Former Governor Elliot Spitzer

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• While in office as governor of New York, Mr Spitzer accomplished a great deal to advance the green movement in his state. 
• He did a complete retrofitting of the 39-room governor's mansion, overhauling everything from the light bulbs to the lawn mowers, and had sights set on doing more of the same with other state buildings.  
• Prior to his position as governor, he spent eight years crusading for environmental protection as New York's attorney general, suing the Bush administration numerous times over failure to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions, mercury pollution from power plants, pesticide use in public housing, and efficiency standards for appliances.