Green Community welcomes a new contributor from Repower America, a group dedicated to transitioning America into a clean energy economy.

Hello and welcome readers! The goal of this blog post will be to focus on environmental issues, clean and renewable energy news, and the need for action on responsible energy legislation. We’ll be discussing why these issues matter, and hopefully educating and learning from each other.

Passing comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation not only can create thousands of new jobs here in Florida, but can also help us to rebuild our economy, strengthen our national security and leave a cleaner and healthier planet to future generations. I am also going to try and have guest contributors discuss the importance of this issue, and hopefully provide us with different perspectives on its importance. My hope is that this also will become a hub to connect you to the goings-ons in the community. I’ll open up this post with what I feel is the most apropos: The Presidents' State of the Union speech.

This article appears in Feb 3-9, 2010.