{"id":13224,"date":"2017-04-30T19:21:48","date_gmt":"2017-04-30T23:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/?p=13224"},"modified":"2017-04-30T19:21:48","modified_gmt":"2017-04-30T23:21:48","slug":"100-percent-renewable-energy-bill-a-first-foot-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2017\/04\/100-percent-renewable-energy-bill-a-first-foot-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"100 Percent Renewable Energy Bill \u2013 A First Foot Forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img src='https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.commondreams.org\/sites\/default\/files\/views-article\/thumbs\/sanders-renewable-energy-bill.jpg?w=980&#038;ssl=1' style='max-width:600px;' data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div>As long as you don&#8217;t try to sell a carbon tax, I can get behind it&#8230;and it might stand a chance of passing.<\/p>\n<p>100 Percent Renewable Energy Bill \u2013 A First Foot Forward<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2qmjlxC\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2qmjlxC<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As long as you don&#8217;t try to sell a carbon tax, I can get behind it&#8230;and it might stand a chance of passing. 100 Percent Renewable Energy Bill \u2013 A First Foot Forward http:\/\/bit.ly\/2qmjlxC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[14,480,456,132,429],"tags":[523,159,33,530,552],"class_list":["post-13224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-facebook","category-jamie-gray","category-news","category-shared-link","tag-blog","tag-facebook","tag-jamie-gray","tag-news","tag-shared"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8892,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2016\/09\/boulder-commits-to-going-100-percent-renewable-thinkprogress\/","url_meta":{"origin":13224,"position":0},"title":"Boulder Commits To Going 100 Percent Renewable \u2013 ThinkProgress","date":"September 2, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"This should be the standard for every city and community in the country. 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