September 29, 2008: House Changes To Renewable Energy Tax Credit Could Kill Bill In The Senate
The House approved an extension of renewable energy tax credits (approved by the Senate last week), but made some controversial changes that some believe will kill the legislation when it returns to the Senate.
The New York Times argues that this tax credit legislation is the last chance Congress has “to end the sniping and posturing and give an increasingly restive electorate an energy policy that includes something besides drilling.”
Seeking Alpha details some key provisions of the tax credits and how to profit from them.
Discover Magazine asked Senators Barack Obama and John McCain about the environment.
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, 10 percent of energy produced in America is renewable.
Climate Progress crunches numbers that suggest a burgeoning geothermal industry.
The Christian Science Monitor reports on the conflict between energy and open space.
Local Green: From Iowa to South Carolina, 100,000 people rallied in communities across America for clean energy and good jobs over the weekend.
The West Texas wind power boom is generating millions in tax revenue and building new schools.
Green Tech attended West Coast Green 2008.
Good Clean Tech visited Chicago’s greenest home.
The Campaign For America’s Future issued “A Call For Common Sense” that demands that any Wall Street bailout include public oversight and “provisions should ensure use of the full array of financial and legal tools available to the government to stop foreclosures and restructure home mortgage loans for ordinary Americans.”
In the video below, Damon Silvers - a “labor official” and “financial industry expert” - spoke about the causes of the Wall Street crisis and how to “give the public a stake in the good assets.”
Thomas Friedman argues that if the financial bailout is to be more than mere respite, it must be linked to an “energy technology revolution.”
–Christopher Greenspan
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