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The tide is turning against ALEC in the renewable energy battle
2015-06-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: Powerful interests are facing off on the future of renewable energy in North Carolina. A bill to freeze the state`s renewable portfolio standard (RPS) - a mandate on how much clean energy utilities have to use - was shoved through committee last month, but despite a wide Republican majority (34-16), the bill hasn`t been brought to the Senate floor. Similar legislation has been introduced and shot down in past years. Environmental and business groups fighting the bill say that reintroducing...
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