With all the attention of the nation focused on Iowa and New Hampshire, Senator Kerry quietly carries out the promise he made to the nation during his own run for president. He has been working on the issues that were important then, and are no less so four years later.
Fighting Global Climate Change, Kerry has long insisted, can carry with it tremendous business opportunities. To personally witness such a business success, Senator Kerry took a trip to New Bedford, MA to tour the Ze-Gen facility, a waste-to-energy prototype plant. One of the first of its kind, Ze-gen converts construction and demolition waste and municipal solid waste into near zero-emissions syngas and electrical energy.
The following video shows the Senator touring the facility and being explained the processes. After the tour, he is interviewed by Steve Urbon, Standard-Times senior correspondent about the promises of such innovation and the challenges to receive financing.
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We Bay-Staters are very fortunate. We live in a state where such prototypes and innovation are encouraged and welcome, and where our Senators have the ability to further aid these businesses. It definitely does not hurt to have Senator Kerry chairing the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Committee, and the Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Innovation.
So while the country may be swept up in the spectacle of presidential primaries, we can rest assured that somewhere, someone is not getting caught up in the frenzy and is working for us, and fighting the good fight.
