Residents living within the nation’s capital should expect to see their living costs rise if D.C. Council members pass what appears to be the most aggressive climate change bill to date.
Democrat council member Mary Cheh is pushing comprehensive legislation that calls for a litany of environmental proposals.
Most notably, her bill mandates that Washington, D.C., derive 100 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2032, a requirement more ambitious than a new law in Hawaii — the only U.S. state to pass a 100-percent mandate.
Cheh’s bill would also fund more energy efficiency updates by slapping ratepayers with higher utility bills.
Additionally, the legislation calls for tying the vehicle excise tax to fuel efficiency as a means to encourage people to buy more fuel-efficient cars.
While many bills never see the light of day, this proposal is different: It touts support from a majority of the D.C. Council. Out of the 13 members who sit on the D.C. Council, seven have already backed Cheh’s bill.
“Through this bill, D.C. can lead the nation on climate protection legislation that can benefit D.C. families and businesses,” stated Mark Rodeffer, D.C. Chapter Chair of the Sierra Club, according to WAMU.
The Sierra Club has worked extensively to push renewable energy mandates in other state capitals.
Other environmentalists, however, were disappointed with the bill because it did not also include a fee on carbon emissions.
“Disappointed and surprised,” stated Camila Thorndike, a leader of the carbon tax campaign for the Chesapeake Climate Action Network.
“There’s been no analysis done on this package,” Thorndike said. “That was one of our points of frustration, is that we’ve provided so much modeling, and consideration of what the economic impacts, what the emission impacts, what the equity impacts were going to be of what we were putting forward.”
If passed, Washington, D.C., would have a more stringent renewable energy mandate than anywhere else in the U.S.
Hawaii became the first in the country to pass a renewable mandate in June. However, its bill was more lax, with a 100% renewable energy target by 2045 — 13 years later than the D.C. proposal.
Other states might soon be following Hawaii’s example — California is also likely to pass a 100-percent mandate, and other Democrat-controlled state capitals are considering their own targets.
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Mary Cheh can mandate that Washington, D.C., derive 100 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2032 but the only way she could achieve it would be with hydroelectric power which would involve damming the Potomac river. Problem is, a good deal of D.C. would have to be flooded or diked off to create the dam.
Brainless liberal Jackass wanders int the desert croaks from the heat vultures eat it leave behind bones bones soon gone to like many Eco-Wackos should do and Dissapear
We all know the story of the lemmings following each other over the cliff into the ocean. How stupid they are. Mankind would never do such a thing, yet that is exactly what is happening. Germany’s energiewende has been a disaster. In the UK people are dying early deaths from cold because they can’t afford to pay the power bills inflated by green energy. Southern Australia has gone from some of the cheapest energy in the world to some of the most expensive and they have had power outages. California has almost had outages and it appear that they will. Now here is DC following the other lemmings with their ambitious green energy policy.
Of the legislators and council members who have voted for 100% green energy I wonder if even one of them understands what that means. This isn’t just scaling up our current efforts. Currently when the wind doesn’t blow and the sun doesn’t shine, back up fossil fuel plants come on line. However, under a 100% green energy policy this can’t be allowed. This means significant expense to generate more green energy, store it, and use whatever from it was stored in to regenerate power. It is probably more feasible to have the power out when green energy isn’t available.
Wouldn’t the Feds have something to say about this? D.C. doesn’t really govern itself. They are only allowed to posture while the real power is in Congress, who can reverse any D.C. law they deem unfit.
The Stupid Jackass Party the Dumb-O-Crats the Party of Fewer Freedoms More Regulations and more Red Tape they need to lose their own jobs
So Washington is returning to its “hard ship post ” roots .
I’m sure the middle class are thrilled with moving down the food chain as the
the eco anarchist trash them . Take heart DC the save the planet warriors
are one election from being tossed out .
Is she going to hire green gestapo “Climate Protection Managers ” like Vancouver
did once . Now Vancouver did achieve it’s green wash goals but it was done through
laundering $100 ‘s of millions of dollars through casino’s that the Liberal Provincial
Government enabled and the RCMP did virtually nothing about for 10 years .
How does over $100 million in criminal money laundering take place in plain sight and no one is charged ? The casino’s are still in full operation … oh but a report was written .
The little guy steals a box of jello gets charged but hey when the government is getting their cut of the action … carry on nothing happening here .
DC Council better have a good parachute plan because people are getting fed up with the climate control delusion .