CLEVELAND — “On Wednesday, Ohio GOP lawmakers shamefully turned their backs on the plain fact that alternative energy investments equal jobs.
A House committee led by a lame-duck legislator from the Cleveland area rejected the testimony of numerous witnesses and advanced — on a mostly party-line vote — a bill that would effectively extend the state’s freeze on green-energy mandates to 2020 by making them voluntary.
To his discredit, Gov. John Kasich didn’t immediately condemn that move. If House Bill 554 arrives on his desk, he should veto it.
…Governor, no matter how backers try to disguise it, HB 554 would kill Ohio’s already-too-limited progress in alternative energy innovation and production, and drive energy entrepreneurs out of the state. If you can’t stop HB 554, prepare to veto it. Ohio’s future depends on it.”
— editorial, Cleveland Plain Dealer
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