Act Now to Save Solar in Missouri!

Tell your Legislators: Vote NO on HB44

Dear St Louis and Missouri Solar Advocates,

Some of the smartest, most successful companies and organizations in the world are deploying solar — including Apple, Berkshire Hathaway, FedEx, GE, GM, Google, IKEA, Macy's, Target, Walmart, and the U.S. military. So, why is the Missouri General Assembly dismantling incentives to bring more solar investment to the state?

Help us spread the word and tell your legislators to protect the state's solar industry.

Across the nation, the solar industry is creating jobs, building a more resilient power grid and tackling climate change head-on. By nearly all measures, the solar energy industry has been one of the fastest growing industries over the last five years and 2012 set records for new solar installations, despite a slow economic recovery.

And yet, Missouri's legislators are considering a bill that would stall renewable energy development by allowing the renewable energy standard to be met by existing hydro power. Tell them this makes no sense. The best way to encourage companies to invest and create jobs in our state is to give them certainty about policies.

This bill signals to the business and investment community that the rules are changing and their investments are no longer welcome here.

In 2012 alone, $32 million was invested in Missouri to install solar on homes and businesses. There are 64 solar businesses creating investments and jobs in the state. This bill would cripple that momentum. So why are your representatives moving backwards? Because there is a lot of money and power invested in keeping the status quo.

Tell your legislators -- you want more, not less, incentives for solar.

Thank you for all you do, Carrie Cullen Hitt Senior Vice President, State Affairs Solar Energy Industries Association

Our StLouis Flower Garden 2013

Since learning about the decline in the Bee and Butterfly Populations in the past few years we have decided that anything that could be done to help the much needed Pollination Services that these insects provide is not only helping to create a beautiful garden but also has the added benefit of helping the USA farmers- that grow the food that we need for the USA.

We decided to add some color to our yard and property this year by Starting the following seeds in our Mini Indoor Greenhouse Facebook Page.  You will notice that all of the majority of the plants are: Butterfly and Bee Friendly.

Read More About Butterfly Gardening and Bee Population Decline

My Nature Loving Friends at Karmik Korner at 3131 Morgan Ford, StLouis MO also have in stock Butterfly Houses if you would like to help protect the much needed Butterfly Populations.

1. BLUE and PINK ROCKET LARKSPUR DELPHINIUM Ajacis

2. TROPICAL BIRD OF PARADISE Mallowwort Mallow
   

3.PORTULACA MOSS ROSE MIXED COLORS

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   CARDINAL CLIMBER VINE Red Flower Ipomea Quamoclit

5. SWEET PEA ROYAL FAMILY MIX Lathyrus Vine

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   Himalayan Tibetian GOJI BERRY

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   Babys Breath

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   Rainbow Rose

Web Link for the Indoor Seed Starting Station-See how the plants are growing at my girls facebook page



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St Louis Residents-Add your voice to this petition before its too late

Compliance with Missouri's Renewable Energy Standard

Missouri utilities are blatantly disregarding the state’s renewable energy requirement. So Renew Missouri and our partners across the state have filed legal action to require compliance with the law. Add your voice with this petition! History/Context: In 2008, two-thirds of Missouri voters demanded that investor-owned utilities increase their use of renewable energy. This was the highest passage margin of any statewide renewable energy initiative ever. Last year, utilities were required to demonstrate that 2% of their energy came from renewable sources. However,utilities have built virtually no new renewable energy; instead, they have sought to confuse the intent of the law through their influence in Jefferson City. How are they out of compliance? 1. Roll-Over Energy: Utilities claim they can comply by using "old renewable energy" created at a time when the law wasn’t even in effect.  This is like trying to roll over cell phone minutes from a time before you even had the phone. 2. Old Hydro-Electric Plants:  Utilities are trying to use large, century-old hydroelectric facilities, even though the law explicitly forbids the use of these large hydro facilities. 3. We Demand Power, Not Credits: The Missouri renewable energy law was passed to bring Missouri new, cleaner sources of energy and create jobs here at home. Instead, IOUs are wasting our money on “renewable credits” from far-away states that deliver no electricity to Missouri. This means that Missouri sees no new jobs and no change in how we get our energy, while out-of-state energy producers see larger profits. We need to invest in Missouri's economy and create local jobs! Missouri gets roughly 85% of our energy from Wyoming coal, sending $1.3 billion out of our state every year. If we instead invested in clean energy back home, we would keep some of that money in our local economies and create thousands of jobs, giving us cleaner air and healthier people in the process. Help us deliver 21st century jobs and clean energy to Missouri by signing on to this petition that asks the Public Service Commission to do THEIR job and FORCE utilities to follow the law.

Supporting Organizations The following groups have signed on to our complaint and are aligned in efforts to require utilities to follow the law. RES Complaint News January 31, 2013 Post-Dispatch: Complaint says Ameren is circumventing green power law January 30, 2013 Renew Missouri Press Release: Advocates Take Legal Action Against Non-Compliant Missouri Electric Utilities Documents filed with PSC EC-2013-0377-Formal Complaint (Ameren)EC-2013-0378-Formal Complaint (Empire)EC-2013-0379-Formal Complaint (KCPL)EC-2013-0380-Formal Complaint (GMO)EC-2013-0381-Formal Complaint (Ameren)EC-2013-0382-Formal Complaint (Empire)

Renew Missouri is a project of the Earth Island Institute, a 501c(3) non-profit organization.

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