Political Quotes

“the Collins-Levin energy independence amendment will help set us on a path toward energy independence and provide a more sensible energy tax policy. The Collins-Levin energy independence amendment to the budget resolution specifies that legislation under the reserve fund for investing in clean energy, preserving the environment, and providing for certain settlements may also include tax credits for the following: Our amendment expands energy tax credits to encourage replacement of old wood stoves with clean burning, more efficient stoves. Unfortunately, many of the wood stoves purchased decades ago are outdated, inefficient, and are contributing to both indoor and outdoor air pollution. The emissions from these old wood burning stoves present a serious health concern, contributing to such respiratory ailments as asthma and bronchitis. New, EPA-certified wood and wood pellet stoves can cut emissions by more than 70 percent and use as much as a third less firewood for the same amount of heat. The production of ethanol from cellulosic sources and production of biodiesel fuels. These technologies each offer tremendous potential for reductions in our gasoline consumption and in greenhouse gas emissions and will help move our petroleum-based economy toward a renewable, sustainable forest bio-economy. The purchase of plug-in hybrid electric drive vehicles.…”