Why is differing shades of green energy debated at TwinWest Chamber?
Rather than fixating on the number of green jobs, Minnesota officials and environmental professionals and advocates on Friday agreed to concentrate on boosting energy efficiency and building up renewable energy sources. Increased efficiency was the dominant theme Friday during the TwinWest Chamber of Commerce’s legislative breakfast at the Doubletree Hotel Park Place in St. Louis Park. The event — designed to focus on green energy, green jobs, and whether predictions of future savings from renewable energy are realistic — also touched on nuclear energy, the state’s energy infrastructure, more efficient use of gasoline, and the possible formation of a regional cap-and-trade system. “Clean energy is the wave of the future,” said Bill Glahn, director of the Minnesota Office of Energy Security (OES). “We want to take advantage of our resources while not driving our industrial jobs.” Glahn and Bill Grant, assistant executive director for the Izaak Walton League of America’s Minnesota office
