The Clean Energy Recovery: Creating Jobs, Building New Industries and Saving Money
Channel: HouseResourceOrg
Date: 2011-04-17

The Clean Energy Recovery: Creating Jobs, Building New Industries and Saving Money - Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming - 2010-03-10 - The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act invested in projects that create clean energy jobs while helping families save money on their energy bills. These investments in renewable energy, efficiency, weatherization and new technology development have established robust American energy industries, such as advanced battery technology to power cars and trucks. On Wednesday March 10, Chairman Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming explored some of the clean energy results from the Recovery Act, and discussed how an American-made clean energy future can continue. TESTIMONY: Lisa Patt-McDaniel, Director, Ohio Department of Development; Bryan Ashley, Chief Marketing Officer, Suniva Inc.; Paul Gaynor, Chief Executive Officer, First Wind Holdings LLC; Mary Ann Wright, Vice President and Managing Director, Business Accelerator Project, Johnson Controls, Inc.; Brian M. Johnson, Federal Affairs Manager, Americans for Tax Reform and Executive Director, Alliance for Worker Freedom.  Video provided by the U.S. House of Representatives.