Solar & Electrified Vehicle News Roundup (Tesla Stock & Models, Chevy Volt App, Bill Maher…
I spent most of the weekend covering a bunch of stories I’ve been wanting covered but no one has been … [continued]
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Tesla Wakes To Rude Surprise As Chris Christie Administration Does Opposite Of What It Said
Update: the Christie administration approved the rule, which means Tesla can not sell its vehicles in the state starting April … [continued]
Solar News Roundup
Some more solar news for your reading pleasure: Spain PV Tariff Did Not Increase 2012 Tariff Deficit Solar3D Moving Towards … [continued]
Solar-Powered Electric Vehicle Charger Unveiled
An intriguing solar-powered electric vehicle charger has been created and recently unveiled by Princeton Satellite Systems in Plainsboro, New Jersey. Called … [continued]
Additional 223 MW of Solar Sought in New Jersey
$883 million is being requested from New Jersey state regulators to expand the Public Service Enterprise Group solar power … [continued]
Governor Chris Christie Strengthens NJ Solar Industry
When New Jersey’s Republican Governor Chris Christie ran for office in 2009, he campaigned very aggressively on his belief in the value … [continued]
NJ Solar May Rise Again — “Resurrection Bill” Passed
New Jersey (NJ) had the most new solar power installed of any state in the US in the first … [continued]
Record CO2 Reduction in US Cap & Trade States
In yet another resounding success for cap & trade policies, today carbon dioxide pollution capped by the 10 participating RGGI states of the US Northeast has been reduced to its all-time low of a mere 124 million short tons.
Power plant CO2 emissions in the states that participate in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) cap & trade dropped 34% below the cap in 2011, according to a new report from Environment Northeast, at Point Carbon News.
So… are they cowering in caves, like Rush Limbaugh says?
New Jersey Pulling Out of RGGI? Not Yet, but Maybe.. (& Clear Reasons Why It…
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, one of the Republican party’s many two-faced liars (who says he is promoting renewable energy but is, in fact, doing everything he can to fight its growth), recently announced that he was pulling the state out of the Northeast’s climate change and clean energy cap-and-trade program, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). Well, it turns out, Governor Christie may not have the power to do so soon… but it’s going to be a close call.
3 States Stay in Northeast Cap & Trade Program (for Obvious Reasons) Despite Huge Republican/Tea…
I had been worried about two or three states pulling out of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI, pronounced “Reggie”), the nation’s first cap and trade program for greenhouse gases, for awhile. It seemed 99.9% sure that New Hampshire would pull out after its House of Representatives voted to pull out of the initiative and its Senate had a clear Republican majority likely to do the same. Even if the Governor tried to veto such a decision, he could be overridden.
