September 1, 2009: America Supports Obama’s Energy Plans
A majority of American’s support the Obama administration’s promotion of clean energy and climate legislation, including the implementation of a cap-and-trade system.
Democrats in the Senate will delay work on climate legislation for a few more weeks, but a vote should come before the end of the year.
In the battle over clean energy and climate legislation, the fossil fuel industries are on a spending spree.
Though incentives directed at clean energy have begun to convince financiers to back larger projects, some worry that finding buyers for new renewable sources may lag if the government does not speed up plans to apply energy mandates.
Expanding nation’s power grid for the incorporation of renewable energy projects - which are often smaller in scope and more widely distributed than traditional sources - requires new strategies for securing permits and funding.
An expanded energy grid could boost CO2 emissions if not coupled with climate change legislation.
The Department of Transportation will provide Solar Roadways with $100,000 to build a solar road panel prototype.
A U.N.-sponsored conference brings 2,500 experts together in Geneva this week, to discuss an information sharing plan that would help nations around the world adapt to climate change.
A piece at Yale E360 considers the likelihood of harnessing solar energy in space.
Local Green: In California, where the state’s renewable energy portfolio is 33 percent, lawmakers are trying to mitigate potential rate hikes associated with added new energy sources to the grid.
–Christopher Greenspan
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