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50% Rise in Renewable Energy Needed to Meet Ambitious State Standards

States are powerful forces for renewable electricity. About half the growth since 2000 has come from their Renewable Portfolio Standards, a national lab finds.

By Phil McKenna

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42 Bills & Lawsuits Target State RPS Laws

By Maria Gallucci

Anti-ALEC protester on March 29, 2012, at the University of Minnesota.

Will ALEC Target Clean Energy Mandates?

By Maria Gallucci, InsideClimate News

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick

Northeast Bucking CO2 Emissions Trend

By Maria Gallucci, InsideClimate News

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Do RPS Laws Drive Up Electricity Rates?

By Dan Haugen, Midwest Energy News

China Globally Dominant in Green Jobs

By Stacy Feldman

Can California Lead the Nation on Feed-In Tariffs?

By Leslie Berliant

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