The question last week was whether or not renewables were going to be left behind in the tax deal in Washington. It is a testament to the maturity of the industry that they were not. The key federal grant program, and some other supports for renewables, were extended. One perspective has it that thousands of […]
First of all, sorry to have been absent for a week (plus), but I’ve been wrapping up the end of semester with my great students at NYU, been to a conference (more on that next week), had a house guest with whom I did some local culture, and a few other odds and ends. I’ll […]
As you remember, Dorothy and Toto got blown a little off course. Some coal-fired power plants have had a similar trial. See Coal Plants Blocked here from October 2007 and a follow-up story at Coal Takes Some Lumps from a year ago. It turns out that the company trying so desperately to site its plants […]