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Hawaii bill aims for 100 percent renewable transportation

Hawaii bill aims for 100 percent renewable transportation

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii has the most aggressive renewable energy targets in the nation, aiming for its utilities to get 100 percent of their electricity from renewable sources by 2045. Now advocates want to extend that goal to the transportation sector to urge all forms of ground transportation to fuel up using renewable sources by 2045. "The majority of our fossil fuel goes into transportation, and that's a challenge that we have to solve, and we currently don't have a vision for what that future looks like," said Jeff Mikulina, executive director of the Blue Planet Foundation, which is pushing the bill. But Hawaii officials aren't planning to make everyone get rid of their fuel-powered cars — at least not yet. "Nobody wants to step in and force people to get rid of cars that they might love now," said state Rep.Read more on NewsOK.com

 

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