Archive for December 16, 2009

Growing Support for REEP Legislation on Capitol Hill

List of H.R. 1778 cosponsors reaches 60 members of the House of Representatives The office of Rep. Peter Welch of Vermont, who sponsored the Retrofit for Energy and Environmental Performance (REEP) Program Act introduced last March, reports this week that the bill now has 60 cosponsors in the House of Representatives. The list now includes: [...]

ACCP Chief Voices Support for President Obama’s Efficiency Retrofit Initiative

Maggie L. Fox, president and CEO of the Alliance for Climate Protection, issued the following statement this week in support of President Obama’s call for home energy efficiency incentives: As home heating bills rise, winter temperatures drop and job losses threaten, it’s clear that the time has come for a national energy efficiency upgrade. At [...]