New polling suggests most Americans support nationwide efforts to boost renewable energy capacity under the threat of climate change, and a local government leader from Wisconsin said municipalities are doing what they can, even with some challenges in their way. The survey from the Pew Research Center found two-thirds of U.S. adults said America should prioritize developing sources such as wind and solar over fossil fuels. .
New Mexico wants more residents to drive electric vehicles, and is hosting a series of meetings to explain its advanced clean cars and trucks rules. State rules require automakers to deliver an increasing percentage of new zero-emission cars and light-duty trucks for sale each year. The new rules are meant to improve air quality by reducing ground-level ozone and greenhouse-gas emissions. .
The wait to curb emissions from Seattle buildings has gone on long enough, climate groups say. The Seattle City Council is considering Building Emissions Performance Standards, which would require the city s biggest buildings to cut their climate pollution completely by 2045. Apartments would have a 2050 deadline. .
Green energy advocates are pushing wind power as an economic development tool in rural America. Iowa is among the nation s leaders in wind energy and continues to expand its capacity. Merlin Bartz, former Worth County Supervisor and a wind energy advocate, works with the Clean Grid Alliance to educate people about renewable power. .