I received an email today from Clean Energy Works for Missouri, the organization sponsored by the Missouri Coalition for the Environment, Renew Missouri and the Union of Concerned Scientists (according to the website). But, I’m not entirely clear on which organizations are actually part of the Clean Energy Works for Missouri team because the email lists Missouri Coalition for the Environment, Missouri Votes Conservation, Renew Missouri and the Sierra Club as the organizations that “spearheaded, funded, and staffed the Proposition C campaign” and “are now forming the “Clean Energy Works for Missouri” Collaborative that will continue to move Missouri toward a clean energy future utilizing renewable energy and energy efficiency.

The theme? What’s Next for Clean Energy in Missouri. Taken directly from the email:

What’s Next?

Thanks to our grassroots effort to get Prop C passed, Missouri now has an activated constituency of over 25,000 educated, informed, and enthusiastic clean energy supporters, including you! The passage of Prop C is only the first step toward Missouri’s clean energy future – we have many energy challenges to face and opportunities to advance in 2009. We still need your help.

The first challenge is implementation of Proposition C. Before the law goes into effect, the Public Service Commission (PSC) begins a 12-month rulemaking process. Our partnership of renewable industry and environmental advocates will work diligently to ensure utility lobbyists do not pressure the PSC to dilute the Proposition. We will also watchdog the General Assembly to ensure that there are no legislative efforts to weaken or undercut Proposition C.

Via this email list serve, we will periodically inform you of opportunities so you can help implement Prop C and advance other initiatives important to Missouri’s clean energy future.

Sign up for email updates here.

From what I’ve heard, the opposition was non-existent during the election because of the process mentioned above. The theory is that those opposed will be able to strip the legislation of all substance through the PSC meetings, and with the announcement of St. Louis as the targeted national “clean coal” headquarters, the odds that pressure to dilute Prop C during the PSC hearings has increased. We can’t let this happen. Stay active, stay informed, make some noise!

Two days left, for a lot of things, but especially for Proposition C in Missouri. My last post was about the measure as is this one. I spent a few hours this morning canvassing with literature outside the Edward Jones prior to the Cardinals @ Rams game.

I believe the Proposition is polling well, upwards of 70% for it, it ain’t over until it’s over. Keep in mind that while this measure would make Missouri the 27th state to have a Renewable Energy Standard, it would be one of the least ambitious standard in these united states. I don’t say that to insult the effort to make this point: if other states can implement more aggressive Renewable Energy Standards, then Missouri should have no problem implementing a more conservative one.

Remember, the RES in Missouri is to require investor-owned utilities to sources 15% of their energy from renewable resources by 2020. Compare that to the measure on the ballot in California. This one requires the state to sources 20% of its energy from renewable resources by 2010. That’s 5% more energy 10 years earlier. Wow!

So please, vote on Tuesday and vote “yes” for Proposition C. Oh yeah, GObama!

St. Louis Earth Day celebrations will be held tomorrow in Forest Park. While sustainability, recycling and the like will be on the agenda, the most important happening will be the continued petitioning for signatures for a Renewable Energy Standard (RES) in Missouri.

I wrote about the effort two posts ago but I don’t think enough attention can be given to the issue.  Accordingly, I was happy to see some coverage in the local paper today.

Earth Day represents one of the last big gatherings of like-minded folks at which to gather signatures to get the RES on the ballot in November.  Hopefully Sunday’s surge will actually work.