Nevada renewables referendum

Source: PV magazine

A year ago, the governor of Nevada, Brian Sandoval, vetoed legislation which would have increased Nevada's renewable electricity target to 40% by 2030.  But the good citizens of Nevada decided that they really wanted to increase renewables in their grid, so they started to collect signatures to force a referendum (strictly, an initiative)  To put a referendum/initiative to the vote, 113,000 signatures are needed.  The organisers got more than 200,000 signatures for a referendum to increase the renewable electricity target to 50%, more than the target that the legislation set.  Voters favour the initiative by 68% to 20%.  Even Trump supporters are in favour.

It's pretty much a pattern.  Most ordinary people want renewable energy.  But politicians, some of whom are in the pay of ("receive donations from") fossil fuel interests, do not.  We need to keep up the pressure on politicians.   We're running out of time.  By 2030, global temperatures will have risen by another 0.2-0.3 degrees C.

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