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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...
The War Against Pollution: Lawmakers Introduce Clean Energy Victory Bonds Act
U.S. Reps. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., and Doris Matsui, D-Calif., have introduced the Clean Energy Victory Bonds Act. According to the legislators, Clean Energy...
Senate Committee Passes Bill With Two-Year PTC Extension
Hope for a revival of the wind production tax credit (PTC) has been buoyed, as a two-year extension of the incentive has made...
New Vermont Law Raises Net Metering Cap To 15%
Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin has signed self-generation and net-energy metering (NEM) legislation (H.702) into law. The new law raises the 4% cap utilities...
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...
WTO Calls On China To End Restrictions On Rare Earth Exports
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has ruled that China has unfairly restricted its export of rare earth elements. Rare earth metals, such as...
Kansas House Slaps Down Effort To Repeal Renewables Mandate
Although the Kansas Senate had approved a bill to repeal the state's renewable portfolio standard (RPS) on Tuesday, the state House of Representatives...
144 Congress Members Call For Wind PTC, ITC Extensions
Members from the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate have signed bipartisan letters urging their colleagues to act quickly and extend the wind...
Could A Governor-Backed Bill Put Maine’s Wind Future In Jeopardy?
During these past few weeks, there has been an ever-changing debate in Maine among the governor's administration, legislators, and renewable energy advocates over...
House Committee Probes Obama Administration’s Handling Of Bird Deaths At Wind Farms
The U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources, led by Doc Hastings, R-Wash., has sent the Obama administration a subpoena seeking uncensored copies of...
Obama’s Proposed Budget Backs Renewables, Restates Call For Permanent PTC
President Barack Obama has announced his fiscal-year 2015 budget proposal, which seeks to provide billions of dollars for clean energy and reiterates the...
Alberta Signals Plans To Develop Renewable Energy Framework
During the Speech from the Throne on March 3, the Alberta government announced plans to create an alternative and renewable energy framework. According...
House Unveils Tax Reform Plan Attacking Wind Energy PTC
On Feb. 26, House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp, R-Mich., released a scathing tax reform proposal that seeks to dramatically...
Incoming Senate Finance Chairman Signals Plans For PTC Extension
The incoming chairman of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee says working to renew a slew of expired tax breaks, including the production tax...
Sen. Alexander Presents Anti-PTC Address To Energy Regulators
On Feb. 11, U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., told energy regulators that not renewing the wind production tax credit (PTC) 'would help to...
CEOs Call On EU Heads Of State To Boost 2030 Renewables Target
Executives from European companies have called for a 2030 climate and energy framework that has an ambitious renewable energy target, including binding national...
Iowa Senator, Wind Energy Supporters Call For PTC Extension
Following news that U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., will take over as new chair of the Senate Finance Committee, Iowa State Senator and...
New Farm Bill Becomes Law, Includes Millions In Renewables Funding
On Feb. 7, President Barack Obama signed into law the Agricultural Act of 2014, also known as the Farm Bill. Among a variety...
Sen. Grassley: PTC Future More Uncertain “Than At Any Time In The Past Year”
The recent appointment of Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., as ambassador to China will delay tax reform talks - and along with it, a...
House Passes Farm Bill With $880M In Renewables And Energy Efficiency Provisions
The Agricultural Act of 2014 - popularly known as the farm bill - passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, paving the...