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The Clean Energy-Environment State Partnership Program is a voluntary program designed to help states review and adopt policies and programs that effectively integrate clean energy into a low-cost, clean, and reliable energy system. The program provides tools and analyses to advance state efforts that improve air quality and public health; increase cost-effective energy efficiency and renewable energy; reap economic benefits; and lower greenhouse gases. EPA launched the program in 2005 with 11 partner states, a number which has now reached 16. These 16 states represent about half the population, energy use and greenhouse gas emissions in the United States.
What Are Partner States Doing?
Partner states make a commitment to and work toward achieving at least one clean energy goal. Examples of their work include:
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