Campaign for Affordable and Reliable Energy (CARE) Launches Statewide Radio Blitz to Promote Sensible Energy Policy.Statewide Radio Ad Campaign Begins Today; Will Continue into November PORTLAND, Ore. -- FreedomWorks Oregon's Campaign for Affordable and Reliable Energy (CARE) is launching a series of radio ads promoting the development of clean, affordable, and reliable sources of energy, in addition to exposing how anti-energy radicals are opposed not just to energy development, but to our modern way of life. Listen to the First Ad (http://lightsonoregon.com/audio/EnergySpot1.mp3) Listen to the Second Ad (http://lightsonoregon.com/audio/EnergySpot2.mp3) High energy prices hurt Oregon Oregon, city, United States Oregon, city (1990 pop. 18,334), Lucas co., NW Ohio, a suburb adjacent to Toledo, on Lake Erie; inc. 1958. It is a port with railroad-owned and -operated docks. The city has industries producing oil, chemicals, and metal products. families and cost the community good paying jobs. Looking to the future, Oregon needs to have a diverse portfolio of energy choices, such as geothermal ge·o·ther·mal also ge·o·ther·mic adj. Of or relating to the internal heat of the earth. ge , wave, hydro hy·dro adj. Hydroelectric. n. pl. hy·dros 1. Hydroelectric power. 2. A hydroelectric power plant. , natural gas, and wind power to support long term economic growth and ease family budgets. The statewide ad buy is part of the million dollar campaign launched by FreedomWorks Oregon. The ad will hit the airwaves airwaves Noun, pl Informal radio waves used in radio and television broadcasting on Wednesday in the Portland market on 15 stations, before beginning to run in Eugene and the rest of the state later in the week. An excerpt ex·cerpt n. A passage or segment taken from a longer work, such as a literary or musical composition, a document, or a film. tr.v. ex·cerpt·ed, ex·cerpt·ing, ex·cerpts 1. from of the ads explains: Husband: These energy bills just keep climbing, it's going to break our budget. There needs to be some real action developing new energy sources so were not so dang dependent on Middle East oil. Wife: Why would any company do that in Oregon, they'd be sued! Husband: What? Wife: A number of companies started investing in alternative energy and an extreme environmental group started suing and taking them to court. Wife: When a geothermal plant was proposed in Central Oregon Central Oregon is a geographical region lying near the center of the U.S. state of Oregon. It is commonly considered to include Deschutes, Jefferson, and Crook counties. Primary cities in Central Oregon are La Pine, Sunriver, Bend, Redmond, Madras, and Prineville. , an environmental group took legal action to stop it, when a company wanted to develop wave energy off the Oregon coast The Oregon Coast is a geographical term that is used to describe the coast of Oregon along the Pacific Ocean. Stretching 362 miles from Astoria to the California border, the Oregon Coast is unique in that the whole coastline is public land. another environmental group blocked it, and the same is true for natural gas, wind energy, and other new energy sources. Husband: These environmental groups (O) and they clearly don't care if families like ours can pay our energy bills. The CARE campaign is part of a larger, multi-million dollar, national voter VOTER. One entitled to a vote; an elector. education and turnout effort by FreedomWorks to unlock domestic and emerging sources of energy for American consumers. FreedomWorks is a grassroots organization with over a half a million members nationwide and over 30,000 activists in Oregon dedicated to lower taxes, less government, and more freedom. |
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