AliBoom!: Fear Bush! Environmental Business Leaders Endorse Al Gore



	Environmental Business Leaders Endorse Al Gore Sunday, November 5, 2000 ENVIRONMENTAL BUSINESS LEADERS ENDORSE AL GORE Praise His Plans to Extend Prosperity, Protect the Environment NASHVILLE -- Nearly 100 environmental business leaders from across the country today endorsed Al Gore, praising his plans to extend prosperity and protect the environment. Gore has a bold agenda to clean up the environment and curtail global warming, while creating jobs and strengthening the economy at the same time. Gore will eliminate the national debt to help keep interest rates lower, fueling investment, innovation, and growth. "Al Gore has stood up for environmental protection and economic progress through his entire career," said Richard Goodstein, president of Goodstein & Associates. "He understands that such reinforcements not only benefit the environment, but also spur new technologies and invigorate the economy. Our economic success comes with the responsibility to safeguard our nation's air, land and water." Gore's economic plan would eliminate the national debt and its interest payments, while offering family tax cuts. To help extend the new economy to benefit all families, Gore would fight for a smaller, smarter government that stays out of the way. His plan would reduce government spending, as a share of the economy, to its lowest level in 50 years. Gore would make aggressive investments to encourage innovation, fighting for the largest-ever expansion of tax credits to encourage research and experimentation in the private sector. He would fight to reform schools and make skills training more available. He would ensure strong privacy protections, so that citizens'medical and financial records are protected online and otherwise. Gore has called for making the next 10 years the Environment Decade, an initiative that includes broad goals to protect public lands and clean up the nation's air and water. His plan would encourage smarter community growth and invest more in conservation. It would take steps to reverse the rise in global warming. Gore would dedicate portion of the expected budget surplus to create a new National Energy Security and Environment Trust Fund that would help industries reduce dangerous emissions and offer tax breaks up to $6,000 for consumers who purchase more fuel-efficient cars, trucks and homes. He would invest in cleaner and safer buses, new rail systems and increase the reliability of the power grid. Gore has been a leader throughout his career on the environment and the economy. As vice president, he cast the tie-breaking vote to pass the 1993 economic plan, which cut the deficit and helped balance the budget for the first time in a generation. He chaired some of the first Congressional hearings on toxic-waste clean up that laid the groundwork for passage of the Superfund Act. Along with the Big Three automakers, he led the Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles (PNGV) that has helped spur new technologies that give consumers cars that use less gas and create less pollution. The full list of endorsers follows below: Lilia A. Abron, Peer Consultants, P.C., Maryland Amy S. Anthony, Housing Investments, Inc., Massachusetts Chester G. Atkins, Ads Ventures, Inc., Massachusetts David Barash, Go-to Go LLC, Vermont Allen M. Barnett, Astropower, Inc., Delaware David Benjamin, Environmental Design Partners, Inc., Florida Michael Bergey, Bergey Windpower Co., Oklahoma David Beschen, GreenDisk Inc., Washington M. Ilyas Bhatti, The Bhatti Group, Inc., Massachusetts Robert V. Bibbo, Environmental Sciences, Rhode Island Dr. Michael Biddle, MBA Polymers, Inc, California Harvey Bixon, H. Bixon & Sons, Inc, Connecticut David Blittersdorf, NRG Systems, Inc, Vermont Jared Blum, PIMA, Washington DC Keith Brackpool, Cadiz Inc, California Don Bradley, Jr., Solar Homes Builder, Pennsylvania David Calley, Southwest Windpower, Arizona Leslie Carothers, United Technologies Corporation, Connecticut Griffin Carrison, Thermal Conversion Technology, Inc., Florida David Carroll, Syn-Tel.com, Maryland Bernard H. Cherry, Oxbow Power Corporation, Florida Anthony Cignoli, The A.L. Cignoli Company, Massachusetts Ralph Coerman, Muus Asset Management