Saturday, January 19, 2013

Despite Conservative Attacks, States Continue to Realize the Benefits of Renewable Energy Standards

Despite Conservative Attacks, States Continue to Realize the Benefits of Renewable Energy Standards: by Matt Kasper and Tom Kenworthy, Center for American Progress States’ adoption of renewable energy standards—which require electric utility companies to produce a portion of their electricity from wind, solar, and other renewable sources—has considerably driven clean energy advances in recent years. Though Congress has failed to enact a nationwide standard, policymakers at the state [...]/p