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Over Half of US governors, GOP and Dem, Unite in Wind Energy Coalition
Both Republican and Democrat governors united in a coalition recently to urge Congress to pass an extension of a critical wind industry tax credit during the lame duck session. The 28 governors formed the Governors’ Wind Coalition, a bipartisan group … Continue reading
Making Clean Energy A Personal, Political Priority: Building Online Outreach Centers
If you find the following useful, please spread the word to your various networks and contacts! An overwhelming majority of scientists agree that climate change is accelerating into an ever larger man-made problem, and that one of major solution avenues … Continue reading
Crowd Power, the New Force for Boosting Renewables
Back in April, President Obama signed the JOBS Act, and one of the most-heralded elements was so-called crowdfunding, which could have big implications for community-based renewable energy projects, reports John Farrell at Climate Progress. The law sought to solve a … Continue reading
Japan Plans To Replace Nuclear With Wind Power
As its government seeks to move away from nuclear energy, wind power in Japan is surging in popularity, with a growing number of power utilities and heavy industrial manufacturers starting offshore turbine construction projects, reports Tomoya Fujita at the Asahi … Continue reading
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Clean Energy Grew From a Model Democracy – Denmark
Western democracies consider themselves to be efficient, farsighted and just, prime examples of “good governance.” But in recent years, the euro and debt crises, along with wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, have shattered faith in the reliability of Western institutions. … Continue reading
Turbine Harvests Tidal Energy of the Bay of Fundy
Looking somewhat like a horizontal eggbeater, a tidal turbine generator with helical blades has begun harvesting the powerful tides of the Bay of Fundy, reports Jess Bidgood at the New York Times. The bay has some of the world’s highest … Continue reading
Republican Mitt Romney Favors Suppressing Clean Energy
Presidential candidate Mitt Romney wants to increase taxes on wind companies steeply enough so that it would be a major league job killer, reports Carl Pope at the huffingtonpost. Romney explained that he wanted to“create a level playing field on … Continue reading
Clean Solar Energy Shines Through Indian Blackout
While much of India, Asia’s third largest economy, recently plunged into blackout darkness, the lights of a small rural village continued to shine due to the arrival of solar power last year, reports Jo Winterbottom of Reuters News. On a … Continue reading
Power In a Pipe – A New Hydro System
Imagine producing cheap hydropower without having to build a dam or threaten migrating salmon. Portland startup LucidEnergy has developed a way to do it inside a water pipe, reports Steve Law at the Portland Tribune. Lucid has developed a simple … Continue reading
US Feds Create Solar Energy Zones
The Obama administration unveiled plans recently to ramp up solar energy production, offering incentives for solar developers to cluster projects on nearly 300,000 acres of federal land in the western U.S and opening almost 20 million more acres of the … Continue reading
