- Connie Mae
Connie Mae, also known as Carbon Neutral Mortgage Association (CNMA) is a hypothetical financial agency proposed by environmental activist
Al Gore . [cite journal
url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/18/AR2006091801125.html
title=Gore Unveils Global-Warming Plan
journal=Washington Post
accessdate=2008-04-25
last=Powell
first=Michael]Gore proposed the idea of Connie Mae in a 2006
New York University speech onglobal warming . In the speech, Gore explains howfinancial instrument s must be devised to encourage home builders and owners to make the relatively large up front investments that would be necessary to join theelectranet and/or becomecarbon neutral . One such instrument is what Gore called a "Conne-Mae"mortgage .The proposed agency drew the support of
2008 United States presidential election candidate SenatorHillary Clinton . [cite web
url=http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/jan-june08/clintonhousing_03-27.html
title=Clinton Speech on the Economy
publisher=PBS
accessdate=2008-04-25
last=Clinton
first=Hillary]See also
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Fannie Mae References
External links
* [http://www.nyu.edu/community/gore.html Transcript of the 2006 NYU speech]
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