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Monday, November 19th, 2018

States lead the way on pivotal shift toward renewable energy after midterms

Author:     MARK HAND
Source:     Think Progress
Publication Date:     NOV 18, 2018, 9:50 AM
 Link: States lead the way on pivotal shift toward renewable energy after midterms
Stephan:   Good news. This is the latest in a good trend. As the Republicans have lost power, as measured by the just completed elections, men and women with less stupidity and greed and more interest in social wellbeing are replacing them in both the House and at the state level.  As a result, as this report lays out, Blue value states are beginning to come to grips with climate change.

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The shift in the political balance at the state level following the midterm elections will produce far more benefits for the renewable energy industry — at least in the next few years — than the Democratic takeover of the U.S. House of Representatives, according to clean energy experts.

Voters in several states elected Democratic governors in previously Republican-controlled states, shakeups that could lead to a more rapid advancement of clean energy policies. The Democratic Party also seized control of seven state legislatures, according to data from the National Conference of State Legislatures, a shift that could make it easier to pass laws favorable to renewable energy.

Speaking Friday at a clean energy forum in Washington, D.C., Gregory Wetstone, president and CEO of the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE), a nonprofit trade group that advocates for the growth of renewable energy, referred to the results of the November 6 elections as a “seismic shift” in the political landscape.

But it’s primarily at the state level, according to Wetstone, that the political […]

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