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Edwards:  Fighting Poverty Meets New Energy Future

-- John -- 02/10/2007

Speaking at a town hall meeting of nearly 400 people in Charleston, South Carolina last Thursday, John Edwards offered a novel solution to the age-old problem of poverty in America.  Among other clean-energy initiatives, his non-profit service organization, One Corps, uses high-efficiency compact florescent light bulbs in its home-building projects.  According to the former North Carolina senator, "Community grassroots activism is what we ought to be doing as a nation."  And to this end, embracing the new energy future provides one means of creating economic opportunity in sectors that have been hurt by globalization.  According to Edwards, "We can use the transformation of our economy from our addiction to oil as a basis for creating jobs in the areas that have been hit hardest by globalization."  During the meeting Edwards listed energy reform among his top three priorities, along with Iraq and health care.