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Report: Missouri Should Boost Renewable Energy Policies
According to a new report from Washington, D.C.-based Advanced Energy Economy (AEE), policy changes in Missouri that would enable companies to contract directly...
City Of Vancouver Sets 100% Renewable Energy Goal
On Nov. 4, the Vancouver City Council unanimously voted to adopt the Renewable City Strategy, which sets a goal to derive 100% of...
Republican Senators Team Up On Energy And Environmental Policy
U.S. Sens. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H.; Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn.; Mark Kirk, R-Ill.; and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., have formed the Senate Energy and Environment Working...
U.S. Reps Launch Bipartisan Energy Storage Caucus
U.S. Reps. Chris Collins, R-N.Y., and Mark Takano, D-Calif., have launched the Battery Energy Storage Caucus to investigate ways to accelerate the commercial...
Large Coalition To Obama: ‘Keep Leading On Offshore Wind’
Offshore wind for the Atlantic Coast is closer to reality than ever before, and the Obama administration is largely to thank, says a...
Canada Elects Liberal Justin Trudeau Its New Prime Minister
In a general election Monday, Canada elected Justin Trudeau the country's new prime minister and his Liberal Party the new majority. Trudeau, son...
New Senate Bill Aims To Axe Wind PTC
U.S. Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., has introduced the PTC Elimination Act. As its name suggests, the bill would aim to completely phase out...
California Gov. Brown Signs 50% Renewable Portfolio Standard Legislation
As expected, Gov. Jerry Brown, D-Calif., has signed into law S.B.350, which requires California to generate 50% of its electricity from zero-carbon renewable...
Coalition Calls On Congress To Extend Clean Energy Tax Credits
The Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE) has joined over 580 companies and organizations urging U.S. Congress to pass legislation to extend expired...
N.J.’s Senate Delegation To Christie: Implement Your OREC Rules Already!
Democratic New Jersey Sens. Bob Menendez and Cory Booker called on Gov. Chris Christie to implement laws surrounding the Offshore Wind Economic Development...
Ohio Committee Recommends Indefinite RPS Freeze
Ohio's Energy Mandates Study Committee has released a report recommending to indefinitely freeze the state's already stalled renewable portfolio standard (RPS), and the...
Senate Democrats Unveil Energy Bill That Features Performance-Based Incentives
A group of Senate Democrats - led by Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., the ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee -...
Wind, Birds And Bats: Recent Legal Migrations
Wind energy has rapidly migrated from a small to significant source of energy generation, resulting in increased attention to and regulation of wind...
California Assembly Passes Legislation To Boost RPS To 50% By 2030
The California State Assembly passed S.B.350, a mandate that pushes the state's renewable portfolio standard (RPS) to 50% by Dec. 31, 2030, from...
It’s A Go: India Green-Lights Offshore Wind Policy
India's central government approved a policy framework for the development of offshore wind off of its coast. According to a release, the government...
WAPA Streamlines Midwestern Environmental Process To Accelerate Wind Development
The Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) is offering a new environmental review process that is expected to reduce the time it takes to...
Too Much Of A Good Thing? Nova Scotia Ends Community Feed-In Tariff Program
The Nova Scotia government will end the five-year-old community feed-in tariff (COMFIT) program, a decision that came after a program review that began...
What Colorado’s Tax Policy Change Could Mean For Wind Power
Colorado has amended its energy tax credit statute to provide for a refundable election for tax credits earned by investing in renewable energy...
EPA’s Final Clean Power Plan Ups Potential Role Of Wind And Solar
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) final Clean Power Plan contains a number of significant differences from the proposed plan the agency presented...
A Technical Overview Of The EPA’s Sweeping New CO2 Rules
On Monday, President Barack Obama and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy announced the roll-out of the Clean Power Plan (CPP)...