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From: Tom Gray <tomgray@igc.apc.org>

                       LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
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              *  AMERICAN WIND ENERGY ASSOCIATION  *
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                          July 12, 1996


CLEAN ENERGY PROGRAMS IN JEOPARDY!
House To Vote Soon On Schaefer-Klug Amendment To Restore 
Renewable Energy Programs

        Representatives Schaefer, Klug, Minge, Thurman and Salmon
have agreed to offer a bi-partisan amendment on the House floor
to restore renewable energy funding and stop Congress from
terminating several leading clean-energy programs.  The amendment
will be taken up when the House considers the FY97 Energy and
Water Appropriations Bill as early as next week (July 14-20). 

        The House Energy and Water bill as approved by
Subcommittee would cut DOE's renewable energy programs by roughly
20% -- on top of last year's cut of roughly 30%.  This would
devastate DOE's efforts to help American industry develop and
deploy clean energy technologies.  The Subcommittee also targeted
several programs for immediate termination, including wind energy
-- a leading renewable technology that is booming in world
markets.  The Subcommittee's proposal to terminate wind energy
programs would not only set back clean energy efforts, but would
also cripple the American wind industry's ability to compete in
fast-paced global markets. 

        The Schaefer-Klug amendment will restore funding for all
renewable energy programs to their current year levels (FY96)
without adding to the deficit or jeopardizing other programs in
the bill.  Grassroots support is vital to its success. 

        YOUR HELP IS URGENTLY NEEDED!  

        CALL OR WRITE YOUR REPRESENTATIVE TODAY,  AND URGE 
THEM TO SUPPORT THE SCHAEFER-KLUG AMENDMENT TO RESTORE 
RENEWABLE ENERGY FUNDING.

        You can contact your Representative by writing:

                                Representative _______________
                                U.S. House of Representatives
                                Washington, D.C. 20515

        or by calling the U.S. Capitol Switchboard at 202-225-3121.

For More Information Contact:
        Karl Gawell or Sheila McNamara
        The American Wind Energy Association
        202-383-2500