Markey addresses chamber on clean energy

US Representative Edward J. Markey predicted that a climate control bill now before the Congress has the potential to bring billions of dollars and 150,000 clean technology jobs to Massachusetts if the bill is enacted into law.

Markey, a Malden Democrat, made his prediction in a speech to the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce.

In a recent Op-Ed piece in the Globe, Markey wrote, "The bill requires that 20 percent of our electricity in 2020 come from clean-energy sources like solar or wind, or from energy efficiency. It establishes "clean-energy innovation hubs" around the country to help researchers and inventors move their ideas from the lab to the market."

Along with US Representative Henry Waxman, a California Democrat, Markey is a sponsor of the bill known as the Waxman-Markey bill.
(By Erin Ailworth, Globe staff. File photo of Markey: Jonathan Ernst/Getty Images North America.)