10-1-06 by dugan Back from the dead. No, not just the bailout bill, but tax credits for wind and solar energy projects, which for months have been a pawn in the battles of dysfunctional…
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Renewable energy update
9-26-08 by dugan Friday update: The House passed its version of the renewable energy tax credit, but it’s still a long shot that the Senate will accept all the changes: three bills instead of one,…
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Renewable energy credit fading
9-25-08 by dugan The House was supposed to take up a Senate tax bill today that would, among other things, extend a crucial renewable energy tax credit that will otherwise expire at the end of…
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Drillers win a talking point
9-23-08 by dugan I get why Congress gave up today on renewing a federal ban on coastal drilling: It was that, or be accused of shutting down government for lack of a stopgap spending bill….
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Energy bill? What energy bill?
9-17-08 by dugan The 290-page energy bill that the House passed last night would be important if it had a chance of becoming law. It doesn’t. Too bad, because aside from a halfhearted acquiescence to…
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Why oil’s down, gas is up
9-11-08 by dugan When a government thinks "regulation" is a dirty word, here’s what happens: The price of crude oil fell today to about $100 a barrel ($2.38 a gallon), yet gasoline spiked to a…
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My take on T. Boone’s Prop 10
by dugan 9-10-08 I was asked to share my analysis of T. Boone Pickens’ Prop 10 on the November California ballot with the California Legislature today. The legislature’s own analysis of Prop 10 was skeptical…
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Cap and trade, explained
8-27-08 by dugan There’s no question that tough, enforceable reductions of carbon emissions are the only way to reduce the threat of global warming. Or that the world is heading into a market-based "cap and…
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Talk is OK, action is way better
8-27-08 by dugan It’s interesting that Andrew Cuomo, one of the few political rock stars, is all but sitting out the Democratic Convention. Instead, he’s productively suing the pants off of government and energy companies…
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Show us your algae!
8-22-08 by dugan I was reading up today on research about turning pond scum into biodiesel. One promising thread is that algae can be fed the carbon dioxide emitted by power plants, multiplying…
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Everybody agrees….
8-19-08 by dugan Las Vegas, NV — There was plenty of room for disagreement at the National Clean Energy Summit. Former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin made a pitch for the "clean coal" fantasy (possibly because…
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Arnold’s big idea: Use less gas
8-19-08 by M.Reback Arnold’s big idea: Use less gas It seems the extent of Governor Schwarzenegger’s solution for Californians to help combat sky-high gas prices is… promoting more efficient use of gasoline. Gee thanks for…
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Google (energy) news
8-19-08 by dugan Las Vegas, NV –Amid a lot of familiar green rehetoric, Google made some real news today at the National Clean Energy Summit–which I should note is sponsored by Sen. Harry Reid of…