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How the Stimulus Is Changing America |
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Michael Grunwald, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010
"For starters, the Recovery Act is the most ambitious energy legislation in history, converting the Energy Department into the world's largest venture-capital fund. It's pouring $90 billion into clean energy, including unprecedented investments in a smart grid; energy efficiency; electric cars; renewable power from the sun, wind and earth; cleaner coal; advanced biofuels; and factories to manufacture green stuff in the U.S. The act will also triple the number of smart electric meters in our homes, quadruple the number of hybrids in the federal auto fleet and finance far-out energy research through a new government incubator modeled after the Pentagon agency that fathered the Internet." FULL STORY
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Browner: Energy bill success possible by year's end |
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White House energy adviser Carol Browner said Sunday that while the Obama administration is "deeply disappointed" that an energy bill was unable to make its way through Congress, the president has not given up hope that it can get done this year. FULL STORY
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Governor Announces First Renewable Energy Tax Abatement |
Construction and facility jobs will be created
Carson City, Aug.11, 2010 – Governor Jim Gibbons today announced a major step in the future of renewable energy in Nevada. Nevada Energy Commissioner Dr. Hatice Gecol has awarded the first renewable energy tax abatements of $10.4 million to Ormat Technologies, Inc., a Reno-based Corporation. The award will allow the company to create 60 new construction jobs in the Pershing County area.
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National Clean Energy Summit 3.0: Investing in American Jobs |
National Leaders to Focus on Clean Energy to Create Jobs, Fuel Economic Recovery
 Nevada will once again host the nation’s premier conversation about the importance of the transformation to a clean energy economy, with this year’s focus on investment and access to capital in the job-creating clean energy industry. “National Clean Energy Summit 3.0: Investing in American Jobs,” will be held on Tuesday, September 7, at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). That announcement was made today by Nevada Senator Harry Reid, Center for American Progress Action Fund President and CEO John Podesta, and UNLV President Neal Smatresk. This will be the third year that the nation’s top investors, elected officials, labor leaders and environmental organizations will gather in Las Vegas to talk about the next steps to build on the progress being made in this important industry that will help our economy recover and reduce our reliance on oil and other fossil fuels.
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New energy policy would lift Nevada |
 Monday, July 26, 2010 Letter to the Editor: Scot Rutledge, Exec. Dir., Nevada Conservation League
The news last week that the Senate will not take up comprehensive climate and energy legislation is disappointing, but I am very grateful for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s hard work on this issue over the past two years. Additionally, the early and courageous support by Reps. Shelley Berkley and Dina Titus gave Nevadans hope that we would see a new energy policy that would bring jobs to our community.
Nevadans understand that the stakes are too high to ignore climate change when our hotter and drier climate imperils our water supply, public health and our way of life. Nevadans understand the need for diversifying our economy and that comprehensive energy reform will create thousands of new jobs and attract new industries to Nevada.
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