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| First Solar signs 300-MW PPA with PG&E |
| RenewableEnergyWorld |
First Solar has signed a 300-megawatt (MW) power purchase agreement (PPA) to supply Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) with electricity from a utility-scale solar photovoltaic power facility that First Solar is developing in Southern California. Read More...
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| Grid battle threatens wind development |
| Forbes.com (blog) |
That nationwide transmission backbone people like to dream about, the one that is meant to improve reliability while connecting the country's vast renewable energy resources with its power-hungry population? A group of utilities has gotten together to try to break that backbone before it even gets planned, never mind built. Read More...
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| Senate proposal could hurt U.S. wind industry |
| RenewableEnergyWorld |
This week, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) introduced legislation that, if passed, would restrict any renewable energy project that uses less than 100% U.S. made components from receiving tax payer subsidies and grants. Read More...
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| EPA asked to study gas-drilling technique |
| Reuters |
Dozens of environmental groups have asked urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to study the hydraulic fracturing technique of extracting natural gas, amid concern that it contaminates drinking water with toxic chemicals. Read More...
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| Kyocera to manufacture solar modules in the U.S. |
| RenewableEnergyWorld |
Kyocera Solar announced plans to begin manufacturing solar modules in San Diego to serve the U.S. market's growing demand for clean energy. The U.S. module manufacturing will support a new milestone for Kyocera's solar energy business — global production capacity targeting 1,000 megawatts of solar cells per year by March 2013. Read More...
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| Top scientists admit Climategate seriously damaged public trust |
| New York Times |
A number of top scientists say the unauthorized release last fall of hundreds of e-mail messages from a major climate research center in England caused a major breach of faith in their research. They say the uproar threatens to undermine decades of work and has badly damaged public trust in the scientific enterprise. Read More...
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| White House land grab plan exposed |
| Washington Times |
A secret administration memo has surfaced revealing plans for the federal government to seize more than 10 million acres of Western lands from Montana to New Mexico, halting job-creating activities like ranching, forestry, mining and energy development. State governments are outraged that this land grab would dry up their essential tax revenues for funding schools, firehouses and community centers.
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| Scientists taking steps to defend work on climate |
| New York Times |
For months, climate scientists have taken a vicious beating in the media and on the Internet, accused of hiding data, covering up errors and suppressing alternate views. Their response until now has been largely to assert the legitimacy of the vast body of climate science and to mock their critics as cranks and know-nothings. Read More...
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| Transparency blacked out -- time to get the truth |
| Salt Lake Tribune (U.S. Rep. Cynthia Lummis) |
Our nation's governing document grants every American the right to petition their government for a redress of grievances. Over the course of our history, we have gone to great lengths to ensure that every person has the same access to that right regardless of race, creed or class. In fact, the law dictates that citizens should be reimbursed for their legal expenses should they sue the federal government and win. No American should have to risk their livelihood or savings in order to seek justice. That is why, in 1980, Congress passed the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA).
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| Coalition for Fair Transmission Policy launched |
| The Earth Times |
A diverse group of electric utilities launched the Coalition for Fair Transmission Policy. The group will support legislative and regulatory policies within comprehensive energy legislation that will lead to the most efficient development of the nation's electric transmission systems and clean generation resources. Read More...
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| Defections shake up climate coalition |
| Wall Street Journal |
Three big companies quit an influential lobbying group that had focused on shaping climate-change legislation, in the latest sign that support for an ambitious bill is melting away. Read More...
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| Green energy jobs? Not from Obama's big government meddling |
| U.S. News & World Report |
The Obama administration and its congressional allies have been promising to usher in a green economy that will create millions of new green jobs. There's only one problem with all of the feel-good talk of creating green jobs: It makes no economic sense whatsoever, and where it has been tried most extensively, evidence shows that it's a job-destroying, economy-weakening fiasco. Read More...
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