By Sam Menefee-Libey Los Angeles
Last weekend, America came one giant step closer to a true clean energy future. On Saturday, the House of Representatives made history by passing, for the first time, a minimum 15 percent, by 2020, renewable electricity standard. This bill, which promises to jump-start a national market for clean resources like solar and wind power, wouldn’t have passed without the leadership of Speaker Nancy Pelosi as well as the support of Congressperson Henry Waxman.
Now, it is up to the Senate to put this important clean energy bill on the president’s desk.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 11, 2007. Read the original PDF.