Efforts to resolve the roadblocks between environmentalists and renewable energy advocates have born fruit in the sunny southern California desert. Gov. Schwarzenegger and President Obama’s Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced on March 22nd a new collaborative process designed to both … Continue reading →

Trying to balance environmental and economic goals while developing renewable energy is a challenge all over the world, as governments struggle to adjust incentives and regulations to meet sometimes conflicting policy goals. One case in point comes from Spain, where … Continue reading →

While most pundits have declared the omnibus House and Senate “cap and trade” bills as dead, there is growing momentum for an alternative approach that has populist appeal: cap and dividend. Publications ranging from the Washington Post to the Economist … Continue reading →

When the law (AB 117) creating the “Community Choice Aggregation” (CCA) was passed in 2002, the program was touted as a way to allow local governments to choose the environmental cleanliness of their power supply portfolios, but leave the business … Continue reading →