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Petroleum Association, N.M. Counties Sue Over Federal Listing Of Bird Species
Has the wind power sector found an unlikely ally in the oil and gas industry? The Permian Basin Petroleum Association contends it is...
AWEA To Ohio Governor: Veto ‘Wind Energy Killing’ Provision
The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has called on Gov. John Kasich, R-Ohio, to use his line item veto to strike a provision...
Virginia Governor Creates Council To Update State’s Energy Plan
Gov. Terry McAuliffe, D-Va., has signed an executive order establishing the Virginia Energy Council, which will make recommendations for the development and implementation...
Lawmakers Introduce Rural Wind Energy Development Act
U.S. Reps. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., and Tom Cole, R-Okla., have introduced the Rural Wind Energy Development Act to provide an investment tax credit...
EPA Proposes Highly Anticipated Carbon Pollution Guidelines
At the direction of President Barack Obama, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released its highly anticipated Clean Power Plan proposal to...
AWEA: EPA Rules Could Be Third Biggest Driver For Wind Behind PTC And RPS...
Renewable energy technologies, such as wind and solar, stand to benefit from the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) sweeping proposal to limit carbon dioxide...
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...
What To Expect From The EPA’s Upcoming Greenhouse Gas Regulations
President Barack Obama is preparing to announce complex regulatory guidelines for existing power plants that he hopes will define his presidency's role in...
U.S. Senate Takes Recess Without Vote On Tax Extenders Bill
Following a partisan feud last week that halted progress, the U.S. Senate has recessed for the Memorial Day break without a vote on...
Report: Policy Uncertainty Stymies U.S. Clean Energy Job Growth
Congressional inaction on key clean energy tax policies, coupled with attacks on state renewable energy programs, led to a dramatic decline in U.S....
47 Senators Request More Study Time For Upcoming EPA Standards
U.S. Sens. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., and Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., have led a bipartisan group of 45 other senators in sending a letter to...
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...
CanWEA Urges Ontario PC Party To Reconsider Wind Energy
The Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) is urging the Ontario Progressive Conservative (PC) Party to reassess its energy policy platform and to acknowledge...
Governors Call On EPA To Keep Wind Power In Mind For New Rules
The Governors' Wind Energy Coalition has released a letter to Gina McCarthy, administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), expressing the group's...
AWEA CEO Outlines Strategy To Get Wind PTC Extended
American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) CEO Tom Kiernan updated conference attendees on the status of the expired production tax credit (PTC) during the...
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,...
Oklahoma Enacts Law Authorizing Tariff On Residential Solar And Wind
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has signed S.B.1456, which enables retail electricity providers to impose a tariff on customers who install grid-connected distributed generation...
Connecticut Ends Three-Year Moratorium On Wind Development
In a unanimous vote, Connecticut legislators have approved regulations on wind power development and ended a three-year moratorium on new turbines in the...
Majority Of Ohio Voters Support State Clean Energy Law
At a time when Ohio's renewable energy standard is coming under attack, voters overwhelmingly support maintaining the state's current energy-related laws, according to...