March 27, 2012

Bingaman Energy Bill a Step Backwards

Lance Brown, Master Resource


politico.com

Senator Jeff Bingaman’s Clean Energy Standard (CES) notably improves upon his earlier push to require utilities to generate 20% of their power from renewable sources such as solar and wind power (but not existing hydroelectricity and nuclear power, much less what might emerge from carbon capture technologies at coal plants). . .

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