Guest post by David Middleton
The featured image is a photo of a greenschist from the French Alps.
For some reason, the following article from EcoWatch and the NRDC made me think of something that sounds like greenschist:
California continues to lead the way on clean energy, but energy efficiency and renewables are gaining major ground across the country, a new ranking of states and cities shows. Six states now get at least a fifth of their power from non-hydro renewable sources such as wind and solar—further confirmation that regardless of the Trump administration’s efforts to promote fossil-fuel interests, clean energy is making undeniable inroads.
The Golden State and Massachusetts lead the eighth annual U.S. Clean Tech Leadership Index from the research firm Clean Edge for a fifth year in a row, the latter bolstered by its strong record of energy efficiency and private investment in clean tech. Vermont, Oregon and New York round out the top five.
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I just couldn’t resist comparing electricity prices to the “Clean Tech Leadership Index” (CTLI) and I was not disappointed. Six of the ten States with the most expensive electricity are in the CTLI top ten.
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| CTLI | Rank | Residential ¢/kWh | Rank | |
| Hawaii | 55.5 | 10 | 29.04 | 1 |
| Alaska | 17.6 | 21.58 | 2 | |
| Connecticut | 58.7 | 6 | 20.06 | 3 |
| Massachusetts | 77.8 | 2 | 19.84 | 4 |
| New Hampshire | 44.6 | 18.98 | 5 | |
| California | 92.0 | 1 | 18.87 | 6 |
| Rhode Island | 51.3 | 18.01 | 7 | |
| Vermont | 72.2 | 3 | 17.39 | 8 |
| New York | 63.6 | 5 | 17.02 | 9 |
| Maine | 45.5 | 15.92 | 10 | |
| New Jersey | 44.7 | 15.57 | 11 | |
| Michigan | 50.1 | 15.38 | 12 | |
| Wisconsin | 34.5 | 14.51 | 13 | |
| Maryland | 46.9 | 14.16 | 14 | |
| Pennsylvania | 42.2 |
