Click here for the rest of the story.Michigan to vote on clean energy mandate
McClatchy/Tribune, 2012-11-05
When Michigan residents go to the polls on Tuesday they'll have a chance to do something that no other U.S. voter has ever done: enshrine a clean energy mandate in the state Constitution so politicians won't be able to weaken or abolish it at a whim.
If the ballot initiative called Proposal 3 passes it would be the first time that a renewable energy standard -- which 30 states have adopted -- would be mandated by a constitution. The standard would require utilities to generate at least 25 percent of their electricity from renewable sources by 2025.
Proposition 3 could be "a template for a model that can be duplicated," said Richard Caperton, director of clean energy investment at the Center for American Progress, a liberal research group. "It's a state issue with national implications."
The push for Proposition 3 is coming from an umbrella group of 900 environmental organizations, labor and faith groups and individuals called Michigan Energy, Michigan Jobs (MEMJ). The group launched in January and has attracted cash from more than a dozen national organizations as well as high-profile endorsements. . . .
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