Renewables struggle in US state ballots

From: , The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), More from this Affiliate
Published November 8, 2008 09:14 AM

Citizens in three US states this week cast their votes on state-level renewable energy
initiatives, but only one was successfully voted through.

California voters strongly rejected ballot proposals that would have set renewable energy mandates for utilities and provided R&D funding for renewables while Colorado voters declined to repeal an oil and gas industry tax credit to fund renewable energy and other projects.

But voters in Missouri agreed by a robust margin to amend state law to require investor-owned electric utilities, cooperative utilities and certain municipal utilities to generate or purchase electricity from renewable energy sources
.

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