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July 2009
7/8/2009
T. Boone Pickens' Response Greenwire Story In response to a news story we circulated yesterday (“Pickens cancels plan for 1,000-MW farm”, Greenwire), Mr. Pickens asked that we distribute the following statement: More. . .
House appropriators burn the midnight oil on DOE spending bill The House Appropriations Committee early this morning sent a $33.3 billion energy and water spending bill to the House floor that slows an Energy Department plan to create new energy innovation "hubs." More. . .
7/7/2009
Obama admin urges Senate to pass energy, climate bill Four top Obama administration officials urged the Senate today to pass sweeping climate and energy legislation that builds off momentum created last month by the Democrat-led House. More. . .
Pickens cancels plan for 1,000-MW farm T. Boone Pickens is no longer planning to build the world's largest wind farm, instead settling for five or six smaller facilities. More. . .
A busy week ahead as Senate starts work on cap and trade The Senate climate debate cranks up this week with a series of hearings and high-level meetings aimed at producing legislation that can be matched up with last month's House-passed bill. More. . .
7/3/2009
Green Power Takes Root in the Chinese Desert As the United States takes its first steps toward mandating that power companies generate more electricity from renewable sources, China already has a similar requirement and is investing billions to remake itself into a green energy superpower. More. . .
7/2/2009
Transmission Briefing, Hall of the States
Letter from Larry Pierce.
June 2009
6/29/2009
Governors' Wind Energy Coalition Meeting Follow-Up Monthly Conference Call Follow-Up. More. . .
Gov. Mark Parkinson: Help Kansas make most of wind For Kansas, the most important piece of economic legislation that Congress will consider this year is whether to adopt a national renewable energy standard. An RES would require electricity producers to make or purchase a percentage of their power from renewable resources. Because Kansas is the third best state in the country for the development of wind farms, out-of-state utilities that don't have renewable options would be lining up to buy clean, Kansas wind. More. . .
A Funding Roadblock Ahead for Clean Energy A landmark climate bill that narrowly passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday would cap greenhouse gas emissions across the United States for the first time and also create a national target for renewable energy production. More. . .
6/25/2009
Governors' Wind Energy Coalition Meeting Agenda Monthly Conference Call Agenda. More. . .
House Dems, Obama lobby last batch of fence-sitters House Democratic leaders continue their full-court press for votes today on a comprehensive energy and global warming bill slated for floor debate tomorrow, with backup help coming from the Obama administration and former Vice President Al Gore. More. . .
6/24/2009
Governors' Wind Energy Coalition Meeting Reminder Monthly Conference Call Reminder. More. . .