FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 18, 2010
Contact: Whit Jones, Field Director, 914-671-1880 

Washington, DC - Energy Action Coalition Executive Director Courtney Hight issued the following statement in response to the latest Society for Human Resource Management/National Journal Congressional Connection Poll:

 
"The latest National Journal Congressional Connection poll confirms what we've long known; young voters are motivated by ambitious vision and action on clean energy and the climate crisis. In light of the Gulf oil disaster, young people are looking for courageous action from their political leaders and, as Rahm Emanuel, White House Chief of Staff, notes, leading boldly on clean energy is 'a way to get them engaged in the coming election.'

Energy Action Coalition, a coalition of 50-youth led environmental and social justice organizations, is committed to seeing bold action from our political leaders in the wake of the Gulf oil disaster and beyond. We've rallied to call for a Crude Awakening, and on June 26th will join with Hands Across the Sand to demand that President Obama and Congress shift Big Oil handouts to clean energy investments that can move us beyond oil in the next 20 years. 

Moving into the fall, the Coalition will build on it's Power Vote 2008 campaign which mobilized 350,000 young voters for clean energy, to demonstrate that as the Millennial generation comes to power we continue to expect leadership on these issues."

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The partners of Energy Action Coalition are Black Mesa Water Coalition, CALPIRG, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, CONNPIRG, Campus Progress, the California Student Sustainability Coalition, the Canadian Youth Climate Coalition, The DC Project, Earth Day Network, Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative, Energy Justice Network, Grand Aspirations, Greenpeace, Green For All, Global Exchange, Indigenous Environmental Network, League of Young Voters, MASSPIRG, NJPIRG, National Wildlife Federation, Rainforest Action Network, Responsible Endowments Coalition, Restoring Eden, Southern Energy Network, Student Environmental Action Coalition, Southwest Workers' Union, Sierra Student Coalition, SustainUS, Sierra Youth Coalition, WASHPIRG, WISPIRG. 

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