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Wind power can be a major source of tax revenue, but officials struggle to get communities on board
5 months ago

Wind power can be a major source of tax revenue, but officials struggle to get communities on board

Associated Press  

PIPER CITY, Ill. — In Scott Saffer’s science classroom, kids bake cookies in a decked-out kitchen, care for fish, turtles and a snake, and have access to a workshop full of tools. “Those kinds of numbers, they’re the difference between us being here and not.” An Associated Press analysis of county tax data in Illinois found wind companies rank among …

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The Big-Tech Clean Energy Crunch Is Here
54 years, 11 months ago

The Big-Tech Clean Energy Crunch Is Here

Wired  

Big Tech’s appetite for energy is just about visible from the east coast of Scotland. “There is a recognition that as power demand increases, the industry will have to find alternative energy sources,” says Colm Shorten, senior director of data center strategy at real estate services company JLL, explaining that server farms are increasingly looking for “behind-the-wire” power supply, whether …

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Germany, once the envy of the world, is now its worst-performing major developed economy. Why?
1 year, 3 months ago

Germany, once the envy of the world, is now its worst-performing major developed economy. Why?

LA Times  

Evonik Industries, a specialty chemicals company based in Essen, Germany, operates this plant in the nearby town of Marl. Germany risks “de-industrialization” as high energy costs and government inaction on other chronic problems threaten to send new factories and high-paying jobs elsewhere, said Christian Kullmann, the CEO of major German chemical company Evonik Industries. “We’re in a situation where we’re …

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Russians buy last goods from H&M, IKEA as stores wind down
2 years, 4 months ago

Russians buy last goods from H&M, IKEA as stores wind down

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Many Western companies promised to …

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Plan to limit turbines riles growing Kansas wind industry
3 years, 9 months ago

Plan to limit turbines riles growing Kansas wind industry

Associated Press  

TOPEKA, Kan. — A Kansas legislative committee’s leader lit a political prairie fire with a proposal that critics say would end investments in a wind energy industry that has grown into the state’s largest supplier of electricity. “I don’t intend to let this issue drop.” But Alan Claus Anderson, vice chair of the national Polsinelli law firm’s energy group, which …

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Trump policy that weakened wild bird protections is revoked
3 years, 9 months ago

Trump policy that weakened wild bird protections is revoked

Associated Press  

— The Biden administration on Monday reversed a policy imposed under former President Donald Trump that drastically weakened the government’s power to enforce a century-old law that protects most U.S. bird species. The move halted enforcement practices under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act in place for decades — resulting most notably in a $100 million settlement by energy company BP …

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Rajasthan Mines And Minerals Ltd. Challenges Provisions Of IBC Regarding Govt. Companies, HC Stays Proceedings Against Company
4 years, 1 month ago

Rajasthan Mines And Minerals Ltd. Challenges Provisions Of IBC Regarding Govt. Companies, HC Stays Proceedings Against Company

Live Law  

The Rajasthan High Court while hearing a plea by Rajasthan State Mines and Minerals Ltd challenging Sections 3, 2, 238, 7, 8 and 9 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 with respect to government companies incorporated under Section 617 of the Companies Act, has granted an interim stay on insolvency proceedings against the company ongoing before the National Company …

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