[Peace-discuss] CREDO: Tell Congress: Pass Bernie Sanders’s Low Income Solar Act

[Robert Naiman]

Wouldn't it be great if we could get a lot of people engaged in saying that
this is something that should happen in January 2017?

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From: Elijah Zarlin, CREDO Action <act at credoaction.com>
Date: Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 9:15 AM
Subject: Tell Congress: Pass Bernie Sanders’s Low Income Solar Act
To: Robert Naiman <naiman.uiuc at gmail.com>


[image: CREDO action] *Tell Congress: Pass the Low Income Solar Act of
2015.
<http://act.credoaction.com/sign/Solar_Act?nosig=1&t=1&akid=15301.1021714.q4pxn1>*

*Tell Congress:*
*“Pass the Low Income Solar Act of 2015. We need to make clean,
money-saving solar energy available to all Americans.”*

Add your name:
[image: Sign the petition ►]
<http://act.credoaction.com/sign/Solar_Act?t=2&akid=15301.1021714.q4pxn1>

Dear Robert,
<http://act.credoaction.com/sign/Solar_Act?nosig=1&t=3&akid=15301.1021714.q4pxn1>

If powering our homes and businesses with solar energy is going to be a
major solution to climate change, it can’t be an option that’s only
available to some.

*That’s why the bill that Sen. Bernie Sanders recently introduced – the Low
Income Solar Act of 2015 – is such a huge deal.*1 The bill would
dramatically expand the availability of the financial and environmental
benefits of solar power, through loans and grants to low-income families,
public housing, and community facilities.

But unfortunately, we don’t have a Congress that passes bills simply
because they’re excellent ideas. That’s why we need to get to work whipping
support for this bill in Congress right now. Can you sign the petition and
help us make this bill a reality?

*Tell Congress: Make solar energy available to all Americans. Pass the Low
Income Solar Act of 2015. Click here to sign the petition.
<http://act.credoaction.com/sign/Solar_Act?t=4&akid=15301.1021714.q4pxn1>*

Today, solar energy is more affordable than it’s ever been, and is now the
fastest growing source of energy in the U.S. But it’s still out of reach
for a large percentage of Americans who can’t afford the cost of
installation, can’t qualify for financing, or who are renters and don’t
have appropriate rooftop access to install solar panels.

*Today, out of the 645,000 homes and businesses with rooftop solar panels,
less than 5 percent are households earning less than $40,000.*2

Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Low Income Solar Act of 2015 would take direct aim at
this problem by directly issuing grants for solar installation to low
income homeowners with suitable rooftops, while connecting other
households, like renters, with alternatives like community solar gardens
which offer solar power access through a shared solar system.

*Tell Congress: Make solar energy available to all Americans. Pass the Low
Income Solar Act of 2015. Click here to sign the petition.
<http://act.credoaction.com/sign/Solar_Act?t=5&akid=15301.1021714.q4pxn1>*

With four times more of their income spent on energy than the average
household, allowing low-income households to produce their own energy would
provide major economic relief to those who need it most. And lower income
households also statistically use less energy, meaning solar panels would
cover a greater share of their energy needs.3

Low-income communities have also suffered the most from proximity to toxic
and polluting fossil fuel facilities. Expanding access to clean solar power
is an important step in alleviating toxic fossil fuel pollution, and the
carbon pollution that is causing climate change.

This is a win-win idea if there ever was one, and that’s why we need to
make sure it wins in Congress.

*Tell Congress: Make solar energy available to all Americans. Pass the Low
Income Solar Act of 2015. Click here to sign the petition.
<http://act.credoaction.com/sign/Solar_Act?t=6&akid=15301.1021714.q4pxn1>*

Thank you for your activism.

Elijah Zarlin, Campaign Manager
CREDO Action from Working Assets
<http://act.credoaction.com/go/109?t=7&akid=15301.1021714.q4pxn1>

Add your name:
[image: Sign the petition ►]
<http://act.credoaction.com/sign/Solar_Act?t=8&akid=15301.1021714.q4pxn1>

   1.

   "Sanders Introduces Solar Initiative
   <http://act.credoaction.com/go/9447?t=9&akid=15301.1021714.q4pxn1>,"
   Office of Senator Bernie Sanders, July 7, 2015.
   2.

   "Bridging the Solar Income Gap
   <http://act.credoaction.com/go/9448?t=10&akid=15301.1021714.q4pxn1>," GW
   Solar Institute, January 2015.
   3.

   "State Policies to Increase Low-Income Communities’ Access to Solar Power
   <http://act.credoaction.com/go/9449?t=11&akid=15301.1021714.q4pxn1>,"
   Center for American Progress, September 23, 2014.

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