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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1526 

Expressing support for the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas 

and its goal to encourage collaboration and cooperation among countries 

to address the energy and climate change challenges facing the Western 

Hemisphere. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 15, 2010 

Mr. ENGEL submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing support for the Energy and Climate Partnership 

of the Americas and its goal to encourage collaboration 

and cooperation among countries to address the energy 

and climate change challenges facing the Western Hemisphere. 

Whereas President Obama invited Western Hemisphere countries to join in an Energy and Climate Partnership of the 

Americas (ECPA) during the Fifth Summit of the Americas held on April 2009 in Trinidad and Tobago; 

Whereas the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas is voluntary, allowing governments, Inter-American 

organizations, private industry, and civil society to lead 

or participate in initiatives that reflect their priorities; 


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Whereas more than 30 energy ministers and delegations from 

across the Western Hemisphere met on April 15, 2010, 

through April 16, 2010, in Washington, DC, to deepen 

cooperation on energy security and on alternative energy 

resources; 

Whereas ECPA initiatives focus on areas of cooperation such 

as renewable energy, energy efficiency, energy poverty, 

infrastructure, cleaner fossil fuels, as well as sustainable 

landscapes and adaptation; 

Whereas the Western Hemisphere supplies one-fourth of the 

world’s crude oil, one-third of the world’s natural gas, 

nearly one-fourth of its coal, over a third of global electricity, and almost three-quarters of worldwide bio-fuel 

production; 

Whereas ECPA is a partnership of Western Hemisphere nations focused on creating energy independence and promoting sustainable, clean energy practices and technologies, and not a fossil fuel subsidy program to increase energy dependency; 

Whereas Chile, Peru, Mexico, Costa Rica, Brazil, El Salvador, and Trinidad and Tobago will create Clean Energy 

Technology Centers to serve as clearinghouses of information and as sources of expertise on various renewable 

energy technologies and practices; 

Whereas Brazil will lead an initiative to promote sustainable 

urban development and energy efficiency among low-income residents; 

Whereas Colombia will lead an initiative to strengthen electrical interconnections in the Andean Region, Chile, and 

Panama; 


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Whereas Canada will lead a working group to discuss methods to reduce the carbon and environmental footprint of 

heavy oil; 

Whereas Mexico will lead an initiative to promote and increase energy efficiency; 

Whereas the United States Department of Energy will assist 

governments in Costa Rica, Dominica, Peru, Colombia, 

and the Caribbean in developing transformative energy 

programs through the Low Carbon Communities of the 

Americas Program; 

Whereas the United States Department of State will also 

support Central American countries in their effort to integrate the regional power market as well as activities 

that promote greater efficiency and the region’s clean energy development; and 

Whereas the United States Department of Agriculture and 

the United States Department of State will work with interested countries to collaborate on scientific exchanges 

to advance renewable and sustainable biomass energy: 

Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) strongly supports the goals of the Energy 

3 and Climate Partnership of the Americas; 

4 (2) encourages the efforts of the United States 

5 Government to expand collaboration and cooperation 

6 among countries in the Western Hemisphere on the 

7 issues of energy security, low carbon economic 

8 growth, and reducing energy poverty; and 


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1 (3) promotes the active participation by coun2 tries, businesses, and civil societies in the Western 

3 Hemisphere in this voluntary partnership. 

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