Sen. Lyman's Hoffman's weatherization plan is moving ahead. The full Senate just passed the supplemental budget with the $300 million in it. The head of the House, Rep. John Harris, told me yesterday that House leadership doesn't have a problem with the idea. And Palin's and her new energy czar Haagenson both said today they thought it was a good idea. "I think it's great," said Haagenson.
The weatherization outfit in Fairbanks loves the idea of being able to help more people, and the state corporation that would handle the funds is on board, too.
So there you go. Hoffman's staffer yesterday noted that $200 million for weatherization, $100 million in energy efficiency incentives, and another $200 million chipped in by newly incentivised homeowners, comes to $500 million. Sometimes it's easy to have MEGO with budget numbers, but that's the whole sum of the state's promised contribution to a gas pipeline project, or half what the state spends on K-12 education across Alaska.
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Hi,
I am writing to you because I ran into your environmental blog and was wondering if you would be interested in telling your readers about an upcoming youth action event called Massachusetts Power Shift (MAPS).
MAPS is a three-day global warming and climate change conference to be held at Boston University from April 11-14th. Saturday and Sunday will consist of discussion panels from a variety of topics ranging from alternative fuels to carbon caps. On that Monday, students will lobby their senators to pass the Massachusetts Global Warming Solutions Act.
Passing the GWSA, inclusive of a 20% cut in emissions by 2020, will be a milestone for Massachusetts environmental policy.
Please consider spreading the word! Just let me know if you will post an entry about it so I can send you more information and web banners/fliers. Our website is http://www.masspowershift.org/
Thank you for you time.
Cheers,
Vicky
Media & Marketing Volunteer
Massachusetts Power Shift Planning Committee
Hi Vicky,
Sounds interesting. Ordinarily, I'd say just Alaska stuff, but I went to school in Massachusetts and kind of consider it home, so yeah, I can write something about that...
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