Apollo's Fire

Igniting America's Clean Energy Economy

By Rep. Jay Inslee, Bracken Hendricks | November 2, 2007

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In 1961, President John F. Kennedy ignited America's Apollo Project and sparked a revolution in space exploration. Today the New Apollo Energy Project is poised to revolutionize the production of energy and thereby save our planet.

This is a thoughtful, optimistic book, based on sound facts. No one before has tied together the concepts of economic growth and greenhouse gas reductions with such concrete examples. The co-authors, one a U.S. Congressman who is the primary sponsor of the New Apollo Energy Act, and the other a CAP Senior Fellow and the founder of the Apollo Alliance, have joined their experience, expertise, and passion for a clean energy future to lay out the path to stop global warming and gain energy independence.

Rep. Inslee and Bracken Hendricks at a National Press Club Newsmakers event:

About the authors

Congressman Jay Inslee

Jay Inslee is a representative in the United States House of Representatives, representing the First District of the State of Washington, in the Seattle area. He is a recognized leader in Congress on energy issues and is the prime sponsor of the New Apollo Energy Act, a comprehensive plan to build a clean energy economy in America. Congressman Inslee was elected in 1998 and serves on the Energy Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Prior to this term, the congressman served a previous term representing the fourth district of Washington, served in the Washington State legislature and practiced law. Congressman Inslee began working on energy issues in 1972 when he attended the first world environmental conference n Stockholm, Sweden and was involved in a research project concerning energy use policies of Sweden and the United States. He holds a Bachelors degree in Economics from the University of Washington and a J.D. from Willamette University School of Law. He lives on Bainbridge Island Washington with his wife Trudi, they have three adult sons and a wonderful daughter-in-law.

Bracken Hendricks

Bracken Hendricks is a Senior Fellow with the Center for American Progress where he works on issues of climate change and energy independence, environmental protection, infrastructure investment, and economic policy, with a focus on broadening progressive constituencies and message framing. Hendricks served in the Clinton Administration as a Special Assistant to the Office of Vice President Al Gore and with the Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, where he worked on the Interagency Climate Change Working Group, the President’s Council on Sustainable Development, and the White House Livable Communities Task Force on issues of public safety, electronic government, oceans policy, trade and the environment, and smart growth. Hendricks was the founding Executive Director and is currently a National Steering Committee member of the Apollo Alliance for good jobs and energy independence, a coalition of labor, environmental, business and community leaders dedicated to changing the politics of energy independence. Hendricks served as a Consultant to the Office of the President of the AFL-CIO and as an Economic Analyst with the AFL-CIO Working for America Institute. He has been a member of Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell’s Energy Advisory Task Force, the Cornell University Eco-Industrial Round Table, and the Energy Future Coalition. He is also a philanthropic advisor to the Wallace Global Fund on matters of Civic Engagement and Democratic Participation. Hendricks serves on the board of Green HOME, a Washington DC based non-profit promoting green building in affordable housing and has worked on political campaigns in the private sector. Hendricks is widely published on economic development, climate and energy policy, national security, and progressive political strategy. Hendricks holds a Master’s Degree in Public Policy and Urban Planning from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and lives in Bethesda, MD with his wife Alice and two children, Galen and Clea Rose.