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Taking Action on Clean Energyand Climate Protection in 2012
A Menu of Effective and Feasible State Solutions
April 11, 2012
Sae policymakers can ake seps oday ha willhelp ge us on he pah oward achieving hreecriical goals:
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Produce more clean energy and grow he economy.
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Reduce polluion while saving energy and dollars.
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Build more resilien and balanced economies andcommuniies.Te sae acions oulined below would achievehese goals, which are criical or acceleraing heclean energy economic ransormaion ha hasalready begun and or moving orceully ino a new economic era dened by sronger indusries, beterinrasrucure, and a seadily growing middle class. We deail hese recommendaions in our paper“aking Acion on Clean Energy and ClimaeProecion in 2012.” Here are he sae highlighs.
To generate a significant percentage of energy in our nation from low-carbon sources, state policymakers can:
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Pass ballo iniiaives or legislaion o srenghensae renewable-elecriciy sandards –
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Require “green power” purchasing by sae gov-ernmens –
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Expedie permiting processes or oshore winddevelopmen in sae waers –
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To reduce the cost of clean energy deployment by attracting private investment, state policymakers can:
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Creae sae green banks –
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Use sae public bene unds o atrac privaedollars and drive nancing and deploymen sra-egies –
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To strengthen our economy by helping our industriesand workers capture the economic opportunity of clean energy, state policymakers can:
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Creae indusry parnerships ha link economicand workorce developmen in saes’ regionaleconomies –
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Creae green economy business incubaors –
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ransorm he wase indusry o creae jobs andreduce polluion –
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Develop he home-rero indusry –
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To realize significant energy savings in all sectors of our economy, state policymakers can:
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Adop sae energy-efciency resource sandards–
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Adop energy-efciency procuremen mandaesand creae sakeholder advisory councils –
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Insiue decoupling rules –
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Adop and srenghen sae building energy codes– p
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A Menu of Effective and Feasible State Solutions
State policymakers can take steps today that will
help get us on the path toward achieving three
critical goals.
help get us on the path toward achieving three
critical goals.
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