HI SCR89

Urges United States Congress to pass comprehensive clean energy, jobs, and climate change legislation that promotes jobs, innovative energy development, and national energy security.

Requests legislation include a unified framework for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, protection for low and moderate income Americans from increased energy costs, investments in energy efficiency, and support for alternative energy sources including wind, solar, wave, hydroelectricity, and biofuels.

Calls for national clean energy legislation that does not preempt state efforts to control carbon emissions and advance clean energy innovations, preserving states' rights to develop their own renewable energy policies.

Cites current U.S. spending of approximately $1 billion daily on oil imports, clean energy job growth at 250 percent faster than the general economy, and potential for two million new clean energy jobs from comprehensive legislation.

References Hawaii's 2008 Clean Energy Initiative and notes wave energy's potential as a clean, baseload electricity source for the state.