Topic: United States
Aggressive approach is needed for the nation to develop renewable energyA nonpartisan think tank Wednesday outlined an ambitious plan to boost renewable energy development in America and placed Nevada and the West in the center of it.The Brookings Institution proposes the federal ...
Angle: Guinn the culprit in ' 03 tax hike, not SandovalOn the campaign trail, Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle has been trumpeting her appeal of a 2003 Nevada Supreme Court decision that cleared the way for the Legislature to pass a tax ...
In 19th-century America, the government awarded land grants to start what would become the transcontinental railroad and establish universities such as Rutgers and Michigan State.Now, Brookings Mountain West, a research group, is calling for a similarly ambitious effort based on the model ...
AP IMPACT: Solar energy on public lands plagued by bureaucratic delays, apparent speculationNot a light bulb's worth of solar electricity has been produced on the millions of acres of public desert set aside for it. Not one project to build glimmering solar ...
Government should find ways to accommodate military, renewable energyThe West, particularly Nevada, would seem to be the perfect place to focus the nation's renewable energy effort given the wide open spaces and abundance of solar, wind and geothermal resources. But one of ...
Texas-based biofuel company plans to build its first 3 plants in MississippiTexas-based KiOR, a company with plans to produce a crude oil substitute from wood chips and other biomass, will locate its first three facilities in Mississippi. Gov. Haley Barbour and KiOR ...
Duke Energy says it won't pursue plan for small-scale wind turbine project in North CarolinaDuke Energy Corp. said Thursday that it has dropped plans to install demonstration wind turbines on the North Carolina coast, saying the project was too small to be ...
NJ Gov. Christie to sign offshore wind energy tax-credit billNew Jersey Gov. Chris Christie plans to sign a bill into law that would offer tax credits to encourage the development of renewable energy resources. The bill establishes an offshore wind renewable energy ...
Obama lauds workers at Wis. battery plant, says they represent US's renewable-energy futurePresident Barack Obama says a Milwaukee-area battery plant represents the country's future in renewable energy. Obama visited ZBB Energy Corp. in Menomonee Falls on Monday morning. The company makes batteries ...
Democratic PSC candidate wants stronger rules protecting landowners' rights in wind projectsPayments for landowners who live near wind projects could prevent a backlash from rural North Dakota residents who believe they've been treated unfairly, the Democratic candidate for the state Public Service ...
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