How the American Green Energy and Security Act Creates Jobs

HOW THE AMERICAN CLEAN ENERGY AND SOURCE: Environmental Defense Fund, www.edf.org SECURITY ACT (HR 2454) CREATES JOBS Legislation now in the U.S. House of Representatives makes the case that economic recovery, job creation and addressing global warming are linked. Here's how it works: A power plant must reduce its output of carbon pollution under a national emissions cap Investors put money into research, development and deployment of technologies Power Plant SOME POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS Increase Glass and hardware O Windows assembled O Windows shipped to at factory Energy Windows installed Efficiency for new windows ordered from plants around the U.S. power plant Use Renewable Buy 250 tons of Energy O Buy 8,000 different Ship parts site Wind turbine steel for a wind parts for the turbine from plants around the U.S. assembled at power plant turbine RESULTS Cleaner Air and More Jobs Plus- Clean energy technologies can be sold to other countries CARBON CAP TIMELINE Baseline for carbon emission levels Congress passes a carbon cap 2005 2009 2020 2030 2050 Emissions reduced 17% Emissions reduced Emissions reduced 83% SOURCE: American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009