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- Lost in the Political Flood
- No RES in Senate Energy Bill
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid released details of a newly drafted energy bill yesterday. The bill is more notable for what's not in it, than what is in it.
- POET: Senate Energy Bill missed an opportunity to do something about foreign ...
Today, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid introduced an Energy Bill with the stated goal of lessening U.S. addiction to oil. POET CEO Jeff Broin made the following comments:
- 360+ Organizations Release Statement on Senate Inaction on Energy Bill
Clean Energy Works, a diverse coalition of more than 80 grassroots organizations representing more than 12 million Americans emailed a statement signed by more than 360 groups bemoaning the Senate's failure to address a clean energy and climate policy. It follows.
- Biomass Advancing in the Northeast
Gestamp Biomass, a division of Gestamp Renewables with worldwide operations, and New Hampshire-based Clean Power Development announced that they plan to bring biomass energy projects to the Northeast region of the U.S.
- The Importance of Market Access
- OriginOil Generates Revenue
OriginOil is ready to ship the first part of its manufacturing system ? technology that extracts renewable oil from algae ? to Australia-based MBD Energy, triggering payment under the two companies' contract.
- COMMENT:VISIONS LAUNCHES ONLINE COMMUNITY
Comment:Visions recently revealed a new and improved 'Contributor Community', allowing policy-makers, industry-leaders and experts in energy and environment to interact and network with each other online.
- Time To Ditch The Resume? Strategies For Landing A Green Job In A Tough Market
- Time to scale back renewable energy incentives for the wealthy?
- One Step Towards Biocrude from Algae in Korea
Korean renewable energy developer, Eco-Frontier has signed a non-binding offtake agreement to purchase biocrude produced through Florida-based PetroAlgae's micro-crop technology.
- Why Should VEETC Be Renewed?
The U.S. ethanol industry is nearing a major deadline. The industry's primary subsidy mechanism, the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit (VEETC), is set to expire on December 31, 2010. Federal ethanol subsidies were worth roughly $5 billion in 2009, a figure large enough to create vigorous debate over their renewal. Some call the credits a boondoggle, others a vitally important lifeline for an industry still in its formative years.
- BTEC Commends Legislators for Introduction of Thermal Renewable Energy and Ef...
The Biomass Thermal Energy Council (BTEC) extends its praise to Sens. Al Franken (D-MN.) and Kit Bond (R-MO.) and Reps. Betty McCollum (D-MN.), Jay Inslee (D-WA.) and Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.) for introducing the Thermal Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act of 2010 in the U.S Senate and House of Representatives (S. 3626 and H.R. 5805, respectively). The legislation would assist in developing renewable heating and cooling projects nationwide.