Statement – June 9, 2016
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jesse Chadderdon (302) 744-4282 or (302) 743-0945;
Mat Marshall (302) 744-4180 or (302) 577-8897
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jesse Chadderdon (302) 744-4282 or (302) 743-0945;
Mat Marshall (302) 744-4180 or (302) 577-8897
Statement from Sen. Bryan Townsend on Senate GOP’s
funding ‘alternative’ for clean water and flood abatement
Sen. Bryan Townsend, D-Newark, chair of the Senate Clean Water & Flood Abatement Task Force, issued the following statement in response to a Senate Republican proposal to fund the Task Force recommendations by stripping funding from the state’s Sustainable Energy Utility and Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative:
“Delawareans should not have to choose between clean energy and clean water. They deserve both, and they should not have to wait any longer. This last-minute proposal fails to account for how greenhouse gas emissions ultimately affect water quality and flooding in Delaware's marshes and along our coastline. A bipartisan task force has met for nearly 12 months and is prepared to recommend a balanced solution. I invite my Republican and Democratic colleagues to join citizen-activists up and down our state on moving forward with a focused, sustainable funding mechanism for clean water in Delaware.”
“Delawareans should not have to choose between clean energy and clean water. They deserve both, and they should not have to wait any longer. This last-minute proposal fails to account for how greenhouse gas emissions ultimately affect water quality and flooding in Delaware's marshes and along our coastline. A bipartisan task force has met for nearly 12 months and is prepared to recommend a balanced solution. I invite my Republican and Democratic colleagues to join citizen-activists up and down our state on moving forward with a focused, sustainable funding mechanism for clean water in Delaware.”
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Scott Goss
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