waxman-markey

Will the federal government ever take more control of the nation's energy policy? At the Carbon Economy conference in Washington in mid-November, Duke Energy (DUK) CEO Jim Rogers stole the show when he broached that idea. Today, each state has tremendous power to manage its own energy needs;...

Last Wednesday was New York Wind Energy Day. Like other recent officially designated days (New York International Fringe Festival Day, Hispanic Television Summit Day), Wind Energy Day coincided with a big conference: the Wind Power Finance & Investment Workshop, hosted by the American Wind...

Energy production and use in America could be adding as much as $120 billion in hidden costs to the nation, according to a report released Monday by the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the National Academy of Sciences. The report, "Hidden costs of Energy: Unpriced Consequences of Energy...

Big coal's last best hope, carbon capture and sequestration (CCS), which is the missing puzzle piece required to create a truly 'clean coal' energy plant, is dead. The death of CCS, which has not been greatly exaggerated (see here, and here), hasn't prevented the Obama Administration from...

This may be a better time than ever for renewable energy. The climate for passing laws that would create subsidies for it are promising: last year, the Production Tax Credit for wind power was extended, along with a hefty longterm-Investment tax credit for solar power. A loan guarantee program was...

While you were off on your summer staycation, a small group of sunny-faced politicos hit the road in a big blue tour bus, armed with clipboards and talking points developed by a former speechwriter for the late Kenneth Lay, the convicted former CEO of Enron. In the manner of insurance and...

When it comes to the Waxman-Markey bill, or the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACES), it's difficult to sift through all the noise to find concrete and real answers. Between lobbyists, overzealous green heads and plain partisanship, it's not always clear what's hype and what's...