energy efficiency, and renewable energy.

If you can’t get the hot button above (“Tell your members of Congress”) to link you to the complete FCNL action alert using Ctrl + click, please go to the action alert at the following web page: http://capwiz.com/fconl/issues/alert/?alertid=9226846&type=CO

Thanks,
Ned

Edward (Ned) W. Stowe III
Senior Legislative Secretary
Friends Committee on National Legislation
(A Quaker lobby in the public interest)
245 Second Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002 - 5795
Phone: 202-547-6000 ext. 2525
Toll Free: 1-800-630-1330
Fax: 202-547-6019
E-mail:ned@fcnl.org
website: http://www.fcnl.org