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After a Decade of Debate, Cape Wind Is a Go

By | 04.28.10 | 11:54 am

At noon, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will announce the fate of a proposed offshore wind farm in Nantucket Sound, near Cape Cod — and The Boston Globe is reporting that Salazar will be giving the project a green light.

Cape Wind will be the country’s first offshore wind More…

Haley Barbour: Mum on 2012, Chatty on Cooking Frogs

By | 07.07.09 | 3:52 pm

With leading contenders for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination dropping like flies, an increasing amount of buzz has surrounded Haley Barbour, the cigar-chomping former Republican National Committee chairman and current governor of Mississippi. Speculation only crescendoed when Barbour visited Iowa and New Hampshire and More…

Peter Orszag on Cap-and-Trade

By | 02.26.09 | 3:04 pm

Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag — who was as involved as anyone with the drafting of the budget outline President Obama rolled out this morning — just held a conference call with progressive media outlets and bloggers, and I took the opportunity to ask him about More…

Keepin’ It Real: Obama Energy Promises

By | 11.12.08 | 3:49 pm

President-elect Obama has said that energy will be a top priority for his administration in its first 100 days — hinting that it will come second only to the economy.

In the past year, the Obama campaign has made a lot of promises on energy, related to jobs, climate More…

No Cake Walk for Victorious Democrats

By | 11.10.08 | 6:00 am

In the wake of Tuesday’s elections — which swept a Democrat into the White House and widened the party’s margins in the Senate and the House — it’s tempting to conclude that the Democrats’ legislative challenges just eased, that the days of GOP obstructionism are over and that the party’s More…

Youth and The “Green Vote”

By | 11.03.08 | 3:05 pm

I have a piece coming up today on how the environment could factor into the youth vote tomorrow.

In my reporting for the story, I came across a group called the Energy Action Coalition, which has run a nonpartisan campaign called “Power Vote” this election season. The campaign’s purpose is More…

What’s Next for Green Businesses

By | 10.08.08 | 6:34 pm

Since the tax credits for renewable energy were incorporated into the financial bailout plan that became law last week, green businesses have breathed a sigh of relief.

But green business owners know that they face obstacles. This week, E&ETV looked at some of them in an interview with More…

Expiring Renewable Energy Tax Credits Get Last Chance

By | 10.01.08 | 3:16 pm

A bill to renew federal tax credits for solar and wind energy has been stuck in Congress all year. That’s made business owners and employees in the industry uneasy.

But the credits may not be dead. Senate leaders decided to attach the renewable energy bill that prolongs the credits onto More…