Environmental Law

In Other News (May 16)

By Dennis Pfaff and Kevin Livingston, Editors

• Legislation that would renew billions of dollars in tax breaks for solar, wind, biomass and other renewable energy sources and extend a proposed new tax credit for ethanol fuels not produced from corn is advancing in the U.S. House, according to Reuters.
• Rising amounts of nitrogen entering the oceans from human activities are less beneficial than previously thought as a fertilizer for tiny marine plants that help slow global warming, according to a scientific report recounted by Reuters.
• Germany, not exactly synonymous with the sun, has become an unlikely leader in the race to harness the sun’s energy, reports The New York Times.
• The Bush administration is close to implementing new air quality rules making it easier to build power plants, including coal-fired facilities, near national parks and wilderness areas, according to agency scientists and park managers opposed to the concept, says the Washington Post. 
• The coal industry and its allies are pouring millions of dollars into an election-year campaign to clean up the image of the fossil fuel, reports Salon.  

Full post as published by Climate Law Update on May 16, 2008 (boomark / email).