Coalition of US states pledge to accelerate renewable energy efforts

[bananas]

Source: Guardian

A bipartisan group of governors from 17 states has pledged to accelerate their efforts to create a green economy in the US by boosting renewables, building better electricity grids and cutting emissions from transport.

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The governors are from California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Nevada, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia and Washington. These states are home to around 40% of the US population.

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Recent figures show that wind and solar accounted for 5.4% of the US’s energy mix last year, up slightly from 2014. Coal, meanwhile, is on a historic slide, accounting for 34% of electricity generation last year, the smallest share since Energy Information Administration records were first kept in 1949.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/feb/16/us-states-renewable-energy-green-economy

[elleng]

1. DAMN repug MD governor, so we're NOT included.

[KansDem]

2. Neither are we!

And Kansas is the second windiest state in the Union!

https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2014/05/19/ask-hutch/

But that's life in Brownbackistan....

[Enthusiast]

4. DAMN repug Ohio governor, so we're NOT included.

[Kingofalldems]

6. He's showing his true colors.

[jpak]

8. And my gov. - Paul "Le Merde Show" LePew

yup

[Mbrow]

3. k&R

[Shadowflash]

5. renewables are inevitable

And the implementation of them is just picking up speed.


They can fight, kick and scream, but the death of oil, gas and coal is just a matter of time.

[djean111]

7. I would have been astonished to see Florida on that list.

All that sunshine, all those Koch-sucking corporatists, all those DINOs.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

9. No surprise Wisconsin isn't on the list.

[JudyM]

10. Hooray Virginia!

Our governor may be a conservative dem, but he's still a dem.

[libdem4life]

11. Two lines: Sign ups Here ... Dipshits There

[jwirr]

12. This is very good. When the feds cannot be counted on to

accomplish what is needed because the party of NO is in control then the state and the people need to go around them.

I am glad to see MN on the list. Hopefully they will take a good look at northern MN as well as the southern counties. We have the need for research up here that will make alternatives work for us with the lack of sunshine in the winter.