Source: Lynn Bonner, NEWS & OBSERVER, 8/16/19


Many more North Carolinians would get their electricity from renewable energy sources if a plan proposed by Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration moves ahead. The plan the state Department of Environmental Quality released Friday proposes reducing greenhouse gases from electricity production by 60% to 70% of 2005 levels by 2030, with a goal of getting to zero emissions by 2050. The state has already made progress toward cutting greenhouse gas emissions, which are 34% lower than 2005 levels, according to DEQ.

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