Articles in Politics and Economics
Last week the Florida Public Service Commission recommended that 20 percent of Florida’s energy should come from solar and wind power and other renewable power sources by 2020.
Renewable energy requirements for utilities have already been …
When he takes office on January 20, President Barack Obama has said he will seek congressional approval to invest $150 billion over 10 years on clean energy initiatives. This would fund the development of renewable …
The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) today reported that both wind and solar energy enjoyed a record-breaking year in 2008. However both industry trade groups say the renewable …
The government is to close a critical support programme for the renewable energy industry almost a year before it launches a replacement, creating a funding gap that could lead to thousands of green jobs being …
During Wednesday’s State of the State address, New York Governor David Paterson laid out a proposal for a ‘45 by 15? plan which would have 45 percent of the state’s electricity needs come from renewable …
It has been reported in the Spanish newspaper El País last week, that Spain will buy 6 million tonnes of CO2 emission rights from Eastern Europe, in order to fulfill the Kyoto Protocol. However this …
Mountain-top removal coal mining is obliterating vast swaths of Appalachia
in Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia - image credit: The Sierra Club
The Governor of Kentucky, Steve Beshear, recently released a new energy plan that serves …
In President-Elect Barack Obama’s first weekly radio addresses of 2009 yesterday he called for the U.S. to double renewable energy production as part of a plan to add 3 million new jobs. In the address …
Kevin Walsh, Managing Director, Renewable Energy at GE Energy Financial Service, talks about his recent trip to Washington, D.C. where he talked with customers and legislators about energy policy.
The US is currently going through it’s biggest ever drop in driving, moving away from driving cars in favour of other forms of transportation, according to a new Brookings Institution report. There is no question …
