North Carolina, Wisconsin governors outline clean power goals

August 19, 2019
Democratic governors in North Carolina and Wisconsin are rolling out strategies to slash carbon emissions from their states’ power sectors in the coming decades, though Republican majorities in both of the states’ legislatures could pose a hurdle for more ambitious action. Under a draft plan released Aug. 16, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) outlined a goal of reducing power sector greenhouse gases by 60-70 percent from 2005 levels by 2030, and to “work towards zero emissions by 2050,” according...


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