State Renewable Portfolio Standards under attack by state legislatures *

USA - May 2 2013
Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) are under attack. This may sound surprising to some, especially considering the upsurge in public consciousness…

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New York governor pushes for increased cleantech investment *

USA - January 15 2013
During his State of the State address on January 9, 2013, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo discussed a number of important topics regarding the…

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Lisa Jackson to step down as EPA administrator; is a cleantech innovator next in line? *

USA - December 27 2012
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that Lisa Jackson will step down following President Barack Obama's State of the Union…

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Lower costs and state incentives making solar increasingly affordable in the commercial and residential markets *

USA - October 17 2012
For years, many commercial and residential property owners have viewed solar power as a poor financial decision due to the high costs of acquiring and installing solar panel units.

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U.S. Government moves to fast track solar development on public lands *

USA - August 1 2012
Last week, the Obama administration—through the U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S. Department of Energy—released the Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for an initial set of 17 solar energy zones on 285,000 acres of public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) across six western states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah.

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