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Transportation is About to be Transformed in the Northwest – Part One
On September 7, 2012, Steve Marshall, executive director of CATES (Center of Advanced Transportation and Energy Solutions), Next 50, and Washington Clean Cities hosted the Beyond Oil: Transforming...
View ArticleHow About Nationalizing the Weather?
Here’s a great idea for fixing the Federal budget deficit: Nationalize the weather. (I’m sure you’re now kicking yourself and asking, “Why didn’t I think of that?”) The Federal government can then...
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FTC’s Green Guides Brown the Water for Eco-Friendly Companies
As politicos debate the role of government regulation in this election season, clean technology companies have new reason to take notice. On October 1, 2012, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”)...
View ArticleProduction Tax Credit for Wind Energy — Is This the End?
The production tax credit (PTC) for wind energy is set to expire. Again! The PTC for wind energy is the only renewable energy source tax credit set to expire at the end of 2012. Wind energy facilities...
View ArticleThe Seattle 2012 Energy Code – Part 1
Grinding Out the Ground Game of Energy Efficiency Back in October of 2011 the Seattle City Council passed a resolution “committing” the City to become a zero-net greenhouse gas emitter by 2050....
View ArticleMore Tax Stuff – Fiscal Cliff Agreement Winners
The agreement reached on the first day of the New Year between Democrats and Republicans that averted the country’s fall over the fiscal cliff produced both winners and losers. That agreement (H.R. 8)...
View ArticleSeattle Energy Code — Part Two
Point/Counterpoint on Requiring Upgrades When Buildings Undergo Major Renovation In an earlier post (Part One) I described the broad outlines of the new City of Seattle Energy Code that is under...
View ArticleWhy Electric Cars Require Us to Get Electric Rates Right Now
I got gas a couple of weeks ago. Ok – mostly that wouldn’t be worth reporting. But it was the first time for my new Ford C-Max Energi plug-in hybrid. Kathleen Petrich reported on January 9 that I had...
View ArticleSequestration and Renewable Energy Financing
Sequestration was not supposed to happen, but it did. We have heard the litany of horrors that will now be visited upon us: longer lines at airport security, the closing of airport runways causing...
View ArticleObama Budget Increases Funding for Clean Energy – But Don’t Get Too Excited Yet
President Obama has released a budget plan for the 2014 fiscal year that increases funding for the development of clean energy. Before you break out the champagne, however, keep in mind that this is...
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