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Veterans, National Security Leaders Stand Up For Clean Energy In New Repower America TV Ad
Generals Brent Scowcroft and Wesley Clark join young veterans in call for bold action on clean energy and climate change to end America’s dependence on foreign oil and strengthen our national security
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – As the nation prepares to celebrate Veterans Day and honor the brave men and women who serve in our Armed Forces, the Alliance for Climate Protection’s Repower America campaign today released a new television ad featuring veterans and national security leaders calling for bold action now on clean energy and climate change to strengthen America’s national security. The ad, called “Voices-Veterans,” will run on national cable starting on Veteran’s Day.
“Voices – Veterans” features young Iraq War veterans alongside respected military and national security leaders such as General Brent Scowcroft and General Wesley Clark making the urgent call for action now on clean energy and climate change so that we can end America’s dependence on foreign oil and strengthen our national security. General Scowcroft, U.S. National Security Advisor under Presidents Gerald Ford and George H. W. Bush and a retired Lieutenant General in the U.S. Air Force, states in the ad that “climate change threatens our national security,” while Terron Sims, Jr., a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who served in Iraq says, “Stop sending our dollars overseas to be used against us.” General Wesley Clark, a 34-year U.S. Army veteran who served as NATO's Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, concludes the ad stating, “We need to repower and there is no better time to do it than right now.”
“I'm deeply grateful to all the brave men and women who have served this great nation. By taking control of our energy future, we can keep our men and women in uniform out of wars over finite natural resources,” said Repower Pennsylvania State Director Michael Fedor. “Top-ranking retired admirals and generals have said that a first priority for our leaders should be fully integrating climate change and energy security into national security planning. By building an American clean energy economy, we can stop spending billions of dollars for foreign oil that help to fund our enemies. Instead, we can invest that money here to get our economy moving again, and help to solve the climate crisis.”
This new TV ad is a continuation of the groundbreaking multimedia campaign launched by Repower America last week to demonstrate broad national consensus – from veterans, faith leaders, the business community, conservationists and more – for bold action on clean energy and climate. The new Repower effort, supported by an integrated online, field and advertising campaign, centers around a virtual Repower Wall, where thousands of people have already uploaded messages of strong support for action to create clean energy jobs, safeguard America’s economic and national security future, and solve the climate crisis. The Repower Wall may be accessed at www.repoweramerica.org/wall.
Veterans from Pennsylvania have already posted to the Repower Wall, including:
State Rep. Bryan Lentz, Veteran from Media, PA: “Global warming is a real threat. It’s a real threat to our environment and it’s a real threat to our national security. No less than the Department of Defense and CIA have listed it as such and are incorporating it into national security planning because of the impacts of things like famine, resource shortages and large displacements of populations on our national security. Also, this is the future of our economy. The jobs available in the renewable energy sector are the jobs of tomorrow.”
Watch Representative Lentz’s full Repower Wall post: http://www.repoweramerica.org/wall/#/view/14094
Brendan Flynn, Veteran from Meadville, PA: “I am really concerned about pushing a strong clean energy bill because it’s America’s chance to take back control and reduce our dependence on oil and fossil fuels, much of which comes from outside the country. If we can produce energy here at home that can strengthen our national security and also create jobs here in Northeastern Ohio, Northwestern Pennsylvania, and put people back to work and at the same time mitigate the effects of climate disruption that’s already causing national security headaches for us – that’s something the CIA … the Defense Department all are in agreement about. So if we can all do that – if we can protect American troops and put Americans back to work here at home, I think it’s something the United States Senate need to do …”
Watch Brendan’s full Repower Wall post: http://www.repoweramerica.org/wall/#/view/2582
Already, more than 22,000 individuals have added their faces and voices to the Repower Wall, and more than 40 leading corporations and non-governmental organizations have contributed their logos to the effort – including companies like Nike, PepsiCo, Starbucks, Staples, eBay and Exelon, as well as organizations such as the United Steel Workers, National Farmers Union, Trout Unlimited, Republicans for Environmental Protection and the American Nurses Association.
According to the Center for American Progress, transitioning to a clean energy economy will create more than 70,000 jobs here in Pennsylvania while revitalizing our economy, strengthening our national security and breaking our dependence on foreign oil.
Script: “Voices – Veterans” (TV-:30)
Ken Nagel, U.S. Navy Veteran: Why join the fight to repower America with clean energy?
General Brent Scowcroft: Because climate change threatens our national security.
Ambassador Wendy R. Sherman: It’s crucial that America become energy independent.
Jackie Rodgers, Jr., U.S. Navy Veteran: I saw first-hand how America’s dependence on foreign oil threatens our national security.
Terron Sims, Jr., U.S. Marine Corps Veteran: Stop sending our dollars overseas to be used against us.
Jonathan Powers, U.S. Army Veteran: America must reestablish itself as a country that leads by example.
General Wesley Clark: We need to repower and there is no better time to do it than right now.
About the Alliance for Climate Protection’s Repower America campaign:
The Alliance for Climate Protection launched the Repower America campaign to galvanize the American public around a bold new clean energy plan and a revitalized national energy infrastructure that will jumpstart our economy and create millions of jobs; help end our dependence on foreign oil; reward innovation and job creation, not polluters; and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and slow the threat of climate change. For more information, visit www.repoweramerica.org
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