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In December, I criticized the final report of the Governor’s Commission on Climate Change for disappointing “timidity on this matter of grave urgency for our planet.”
The governor and legislature have now had a chance to address climate disruption. Sadly, their response is even more feeble than the commission’s. They have approved bills that:
• Establish a voluntary goal to reduce electricity use by 19 percent by 2025.
• Provide limited added incentives for power from renewable sources.
• Encourage solid-wasteto-energy facilities.
• Help finance clean, renewable energy installations.
• Allow leasing of underwater land for offshore wind turbines.
The governor’s Web site boasts of legislation to promote green jobs, and a dona
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