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8 ConneCTiCuT Green Guide • SprinG 2014 www.CTGreenGuide.com each legislative session. These dreams included devel- oping the nation's first green bank, the Clean Energy Finance & Invest- ment Authority, to leverage private capital using public funds for renew- able and efficiency projects; purchasing renew- able power and funding renew- able installa- tions in ways to maximize government subsidies; expanding the natural gas heating system; using business tech- niques to speed the environmental permit process; and partnering with other New England states to de- crease the cost of energy. While Esty built out many of these dreams in his three years as DEEP commissioner, with his res- ignation on Feb. 3, the responsibil- ity for developing his and Malloy's vision into a strong reality now lies with Klee, the Hand. Klee's appointment to be Esty's successor as DEEP commissioner is meant to be a continuation of the same vision. While an outsider would come in with new ideas and his own people, Klee will keep the band together, make sure all the programs and policies stay on track, and address any forthcoming issues with the same theories in mind. "It is obvi- ously some- thing we are still working on," Klee said. "Where should we be going in the next five, 10, 20, 50 years? People need to see that this is still the same agency." While Esty (and Malloy) got the glory for putting into practice these ideas, some of which are becoming national models for energy and en- vironmental policy, Klee now picks up the decidedly less glorious but much more difficult role of build- ing these dreams out to their full, intended realization. Connecticut's Top Polluters According to the u.S. environmental Protection Agency, these were the top 10 polluters in Connecticut in 2012 for permitted releases. The ranking does not include illegal pollution. 2012 Location 2011 Rank Company of Pollution Rank 1 Cytec industries Wallingford 1 2 Clean Harbors of Connecticut Bristol 9 3 Covidien north Haven 2 4 unimetal Surface Finishing naugatuck 7 5 Pratt & Whitney east Hartford 3 6 GBC Metals Waterbury 5 7 Summit Corp. of America Thomaston 10 8 General Cable industries Willimantic 7 9 Latex international Shelton 13 10 Donham Crafts naugatuck nR Plainville Sewage Operator Jailed 10 Years For Pollution Ken Michelson, an operator from the Pla- inville Water Pollution Control Facility, was sen- tenced to 10 years imprisonment in December for allowing raw sewage to discharge into the Pequabuck River. Michelson pleaded guilty to 19 felonies, stemming from charges that he disabled alarms that allowed the sewage to discharge into the river and adjoining wetlands, and coerced employees to cover up the existence of the illegal discharges. He also was charged with lying to investigators. The Department of energy & environmental Protection and the State Attorney General's office had investigateded Michelson for more than a year, after an anonymous complaint warned of his actions. Michelson's 10-year sentence is scheduled to be suspended after four years, with an ad- ditional five years probation. News Cycle Raw sewage bubbles out of a manhole head at the Plainville treatment plant. PhoTo | CoNTRiBUTED Go Green Technologies Names New President oxford fuel saving firm Go Green Global Tech- nologies has appointed Paul Murdock as its new president and chief operating officer. Go Green makes its Sonical Fuel Charger that attaches to vehicle engines and heating boilers and helps them use fuel more efficiently. Murdock worked for phone maker nokia as the vice president of sales before departing in 2007 to work in startups. As president and Coo at Go Green, he replaces Geoff Grzywinski, who will remain with the company as a member of the board of directors. John D'Alessandro remains the company's Ceo and chairman. Paul Murdock, Go Green Global Technologies, COO and president

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