Bill Would Make DC Totally Clean Energy-Based

WASHINGTON, DC -- New legislation in D.C. on the heels of a worrying United Nations climate report would make the District a 100 percent clean energy city by 2032.

WAMU reports that the D.C. Council met this week to consider major new climate legislation that would create the strongest requirement for renewable energy in the United States, with a goal of transitioning to 100 percent clean energy in a decade and a half.

The UN report released on Monday states that tens of millions will be forced inland due to sea levels rising and hundreds of millions will be affected by severe droughts in the coming decades. Also, up to 90 percent of coral reefs may die.

Councilmember Mary Cheh (Ward 3) introduced the bill this summer, and the Council considered it during a hearing this week.

“It’s standing room only in here,” someone in front of me just said. Hearing on major clean energy/ climate bill about to start. @councilofdc @marycheh pic.twitter.com/nqWntbtA0S
— Jacob Fenston (@JacobFenston) October 9, 2018

BUCKSPORT, SC - SEPTEMBER 26: Larry Hickman walks in floodwaters from the Waccamaw River caused by Hurricane Florence on September 26, 2018 in Bucksport, South Carolina. Nearly two weeks after making landfall in North Carolina, river flooding continues after Florence in northeastern South Carolina. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images)