In a release issued today by his Foundation, former President Bill Clinton announced the creation of the Energy Efficiency Retrofit Program where the Foundation in partnership with cities, banks, corporations and others will pursue measures to retrofit buildings with energy saving upgrades.   This is part of the Clinton Climate Initiative.

This is just another in a long line of good ideas by the former President.  And what makes it better is that before he fires off a release, he lines up his partners, gets his financial committments and begins the execution phase.  4 global corporations, 5 multinational banks, 15 cities.  Can you say most successful post-presidency in American history?

While I recognize that Little Rock isn’t one of the cities eligible for participation in the initial phase of the program (it was limited to C40 Large Cities Climate Change Group), I hope Little Rock will step up and be a leader among cities with 250,000 and less.  With the several “green” buildings including the Clinton Library and Heifer International anchoring the east end of the city, the time is now to step up and be leader on climate change issues.