[Stoves] USA senate bill on stoves

[Ronal W. Larson]

Huck etal

	I answer with little expertise- so hope that someone from GACC can also answer.  My guess is that the last Congress’ bill has already served much of its purpose.  GACC raised a large amount of money not very long ago, with the US government (State and USAId maybe being the largest agency donors) giving the most  (Canada next??). But the funding problem hasn’t gone away and stove funding is still way less than $1 billion.

	GACC is the only group I see on the horizon with an international reputation to take on this sort of funding.  I wish they were doing more along the lines of this list, but they will be attending the ETHOS meeting.  Some of us will be reporting back in about a month - and can maybe better answer your good question.  The important point is that the US Congress is reactive - and better stoves can be very much in the US interest.  Any bill keeps an issue alive - and bills only get passed if support is being received.

Ron  

(I worked two years for the US Congress)


On Dec 29, 2014, at 1:21 PM, Huck Rorick <huckrorick at groundwork.org> wrote:

> I skimmed the article and the PDF.  I’m not sure I am clear on what the bill does.  Would anyone want to comment, explain?  It seems like it is aiming funding specifically at Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves?  And doing so with funds several agencies already have?
> If someone felt like elaborating on what it would do that would be useful.
>  
> From: Ronal W. Larson [mailto:rongretlarson at comcast.net] 
> Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2014 7:19 PM
> To: Discussion of biomass
> Subject: Re: [Stoves] USA senate bill on stoves
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> List:
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>             Our own Senators need to hear of our support for a new version of S-2100 for the 114th Congress.  See:
>             https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s2100/BILLS-113s2100is.pdf
>  
>             This is mostly about GACC - but included multiple agencies.
>  
>             Wouldn’t hurt to have a House version as well.
>  
>             Thanks to Crispin.
>  
> Ron
>  
>  
> On Dec 28, 2014, at 6:49 PM, Crispin Pemberton-Pigott <crispinpigott at outlook.com> wrote:
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> 
> News....
>  
> http://www.collins.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2014/3/sen-collins-introduces-clean-cookstoves-bill-that-would-improve-environment-public-health
> 
> 
> Regards 
> Crispin
>  
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