President Clinton Meets with Ambassador Webb

During the National Black Caucus of State Legislative 31^st Annual Conference held on Dec. 12-16 at the Peabody Hotel in Little Rock, Arkansas; President Bill Clinton and his old friend Ambassador Oscar J. Webb had an opportunity to discuss two of the world’s crucial  issues: Energy and the Environment. President Clinton has taken the lead through his Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI), and during his speech to the Black Caucus of State Legislators he challenged each Legislator to get involved and bring Environmental justice to their communities. President Clinton gave examples on energy where he’s helped in the effort to reduce carbon emissions, from his energy –efficient library to the Clinton Foundation’s effort to retrofit school buildings. The schools renovate the buildings with bank loans that they pay back with the savings of utility bills. On the environment, Ambassador Webb explained that a 2002 study showed 71 percent of African Americans live in counties that violated federal air pollution standards and that more then 3.5 million African Americans have Asthma. Dan Longworth Founder of EVCS Technologies and the late Dan Stinger of Wow Energies have joined in partnership to help elevate this environmental crisis. President/Representative Calvin Smyre (GA) and Committee Chair/ Rep. Bill Crawford (IN) of NBCSL passed resolution ETE-08-05 “Urging Environmental Justice in Our Communities”. President Clinton and Ambassador Webb agreed to work together to bring real change to the global society. Ambassador Webb and Mr. Dan Longworth will meet later this month with congressman Albert R. Wynn (MD), chairman of the house Sub-committee on the environment and hazardous materials.