Gov. Bill Ritter, D-Colo., challenged Gov. Deval Patrick, D-Mass., to an arm-wrestling match over which is the greenest state at a Monday gathering of business, environmental and labor leaders in Washington.
The meeting, called the Apollo Summit, was convened by nearly 200 community leaders to create a strategy to promote clean energy solutions that will also create good jobs.
Gov. Patrick, talking about Massachusetts’ goal to attract companies working to build a green economy, said, “I don’t just want wind farms. I want companies that build turbines. I want hybrid vehicle companies to consult us on conservation strategies. I want companies that design solar panels.” Gov. Ritter responded: 
“We’re going to arm-wrestle you for those jobs because we want those same manufacturing plants. “We want to be the vertical part of the industry. It’s a good thing to have two governors competing for those jobs, competing in this industry to build out the turbines, competing to have the wind farms located in their state.”