14 Quotes by Kateri Callahan

The bill passed by the House and Senate will increase the use of energy efficiency technologies to extend our nation's energy supplies. But, the bill falls far short of making energy efficiency a cornerstone of U.S. energy policy. Most alarming is the bill's failure to curtail our growing and dangerous oil addiction in the transportation sector, which accounts for two-thirds of total U.S. oil use.

They zeroed it out. Buildings use 39 percent of the total energy used in the country. There are 1.5 million new homes built. ... It's important that we have these codes in place and enforced and understood.

It's not a huge amount.... We would have liked it to be more.

In the face of energy costs that have ballooned to roughly $4,500 a year for the average American family, the administration is proposing cuts in key energy-efficiency programs such as building codes, the Environmental Protection Agency Energy Star program, and weatherization programs.

He's the Smokey the Bear of the 21st Century. People may be motivated to save energy, but they may not know how.