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California ARB Releases Proposed GHG Regulation

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has released its proposed greenhouse gas (GHG) cap-and-trade regulation. The release begins a public comment...

Kansas Governor Creates Kansas Interagency Working Group For Wind Energy

Gov. Mark Parkinson, D-Kan., has signed an executive order establishing the Kansas Interagency Working Group for Wind Energy. The group will...

FERC Clarifies California Feed-In-Tariff Procedures

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has clarified for California how the state can encourage development of new electricity generation resources in...

Nova Scotia’s New Energy Regulations Include Community Feed-In Tariffs

Nova Scotia has announced new energy regulations to enable the province to increase the amount of renewable electricity produced in communities...

Strickland Signs Executive Order Eliminating Tax On Renewable Energy Projects

Gov. Ted Strickland, D-Ohio, has signed an executive order implementing the elimination of the state's tangible personal property tax and real...

California Air Resources Board Sets 33% RPS By 2020

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has instituted a standard that mandates that 33% of the power electric utilities and electricity providers sell...

Bingaman, Udall Introduce Renewable Electricity Standard Bill

Two senators from New Mexico have introduced a bipartisan bill to create a national renewable electricity standard (RES). The legislation...

Reid Indicates That RES Is Still Part Of Energy Legislation

Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., says that energy legislation could have a better chance of passing during a lame-duck session of Congress,...

CPUC Proposes Major Renewable Energy Feed-In Tariff Pilot Program

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has proposed a new renewable energy feed-in-tariff program that would require the state's investor-owned utilities to...

N.J. Governor Signs Offshore Wind Economic Development Act

Gov. Chris Christie, R-N.J., has signed the Offshore Wind Economic Development Act. The bipartisan measure is designed to spur economic growth...

Kerry Introduces Clean Energy Technology Legislation

Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., has introduced the Clean Energy Technology Leadership Act of 2010, which will provide tax incentives for clean...

Delaware Governor Signs Clean Energy Jobs Package

Gov. Jack A. Markell has signed into law four renewable energy bills that together make up the Clean Energy Jobs package,...

Senate Energy Package Does Not Include RES

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., has unveiled the Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act, which focuses on...

CLEAR Act Passes In Natural Resources Committee

The House Natural Resources Committee has passed H.R.3534, The Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources (CLEAR) Act, by a vote of...

Republican Brownback Throws Support Behind RES

Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., has called for bipartisan support in the Senate to include the renewable electricity standard (RES) title from...

Coalition Seeks To Salvage RES In Senate

The American Wind Energy Association, along with several environmental groups, is urging Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., to include a national renewable...

New Climate Change Bill Will Not Include RES, Carbon Caps

Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., plans to introduce an energy bill next week that deals with offshore oil drilling, but broad climate...

DOE Secretary Announces Initiatives To Promote Clean Energy

At the world's first Clean Energy Ministerial, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that the U.S. is helping to launch more...

California Air Resources Board Delays RPS-Adoption Meeting

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has postponed a public hearing to consider the adoption of a 33% by 2020 proposal....

Puerto Rico Governor Signs Renewable Energy Legislation

Luis G. Fortuno, the governor of Puerto Rico, has signed into law new renewable energy legislation. The Act for a Public...

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