greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com - 5/26/2009
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With many states' legislative seasons winding to a close, state lawmakers have been getting busy on the energy front.
renewableenergyworld.com - 6/1/2009
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renewableenergyworld.com —
Vermont's feed-in tariff legislation became law at the
end of business on May 27, 2009. H. 446...
is the first legislation calling for a full system of advanced renewable tariffs in the US to pass the legislature and become law. The bill includes ...
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Vermont FITs Become Law: The Mouse That Roared
initforthegold.blogspot.com - 5/26/2009
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I. An Unlikely Distribution Consider this astonishing map
of the distribution of a particular pesticide. There's a...
book out called "What's The Matter with Kansas" which investigates the strange prospect of the hardscrabble states of the interior voting reliably against their own ...
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Motorcycle Maintenance and the Matter with Kansas
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Earth2Tech —
... The State of State Energy Policies: As the legislative season comes to a close in some states, Kansas now has a renewable portfolio standard, Washington has an executive order aimed at reducing coal plant and auto emissions, Vermont may soon have new incentives for clean energy generation and Nevada has a few bills meant to attract solar panel makers to the state. — NYT’s Green Inc. ...
Energy and Global Warming News for May 27th — GE plans $1.5 billion in cleantech R and D by 2010
Climate Progress —
... emissions. Companies covered by the bill whose emissions exceeded their caps would have to purchase emission allowances, or buy offsets — for example, by investing in rainforest preservation. Some allowances could be banked or borrowed to ease transitions. But the decisions would affect firms’ choices of fuels, introduction of new technologies, and decisions to hire, fire, expand, shrink or move operations overseas.
State Energy News Round-up
With the legislative season winding down ...
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