With the US Senate’s climate action bill taking shape, the EPA’s move last week to regulate greenhouse gases, and major companies rejecting the US Chamber of Commerce’s stance on climate action, the shift continues toward America’s clean energy future.
Late this summer, CTLCV attended a clean energy panel discussion that Congressman Chris Murphy hosted with Carol Browner, Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change, at the Hill-stead Museum in Farmington.
The panel focused on the promise that green energy advancements hold for our environment and for Connecticut’s economy.
Joining Browner and Murphy were representatives from Connecticut-based renewable energy businesses, including Apollo Solar of Bethel, FuelCell Energy (Danbury and Torrington), Duracell (Bethel) and Optiwind (Torrington).
The nearly two-hour meeting covered stimulus investments in energy, the US House bill on climate change (ACES), transmission issues for renewable energy, smart meters, energy efficiency rules for appliances, initiatives of some of Connecticut’s renewable energy businesses, and more.
Here’s some of what they had to say.
While Congress seems ready to move on climate change and clean energy, the leadership of the CT legislature as well as the Rell administration punted on this critical issue during the 2009 session. Delay only makes the problems more difficult to solve. Yes there is a recession, but we need to be heading in the right direction as we emerge. We look forward to the coming 2010 session with hopes that both major parties make this a higher priority.
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