A bipartisan coalition of senators today unveiled a proposal that would require a certain percentage of the country’s electricity to come from renewable sources like wind and solar. The announcement revived hopes that the measure could move this year, but it remains unclear if there is enough time or political More…
A Senate aide says the renewable energy standard a bipartisan group of senators will unveil tomorrow will use the target in Sen. Jeff Bingaman’s (D-N.M.) energy bill as a baseline. Bingaman’s bill called for 15 percent of the country’s electricity to come from renewable sources by 2021.
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It looks like the renewable energy standard is going to get a high-profile, bipartisan boost. Sens. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) and Sam Brownback (R-Kans.) are slated tomorrow to throw their support behind the proposal. Also, signing on to the proposal: Sens. Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Susan Collins (R-ME), Tom Udall (D-NM).
Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.), the chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, penned an op-ed in Politico today in which he called for passage of legislation setting up a so-called “green bank” that would finance the development of clean energy technology.
A coalition of renewable energy advocates and labor and environmental groups got specific today in calling for passage of a renewable energy standard this year.
In a conference call with reporters earlier today, they called for passage of an RES proposal put forward last year by Senate Energy and Natural More…
At a meeting today with environmentalists, President Obama’s staff would not commit to putting solar panels on the roof of the White House.
Environmental activist and founder of 350.org Bill McKibben has been driving down the East Coast in recent days to deliver to President Obama a solar panel President Jimmy Carter installed on top of the White House. McKibben, in a meeting with the White House today, will ask that the panel, More…
BP just started construction on a new wind farm in Colorado, according to Bloomberg, adding to the eight wind farms it already owns in the United States. The news has gotten little attention in the popular press.
The question going forward is this: Will BP ever be able to More…
The Obama administration unveiled today a report that says the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s $100 billion investment in “innovation” will lead to a number of significant energy-related “breakthroughs.”
Proponents of a renewable energy standard, which would require that a certain percentage of the country’s electricity be produced from sources like wind and solar, have ramped up efforts to convince Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to pass such a provision this year.
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