Alaska can lead in clean energy
Read the Letter to the Editor of the Anchorage Daily News by Kate Troll highlighting how Alaska can lead the nation in the production of clean and renewable energy.
President Obama's economic recovery package includes the greatest investment in clean energy and energy efficiency in history. Through the State Energy Program and Weatherization Assistance Program, Alaska will be able to invest an additional $47 million in renewable energy, building upgrades and weatherization projects. Overall, Obama's stimulus package is estimated to create or save 3.5 millions good-paying jobs. According to the White House, 8,000 of these jobs will be in Alaska. Instead of sending jobs overseas, we'll create them here at home. Instead of being among the world's worst producers of climate change pollution, we will start to lead the world in the production of clean, renewable energy.
While we applaud Senator Begich and the other leaders who acted fast and made the right decisions, we hope that Senator Murkowski and Congressman Young will come to see the benefits of this package aimed at moving us towards a clean energy future. We hope to work with all of Alaska's representatives to move closer to a clean energy economy by next passing a bill to cap greenhouse gas emissions.
-- Kate Troll
Executive Director of the Alaska Conservation Alliance.
Anchorage
