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Policy & Regulatory Briefing: NJ Target Cut, China Subsidy, Methane MOU

June 8, 2011June 4, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

New Jersey governor Chris Christie yesterday announced plans to scale back the state’s targets under its renewable portfolio standard, the New York Times reports. Christie wants to revise the amount of electricity that has to be derived from renewable sources by 2021, from 30 percent down to 22.5 percent. The changes ... Read more »

New Jersey Quits RGGI, Bans Coal Plants

May 27, 2011May 31, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

New Jersey governor Chris Christie has pulled the state from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), the only mandatory cap-and-trade program in the U.S., while promising to ban new coal-fired plants in the state. Branding the RGGI a failure, Christie told a press conference yesterday that the state will withdraw ... Read more »

PPG Agrees to More Stringent Carcinogen Standards

April 7, 2011July 3, 2017 by Tamar Wilner

PPG Industries will be required to clean up a carcinogen at a New Jersey site to levels four times more stringent than state standards, under a settlement reached yesterday with the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and community groups. The NRDC said the settlement will force PPG to remove 700,000 ... Read more »

Solar ‘Cheap as Fossil Fuels’ in Ten Years; Offshore Wind Areas Unveiled

February 8, 2011February 8, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has unveiled initiatives aiming to make solar power as cheap as fossil fuels, and stimulate 10 GW of offshore wind development, in the next decade. The DOE said the solar initiative, dubbed as a “sun shot” by energy secretary Steven Chu – in reference ... Read more »

Kohl’s Expands Solar Program into PA

September 17, 2010 by Gina Roos

Reaching a milestone in its solar program, Kohl’s Department Stores has activated solar panels at its 100th solar location in Mays Landing, N.J. The retailer also announced plans to expand its solar program into Pennsylvania. The company currently has solar panels at select stores and distribution centers in California, Wisconsin, ... Read more »

RGGI CO2 Allowance Auction Price Sinks to Lowest Level

September 10, 2010October 18, 2016 by Gina Roos

The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) has announced the results (PDF) of its ninth auction of carbon dioxide allowances since it’s launch in 2008. The auction, held Wednesday, September 8, hit its lowest allowed level for allowance prices for the two-year old program, selling at $1.86 a ton, which indicates an ... Read more »

IL, NJ Boost Support for Renewable Energy

August 20, 2010October 18, 2016 by Gina Roos

While Illinois Governor Patrick Quinn signed a law to ramp-up solar energy and announced a $4-million solar grant award, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed an offshore wind power bill. Governor Quinn signed House Bill 6202 into law, which establishes interim solar targets to help Illinois scale up to reach ... Read more »

Wind Turbines Slated for New York

August 17, 2010 by Gina Roos

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey hopes to have five wind towers, each more than 280 feet tall, operating on the west side of New York Harbor within three years, while the Department of Veterans Affairs considers wind turbines on or near its hospitals in Manhattan and ... Read more »

Ten East Coast States, Federal Agency Establish Offshore Wind Energy Consortium

June 10, 2010June 10, 2010 by Gina Roos

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and the governors of 10 East Coast states have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that establishes an Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Consortium to promote the responsible development of wind resources on the Outer Continental Shelf, according to the Department of Interior. The ... Read more »

Anheuser-Busch Adds Solar Array to NJ Brewery

May 18, 2010 by Gina Roos

Anheuser-Busch has installed a solar array on the roof of its Newark, N.J. brewery that will generate more than 523,000 kW hours of electricity annually. The array, consisting of more than 3,000 solar panels, covers 65,000 square feet, and at peak production will supply nearly five percent of the brewery’s ... Read more »

NJ Solar Rebate Program Runs out of Money in One Day

May 14, 2010May 14, 2010 by Gina Roos

New Jersey ran out of solar rebates in one day because Gov. Chris Christie shifted $158 million from the Clean Energy Fund to help close an $11 billion state budget gap, reducing solar rebate funds to $20.5 million, reports NJ.com. Due to a shortage of rebates, more than 1,000 people ... Read more »

New York City Gets Mapped for Solar

May 11, 2010 by Gina Roos

A twin-engine Shrike Commander equipped with a laser system flew aerial missions over New York City to collect highly precise 3-D images of the city and its rooftops, trees, wetlands and everything else, reports the New York Times. The data collected with a laser technology known as Lidar (light detection ... Read more »

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