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It’s about time: GOP House leader Boehner signals willingness to cut oil,...
EDITORIALThe move by U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner to thrust $3.6 billion in annual tax breaks benefiting producers of fossil fuels represents a possible sea-change in the nation’s...
View ArticleFAST FIX: These residents in the Southeast and Midwest U.S. DO want to combat...
Large majorities of African Americans in Arkansas, Indiana, Missouri and South Carolina believe that everyone — including governments and individuals – can do something to reduce the impact of climate...
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How overturning conventional energy wisdom could resurrect real progress in...
Ever since the Copenhagen round of global climate talks failed in 2009, there have been no shortage of prescriptions and declarations about what needs to change. The subsequent failures in Cancun in...
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U.S. carbon tax talk on the rebound: enough for both parties to dislike . . ....
It might only apply to industry emissions and nary a Republican would dare admit to seriously considering it, but talk of a possible carbon tax is making the rounds in political Washington and...
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10 reasons to create a carbon tax
The possible revival of serious talks about a U.S. carbon tax should take thought-leaders to the most recent credible analysis in a book finished earlier this year by Shi-Ling Hsu, a professor at the...
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Phase-out of wind production tax credit could help secure its extension
Amid the lame-duck rush to conclude the 112th Congress, the proposed extension of the 10-year wind energy production tax credit, or PTC, is one of the two big energy issues President Obama has to...
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Wind industry’s proposal to phase out its Production Tax Credit could shift...
By Bill Opalka, Guest ContributorA proposal by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) to phase out of its key federal subsidyby year-end 2018 in return for its immediate extension could mark a new...
View ArticleFast Fix: The public list of companies preparing for a carbon tax keeps...
UPDATED. . . whether the U.S. and more governments will focus their nation’s economic priorities on a cleaner energy future and a healthier environment with a carbon tax or cap and trade program seems...
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Actions speaking louder than advocacy: Microsoft programming for profit with...
The number of companies taking tangible steps to prepare for and prosper in a lower-carbon economy is growing — even absent a national carbon tax or cap-and-trade regime. Their actions speak much...
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Let’s face it, regulators won’t let U.S. utilities die; they SHOULD update...
The tally of utilities and governments around the world imposing or boosting fixed charges for grid-supplied electricity is rising to make up for the decline in traditional, rate-based revenue. In the...
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Southeast Energy News is now capturing the region’s top energy headlines and...
A project of Midwest Energy News with funding from the MacArthur Foundation and technical support from the Investigative News Network, Southeast Energy News is an effort to build a standalone news...
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FAST FIX: The Solar Investment Tax Credit Extension
I’ve fielded sooo many questions about the now-extended 30% solar investment tax credit (ITC), here briefly is the new law voted on as part of the omnibus spending bill passed by Congress and signed...
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