Fairfax going green

Also in today's Post, Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Gerry Connolly announced an ambitious program to reduce his county's carbon footprint in his State of the County address (delivered Tuesday, but televised this evening). Partnering with the Sierra Club and King County, Washington, and Cook County in Illinois, the plan calls for hybrid county vehicles, establishing wind power for homes, green construction techniques for county buildings, tree planting, etc. It would establish incentives for businesses to conserve energy.
The plan will take millions of dollars and must be passed by the Board of Supervisors.
"There are over 3,000 counties and this could have an enormous impact across the nation," Connolly told Post reporter Amy Gardner. The plan would put Fairfax among the many jurisdictions taking action locally across the country. In this region, Arlington and Montgomery Counties, and Alexandria, Chevy Chase and the District, have local initiatives.