{"id":435591,"date":"2010-03-16T19:36:41","date_gmt":"2010-03-16T23:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenrightnow.com\/?p=9939"},"modified":"2010-03-16T19:36:41","modified_gmt":"2010-03-16T23:36:41","slug":"governors-want-strong-wind-policy-to-build-green-jobs-and-energy-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/435591","title":{"rendered":"Governors want strong wind policy to build green jobs and energy security"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Green Right Now Reports<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Image: Governors' Wind Energy Coalition<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

While there is no shortage of hot air swirling around various plans to harness wind energy to power our homes and businesses, a group of United States governors has hammered out a plan and is ready to take it all the way to the top.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Iowa Governor Chet Culver<\/a> and Rhode Island Governor Donald L. Carcieri<\/a> released Great Expectations: U.S. Wind Energy Development, the Governors\u2019 Wind Energy Coalition\u2019s 2010 Recommendations<\/a><\/em>. Culver and Carcieri are the chair and vice chair of the 29-state organization, which is attempting to shape a national policy to make wind power both viable and cost-effective.<\/p>\n

The group formed over a year ago and began work on recommendations in December. The next step: Lobbying efforts to get a bill into Congress and on to President Barack Obama\u2019s desk as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need all the clean and cost-effective resources we can generate. And we will only get there if we work together,\u201d Culver said during a press conference called in conjunction with the report’s release. \u201cContinued uncertainty will potentially cause the nation to surrender the industry to other countries. If China gets the job of supplying the U.S. wind industry, (jobs) could be lost forever.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe good news is that we have increased wind generation dramatically over the past few years, but continued growth hinges on a more stable market. Given the immense advantages wind power provides to industry, consumers and the environment, it is clear that Congress must pass a strong federal renewable electricity policy so investors, developers and state policy makers are working together to achieve a common goal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Among the recommendations in the report:<\/p>\n