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CleanTechLaw · 4h ago

Legislative wrap up: Energy stances on renewable investments, merger payback, opt-out fee for smart meters and state transmission ownership lost steam

The most prominent energy issues in the Vermont Legislature this year seem to be the ones that didn’t happen. For what seemed like half the session, lawmakers quibbled over whether to intervene in a Public Service Board docket to require utilities to give $21 million in windfall money to rate...
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CleanTechLaw · 1d ago

Iowa tax credit approved late by legislature will help Mason City ethanol plant

A $12-million tax credit for a north central Iowa ethanol plant is almost secured, thanks to provisions in one of the last bills to clear the 2012 Iowa legislature this past week. The so-called “standings” bill is a sort of “catch-all” that covers many topics. Lawmakers included a fix for the...
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CleanTechLaw · 2d ago

South Korea's new climate law signals global momentum to curb climate change

By Jennifer Andreassen South Korea's new climate law will establish a cap-and-trade system covering about 60 percent of the country's greenhouse gas emissions. South Korea today became the first country in Asia to pass climate change legislation that limits the country's carbon emissions, ...
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CleanTechLaw · 3d ago

Vermont renewable energy bill gets last-minute overhaul

It was do or die for the energy bill on Wednesday. After a fight on the Senate floor over the House proposal to expand the buildout of renewable energy projects over the next 10 years, the legislation was on life support by Tuesday night. The options? The legislation would either pass, die in...
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CleanTechLaw · 4d ago

New legislation proposes slashing 'Big Oil' subsidies to promote renewables

For some solar policy advocates, a recent bill introduced in Congress would appear to represent their dream legislation. After all, its purpose, as summarized simply in its introduction, is "to provide incentives for clean energy and to repeal fossil fuel subsidies for big oil companies." Thi...
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CleanTechLaw · 5d ago

Hawaii bills aim to reduce oil use, energy costs

Legislation before Hawaii's governor could expand geothermal energy production across the state. The pending measures could increase the geothermal output on all islands by amending the Hawaii State Planning Act to encourage development of geothermal energy on state and public trust land. ...
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CleanTechLaw · 6d ago

New bill proposes to extend wind energy PTC, slash oil subsidies

A group of Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives has introduced new legislation that would extend a number of incentives for wind power and other forms of renewable energy while stripping subsidies for fossil fuels. The bill - Investing to Modernize the Production of American Clean E...
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CleanTechLaw · 1w ago

Mexico leading the way for energy change

Mexico’s Climate and Energy Law Canada and the US should take a closer look at their southern sister nation’s environmental protocols. Last week, Mexico’s senate approved a groundbreaking climate and energy law, becoming the second country in the world to approve strict guidelines for environme...
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CleanTechLaw · 1W ago

Rhode Island bill builds wind authority

The House Bill, H7592 was introduced by Representatives Gallison, Malik, Morrison, Edwards, and Handy on February 16, 2012. The Senate Bill 2870 is sponsored by Senator Lou De Palma, with the support of Senators Paiva-Weed and Chris Ottiano. It has been deemed to be a "dangerous" bill by Rhod...
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CleanTechLaw · 1W ago

Africa: Kenya first in continent to have climate change law

KENYA is set to become the first African country to establish an independent Climate Change Authority through the enactment of a law this year, the Parliamentary Network for Renewable Energy and Climate Change (Panerecc) has said. Panerecc chairman David Koech said the authority will be establis...
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