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Lemonade
Spitzer's successor may continue doing good for green |
Adam Browning |
12 Mar 2008 |
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| Snark aside, the ascension of the former Lt. Gov. David Paterson could very well mean good things for environmental progress. He recently chaired the state's Renewable Energy Task Force, which recently recommended an increase in the state's Renewable Portfolio Standard. As he comes in without a direct voter mandate and has to deal with a fairly acrimonious legislative environment, what better way to establish a popular mandate than adopt something super popular -- sa ... |
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| Topics: energy, New York, politics, renewable energy, state politics (all these topics) |
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