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These days, you hear a lot of talk from people who claim to advocate for businesses on the dangers of cap and trade for the economy.  They create catastrophic scenarios and talk about potential losses to the GDP.  Working with Fortune 500 customers every day, I can tell you that this simply isn’t true. Carbonetworks is growing fast, now with 8,000 sites deployed, because our customers can save money by using our technology. I am proud to say we are a living, breathing example of innovation that is creating “green jobs” .  And we aren’t alone – a recent report from the Global Climate Network predicts that in the U.S., the stimulus package and the American Clean Energy and Security Act could help create 1.9 million new green jobs over the next decade.

Of course going green is the right thing to do for our environment and our economy. I got the idea for my own company while studying environmental management in my undergraduate program in the mid-1990s. I firmly believe we must be responsible stewards of the earth and providing business with the proper incentives is the best path to environmental stewardship. But we also must realize that progress on emissions and energy reductions from a policy perspective represents a potential boon for U.S. innovation and business.

January 13th, 2010 by Michael Meehan - President & CEO