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Maine Clean Energy Coalition Launches 20-By-2020 Ballot Initiative | Maine Citizens for Clean Energy, a new coalition of businesses, environmental groups, and public health advocates, has launched a petition drive to get a 2012 ballot initiative for a renewable electricity standard in the state of 20 percent by 2020. “The status quo threatens our health and environment, burdens our economy, and is an enormous risk to Maine’s prosperity,” the coalition warns.