LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A Nebraska environmental group has launched a campaign urging the Omaha Public Power District to set a goal of dropping its carbon emissions to zero by 2050.
Nebraska Conservation Voters announced the initiative last week after the power district’s board of directors proposed the goal at its meeting Oct. 15.
Eliot Bostar, executive director of Nebraska Conservation Voters, says the goal would greatly benefit fall Nebraskans. Bostar says Nebraska ranks as one of the top states with clean energy potential, but the state hasn’t taken full advantage of the opportunity.
The group has launched an online petition on its website.
Nebraska currently gets almost 70% of its electricity from fossil fuels such as coal.
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