Issue Position: Energy & Environment

Issue Position

As a founding member of the Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition and the Green Schools Caucus, I have worked to balance our nation's urgent energy priorities with the protection of our environment. Energy independence is not just about lowering gas prices -- it means greater national security and increased innovation that will spur economic recovery and American global leadership in the development of advanced energy technologies.

That is why I am working to:

Advance a comprehensive energy agenda that lowers prices and invests in the development of alternate and renewable energy technologies.

Eliminate excessive speculation in commodities markets, which drives up oil costs for eastern Connecticut families and businesses.

Protect eastern Connecticut's environmental treasures for future generations, such as the Eight Mile River, Last Green Valley and the Long Island Sound

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