Archive - May 19, 2009

1Sky board member K.C. Golden and the CEO of Puget Sound Energy Steve Reynolds have a wonderful op-ed in today’s Seattle Times called Time to Scale Up the New Energy Economy. K.C., who is the Policy Director of Climate Solutions, and Steve write about the need for a bold new policy to cap carbon emissions and create a clean energy economy. They start with the recent Environmental Protection Agency finding that climate pollution endangers public health and welfare:

The Obama administration deserves credit for moving quickly to respond to the climate challenge. But we have to do much more than just enforce existing laws like the Clean Air Act to deliver real climate solutions. We must build a new, stronger energy economy — one that increases our use of clean, renewable energy, improves energy productivity, and provides good jobs and prosperity for the long haul.