We are 2679 young Americans demanding real solutions to global warming by voting to create a clean energy economy, green jobs for all, and to secure our climate. Join us.
I pledge to make clean, just energy a top priority in my vote this election.
Read the Power Vote Platform.
"Clean" Coal's assault on our democracy is in full swing at the Democratic National Convention.
And it is EVERYWHERE. CNN's pre-conference coverage was sponsored by the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE). Upon arriving, "clean coal" signs welcomed me to Denver. "Clean" coal buses and billboards tarnished my view of this beautiful city at every turn. And horror of horrors, I was on the bus yesterday I was chatting with two super sweet grandmas when one of them pulled out a "clean" coal fan.
This is an industry that clearly has a lot at stake in these elections. They have a new name now (ACCCE is the artist formerly know as ABEC) but it's the same industry front group that sponsored the major debates and many primary stops this Winter and Spring. They receive billions and billions of dollars in subsidies, tax breaks, and other freebies that keep King Coal holding our government and our energy future hostage.
1,049,398 is a number I've seen all over downtown Denver today- on t-shirts, sidewalk etchings, and posters.
1,049,398 million is the number of young people between the ages of 17 and 29 who have served in either Iraq or Afghanistan.
1,049,398 of our brothers and sisters, our partners, and our friends. It is young people who are fighting these wars.
1,049,398 is why we are running Power Vote this Fall.
We deserve a future defined by energy independence, greater economic opportunity, international cooperation, and peace.
By igniting a clean and just energy revolution we can do this. We can avoid future conflict, we can create greater economic opportunities at home, and we can ensure that when our young (and old!) veterans return they come home to good, green jobs and healthy communities.
Everyday at the Democratic Convention youth voting groups (like Energy Action Coalition, Rock the Vote, and a slew of others) have plastered the city with a different important number in a creative viral campaign.
"Energy crisis solved! I’ll see you at the debates, bitches.”
While acknowledging that offshore drilling wouldn't produce a "drop of oil for 10 years", Obama reversed his stance on the controversial issue while speaking in Florida.