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How Will President Obama’s Climate Change Plan Impact Renewable Energy?
Describing climate change as 'no longer a distant threat,' President Obama on Tuesday unveiled a climate change action plan to combat carbon emissions...
House Of Representatives Defeats 2013 Farm Bill
In a 195-234 vote Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives defeated its almost $1 trillion version of a 2013 Farm Bill, leaving the...
House Farm Bill Won’t Include Proposed Renewable Energy Amendment
Although U.S. representatives began debating a 2013 Farm Bill on the House floor this week, the bill will not include a recently proposed...
House Appropriations Committee Proposes Massive Cuts To Energy Programs
The U.S. House Appropriations Committee has released the fiscal year 2014 Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, legislation that provides...
U.S. Senate Passes Farm Bill That Includes Millions For Renewables
In a 66 to 27 vote Monday, the U.S. Senate passed a comprehensive farm bill that, among many other provisions, includes funding for...
Colo. Gov. Signs Renewable Energy Expansion Bill Into Law
Gov. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., signed into law S.B.252, which increases the renewable energy standard (RES) for cooperative associations that provide wholesale electricity in...
Nebraska’s Heineman Signs Sales Tax Exemption Bill
After much debate, Gov. Dave Heineman, D-Neb., reluctantly signed L.B.104 into law. L.B.104 provides sales tax exemptions for the purchase of wind turbines,...
Nebraska Gov. Still Undecided On L.B.104
Less than a week after the Nebraska legislature passed L.B.104, Gov. Dave Heineman, D-Neb., told reporters he is undecided whether to sign or...
Connecticut House Passes RPS Bill; Moves To Senate
The Connecticut House of Representatives passed a bill on Tuesday that would allow large-scale hydropower to qualify as a Class I resource under...
Nebraska Passes Sales Tax Exemption
Nebraska lawmakers have passed a bill that features sales tax exemptions to attract wind farms to the state. The bill, L.B.104, provides sales...
DOI Plans More Streamlined Review For Pacific Northwestern Energy And Transmission Projects
Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell signed a declaration of cooperation with Oregon and Washington to expedite the review and permitting of energy...
Senators Introduce STORAGE Act To Encourage Renewables
U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore.; Susan Collins, R-Maine; Jeff Merkley, D-Ore.; and Angus King, I-Maine, have introduced the Storage Technology for Renewable and...
Nebraska Sales Tax Exemption Bill Moves To Legislature
Nebraska lawmakers have advanced a measure that would remove a barrier to the development and export of wind energy in the state. The...
Wind Coalition: Keep Alive Chapter 313 For Texas Energy
Wind industry advocates are urging Texas legislators to support rural economic development and energy generation by opposing amendments that would reduce incentives for...
Legislative Committees Pass Farm Bills; Senate Version Includes REAP Funding
The Senate Agriculture Committee passed a farm bill that includes funding for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Energy for America Program (REAP)....
BLM Ruling Will Facilitate Renewable Energy Development On Public Lands
A new rule adopted by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will allow the agency to temporarily segregate lands in a wind or...
Increased Renewable Energy Mandate Wins Another Vote In Colorado
In a 37-27 vote Tuesday, the Colorado House of Representatives passed legislation to double the renewable portfolio standard (RPS) mandate on the state's...
Bill To Repeal North Carolina’s Renewable Portfolio Standard Dies In Committee
The North Carolina General Assembly's Public Utilities and Energy Committee on Wednesday voted down H.B.298, legislation that would have repealed the state's Renewable...
Sen. Coons Reintroduces Master Limited Partnership Bill
Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., has reintroduced the Master Limited Partnerships (MLP) Parity Act with co-sponsors Sens. Jerry Moran, R-Kan.; Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich.; and...
California’s Cap-And-Trade Partnership With Quebec Will Begin Next Year
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has set Jan. 1, 2014, as the date to officially link the state's cap-and-trade program with that...