Environmental Watch

State officials have been spending millions of dollars to pay for energy efficiency upgrades at schools and other public buildings around the state. They and other supporters of the program claim the energy retrofits pay for themselves in about ten years, saving more in energy than it costs to perform the upgrades.  When asked for data to back up claims of energy savings, however, officials admitted that data did not exist, was incomplete or they simply failed to release it.  WPC's December 2010 Environmental Watch looks at the chasm between promises of environmental advocates and the reality of environmental energy projects.

Read the December 2010 Environmental Watch here.