In December 2009, the final Climate Change Action Plan was delivered to state legislators, which called for a variety of clean energy solutions to help cut pollution in Pennsylvania while boosting our economy. (Read our release).  In 2010, PennEnvironment is calling on state legislators to implement as many clean energy policies as possible, including increasing the state's renewable energy requirement and advancing policies to support solar power.   

The production and use of energy is the single largest source of global warming pollution in Pennsylvania.  The Commonwealth is home to over 30 coal-fired power plants, which is a big reason why we create more global warming pollution than every state but Texas and California.  

Thankfully, Pennsylvania also has the renewable energy potential to shift away from polluting fossil fuel energy sources and dramatically reduce our global warming pollution.  Clean, renewable energy sources are in abundance in Pennsylvania—especially wind and solar power.  Nationally, the wind that blows over America’s Great Plains could provide enough power for the entire country.

To help achieve the global warming pollution reductions that scientists say are necessary, PennEnvironment is working at the state and national level to boost production of wind, solar power and other clean, renewable energy sources.  Specifically, Pennsylvania and the country should be working to produce 25 percent of our electricity from renewable energy sources by 2025.