FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PRESS CONTACTS: Patrick Mitchell, (703) 276-3266, [email protected]
Abandoning Clean Power Plan Bad for Economy, Clean Energy Workers
WASHINGTON (March 28, 2017) – President Trump today will sign an executive order that instructs EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt to begin the lengthy rulemaking process of tearing down the Clean Power Plan, the most important clean energy policy in our nation’s history.
The following is a statement by Bob Keefe, executive director of the national, nonpartisan business group Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2):
“Rolling back the Clean Power Plan would roll right over 3 million Americans who earn paychecks every day in the clean energy economy. And it’s not just workers who would suffer – it’s American competitiveness, too.
“The Trump administration needs to put forward a policy that reduces our emissions and also supports American jobs.”
For more on the 3 million clean energy workers in the U.S., please see E2’s newly released clean energy jobs fact sheet.
To see with your own eyes why business leaders and military veterans support the Clean Power Plan, see E2 videos filmed in Ohio, Missouri, Colorado and Iowa.
To speak with E2 members and other business leaders in your state who support the Clean Power Plan, please contact Patrick Mitchell at (703) 276-3266 or [email protected].
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Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2) is a national, nonpartisan group of business leaders, investors, and professionals from every sector of the economy who advocate for smart policies that are
good for the economy and good for the environment. Our members have founded or funded more than 2,500 companies, created more than 600,000 jobs, and manage more than $100 billion in venture and private equity capital. For more information, see www.e2.org or follow us on Twitter at @e2org.