courant.com | Making A Powerful Pledge: "Bloomfield and Branford. Canton and Cromwell. Hartford and Harwinton. West Hartford and Westport.
One by one, cities and towns across Connecticut are buying into an energy program that its promoters promise will improve public health, free the nation from its addiction to foreign oil and combat global warming all at the same time.
The grand claims are matched by a born-again zeal. Local governments are asked to 'take the pledge' or 'make the commitment' to the program. It even uses its own numerology.
The key numbers are '20 percent by 2010.' They give the program its name and its goal. By joining, cities and towns dedicate themselves to getting 20 percent of the electricity used in their public buildings from clean power sources by 2010. Wind, water, landfill gas: yes; coal and oil: no."
