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Reps. for renewables
New bill to support renewables offered in House |
Kate Sheppard |
27 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Reps. Jay Inslee (D-Wash.), Bill Delahunt (D-Mass.), Jim McDermott (D-Wash.), and Mike Honda (D-Calif.) introduced legislation [PDF] yesterday to provide security for investments in the renewable-energy sector by guaranteeing rates for renewable-energy generation. The Renewable Energy Jobs and Security Act would provide guaranteed renewable-energy payments to small and mid-sized clean-energy suppliers (up to 20 megawatts). It would provide security for investment ... |
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| Topics: Congress, economy, energy, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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How to strangle an industry, the concern troll way
BLM contemplates two-year moratorium on solar power plant construction in the West |
David Roberts |
27 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Oh, now they care about careful environmental assessment? Oil and gas development is spreading over the American West like a cancer, but this, this solar stuff ... it's a bridge too far! So Congress and the feds are going to let the solar investment tax credit lapse and institute a moratorium on deployment in the best solar states -- two body blows to an nascent clean energy industry. That is some crackerjack energy policy. (Incidentally, it strikes me that this ... |
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| Topics: Congress, economy, energy, politics, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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