Pressing for more wind and solar power in Pennsylvania

Guest column: PRESS-ing for more wind and solar power in Pennsylvania

By Flora Cardoni and Jim Brown A lot has changed since 2004. In that year, some enterprising Harvard students launched TheFacebook, Yahoo.com was the most visited website and a ninth grade student named Taylor Alison Swift was looking for a record deal. 2004 was also the year when Pennsylvania last passed a law to increase renewable energy production. The standard required electric companies to ensure at least 8% of their energy came from renewa…

Pressing for more wind and solar power in Pennsylvania

By Flora Cardoni and Jim Brown For MediaNews Group A lot has changed since 2004. In that year, some enterprising Harvard students launched what would become Facebook,  Yahoo.com was the most visited website, and 14-year-old Taylor Swift was looking for a record deal. 2004 was also the year when Pennsylvania last passed a law to increase renewable energy production. The standard required electric companies to ensure at least 8% of their energy ca…