Tuesday, October 7, 2008
These are tough economic times, and in times like these, businesses can’t afford to waste energy and drain their bottom lines from high energy bills. Smart businesses view their energy efficiency investments as a profit-center, argues ELPC President and Executive Director Howard Learner in his Southwest News Herald OpEd:
“Let’s face it. America’s economy is bad shape. Some will seize upon the troubled times to argue that we should cut back on investing in clean energy and environmental protection. But that’s the wrong direction both for today and for the future.
For today, energy efficiency makes even more sense in tight financial times. Businesses can’t afford to waste energy and drain their bottom lines from high energy bills, while causing more pollution to our environment. Improving energy efficiency is an investment that can achieve a healthy return. Smart businesses view their energy efficiency investments as a profit-center.”
Learn more at Howard’s blog here at elpc.org.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
ELPC’s Clean Energy Program seeks to improve environmental quality and public health by reducing both the pollution from coal plants and the environmental, public health and safety risks from nuclear plants. Achieving that goal requires increasing the use of less-polluting energy efficiency and renewable resources to meet energy needs in the electricity services marketplace of the Midwest/Great Lakes states. Learn how you can make a difference.
Electric utility restructuring and competitive economic pressures provide a new opportunity for public interest advocates to influence the industry that has the most substantial environmental impacts in the Midwest. In many cases, in addition to stressing their environmental superiority, we also focus on the economic and reliability benefits to be gained by the increased use of energy efficiency and renewable resources.
ELPC’s overall goal is to accomplish a transition from the region’s current resource portfolio, currently comprised almost exclusively of nuclear and older coal-burning plants, towards a more diverse, more sustainable and less polluting portfolio including wind energy, biomass and energy efficiency.
Learn more about ELPC’s energy efficiency programs and what you can do to help.
Monday, October 6, 2008
ELPC Executive Director Howard Learner argues at the Chicago Huffington Post that the recent economic downturn should be pushing us to invest in clean energy. Investing in energy efficiency cuts wasteful spending on high energy bills and prevents added pollution.
“For today, energy efficiency makes even more sense in tight financial times. Businesses can’t afford to waste energy and drain their bottom lines from high energy bills, while causing more pollution to our environment. Improving energy efficiency is an investment that can achieve a healthy return. Smart businesses view their energy efficiency investments as a profit-center.”
Read the full post.
