The American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy has rated the states on their policies for an energy efficient economy. Besides the states’s ranking, it is important to look at their scores, where 50 is a maximum.
The top 10 rankings and scores are:
1 Massachusetts : 45.5
2 California : 44
3 New York : 38
4 Oregon : 37.5
Tied for 5 :
Vermont : 34
Washington : 34
Rhode Island : 34
Tied for 8:
Minnesota : 33
Connecticut : 33
10 Maryland : 30.5
The bottom 10 all scored below 10.0. They were, from bottom up: North Dakota, Wyoming, Mississippi, Kansas, Oklahoma, South Carolina, West Virginia, Missouri, Alabama, and South Dakota.
We point out states that have some political prominence either with an early primary or a candidate, or a special senator (Inhofe of Oklahoma, which scored 6.5).
Texas ranked 33rd and scored 15.5 (Gov. Perry).
Massachusetts ranked first and scored 45.5 (ex Gov. Romney).
Utah (ex Gov. Huntsman) tied for 17th and scored 24.5.
Minnesota (Rep. Bachman) tied for 8th and scored 33.
Iowa (starting caucus) ranked 11th and scored 27.
New Hampshire (first primary) ranked 21 and scored 24.
Florida (early primary) tied for 27th and scored 19.
We see that despite denials of global warming by Republican candidates, their states and early primary states did okay, except for the oil havens of Oklahoma and Texas, and Alaska, which tied for 38th and scored 11.
