Frank Pallone: “I really believe that the environment and industry or business can work together, and that there is no reason why a…”

“I really believe that the environment and industry or business can work together, and that there is no reason why a pro-environment position cannot be also a pro-jobs creation, or a pro-economic development position. Certainly, when we talk about new technologies, that is so true. Last week during the congressional recess we did a bus tour, I guess it was last Wednesday, where myself and the gentlemen from New Jersey, Mr. Holt and Mr. Pascrell, went to various parts of the State to highlight some of the concerns we had with what the Bush administration was doing. One of the stops was in Linden, New Jersey, which is a town that has a number of utilities and also refineries. We were there with Public Service Electric and Gas, which is one of our major utilities in the State. They were actually building a new plant that was going to be gas-fired, natural gas-fired, and that was replacing some older oil-burning plants to generate electricity. They estimated that the new plants would cut down on the amount of carbon dioxide by one-third.”