Did you know that the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, D.C. recently passed a bill that calls for strict changes for the car industry? The bill has to get approved or passed by the House and the Senate and then it becomes a law.

This bill tells the country to help clean up pollution using their cars. It requires $21 billion in new taxes, mostly on the oil (fuel) industry, and it states that electric utilities must get 15 percent of their power from alternative sources, like wind or the sun.

We think this bill is awesome! It would make the auto industry 40% better at being clean and helping the environment.

Here’s the problem: there are a bunch of people that don’t like this bill! We know, it’s hard to believe! They don’t want to help the environment because it will cost them a lot of money (because they make their money from the oil industry)– they are only looking at tomorrow, and we want them to look at 10 years from now!

Because 10 years from now is your future…we want you to help by writing to your Senator and ask them to please sign this bill and help turn it into a law.

Get the email and snailmail address of your Senator here. And then write them a letter. We’d also love to see your letters and we’ll post some on the blog – so that we can share ideas with each other about what to say to get the votes!!!

Thanks, Bonobo Kids – you are the best!

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