A change for the energy future

“Yesterday a record number of voters voted for change,” said Gene Karpinski, President of the League of Conservation Voters (LCV), at the National Press Club. Several environmental groups working to elect more pro-environment candidates into office, hosted a news conference on the energy and environment challenges facing President Elect Barack Obama and his administration.

According to Karpinski, voters voted for a not only a change in the White House but also for a new energy future, which will change the past failed energy policies tied to Americas foreign oil dependency. Karpinski underlined that with a new clean environment future the American economy will grow stronger as well as the nations security. “Senator Obama put forward the most comprehensive, aggressive plan to deal with the related issues of energy and global warming,” said Karpinski.

Bob Wendelgass, National Deputy Director for Clean Water Action an organization working in a number of swing states such as Florida, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Virginia agreed with Karpinski saying that this is an “historic occasion to address some really compelling environmental issues in the next four years”.