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The Apollo Alliance

The Apollo Alliance. Labor Unions AFL-CIO, AFL-CIO IUC, AFL-CIO BCTD, AFSCME, ATU, BCTWGM, GCIU, IUE-CWA, IAM, IBEW, IBT, LIUNA, PACE, SEIU, SMWIA, TWU, UAW, UFCW, UMWA, UNITE HERE, USWA. Environmental Groups

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The Apollo Alliance

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  1. The Apollo Alliance Labor Unions • AFL-CIO, AFL-CIO IUC, AFL-CIO BCTD, AFSCME, ATU, BCTWGM, GCIU, IUE-CWA, IAM, IBEW, IBT, LIUNA, PACE, SEIU, SMWIA, TWU, UAW, UFCW, UMWA, UNITE HERE, USWA. Environmental Groups • CERES, Greenpeace USA, NWF, NRDC, Powershift, Rainforest Action Network, Republicans for Environmental Protection, Sierra Club, Union of Concerned Scientists, League of Conservation Voters, others Others:Business, Farm, Faith, Civil Rights Urban, Social and Economic Justice

  2. Apollo in Washington State January 2005, Executive Committee formed: • Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO • Rick Bender, President • Washington State Building & Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO • David Johnson, President • Cascade Chapter of the Sierra Club • Kathleen Casey, Regional Director • NW Energy Coalition • Sara Patton, Executive Director • Climate Solutions • Rhys Roth, Co-Director • Industrial Areas Foundation – Spokane Alliance • Paul Bramsman, Organizer

  3. Governor signed Governor signed Governor signed Apollo Alliance of Washington Endorsed 2005 Session: • SB 5509 High-performance green building standards. • HB 1062 State standards for energy efficient equipment & appliances. • SSB 5101 & SB 5111 Incentives to support renewable energy.

  4. Apollo Supports Green Buildings Requirement - 1st in the Nation

  5. Apollo Alliance, Climate Solutions & WEC-WCV Pass Renewable Fuels Standard 2006 Provides a predictable market to spur investment. Peter Moulton, Climate Solutions Governor Gregoire Reid Smith, Farmer, 25x’25 Rich Feldman, Apollo Alliance

  6. April 25, 2005. George Bush and Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah.

  7. OPEC's spare capacity has dropped nearly to zero OPEC Production Capacity Demand for OPEC Production Source: Amy Jaffe Myers, Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, Houston, Texas

  8. A disruption in supply has the potential to cause an oil shock • Hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico • Instability in the Middle East • Strife in Venezuela or Nigeria • Terrorist incidents

  9. Abqaiq Oil Facility Car bomb suicide attack foiled on February 24, 2006 If it had been successful, oil lost would have exceeded all of the oil taken off the market by the OPEC during the 1973 Arab oil embargo. (IAGS)

  10. Quiz: #1 Source of Washington State Greenhouse Gas Emissions? • Cows & Trees • Centralia Coal Power Plant • Vehicles • Industry • Buildings

  11. Million Tons CO2 Trends of Carbon Dioxide Emissions by Sector Washington State Source: Washington State Community Trade & Economic Development, Energy Policy Division

  12. Apollo Alliance Oil Savings Agenda for Washington State A five-point plan

  13. 1. Set an oil savings goal

  14. Washington Diesel & Gasoline Demand Forecast vs. 15% Oil Savings Goal 1.77 billion gallons of fuel savings needed! Demand Forecast Goal = 15% below 2006 by 2025

  15. 2. Promote vehicles that reduce oil use.

  16. Over 101,000 Flex Fuel Vehicles registered in Washington Number of retail E85 pumps in Washington = One

  17. I-917 I-933 Eyman’s attack on Transportation Funding The “Too Many Questions & Loopholes” Initiative 3. Build up transit and transit-friendly communities.

  18. 4.Commercialize advanced biofuels.

  19. 5. Electrify transportation.

  20. Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV) PHEVs add a second small fuel tank that you always use first. You fill this one at home with electricity from an ordinary 120-volt socket, at a cost equivalent to less than $1/gallon. • Today's hybrids are 100% gasoline-fueled.

  21. Take the Apollo Challenge

  22. Stuart R. McGillSenior Vice President Exxon Mobil CorporationFebruary 7, 2006 “[A] misperception taking hold is the belief that this nation, or any nation, can achieve energy independence.”

  23. In 1961, President Kennedy challenged Americans to pursue a goal that seemed beyond our reach: to land a man on the moon within the decade.

  24. Take the Apollo Challenge The Apollo Alliance asks for your help to challenge our nation's leaders to achieve energy independence within a decade. www.apollochallenge.org

  25. "Whatever you can do or dream, you can begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now." — Goethe

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