Company, New York Carol Cone, Cone, Inc., Massachusetts Karen Conover, Global Energy Concepts, Washington Johnny Cope, Resource Protection Inc., New Mexico Anne P. Couture, Couture Environmental Strategies LLC, Michigan John P. DeVillars, Brownfields Recovery Corporation, Massachusetts Michael Dieden, Creative Housing Associates, California Douglas Dunlop, Pure Energy Corporation, New York Scott D. Dunlop, Pure Energy Corporation, California David B. Eisenhaure, SatCon Technology Corporation, Massachusetts Doug Farr, Farr Associates Architecture & Urban Design, Illinois Richard Feldstein, Prinze Ltd., Illinois Grant Ferrier, Environmental Business International, Inc., California George Gamota, Science & Technology Management Associates, Massachusetts William A. Gildea, Jr., Enventures Capital, LLC, Massachusetts Jonathan P. Gill, Greenstar Development, Massachusetts Wayne Granquist, Green Mountain Capital, Vermont Charles Guinn, Strategic Guidance Associates, New York Les Hamasaki, Renewable Energy, California Donald Hardy, PanAero Corporation, Colorado Philip L. Hillman, Polaroid, Massachusetts Gary Hirshberg, Stonyfield Farm, Inc., New Hampshire Jeffrey Hollender, Seventh Generation, Vermont Jonathan L. Horwitch, Sentech, Inc., Maryland Eric Hudson, Recycline, Inc., Massachusetts Nicholas Humber, Brae Burn Management, Massachusetts Radha Jalan, Electrochem Inc., Massachusetts Wendy M. James, The Better World Group, California Edward C. Kern, Jr., PhD, Applied Power Corporation, Massachusetts Joseph Kennedy, Citizens Energy Corporation, Massachusetts Charles F. Kireker, Green Mountain Capital, Vermont Henry Krasener, DLR Ventures LLC, New York Lloyd R. (Bob) Lawrence, Jr., Bob Lawrence & Associates, Inc., Virginia Richard Lehfeldt, TECO Energy, Inc., Florida Murray Liebman, Liebman & Associates, Washington DC Gary Liss, Gary Liss & Associates, California Roger G. Little, Solar Energy & Biomedical Products, Massachusetts Kenneth R. Locklin, Advantage Financial Services, Virginia Peter J. McCarthy, ATOFINA Chemicals, Delaware Rob McCord, Eastern Technology Council, Pennsylvania Chuck McDermott, The Rockport Group, Massachusetts Daniel Moon, Longwood Environmental Management, Massachusetts David Mooney, Neighborhood Renewal Group, Colorado Charles A. Moore, Akin, Gump Law Firm, Texas Dennis M. Murphy, U.S. Venture Group and Electric Vehicles Worldwide, Massachusetts Michael North, Greenstar Corporation, California Albert Nunez, Solar King Supply/Capital Sun Group, Ltd., Maryland David Olsen, Patagonia, Inc., California Federico F. Pena, Vestar Capital Partners, Colorado Anthony O. Perriba, Alternative Power, Inc., New York Kevin Pierce, Farr Associates Architecture & Urban Design, Illinois William Raap, Gardener's Supply Co., Vermont Kirk Renaud, Biobite, Inc., Maryland Wayne Rogers, Synergics Energy Development, Maryland Julian J. Rothbaum, Francis Oil & Gas, Inc., Oklahoma Steven Rothstein, EFI, Inc., Massachusetts Paul Routhier, J.P. Routhier and Sons, Inc., Massachusetts Joyce Rowland, Sempra Energy, California Thomas A. Rymsza, KP Products, Inc., dba Vision Paper, New Mexico Ruth A. Salinger, Salinger Group, Inc., Massachusetts Warren Salinger, Global Initiatives, Massachusetts Roger W. Sant, The AES Corporation, Virginia Subir K. Sanyal, Geothermex, Inc., California Rajat K. Sen, Sentech Inc., Maryland Jeffrey A. Serfass, Technology Transition Corporation, Washington, DC Andrew L. Shapiro, GreenOrder.com, New York Robert Sherwin, Atlantic Orient Corporation, Vermont Craig Sieben, Sieben Energy Associates, Illinois Scott Sklar, The Stella Group, Ltd., Virginia Arthur E. Smith, Jr., NiSource, Inc., Indiana Donald M. Smith, Smith Cogeneration , Inc., Oklahoma Megan Smith, MSS Consultants, LLC, Virginia Michael Sonnenfeldt, Solar Outdoor Lighting, Inc., New York Peter Spinney, NevCo, Inc., Massachusetts David Stitzhal, Full Circle Environmental, Inc., Washington Dan Storpen, New York Steven Strong, Solar Design Associates, Inc., Massachusetts Marc M. Sussman, Dental Recycling North America, Inc., New York Daniel Yohannes, US Bank, Colorado Steven Zelkoeitz, Keyspan Corporation, New York Paul J. Zofnass, Environmental Financial Consulting Group (EFCG), New York Top of page \| Back to main page .								The author is a member of