Beyond the Beltway (CLEE)

Wisconsin

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 […]

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 […]