Liftoff for the New Apollo Energy Project

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The House Energy and Commerce Committee has approved legislation that could help build a cleaner-energy economy for the United States, writes U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee, D-Bainbridge Island. The New Apollo Energy Project, if enacted, will spur technological innovation that will reduce dependency on foreign oil and help meet the climate change challenge.

AS the space-shuttle program ends, some people question whether America still has the guts for bold new projects, in space or elsewhere. The House Energy and Commerce Committee answered that question affirmatively last week, when we launched an adventurous new national project to build a clean-energy economy for the United States and the world.

My colleagues may not have recalled the first Apollo project as they set a cap on carbon and set national goals for clean-electricity production. But having called for a New Apollo Energy Project seven years ago, I saw the similarities between the two innovation revolutions. Last time, we went to the moon. This time, our technological genius and entrepreneurial zeal will turn to the task of saving this planet.

This action came just in time. The immediate need for job creation is self-evident. Our dependency on oil continually creates security risks. Most threatening of all is the specter of uncontrolled climate change.

Seattle Times