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Report by Environmental Group Analyzes Energy Bill Emissions Reduction Scenarios
Categories: Energy Policy, Illinois, Publications - Wednesday Sep 26, 2007 12:53Via BeSpacific.
Press release: “A new analysis released today by Environmental Defense shows that energy legislation passed by the House and Senate would let greenhouse emissions continue to increase for the next three decades, even if the best fuel-saving and renewable energy provisions in both bills were combined in conference committee…Environmental Defense?s analysis examines how well U.S. greenhouse gas emissions might be reduced under a law that incorporates the key provisions of both bills. The result is a set of emissions reduction scenarios for more optimistic and less optimistic expectations for the outcome of the conference and implementation of the final law…The full analysis is available online here.”
Power cos. get incentive to save kilowatts
Categories: Energy Efficiency, Energy Policy - Friday Sep 7, 2007 09:28Read the full story at Stateline.org.
Environmentalists have long touted conservation as the cheapest way to cut energy pollution, but power companies usually have little or no incentive to sell less electricity.
This year, three states are launching programs to conserve energy and curb global warming while preserving utility profits. Idaho has enacted the nation’s boldest plan to encourage efficiency by guaranteeing that utilities won?t sacrifice profits by selling less electricity. Maryland and New York regulators also approved measures to give power companies incentives for energy efficiency.
Rendell?s global warming plan still in the workshop
Categories: Climate Change, Energy Policy, Great Lakes Region - Tuesday Aug 14, 2007 10:25Read the full story in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
Gov. Ed Rendell, who has been outspoken on the need to limit emissions of global warming gases, has not delivered on a promise to come up with his own strategy for Pennsylvania.
Administration spokesmen would give no reason for the delay, other than to say a plan is still being worked on.
State developing, researching alternative fuels industry
Categories: Energy Policy - Wednesday Aug 8, 2007 11:04Read the full story from the Arkansas News Bureau.
No matter the density of the forests nor the ampleness of the soybean harvests, nature alone will not transform the Natural State into an alternative fuels hub.
Decades of research, development and investment separate Arkansas from its potential as the Silicon Valley of alternative fuels that Gov. Mike Beebe envisions for eastern and southern parts of the state, officials say.