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Caroline Calais is a political economist and writer born at the small island of Gräsö in Sweden. Once living in Europe and South America, Caroline will put energy- and environmental policy in context. Contact her at: ccalais@tx.rr.com

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China to finance $1.5 billion wind farm in Texas

Thursday, October 29th, 2009 · 1 comment

The U.S Renewable Energy Group and Cielo Wind Power LP announced today that they have entered into a joint venture with China’s Shenyang Power...
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Texas adds largest amount of new wind energy capacity

Texas again adds the largest amount of new wind energy capacity, and keeps its lead as the country’s biggest wind producing state, the American...
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Politics 101: What is the International Energy Agency?

The International Energy Agency (IEA) is a Paris based intergovernmental organization founded in November of 1974. It acts as energy policy advisor to...
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Governor Perry: Long term Texas drought threat to livestock

Governor Rick Perry has declared a state of disaster in Texas saying a long-term statewide drought has caused extreme shortage of both forage and hay...
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Secretary Chu calls for global effort to advance carbon capture technologies

U.S Energy Secretary Steven Chu is in a letter to world energy ministers and other scientific leaders calling for an aggressive global effort to...
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Environmental group sues Texas over greenhouse gases

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Consumer advocacy group Public Citizen is suing the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to require the commission to consider global...
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U.S. carbon dioxide emissions to decline nearly 6 percent in 2009

A weak economy and warmer weather will help bring down U.S CO2 emissions almost six percent in 2009, the U.S Energy Information Administration (EIA)...
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Politics 101: What is Senate Bill 20?

Senate Bill 20 extends and expands the Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) put forward in Senate Bill 7. The 2005 legislation increased Texas RPS goal...
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Politics 101: What is Texas Renewable Portfolio Standard?

A Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) was introduced in 1999 as part of a reform that changed Texas’ electricity market (Senate Bill 7). The RPS...
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Politics 101: What is Senate Bill 7?

Senate Bill 7, which was signed into law by Governor George Bush in 1999, significantly changed Texas’ electricity market. The Bill allowed for...
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