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By Jeanne Roberts on December 9, 2011

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Canada has found a predictable ally among oil industry executives in its battle to defend oil (tar) sands from a draft EU law.

BLM and DOE Add Addendum to Western Solar Fast-Track Plan

By Jeanne Roberts on November 7, 2011

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The U.S. Department of Energy and the Bureau of Land Management have crafted an addendum to their solar development plan for the Southwestern United States.

CPUC Adopts Cyber Security Measures for Smart Meters

By Jeanne Roberts on August 8, 2011

California, a national leader in renewable energy technologies like solar, wind and geothermal, is once again leading the pack with standards designed to protect renewable energy consumers using “Smart Meters” from fraud and identity theft.

California's SBX1-2 Aims for 33 Percent Renewable Portfoio Standard

By Jeanne Roberts on March 31, 2011

In some of the best news of an otherwise dismal week, California’s SBX1-2 has gotten the approval it needed from both the State Assembly (the equivalent of the Legislature) and t

Governor Schwarzenegger Receives Inaugural Award

By Joseph Baker on December 14, 2010

Tags: Beautiful Earth Group, AB 32, Beautiful Earth Group, california renewable energy, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Green Governor of the Year, Prop 23, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, energy, Thomas Hawk

Beautiful Earth Group (BE), operator of utility scale solar and wind power facilities, has announced California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger as the first recipient of its Green Governor Award.

Los Angeles Dept. of Water and Power to Reduce Solar Rebates

By Jeanne Roberts on November 15, 2010

Those watching the America's solar power incentive scene lately might be inclined to believe that the honeymoon – inspired in part by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA, also known as the stimulus) – is over.

The Ten Essential Renewable Energy News Stories This Week

By Nathanael Baker on November 5, 2010

Here are the Top 10 Renewable Energy News Stories You May Have Missed this Week:

1. U.S. Leadership Stumbles Again: Obama Says New Energy Policy Unfeasible - A day after his party endured a "shellacking" in midterm elections, U.S. President Barack Obama said passing new comprehensive energy policy was no longer a short-term possibility.

The Ten Essential Renewable Energy News Stories This Week

By Nathanael Baker on October 29, 2010

Here are the Top 10 Renewable Energy News Stories You May Have Missed this Week:

Bill Gates Joins California’s Prop 23 Battle

By Farron Cousins on October 22, 2010

Environmentalists have found yet another ally in their battle to prevent the passage of California’s regressive Proposition 23, which would put a temporary end to the environmental protections passed by governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2006.

PACE update: Palm Desert sues the FHFA, Fannie and Freddie

By K Kaufmann on October 5, 2010

In the ongoing controversy over property-assessed clean energy financing, commonly referred to as PACE, one voice has been conspicuously absent in the national debate -- Palm Desert, the city that actually wrote California's pioneering law on the use of public works-style assessment