Miles Grant and I attended a meeting at Greenpeace in D.C. the day before Barack Obama’s inauguration. I found him to be extremely insightful, and extraordinary dedicated. It was mentioned to me after the meeting, that he was running for delegate, and I thought he’d be an excellent choice. This news just goes to show Miles walks the walk, as well as talks the talk. While I don’t live in, or anywhere near, the 47th district, I strongly endorse Miles Grant as their delegate.

ARLINGTON, VA (May 21, 2009) – The Miles Grant for Delegate campaign announced today its purchase of five metric tons of carbon emission offsets from TerraPass, one of the nation’s leading carbon offset firms. Miles Grant is believed to be the first major party candidate for Virginia House of Delegates ever to offset the campaign’s carbon footprint.

“We’re trying to set a standard, showing other campaigns that reducing your environmental impact is both affordable and easy,” said Miles Grant. “Avoid the impacts you can, offset what you can’t. That’s the model we’ve tried to follow every step of the way – every campaign trip, every campaign purchase.”

TerraPass’ emissions reduction projects include a gas-to-energy project at a landfill in Worcester County, Maryland and a landfill gas capture project in Dorchester County, Maryland. TerraPass offers offset projects closer to Arlington than any other major carbon offset firm.

“It’s critical for all Americans to take responsibility for their carbon footprints,” said Mira Karp, a carbon reduction specialist at TerraPass. “Miles is already working to minimize some of the typical campaign’s biggest carbon culprits like driving and paper usage, and we’re proud to help him offset his remaining impact with high-quality, independently-verified carbon credits.”

The Grant campaign’s green efforts include:

• Candidate & volunteers carpool to canvass locations; walk from door-to-door
• Campaign promotional materials printed on recycled paper and mailed in recycled envelopes
• Campaign buttons printed on 100% recycled paper with 30% recycled steel backings
• Campaign stickers printed on 100% recycled paper
• Internal campaign materials printed on recycled paper; paper re-used when possible; recycled at end of use
• EnergyStar-certified campaign office printer
• Near-zero campaign waste, including 100% recycling of paper, bottles and cardboard
• Planned recycling of yard sign stands at end of campaign
• Minimal use of bottled water

In addition, Miles Grant is the only candidate in the 47^th district Democratic primary race to sign a public pledge to reject contributions and gifts from Dominion Virginia Power and its employees.

Miles Grant is a former board chair of Arlingtonians for a Clean Environment. His hundreds of hours of environmental volunteer work helped earn him the 2007 James B. Hunter Arlington Community Hero Award. Grant works for the National Wildlife Federation and blogs on environmental issues at TheGreenMiles.com.

Learn more about Miles Grant for Delegate at MilesGrant2009.com.

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