Environmental Law

In The News (October 1)

By Dennis Pfaff and Kevin Livingston, Editors

• Efforts by Congress to tackle the nation's financial crisis could breathe new life into renewable energy tax credits, as a huge economic bailout plan heading for a Senate vote also included an extension of the energy incentives, according to The New York Times. A summary of parts of the the bill breaks down the renewable and other tax provisions of the legislation.
• A British study finds that wind turbines do not drive birds from surrounding areas; researchers, however, didn't look at another potential danger, that of birds colliding with the blades, reports Reuters.
• Venture capitalists invested a record $2.8 billion in green technology enterprises in the third quarter, more than double the previous quarter, according to a report from Greentech Media.
• Bob Loux, the man who for 23 years led Nevada's charge against federal plans to bury nuclear waste in Yucca Mountain, has resigned from the state agency he headed, his career ends marred by controversy over pay raises, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. 
• Those "squiggly" energy-saving fluorescent light bulbs present some obvious environmental pluses but for some states there may also be trade-offs, reports Environmental Capital.

Full post as published by Climate Law Update on October 01, 2008 (boomark / email).