Electrifying a Nationwide Standard
Two years ago hopes were high for tough legislation on climate change in this Congress. But a Senate bill failed this summer and left the policy mechanism “cap-and-trade” battered and bruised. Now green lobbyists are swinging behind a modest approach to reduce greenhouse gas emissions: a federal renewable electricity standard. Living on Earth’s Mitra Taj reports this could be the 111th Congress’s last chance to move the country toward a low-carbon economy.
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