The initiative is made up of more than 700 grassroots agricultural, forestry, conservation and environmental organizations and leaders working to help the nation improve energy security.
The project has two primary goals: to help leaders unite behind a common vision for energy production from America’s farms, ranches and forestlands, and to advance a comprehensive strategy to bring this vision to life.
Committee member and Cascade County Commissioner Peggy Beltrone has been working on clean energy projects throughout the region.
“It is the vision of this organization that 25 percent of the total energy consumption in the U.S. will be made from renewable resources by the year 2025,” Beltrone said.
25x’25 projects that the 25 percent renewable energy goal will generate over $700 billion in new economic development annually, will produce between 4-5 million new jobs and will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by as much as one billion tons per year.
25x’25 leaders will host a roundtable with stakeholders interested in advancing renewable energy production in the state while in Great Falls.
The following day, the Committee will visit the ASTM Biodiesel Testing Lab at MSU-Northern and the Earl Fisher BioFuels LLP facility in Chester.
On the Net: http://www.25x25.org.
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