NV: Panel hears pros, cons on nuclear waste at Yucca

By   /  August 22, 2012  /  Environmental, Nevada, News, State Government  /  Comments Off

This is an aerial photo of Yucca Mountain in Nevada.

By Sean Whaley | Nevada News Bureau
CARSON CITY — The potential viability of Yucca Mountain as a long-term repository for nuclear waste was the focus of yet another discussion Tuesday in Nevada, as the Legislative Committee on High-Level Radioactive Waste heard status reports on the now defunded project.
The committee also heard testimony from witnesses, including former [...]

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NH puts another 1.8 million carbon allowances on auction block

By   /  April 11, 2012  /  Energy, News  /  No Comments

WINDY: Nebraska lawmakers are debating a bill to offer incentives for wind energy.

By Grant Bosse | New Hampshire Watchdog

NEW YORK — New Hampshire officials are auctioning off 1.82 million carbon allowances in June. RGGI Inc. today announced that the 16th Quarterly Auction will take place on June 4th. The nine states remaining in the program are offering 364. million RGGI allowances, each of which allows a covered [...]

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NJ caps, trades and runs out of gas on regional greenhouse initiative

By   /  December 9, 2011  /  News, Statehouse News Online  /  No Comments

By Mark Lagerkvist — A final curtain fell this week on New Jersey's role in the ongoing CO2 cap-and-trade opera known as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

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Big Sky Business Journal says cities, counties to sue governor over veto

By   /  September 8, 2011  /  Montana, Montana Watchdog, WatchBlog  /  No Comments

By EVELYN PYBURN
BIG SKY BUSINESS JOURNAL
Officials from several counties and cities in Montana have decided to proceed in a suit that challenges the legality of one of Gov. Brian Schweitzer’s vetoes, following the last legislative session.
The commissioners of Madison, Sweet Grass, Fergus and Carbon counties, and the cities of Sheridan and Roundup – as impacted [...]

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Biomass Industry Fears EPA Ruling

By   /  September 11, 2010  /  Maine, Maine Watchdog, News  /  No Comments

State residents have until Tuesday to comment on a proposed EPA regulation that biomass proponents say would cost jobs, hurt local economies and impede energy security.  
The regulation would treat emissions from biomass generators the same way as emissions from fossil fuel plants.  
If passed in its current form it would make biogenic emissions subject [...]

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