Companies in South Carolina Poised For Growth Under Cap On Carbon

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Tony Kreindler, Environmental Defense Fund, (202) 445-8108, tkreindler@edf.org
Sharyn Stein, Environmental Defense Fund, (202) 572-3396, sstein@edf.org
 
(Washington, DC – April 24, 2009) Environmental Defense Fund today officially unveiled a groundbreaking interactive map of 46 companies in South Carolina that are poised to expand their business and create new jobs under a cap on carbon.
 
The South Carolina map is a new addition to LessCarbonMoreJobs.org, which identifies and profiles almost 1,500 companies in fourteen states that are poised to grow when Congress passes a cap on global warming pollution. The House of Representatives is now debating a bill, The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, which includes a carbon cap.
 
“These maps show a manufacturing boom that’s ready to happen,” said Jackie Roberts, Director of Sustainable Technologies for EDF, who spearheaded the research behind the website. “A carbon cap will create huge demand for the nuts and bolts of clean energy, and these are the U.S. manufacturers that will make them.”
 
A carbon cap rewards companies that invent efficient and low-carbon ways of creating and using energy, reducing America’s dependence on imported oil, creating much-needed jobs, and protecting the climate. According to a new Environmental Protection Agency study, the cap under consideration by Congress can be achieved for as little as $98 per year per household – or roughly 12 cents per person per day. 
 
LessCarbonMoreJobs.org also maps businesses in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, New Hampshire, Arkansas, Tennessee, Colorado, Georgia, Missouri, Virginia, Utah and Florida that are poised to create jobs when Congress enacts a cap on carbon. The companies are involved in a wide range of renewable energy and energy efficiency industries, including manufacturing windmill components, shipping solar panel equipment and installing energy efficient building materials. The interactive web site also has case studies and worker profiles. Visitors can search companies by state, Congressional district and media market.
 
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