Bill Boosts Wind Power: Miller-Sponsored Measure Would Cut Permit Review
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By Tom Pelton, The Baltimore Sun  Mar. 10--Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller and other leading Democrats are sponsoring a bill that would cut back the state's environmental review of proposals to build large wind turbines.
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Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON &#8212; A bill aimed at blocking states from issuing driver's licenses to illegal immigrants appeared headed for passage today in the House of Representatives, aided by a strong endorsement from the White House and broad support within the Republican majority.
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RICHMOND, Feb. 22 -- The Virginia General Assembly enacted sweeping changes Thursday to the way the state's power companies are regulated, creating greater flexibility that the electric industry says is essential but that critics say will lead to less conservation and higher rates for customers.
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The U.S. House of Representatives  next week could weigh legislation that extends tax incentives  to use renewable energy sources like wind and solar and slaps  new taxes on big energy companies, Democratic aides said on  Friday.
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Energy bill passes. Fossil-fuel companies continue to get tax breaks.
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A US Senate bill that would attempt to slow global climate change by limiting greenhouse gas emissions has a better chance of becoming law now that the Kyoto protocol has been ratified by Russia, one of bill&#39;s authors said on Monday.
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A HUGE wind farm on Lewis would cause "irreversible damage" to one of the country's most important wetland sites, an environmental group said yesterday.  The Scottish Wildlife Trust (SWT) is opposing plans for the 181- turbine development.
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By BRANDON LARRABEE  ATLANTA - New state restrictions on power plants' mercury emissions that go further than federal standards, but are still too weak in the eyes of some environmental groups, are expected to gain approval today from the Board of Natural Resources.
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By H. JOSEF HEBERT  WASHINGTON - A dozen states would be blocked from imposing new requirements on automakers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions under a draft energy bill being prepared for a vote later this month.
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This week's Senate battle over the energy bill heralds a longer fight on climate change, some analysts say.
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By John Murawski, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Jun. 7--State regulators on Wednesday rejected a bid by environmentalist groups to bar Duke Energy from building a coal-burning power plant west of Charlotte.   The N.C.
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By The Dallas Morning News  May 24--State lawmakers have run hot and cold when it comes to environmental legislation this year.   The session began with a flurry of activity and a foot-high stack of proposals aimed at improving air quality.
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Democrats in the U.S. House of  Representatives on Friday introduced a bill that would rescind  billions of dollars worth of tax incentives extended to U.S.  energy companies and put the money into a fund earmarked for  renewable energy.
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Minnesota has a new law that will require utilities to use wind, sun and cleaner-burning fuels to produce a quarter of the state's electricity by 2025, a standard that advocates called among the most aggressive in the country.
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By Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Feb. 18--A proposed federal farm bill could see some local farmers losing their subsidies and others gaining much needed dollars for research, development and marketing.
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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  May 26--The state Senate has unwisely passed a bill that permits an unnamed community to use a sea groin experiment to fight inlet erosion. With that in mind, it's appropriate to recall the recent history of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse.
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By KEVIN MILLER; OF THE NEWS STAFF  State legislators have enacted a bill banning a potentially hazardous chemical used in household products and are poised to approve a measure enrolling Maine in a regional compact on climate change.