Headway on Clean Electricity

Living on Earth

It took a voter initiative to get clean energy in Colorado. And just three years later, the state has beat its goals. Turns out Colorado is not alone. Tom Plant of the Colorado Governor’s Energy office and Alan Nogee of the Union of Concerned Scientists tell us which states are leaders and which lag on clean electricity.

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