Sen. Carper is Clean Power Champion
U.S. Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), who chairs the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, received the American Clean Power Association’s Clean Power Champion Award Aug. 15 at the University of Delaware’s Lewes campus.
Joining Carper were Moira Cyphers, Eastern State Affairs director for American Clean Power Association; Jeremy Firestone, UD School of Marine Science and Policy professor, and former director of the UD Center for Research in Wind; and A.R. Siders, co-director of UD’s Gerard J. Mangone Climate Change Science and Policy Hub.
Aug. 15-19 marks American Clean Power Week, a nationwide celebration of clean energy technology including land-based wind, offshore wind, solar, energy storage, and transmission infrastructure. The Clean Power Champion Awards are given to elected officials who have helped move the clean energy industry forward through policy and leadership. The 2022 Champion Award winners strongly advocated for onshore wind, offshore wind, solar, energy storage and transmission, and helped support clean, homegrown, reliable energy.
“On the heels of helping pass the most ambitious clean energy legislation in history, I feel honored to receive a Clean Power Champion Award,” Carper said. “Advancing policies that move us toward a clean energy future is not just the right thing to do for our planet, but the right thing to do for our economy.”
“Sen. Carper's extraordinary leadership over his lifetime of service is one of the reasons why the American energy transformation is well underway. Sen. Carper has propelled the clean power industry forward – on jobs, offshore wind, climate justice and more,” Cyphers said.
