NAACP REPORT RANKS STATES’ NEW ENERGY POTENTIAL

NAACP Releases New Report Examining Energy Policies

December 2013 (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)

“The NAACP has released…Just Energy Policies: Reducing Pollution and Creating Jobs…[a new report that assesses energy policy in all 50 states from a civil rights lens and] assesses states on five different criteria: Renewable portfolio standards, Energy Efficiency Resource Standards, Net Metering Standards, Local Hire Provisions, and Minority Business Enterprise provisions…[T]he report lays out the potential for each state to become a leader in clean energy…[and] a vision, supported by practical data, of the path to transitioning from energy production processes that are harmful to our communities, to energy efficiency and clean energy policy landscape that reduces pollution and creates new jobs…Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York rank as the states with the best energy policies, while Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee are ranked at the bottom…” click here for more

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