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Joseph Bebon
Joseph Bebon was editor of Solar Industry magazine. In addition, he contributed to sister publications North American Windpower magazine and NGT News, an online news site covering alternative fuel vehicles, and was previously editor of the latter. Joseph is also the former editor of smart grid publication Renew Grid. He graduated from Southern Connecticut State University with a bachelor's degree in English and started his career at Zackin Publications, publisher of Solar Industry, as an editorial assistant in 2010.
Happy Earth Day: Countries Meet In NYC To Sign Paris Agreement
Today, on Earth Day, leaders from about 170 countries converged in New York City to formally sign the Paris Agreement. According to the United...
Feds Officially Cut Back Period For Wind Farm Eagle Take Permits
To comply with a court order, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has reinstated its previous five-year limit for incidental take permits.
Court Denies Petitioners’ Plea To Halt The Clean Power Plan
On Thursday, a federal court handed renewable energy stakeholders, environmentalists and the Obama administration a victory: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C....
Will New York Be A Coal-Free State And Major Renewables Hub By 2020?
On Wednesday, New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo delivered his 2016 State of the State address and revealed some big plans for clean energy,...
Google Nearly Doubles Renewable Energy Portfolio With New PPAs
Google has signed nearly 1 GW in new renewable energy purchase contracts and, therefore, almost doubled how much clean energy the internet giant...
Senate Passes Tax Extenders Bill With Wind PTC Extension
On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate voted 76-16 to pass a bill that extends the wind production tax credit (PTC), as well as a...
Too Little, Too Late? U.S. House Approves Wind PTC Extension
In a 378-46 vote on Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that would extend over 50 lapsed tax breaks that...
IRS Urges Congress To Take Prompt Action On Tax Extenders
John Koskinen, commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), is urging Congress to promptly make a decision on whether or not to renew...
Texas Comptroller Attacks Wind Power, And Industry Fights Back
There's more trouble brewing in Texas. Just months after the chairwoman of the state's public utility commission issued a scathing anti-wind memo, Texas...
Alberta Breaks Wind Power Record, Then Does It Again
Canadian province Alberta broke its wind generation record not once, but twice, last week. Between 11 a.m. and noon on Thursday, July 24,...
302 Clean Energy Groups Urge Congress To Pass Stalled Tax Extenders Bill
Although some political leaders have suggested Congress won't take on a stalled tax extenders bill until after the November elections, a coalition of...
Ohio Legislature Votes To Halt Renewable Energy Goals
Both chambers of the Ohio legislature have approved S.B.310, a bill that would freeze the state's clean energy and energy efficiency mandates for...
Md. Governor Vetoes Anti-Wind Bill, Saves Proposed Project
On May 16, Gov. Martin O'Malley, D-Md., vetoed an anti-wind bill that most likely would have killed a wind project proposed near the...
U.S. Senate Blocks Bill With PTC Extension – What Now?
The U.S. Senate has blocked a bipartisan tax extenders package that includes a two-year extension of the production tax credit (PTC) and the...
Ohio Senate Passes Two-Year Freeze On Renewables Mandate
On May 8, the Ohio Senate passed S.B.310, a bill to alter the state's renewable portfolio standard (RPS). The RPS requires Ohio utilities...
GE Investigates Two More Turbine Blade Breaks
Within a two-week time span, there were recently two separate blade failures at Invenergy's Prairie Breeze wind farm. Located in Nebraska, the 200.6...
Kansas RPS Perseveres Despite Three Years Of Attacks
It appears the battle over the fate of Kansas' renewable portfolio standard (RPS) has come to an end for yet another legislative session,...
Bird Groups Target LEEDCo’s Icebreaker Offshore Wind Pilot
Two bird conservation groups have again teamed up to target another proposed wind project, this time setting their sights on Lake Erie Energy...
Kansas Renewables Mandate Survives Yet Another Attack, But Is It Too Early To Celebrate?
The gloves have come off in Kansas, where a band of legislators and several anti-mandate groups are pushing to repeal the state's renewable...
Update: Maine Legislature Rejects Governor’s Attempt To Change Wind Energy Law
Last week, both the Maine House and Senate voted down a governor-backed bill that would have required wind developers in the state to...