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Public Power Weekly <br />"China will sweep us out" if the United States waits 10 years to cap <br />greenhouse gas emissions, said John Doerr, an attorney with Kleiner Perkins <br />Caufield & Byers, a venture capital firm. <br />"Global climate change is more than an urgent scientific imperative, it is an <br />economic opportunity of enormous consequence to our country," said Sen. <br />John Kerry, D-Mass., at the July 16 press conference. He said Siemens CEO <br />George Nolan and Dupont CEO Chad Holliday, as well as Rogers, had <br />traveled to Capitol Hill to discuss climate change legislation with senators. <br />"China is outpacing us in what is really the space age, space race if you will, <br />of this century," Kerry said. China is moving into the lead, worldwide, in wind <br />and solar energy, he said. <br />Kerry said the Senate will take H.R. 2454, the climate change bill passed by <br />the House, as a starting point. "There is room for some tweaking" of that bill, <br />he said, but "we're not going to reinvent the wheel here." <br />"And for everybody who is worried-and it is all of us-about what China <br />[will do] and how well China will participate and can they be held <br />accountable, there is absolutely no prayer of getting them to be held <br />accountable or making them be part of the solution unless we move to do this <br />now," Kerry said. "If we move, China and the rest of the world will have to <br />move." -JEANNINE ANDERSON <br />1~'IL~ti'~', TVA. offer cash for energy efficiency <br />Memphis Light, Gas & Water and the Tennessee Valley Authority have <br />teamed up to offer cash incentives for homeowners to make energy efficiency <br />improvements to their homes. <br />MLGW and TVA will reimburse homeowners up to 50% of the costs, with a <br />maximum of $500. These improvements may also qualify for up to $1,500 in <br />federal energy tax credits. <br />Participants must pay $150, which is refundable, to aTVA-certified evaluator, <br />who will identify needed improvements including the installation of <br />EnergyStar-rated windows and storm windows, repair and sealing for HVAC <br />systems, rehabilitation work, HVAC replacement, insulation, air sealing, and <br />do-it-yourself caulking and weather-stripping. <br />More information is available on the MLGW Web site. <br />http://www.naylornetwork.com/app-ppw/printFriendly.asp?projID=3214 (4 of 21)7/28/2009 3:37:08 AM <br />