Buffett Purchases $2 Billion Solar Farm in California
Maybe Warren Buffett’s purchase of a California solar farm will finally force a recognition of the potential of solar energy from an economic standpoint. Since the dissolution of Solyndra,...
View ArticleRepublicans Raise Concept of Extending Wind Power Tax Credit, With Eventual...
There’s an election to win, particularly in wind-rich states like Iowa and Colorado, and so now the Republican standard-bearer has changed his position on allowing the wind energy production tax...
View ArticleThe Fate of Energy Policy in the Lame Duck Session
I don’t think the late-in-the-game bid for a carbon tax will come to pass, but energy policy will become critical in the coming weeks, with expiring measures and controversial subsidies up for bid....
View ArticleThe Pileup Behind the Fiscal Slope, and the Consequences of Inaction
Say what you will about the 2010 deal to extend the Bush tax cuts, which helped to set up what we’re seeing this month. But there was definitely a virtue in getting it done by early December, allowing...
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