At a time when high energy prices are wreaking havoc on consumers, the Department of Energy should be making energy efficiency a top priority. Instead, the federal government's efficiency program is in shambles. This litigation should provide the necessary prod to get these efficiency standards back on track.
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This quote is just one of 7 total Katherine Kennedy quotes in our collection. Katherine Kennedy is known for saying 'At a time when high energy prices are wreaking havoc on consumers, the Department of Energy should be making energy efficiency a top priority. Instead, the federal government's efficiency program is in shambles. This litigation should provide the necessary prod to get these efficiency standards back on track.' as well as some of the following quotes.
Governor Pataki, Senate Minority Leader David Paterson and the other state leaders on both sides of the aisle who are fighting to protect these valuable initiatives deserve great credit. The veto is the right thing to do, and we urge lawmakers to let it stand.
The Department of Energy is a big bureaucracy.... Energy efficiency hasn't been an agency priority, it hasn't been a political priority, and so the issue has been neglected.
This is a critical government program that is in complete shambles. We are talking about simple, common- sense responsibility to shield American consumers from rising energy prices. Performance standards are the most successful tool we have to ease the burden on consumers and protect our increasingly fragile energy supply system, but the feds are asleep at the switch.
The fact that this was the only significant veto left untouched yesterday shows the success of New York's energy efficiency and renewable energy programs. We're hopeful that we've now closed the chapter on this debate and that we can move forward with the legislature and the Governor on an ambitious agenda to build and strengthen clean energy efforts in New York.
This quote is just one of 7 total Katherine Kennedy quotes in our collection. Katherine Kennedy is known for saying 'At a time when high energy prices are wreaking havoc on consumers, the Department of Energy should be making energy efficiency a top priority. Instead, the federal government's efficiency program is in shambles. This litigation should provide the necessary prod to get these efficiency standards back on track.' as well as some of the following quotes.