The Connection covers the release of the Connolly Environmental Agenda.
Should he be elected, Connolly would pursue a 10-point environmental plan that includes making a solar energy tax credit available to more people; creating a free home weatherization program; forming land conservation grants that protect drinking water; putting forward a cash reward for the business that creates that first 100-mile-per-gallon car; and installing auxiliary power at Dulles International Airport so that planes do not have to idle as much while sitting on the runway.
“I think there is very broad consensus on environment and I don’t think it is liberal or conservative,” Connolly.
Connolly was the first chairman in Fairfax County’s history to develop a comprehensive environmental agenda.
Under his leadership, the local government helped create the “Cool Counties” initiative, which lays out steps for localities to become more environmentally friendly.
Environmental activists have been pleased with Connolly’s efforts at the local government level.“I have thoroughly enjoyed working with Gerry Connolly because he has been a leader in working on environmental issues. It is not often I get to work with an elected official who leads on conservation issues,” said Stella Koch, a Virginia conservation advocate for the Audubon Naturalist Society.
You can read the entire environmental agenda here.
