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Governors Try To Advance Clean Energy
By Mr Ethanol | February 22, 2008
The Associated Press:
Governors who want clean energy to be a national priority are trying to bring together states with wildly different ways of producing power, like tapping ocean temperature differences off Hawaii and mining coal in West Virginia.
But a souring economy has tightened state budgets and forced spending cuts that could temporarily short circuit renewable energy development.
Twenty states now project budget gaps, which together total $34 billion for 2009.
The National Governors Association launched its “Securing a Clean Energy Future” initiative in December and will reintroduce the plan this weekend at its winter meeting in Washington, D.C. The plan emphasizes promoting renewable fuels like ethanol and biodiesel and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
The same meeting includes a panel discussion Sunday titled “Traditional Domestic Energy in a Clean Energy Future.”
The association’s clean energy initiative provides flexibility for states to craft a plan that works for them, said Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota, the association chairman.
“Coal states can work toward developing advanced clean coal technologies,” Pawlenty said in an e-mail to The Associated Press. “States with significant wind or crops that can be used for fuel, like ethanol or other biofuels, are tapping into those resources.”
Pawlenty has embraced renewable fuels, conservation and a requirement to cut global warming emissions in Minnesota by 80 percent by mid-century.
He also supports clean coal technology and coal-burning power plants where carbon is captured and sequestered. More.
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