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The National Impact Of State RPS Policies On Renewable Energy
As a result of state renewable portfolio standard (RPS) policies operating in 2013, $2.2 billion in benefits came from reduced greenhouse gas emissions, and...
Governors’ Wind Energy Coalition Names New Leadership Team
The Governors' Wind Energy Coalition has appointed Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo as the group's new chair and vice...
New Jersey Still Has ‘Untapped Jackpot’ For Offshore Wind, Report Says
New Jersey may have lost the race to build the U.S.' first offshore wind facility, but the Jersey Shore's potential for offshore wind...
Gov. To Attorney General: ‘Use Every Tool’ To Stop The Clean Power Plan
At the direction of Gov. Matt Mead, R-Wyo., Wyoming Attorney General Peter Michael has petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reconsider...
Coalition Says New York PSC Ruling Will Advance Clean Energy Agenda
The Alliance for Clean Energy New York (ACE NY) says the New York State Public Service Commission's (NYS PSC) decision to advance Gov....
San Diego Climate Action Plan Aims For 100% Clean Energy
On Tuesday, the San Diego City Council unanimously approved Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer's Climate Action Plan, which calls for eliminating half of all...
Sen. Bernie Sanders Proposes Legislation To Permanently Extend PTC
U.S. presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., has introduced legislation that he says would permanently extend the production tax credit (PTC) for renewables...
Coalition Files In Court To Defend Clean Power Plan
The Environmental Defense Fund has joined a coalition of environmental organizations, public health groups and other supporters of federal climate policies to urge...
Obama Signs Ex-Im Bank Reauthorization
President Barack Obama has signed into law H.R.22, the 'Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act),' which includes reauthorization of the Export-Import (Ex-Im)...
Reps Introduce Clean Energy Victory Bonds Act Of 2015
U.S. Reps. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., and Doris Matsui, D-Calif., have introduced the Clean Energy Victory Bonds Act of 2015, legislation that would direct...
Green Groups Push Federal Wind Incentives In Letter To Congress
With an end-of-year deadline looming, more than 200 environmental groups and elected officials from across the country are calling on Congress to renew...
Congress Passes Resolutions To Block ‘Crushing Regulations’ Of EPA’s CPP
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed two resolutions to block the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Clean Power Plan regulations for both...
Alberta’s New Climate Plan Chooses Wind Power Over Coal
Under its new Climate Leadership Plan, the Alberta government has committed to phasing out all pollution created by burning coal and transitioning to...
Clean Power Plan: A Climate Change Civil War In Court?
The Clean Power Plan is a contender for the title of most controversial environmental rule promulgated in the history of the U.S. The...
With Strong Focus On Wind, SaskPower Sets 50% Renewables Goal
SaskPower, the public utility serving Saskatchewan, has set a target to double the percentage of renewable electricity generation capacity in the province by...
Seven Senators Opposing The PTC Send Letter To Senate Leadership
Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., along with a bipartisan group of six senators, sent a letter to senate leadership expressing their opposition to an...
Donald Trump, Campaigning In Iowa, Supports Wind PTC
Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump, while in Newton, Iowa, said he would support an extension of the production tax credit (PTC). During a...
EPA To Hold More Public Hearings On Clean Power Plan
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues its public engagement and outreach efforts on the hotly debated Clean Power Plan and is holding...
Desert Energy Plan Could ‘Dramatically Limit’ California Wind Growth
The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) and California Natural Resources Agency have announced the final environmental review of a land-use plan meant...
N.J. Assembly OKs Offshore Wind Amendment In Support Of Fisherman’s Energy
The New Jersey Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee has approved an amendment to offshore wind legislation to require the New Jersey Board of...