Greater Authority for FERC on Transmission Siting Praised by Clean Energy, Opposed by States
October 13, 2011 in World Climate Change Report · Leave a Comment
An idea floated by the Obama administration to consolidate electricity transmission siting authority within the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as a way to overcome obstacles hindering construction of interstate transmission lines has renewed the long-running debate over federal-state jurisdiction…
Solyndra Executives Invoke Fifth Amendment, Leave Loan Guarantee Questions Unanswered
September 29, 2011 in World Climate Change Report · Leave a Comment
Solyndra executives invoked their Fifth Amendment rights during a House hearing Sept. 23, declining to provide lawmakers with answers about why the solar panel manufacturer went bankrupt after receiving a $535 million loan guarantee…
Energy Department Cancels Guarantees for Two Solar Projects in Wake of Solyndra
September 29, 2011 in World Climate Change Report · Leave a Comment
The Energy Department has canceled loan guarantees for two solar energy projects, in an action that one of the companies attributed to increased scrutiny by the department in the wake of the Solyndra bankruptcy…
BNA INSIGHTS: New Jersey’s Solar Renewable Portfolio Standards—A Model for Success
August 25, 2011 in World Climate Change Report · Leave a Comment
Despite being one of the smallest states in the nation, New Jersey is second only to California in installed solar electric generating capacity. No other solar market is growing faster…
Senate Approves Amendment to Repeal Ethanol Tax Credit
June 22, 2011 in World Climate Change Report · Leave a Comment
The Senate June 16 easily adopted an amendment (S. Amdt. No. 476) to a reauthorization of the Economic Development Revitalization Act (S. 782) that would repeal the ethanol blender’s tax credit, signaling growing support to eliminate the subsidy as negotiations continue to find an appropriate vehicle to end the credit…
Interior Department Plans to Double Permits for Renewable Generation by End of 2011
April 13, 2011 in World Climate Change Report · Leave a Comment
The Department of the Interior intends to permit 10,000 megawatts of renewable energy generation on public lands by the end of the year, more than twice the amount approved in 2010, a senior department official said April 8.
Obama Unveils Plan to Reduce Oil Imports with Natural Gas, Biofuels, Fuel Economy
April 5, 2011 in World Climate Change Report · Leave a Comment
President Obama announced a new energy goal March 30 to reduce the nation’s oil imports by a third by 2025…
Japan’s Nuclear Emergency Prompts Obama to Order Review of U.S. Plant Safety
March 21, 2011 in World Climate Change Report · Leave a Comment
President Obama has ordered a comprehensive review of the safety of U.S. nuclear power plants in response to Japan’s nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant…
Chinese, American Officials Announce Clean Energy Deals
January 19, 2011 in World Climate Change Report · Leave a Comment
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Government and business officials from the United States and China stressed cooperation on energy and environmental issues at a forum Jan. 18 where it was announced 13 companies from the two countries were entering into business deals related to…
EPA Outlook 2011: Agency Moving Forward with Regulation in Face of Mounting Opposition, Litigation
January 12, 2011 in World Climate Change Report · Leave a Comment
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Environmental Protection Agency plans to move forward with regulations to control greenhouse gas emissions in 2011, even as calls grow in Congress to take away EPA authority over those…
