Green Options

House Democrats negotiating a climate and energy bill have reportedly reached a compromise on a renewable energy standard that would require states get 15% of their electricity from renewable sources like solar, wind and biomass.

In Washington, D.C. today, governors from the 23 states that make up the Governors’ Wind Energy Coalition released a report outlining the benefits of wind energy for their states and the country.

Two freshmen U.S. senators—who also happen to be cousins—have introduced a bill that would create a national renewable energy standard (RES) of twenty-five percent by 2020.

In an executive order signed on Monday, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger committed to getting a third of California’s electricity from renewable sources by 2020.