"WASHINGTON -- Efforts to roll back renewable energy standards in the states this year have largely failed despite the best efforts of conservative groups, according to a new report."
"At least 37 bills have been introduced in 2013 to eliminate or weaken states' renewable portfolio standards (RPS), which set a minimum requirement for how much energy a state's utilities must draw from renewable sources like solar and wind. The new report from ProgressNow and a coalition of national environmental and state-based progressive groups found that only one of those efforts has passed so far this year.
'They have almost no success,' said Brian Wietgrefe, national research director at ProgressNow. 'It's because it works -- the policies work.'"
Kate Sheppard reports for the Huffington Post November 1, 2013.
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