Western governors adopt efficiency policies and urge ‘aggressive’ federal action on climate

摘要

The Western Governors’ Association wrapped up its annual nmeeting last week by setting policies aimed at boosting energy nefficiency and renewable resources as well as focusing on the nlinks between water supply and power generation.nAlso at its annual meeting in Whitefish, Montana, the WGA, nwhich represents 19 states and three Pacific territories, called on nthe federal government to establish an “aggressive and achiev-nable” national greenhouse gas emissions reduction goal and a nmandatory market-based program to reach the goal. n“Revenue raised [through a federal GHG program] should nsupport the energy policy principles in this resolution and not nbe used as a means of sustaining or expanding general govern-nmental operations,” the governors said.