Indian Tribes and 150 U.S. Cities Team Up to Use Renewable Energy

Organizations representing 150 American cities interested in climate protection and Indian tribes interested in developing renewable energy projects announced recently that they will team up to promote tribal-owned renewable energy projects. On July 4, participating cities and tribes will deliver their declaration of energy independence to the White House.

This joint campaign promotes tribally-owned clean energy projects to help meet the emission reduction goals of U.S. cities. More than 150 U.S. cities have pledged to voluntarily reduce their carbon emissions through conservation, energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy and are working with the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI).

The new Energy Independence Day Campaign brings together the ICLEI with the Intertribal Council on Utility Policies (COUP), which represents federally recognized Indian tribes in the Dakotas and Nebraska and other tribes throughout the West. COUP has proposed a collaborative intertribal project for some 3,000 megawatts of tribally owned wind power, built on 24 Indian reservations across the Great Plains by 2010. The Energy Independence Day Campaign is open to any tribe, city or local government willing to commit to producing or promoting the purchase of utility-scale renewable energy.

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