Does Deval Patrick read this blog?
Ok, probably not.
But I thought it was nice timing that I just wrote that article on CFLs and then I saw this article about how the Governor is flipping out all of the bulbs in the State House and requiring lights to be turned off on nights and weekends.
After all of Deval’s stumbles in the beginning of his term, it is nice to see him land on a completely pragmatic and environmentally conscious program.
I am going to see if I can find more details about the Executive Order talked about here — currently it isn’t up on the State of MA’s website.
on April 21st, 2007 at 10:54 pm
Actually, this Patrick’s second environmentally enlightened program w/in the last few weeks.
You may have heard that Cambridge announced the Cambridge Energy Alliance, a $100m energy efficiency program.
Well, Patrick was present at the program’s announcement, and called it “a new model for energy efficiency that should be replicated by communities across the Commonwealth” and kicked in $2m to make that happen.
$2m isn’t a lot, but it is something. The Cambridge program, BTW, strikes me as an excellent example of a pragmatic and enlightened government policy. I hope Sudbury has something similar one day.
I can dream..