California on the Move
In the news today it was announced that California power companies will be banned from purchasing electricity from high polluting resources, such as from coal-fired power plants. The announcement came after the Public Utilities Commission voted to pass the ban at 4-0, with hopes to lower the release of green house gases linked to global warming.
The new ban and standards set to kick into affect February 1st is aimed at encouraging power companies to invest in cleaner energy resources, ie wind and solar, and discouraging the use of the more polluting resources such as coal. While coal is the one of the least expensive and abundant resources, it is also one of the highest polluting.
California is doing a great thing here, and as one of the largest states, is going to make a huge difference. I can only hope that with more time and recognition of the issue of global warming, more and more counties and states will draw similar bans and regulations and kick their old polluting habits.