Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future launched a year-long statewide “Win Clean Wind Energy for a Year” contest this month to help educate, motivate and assist Pennsylvania residents to fight global warming.

PennFuture will pick 12 monthly winners who will each receive six compact fluorescent light bulbs, and a grand prize of a year’s worth of clean wind energy.

“Participating in this contest is just one way that Pennsylvanians can help fight global warming,” said John Hanger, PennFuture’s president and CEO. “While the monthly and grand prize winners will receive tangible awards that will directly change how they use energy, everyone participating in the contest will get clear information about how they can make a difference. And with Pennsylvania responsible for more heat-trapping gases than all other states except Texas and California, we simply can’t wait any longer to change our energy-wasting ways.”

The contest is limited to those who pay for their own residential electricity, with one entry per person. PennFuture employees and their families and those with whom they live are excluded. All entrants will receive a list of Ten Quick Actions to Help Stop Global Warming.

This contest is part of PennFuture’s Cool Pennsylvania Campaign to fight global warming at home. The grand prize will be paid directly to a wind energy provider, who will deliver as much wind-generated electricity to the grid as the winner has used at her or his residential electric account in the past year. This will make up for the pollution created by the winner’s use of electricity for the year, offsetting as much pollution as planting over 950 trees or not driving 20,000 miles each year.

The grand prize winner will also receive a ceremonial plaque and recognition at PennFuture’s Annual Green Power Awards.

For more information, visit the “Win Clean Wind Energy for a Year” webpage.

8/31/2007