 50-State Scorecard Reveals States Are Ramping Up Clean Energy A rising number of states are showing US leadership on clean energy by adopting ambitious goals and energy-saving rules for buildings, appliances, and vehicles, according to the 2019 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard, released recently by the nonprofit American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. This 13th annual report identifies the leaders – Massachusetts and California; the most-improved states, notably Maryland; the states that lost ground such as Kentucky; and those lagging behind, including North Dakota and Wyoming. |  Virginia-Based TV Production Lays Claim to Being World's First Powered Solely By Renewables Blacksburg, Virginia, a community of about 42,600 in the rural, western part of the state is perhaps best known right now as the home of Virginia Tech University. But a local videographer might be about to change that. The small town approximately equal distance from Charlottesville, Virginia, and Charlotte, North Carolina, will soon have another claim to fame as the site of the first television production powered almost entirely by renewable energy. |
