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Renewable Portfolio Standards

ALEC Energy Director Misleads the Wall Street Journal

Gabe Elsner | Posted 04.05.2013 | Green
Read More: Renewable Energy Standards, American Legislative Exchange Council, Exxonmobil, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, Electricity Freedom Act, Wall Street Journal, Renewable Portfolio Standards, Fossil Fuels, Alec, State Legislators, Todd Wynn, Duke Energy, Continental Resources, Koch Industries, Peabody Energy, Green News
Gabe Elsner

In Friday's Wall Street Journal story, "States Cooling to Renewable Energy," ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Director Todd Wynn claimed, "I have not received one dime to work directly on renewable-energy mandates."

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Electricity Rates Unlikely to Rise

David Vognar | Posted 08.05.2012 | Chicago
Read More: Citizens Utility Board, Renewable Energy, Ameren, Electricity, Green Energy, Comed, Renewable Portfolio Standards, Illinois Energy Costs, Illinois Energy Prices, Energy Costs, Chicago News
David Vognar

There are many ways for future electricity rates to go down while coal use also declines. Illinois' renewable portfolio standard aims to get 25 percent of electricity from renewable sources by 2025, and in the process, shrink bills.

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Louisiana's Forests Could Be Tapped for Energy Soon

Susan Buchanan | Posted 03.17.2012 | Green
Read More: New Orleans, Point Bio Energy, Bp, Biofuels, Swepco, Chesapeake Energy, Renewable Fuel Standard, Utilities, Sundrop Fuels, Renewable Portfolio Standards, Wood Chips, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Baton Rouge, Electricity, Louisiana Public Service Commission, Cleco, Ethanol, Entergy, Natural Gas, Green News
Susan Buchanan

Roots of mighty oaks push up through New Orleans sidewalks while trees in the metropolis often tower above nearby buildings. Nearly half of Louisiana, in fact, is covered with forests, and the southern U.S. as a whole is considered the nation's wood basket.

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