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General News    H4'ed 8/18/14

Even Red States Can't Ignore Rising Green Economy

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Solar panels are growing so affordable, accessible, and popular that sun-powered energy accounted for 74 percent of the nation's new electric generation capacity in the first three months of this year. Wind power comprised another 20 percent, geothermal 1 percent, and natural gas plus other sources accounted for the final 5 percent. Unless most of humanity transitions to a new way of life powered by climate solutions, global warming could ultimately render the Earth uninhabitable. Can you guess who is trying to manipulate legislation to squeeze a few more years out of the dirty-energy status quo instead of helping make a requisite green transition happen? The American Legislative Exchange Council -- a secretive national network known as ALEC -- is stalking state capitols for just this purpose.
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.

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