Return to state-by-state climate policy map This summary is part of Beyond the Beltway: A Report on State Energy and Climate Policies produced by the Center for Law, Energy & the Environment at Berkeley Law Wisconsin’s electricity mix is very old-fashioned. In 2016, coal provided 52% of the state’s net electricity generation; as […]
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Ohio
Return to state-by-state climate policy map This summary is part of Beyond the Beltway: A Report on State Energy and Climate Policies produced by the Center for Law, Energy & the Environment at Berkeley Law Governor John Kasich’s support for renewable energy may seem unsurprising, since he is about as close as the […]
Minnesota
Return to state-by-state climate policy map This summary is part of Beyond the Beltway: A Report on State Energy and Climate Policies produced by the Center for Law, Energy & the Environment at Berkeley Law Minnesota has had climate change legislation on the books since 2007, when the Next Generation Energy Act was […]
Michigan
Return to state-by-state climate policy map This summary is part of Beyond the Beltway: A Report on State Energy and Climate Policies produced by the Center for Law, Energy & the Environment at Berkeley Law Rick Snyder, the Governor of Michigan, has been evasive regarding his views on climate change. But in February, […]
Indiana
Return to state-by-state climate policy map This summary is part of Beyond the Beltway: A Report on State Energy and Climate Policies produced by the Center for Law, Energy & the Environment at Berkeley Law Coal accounts for about 70% of Indiana’s power generation, with about 20% coming from natural gas and 10% […]
Illinois
Return to state-by-state climate policy map This summary is part of Beyond the Beltway: A Report on State Energy and Climate Policies produced by the Center for Law, Energy & the Environment at Berkeley Law It went pretty much unheralded by the national media, but in December 2017 Illinois adopted a major new […]
Montana
Return to state-by-state climate policy map This summary is part of Beyond the Beltway: A Report on State Energy and Climate Policies produced by the Center for Law, Energy & the Environment at Berkeley Law Montana gets 34% of its energy from hydro and 55% from coal. (The state holds vast coal reserves). […]
Wyoming
Return to state-by-state climate policy map This summary is part of Beyond the Beltway: A Report on State Energy and Climate Policies produced by the Center for Law, Energy & the Environment at Berkeley Law Wyoming is one of the nation’s leading coal producers. Yet surprisingly, the Cowboy State leads the nation in […]
Colorado
Return to state-by-state climate policy map This summary is part of Beyond the Beltway: A Report on State Energy and Climate Policies produced by the Center for Law, Energy & the Environment at Berkeley Law Colorado has an aggressive renewable energy goal: its 2020 RPS is set at 30% for investor-owned utilities, 20% […]
Texas
Return to state-by-state climate policy map This summary is part of Beyond the Beltway: A Report on State Energy and Climate Policies produced by the Center for Law, Energy & the Environment at Berkeley Law Market trends are pushing Republican-stronghold Texas toward a cleaner electrical grid. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which operates […]