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Thursday, September 20th, 2018

These 10 cities are embracing 100% renewable energy

Author:     MATT HICKMAN
Source:     Mother Nature Network
Publication Date:     September 15, 2018, 8:14 a.m.
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Stephan:   Confirmation of a prediction SR has made several times over the past decade: if the federal level of government fails to deal with climate change, as is presently the case, then lower levels of government, states and, particularly cities, which really have to govern, will take it up.  Here is the evidence.

Denver is one of 10 clean energy-embracing cities profiled in a new report from the Sierra Club’s Ready for 100 campaign. Credit: Doug Pensinger/Getty

A new report published by the Sierra Club serves as proof that despite the geography, politics and social norms that divide American cities, a growing number of towns big and small can come together and work towards a common goal: the rejection of fossil fuels in favor of clean, renewable energy sources.

Released just ahead of the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco, the 2018 Case Study Report profiles 10 cities from coast to coast that have vowed to transition to 100 percent clean energy. They are Denver, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Orlando, Florida; Concord, New Hampshire; Columbia, South Carolina; Denton, Texas; Fayetteville, Arkansas; Norman, Oklahoma and Santa Barbara, California.

It’s a disparate mix — and there’s plenty more where these 10 towns came from. Per the Sierra Club, more than 80 cities in the U.S. are moving in the direction of 100 percent clean energy […]

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