Judge halts California cap-and-trade program; NYC certifies 1000 green superintendents; Maine Governor wants to scrap RES mandate; Maryland Gov. wants trash to qualify as renewable energy.
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved a bill that creates a 15% RES for the year 2021.
Michigan-based Heritage Sustainable Energy will supply wind-generated power to help meet state RES.
Representative Henry Waxman's climate bill creates a renewable energy standard and a cap-and-trade system, but it short on details.
The Union of Concerned Scientists released a report showing how a renewable electricity standard would reduce rates through competition, not raise them.