The U.S. House of Representatives has finally passed climate
change legislation, but the national debate on this issue continues
to be based on a false assumption: that any major reforms will
inevitably take decades to make a serious dent in greenhouse
gas pollution.
 

The latest figures from the Energy Information Administration  
show that net U.S. electrical generation from renewable energy
sources (biomass, geothermal, solar, water, wind) reached an
all-time monthly high in May 2009. Combined, those sources
accounted for 13 percent of total electrical generation in the
U.S., according to recent analysis from the Washington, D.C.-
based Sun Day Campaign.
 
More specifically, Sun Day reports that renewable sources