Senate Tells President to Save 1 Million Barrels of Oil a Day; Alliance to Save Energy Applauds Step Forward for Energy Efficiency

U.S. Newswire, June, 2003

WASHINGTON, June 10 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Alliance to Save Energy today congratulates the Senate for adopting an oil-saving amendment that directs the President to save at least one million barrels of oil a day by 2013. The landmark amendment - sponsored by Sens. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Mary Landrieu (D-La.), and Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) passed 99-1.

"Today the Senate passed an important measure to increase our energy efficiency and reduce our wasteful oil dependence," said Kara Saul Rinaldi, director of policy for the Alliance. "We congratulate the Senate on this important step to conserve oil through energy efficiency."

Rinaldi added, "While there are many ways for the President to save oil, from weatherization to implementing tire...

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