I can't believe what the State Senate just did. I'm one of thousands of volunteers who gathered signatures and made phone calls to help pass the Clean Energy Initiative - Initiative 937 - into law two years ago. Voters required Washington's utilities to develop new sources of renewable energy.

Late Tuesday night the State Senate voted 27-21 to remove the Initiative's teeth, approving a bill (SB 5840) which could cut the clean-energy requirements by as much as 73 percent.

There's a reason President Obama is stepping up to repower America and launch a clean energy economy in our country. We simply cannot afford the consequences of global warming and our dependence on fossil fuels.

Now is not the time to turn our backs on clean energy! We need your help to stop this roll-back. We can't let Washington become the first state in the nation to turn back the clock on clean energy progress.

Click here to sign our petition urging the House of Representatives to defend I-937, and forward it to your friends and family as well.

http://www.fusewashington.org/page/s/937rollback

In the next week we will also ask you to help us hold the Senators who voted to go backwards on clean energy accountable. But the first step is to stop this terrible bill in its tracks.

I honestly can't understand why the Democrats who control the State Senate are spending time and resources on rolling back a voter-approved clean energy initiative. Washington has an $8 billion deficit, a major economic crisis, serious health care problems and major education and environmental challenges.

We need our lawmakers to solve problems, not undo solutions. Please help us protect clean energy in the House. Click on the link below to join thousands of Washington residents in sending a strong message to House leaders that we are counting on them to stand up for clean energy!

http://www.fusewashington.org/page/s/937rollback