Apollo Alliance
Date: Saturday, January 17, 2004 @ 23:40:27 GMT
Topic: General


Giant Leaps For Energy Independence
January 2004
By Joel Stonington
Utne.com

Sensible and daring, the Apollo Alliance has forged a broad coalition of labor, business, civil rights, and environmental leaders endorsing massive change in U.S. energy policy.



Named for Kennedy's 1960s challenge to the country to put a man on the moon in less than a decade, the new Apollo Alliance seeks a similar national commitment. The Apollo Jobs Report, released Wednesday, January 14, and timed to coincide and contrast with President Bush's announcement of a new space program, states: "It is time for a bold initiative -- with the vision and the scope of the original Apollo program -- to end America's dependence on foreign oil and create millions of good jobs building the sustainable energy system of the next century."

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