http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33025088/ns/us_news-environment/
This article is about California's new $3.1 billion energy efficiency plan, aimed at making homes and other buildings more energy efficient. The program, called CalSPREE, hopes to cut energy use by 20% for up to 130,000 California homes by 2012. $175 million will go towards programs designed to make zero net energy buildings, $260 million will be used to make local homes more energy efficient, and $100 million is set aside for educational programs. California is the biggest U.S. alternative energy market and has some of the highest environmental standards in the nation and the world.
I chose this article because I am interested in what the nation is doing to help environmental issues. This article shows that California is clearly at the forefront of the environmental movement. I believe that if the rest of the United States as well as other countries around the world adopted California's environmental policies and worked together in creating other energy efficient programs, the world would be a much cleaner and nicer place to live. I also liked that the article was clear and concise, making it easy for anyone to read and understand.
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This article definitely shows that the state of California is trying their best to help the environment through all these energy efficient policies. Maybe the national government should adopt some of these programs and apply them to other states to make the U.S. a leader in the environmental movement. California's energy efficient budget will also help homeowners use less power from the electricity grid and in turn save their money.
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