Latest Stories in Energy Policy - Page 12
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Expiring US Wind Power Tax Credits Threaten 37,000 Jobs - As German Renewables Overtake Nuclear, Gas
Two graphic examples in renewable energy policy: One from Germany on how to do things properly and reap the clean energy results, and one from the US on how exactly not to do things.
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Shell Gets Approval To Drill in Arctic, Spills 14,000 Gallons in Gulf of Mexico
The two aren't causally linked of course, but the symbolism and timing is pure tragicomedy.
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Natural Gas Prices, Not Renewables, Responsible for Biggest Rise in Bills
The media loves to blame renewable energy subsidies for a rise in energy bills. But the rising cost of fossil fuels is much more significant.
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Control Of Mercury Emissions From Coal-Fired Plants May Increase Midwest Electric Bills Seven Percent
Midwest electricity blls may rise seven percent due to cost of controlling mercury and other toxic emissions from coal burning.
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High Court Grants Urgent Hearing on UK Solar Feed-In Tariff Cuts
Most Brits want support for clean energy, but the Government is slashing subsidies fast. Now key solar players have been granted a High Court hearing. This could get interesting.
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Bizarre Taiwan News Animation Mocks Canada's Pullout of Kyoto (Video)
Taiwanese animators mock prime minister Harper and paint Canada as a nation of oil-hungry tycoons willing to sell out the rest of the world for sweet tar sands oil. Watch:
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It's Official: Brits Want More Wind Turbines, More Solar, More Subsidies
A new poll shows public is overwhelmingly in support of wind, solar, and Government subsidies for clean energy.
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Officials Who Regulate the Drilling Industry Are Also Tasked With Promoting It
State oil and gas agencies across the country that are supposed to be regulating the drilling industry, and ensuring risks to the environment and human health are minimized, are also tasked with promoting the same industry.
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Greenpeace Activists Arrested After Infilitrating Two French Nuclear Plants
Protesters broke into two power plants, unfurling an anti-nuclear banner at one and hiding for 14 hours at another.
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American Crocodile Finds Refuge from Extinction in Nuclear Power Plant
With people overruning their habitat, the american crocodile was in decline. Guess where they are making a comeback?
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Obama Announces $4 Billion Initiative to Upgrade Energy Efficiency of Nation's Buildings
Bill Clinton joins the president in launching a new private-public initiative that will create tens of thousands of jobs and drastically lower energy costs.
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Boehner to Accelerate Keystone XL Pipeline As Part of Payroll Tax Bill
House Republican leaders are planning to accelerate approval of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline by adding it to a bill that has nothing to do with the pipeline.
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British Columbia's Quest for Carbon Neutrality
In 2007 BC's Premier shocked North America when he announced his government's bold Climate Action Plan. Is it working?
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How Can Clean Energy Grow When Governments Are "Broke"? If Indeed They Are...
How can we create a clean energy revolution in a supposed "age of austerity". A free mega-webinar aims to find out.
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Obama's Compromises on the Environment are as Destructive as Bush's Ignorance
Hell-bent on being seen as a great compromiser, Obama has weakened just as many environmental protections as Bush.
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Obama Administration Just As Bad On Environment As Bush, Says New Report
"Tucked in a corner of the Old Executive Office Building, an obscure group of some three dozen economists exerts extraordinary power over federal rules intended to protect public health, worker and consumer safety, and the environment."
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Bill Gates: U.S. Should More Than Triple Energy R&D Budget to $16 Billion
Without cheap clean energy, we won't be able to solve many of the world's problems. Now is not the time to cut energy R&D in the name of 'austerity', but rather the time to invest more.
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Why Hasn't America Embraced Feed-In Tariffs?
Feed In Tariffs are considered the best legislative tool for supporting renewables. So why hasn't America gotten on board?
