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Executive Summary

The centerpiece of any energy package must be energy efficiency. Energy efficiency is the cheapest, quickest and cleanest way to reduce global warming pollution. It is also one of the best ways that we can invest in American jobs. We recommend at least $21 billion in investment in energy efficiency. According to analysis by the Earth Policy Institute, investing $1 billion in retrofitting buildings would create 26 times more jobs than the same investment in nuclear power and 30 times more jobs than the same investment in coal power. Just $6 billion in residential and commercial building retrofit efficiency investments will, over the next two years, create more than 60,000 new jobs.