This is what America's eco city of the future looks like
by Tom Dart in Georgetown, Texas from Environment | The Guardian on (#355D0)
Georgetown mayor Dale Ross is 'a good little Republican' - but ever since his city weaned itself off fossil fuels, he has become a hero to environmentalists
When the caller said he worked for Harry Reid and the former Senate majority leader wanted a word, Dale Ross assumed it was a joke. "OK, which of my buddies are messing with me today?" he wondered.
He shouldn't have been so surprised. Ross is the mayor of Georgetown, population 65,000, and he has become a minor celebrity in environmental circles as a result of a pioneering decision in 2015 to get all the city's electricity from renewable sources.