Alliance in the News Roundup: American Jobs Act Proposal and Other News

The media regularly quote the Alliance's in-house experts and feature the Alliance's accomplishments in energy efficiency. The latest media coverage of the Alliance includes:

•  Alliance President Kateri Callahan was interviewed by New York City cable news station NY1. Callahan explains how home owners can significantly lower energy bills this winter by making simple changes in the house.
•  The Alliance’s Executive Vice President for Programs and Development Brian Castelli explained why energy-efficient light bulbs can last as long as a mortgage on Denver’s KUSA-TV.
• TIME magazine asked Alliance President Kateri Callahan to submit a commentary on whether consumers can change their behavior and become more energy efficient. Of course she said “Yes!”
•  Alliance President Kateri Callahan commented on the possibilities for energy efficiency initiatives in the American Jobs Act for the National Journal's Energy Experts blog.
• Alliance President Kateri Callahan makes a case for collaboration on energy efficiency innovations between the federal government and the private sector in an online forum sponsored by TIME Magazine.
•  Climate Wire quoted Alliance Director of Government Relations Robert Mosher on the implications for energy efficiency in President Obama’s jobs proposals in American Jobs Act; the story was posted on The New York Times website.
• U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), authored an op-ed in the Toledo Blade about the energy efficiency bill he is co-sponsoring with Alliance Board Honorary Chair Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) – S. 1000, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act.  His column references the Alliance’s support for the bill.
• Ohio PolitiFact reviewed the Portman op-ed and Alliance President Kateri Callahan's testimony on S.1000 and confirmed the Alliance's information about the federal government's energy use.
• Senior Vice President of Best Buy, Neil McPhail writes about the Alliance’s participation in the company’s Annual Energy Efficiency Summit in GreenBiz.
• SustainableBusiness.com quotes Alliance Senior Vice President of Programs Jeff Harris in a story on new Department of Energy efficiency standards for refrigerators.
• Philadelphia’s Energy Coordinating Agency posted a story about the Building Energy Efficiency campaign's field trip to the city to educate congressional staff about the value of energy efficiency and its importance in national energy policy. In RetroFIT PHILLY’s "Coolest Block" contest, homes were air sealed and retrofit with an energy-saving cool roof and insulation.
• Western Kentucky University’s (WKU) student newspaper talks about the Alliance’s Green Campus program and quotes Green Campus interns’ sustainability plans. WKU along with five other college campuses in the Tennessee Valley will be more energy efficient thanks to the new Alliance-TVA Green Campus Network program.
• The Green School program's work in Pennsylvania's North Penn and Propel school districts continues to receive media cover in Montgomery News and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.