Subject: [big campaign] Sierra Club Releases Presidential Energy Scorecard
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 21, 2008
CONTACT: David Willett, 202.675.6698

            Sierra Club Releases Presidential Energy Scorecard
               Tool for Voters Compares McCain, Obama Plans

Washington, DC—With energy at the top of the political agenda right now,
and Americans demanding action from their leaders, the Sierra Club today
released a new side-by-side comparison to help its members and the public
compare the energy plans of John McCain and Barack Obama.  The scorecard
examines the candidates' energy plans in four key areas: taking on Big Oil,
investing in the clean energy economy, fixing global warming, and
increasing fuel economy.

The scorecard can be found online at:
http://www.sierraclub.org/politics/downloads/Presidential-Scorecard.pdf

The Sierra Club will distribute the scorecard to members in all 50 states
and use it to educate members, supporters, and the public in key
battleground states, including Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Colorado,
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Hampshire.  The scorecard
builds on earlier efforts, including radio and television advertisements,
and other public events.
"Both candidates are talking about energy, high prices and global warming,
so it's important to look past the rhetoric and see what is at the heart of
their plans," said Cathy Duvall, Sierra Club Political Director.  "As this
scorecard illustrates, the contrast in this election could not be starker.
Barack Obama wants to give tax relief and $1,000 energy rebates to working
families, while John McCain wants billions more in tax breaks for oil
companies making more than $1,000 a second in profits."

Taking on Big Oil-The scorecard contrasts Obama’s pro-consumer plan for
middle class tax relief and $1,000 emergency energy rebates paid for by
taxing Big Oil’s billions in record profits with McCain’s plan for another
$4 billion in tax breaks for Big Oil.

Investing in the Clean Energy Economy-Obama’s $150 billion plan for 5
million new clean energy jobs is contrasted with McCain’s unblemished
record of opposition to pro-clean energy policies and refusal to show up
and vote for clean energy incentives necessary to save 116,000 existing
jobs and $19 billion in new investments and lay the foundation for the
clean energy future that will rid us of our dangerous dependence on fossil
fuels.

Fixing Global Warming-Barack Obama will do what scientists tell us is
necessary and make polluters pay in order to give back hundreds of billions
of dollars to consumers in order to bring energy costs back under control.
Meanwhile, McCain has proposed an outdated plan that gives away hundreds of
billions to polluters.

Improving Fuel Economy-Barack Obama worked hard to secure the first
increase in fuel economy in over 30 years and now wants to give consumers
and automakers alike the financial incentives we need to put 1 million
hybrids on the road and make our cars and trucks average 50+ miles per
gallon.  By contrast, McCain has been both for and against increasing fuel
economy over the years and failed to support last year’s increase in
mileage standards.

"It is clear that Barack Obama has the right plan for working families, the
right plan to put our economy back on the path to prosperity, and the only
plan that will end the oil industry’s chokehold on America—once and for
all," said Duvall.  "The plan McCain has put forward will benefit no one
but Big Oil.  McCain's rhetoric on renewable energy can't disguise his real
record of consistent opposition to the policies that will keep and create
millions of clean energy jobs and put America on the true path to energy
independence."

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Paid for by the Sierra Club Political Committee,
http://www.sierraclub.org/, and not authorized by any candidate or
candidate's committee.

                                                                            

                                                                            

                                                                            

David Willett
National Press Secretary
Sierra Club
(202) 675-6698 (w)
(202) 491-6919 (m)
[email-masked]
www.sierraclub.org
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