Elkridge Solar Firm Launches Nonprofit Coalition to Lobby for More Clean Energy
Clean Energy Coalition Mid-Atlantic was formally unveiled at a ribbon cutting on Main Street in Elkridge during Earth Day.
When Tope Lala and his three business partners started Solar Energy World in Elkridge two years ago, they hoped it would be the region’s leading provider of solar electric panels and solar water heaters. To that end, they have been successful. The business currently employs 34 people—impressive growth in an industry that has been plagued with financial losses. What Lala and his partners admit, however, is that they underestimated how entrenched conventional energy policy had become in the United States. “We have an energy policy that favors the status quo," said Lala. "While we have made great strides in the promotion of renewable energy, we [are] still riding the coattails of fossil fuels down a path of self-destruction." The partners …
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