We believe American ingenuity will enable us to win the global race to create the first clean energy economy. But winning requires decisive action to ensure U.S. competitiveness and the right incentives for entrepreneurs. Working together, Chambers of Commerce and their business members can help forge solutions to accelerate our nation's leadership in innovation and economic prosperity. We support market-based solutions to grow the economy and transition quickly to clean energy.

• Business Must be Part of the Clean Energy Solution: American business has always led the world in finding innovative solutions - from the automobile to the space shuttle, from the personal computer to the cell phone. Business innovation has shaped our world, and business will provide the innovative solutions to ensure America wins the clean energy race;

• Clean Energy is an Economic Opportunity: Our dependence on foreign fossil fuels is a threat to our economy and our national security. We send $1 billion dollars a day out of the country to pay for US oil imports - mostly to countries that are not friendly to our interests. A new clean energy economy offers an unprecedented opportunity to improve our national security and grow our economy;

• America Must Lead the Clean Energy Race: America is at a crossroads. We can either lead the clean energy race and reap the associated economic and security benefits, or we can cede our global technological leadership to countries already actively competing with us. The success of American business and the American economy has always been built on our market and technological leadership. We can lead by creating the right incentives for American businesses.

• Market-based Solutions Will Produce the Best Results: We support market-based solutions that allow businesses to find the most efficient and cost effective measures to spur innovation, encourage investment, and advance clean energy technologies;

• Clean Energy is an Economic Development Strategy Advancing clean energy is an economic development strategy. All clean energy solutions that grow the economy and support the advancement of clean energy should be considered.