Why states are pushing ahead with clean energy despite Trump’s embrace of coal
by Bill Ritter, Jr. | March 30, 2017 9:17 AM
Endnotes:
- Bill Ritter, Jr.: https://theconversation.com/profiles/bill-ritter-jr-352083
- Colorado State University: http://theconversation.com/institutions/colorado-state-university-1267
- The Conversation,: http://theconversation.com
- entire list of contributing faculty and their articles here: https://theconversation.com/institutions/colorado-state-university-1267
- executive order: https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/03/28/presidential-executive-order-promoting-energy-independence-and-economi-1
- has experienced serious decline: https://theconversation.com/how-should-the-u-s-government-help-coal-communities-53475
- Paris Accord: https://theconversation.com/the-paris-climate-agreement-at-a-glance-50465
- will fill that void: https://theconversation.com/for-china-climate-change-is-no-hoax-its-a-business-and-political-opportunity-69191
- 25 percent to 374,000 and the wind workforce grew by 32 percent to 102,000: https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2017/01/f34/2017%20US%20Energy%20and%20Jobs%20Report_0.pdf
- Center for the New Energy Economy: http://sustainability.colostate.edu/centers/center-new-energy-economy
- Governors’ Accord for a New Energy Future: http://www.governorsnewenergyfuture.org/the-accord/
- RE100 Initiative: http://there100.org/
- will need to purchase 17 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2025: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-14/microsoft-signs-biggest-wind-power-deal-for-wyoming-data-center
- The Conversation: http://theconversation.com
- original article: https://theconversation.com/why-states-are-pushing-ahead-with-clean-energy-despite-trumps-embrace-of-coal-75430
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