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China's green, low-carbon development nurtures new opportunities: official
2 months, 4 weeks ago

China's green, low-carbon development nurtures new opportunities: official

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-09-27 10:47 A wind farm generates power for grids in Zhoushan, Zhejiang province. BEIJING - China's green and low-carbon development features bright spots and nurtures new opportunities, an official with the country's energy administration has said. Wind power and photovoltaics have become major contributors to China's newly added installed capacity and important forces in the country's energy …

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Wind power can be a major source of tax revenue, but officials struggle to get communities on board
4 months, 4 weeks 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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Hinterland to benefit from wind power thrust
8 months ago

Hinterland to benefit from wind power thrust

China Daily  

Technicians inspect wind farm operations in Hinggan League, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, in May 2023. "Further integration of rural wind power with distributed photovoltaics and biomass power generation in China's countryside will help adjust the rural energy structure, promote rural energy revolution, and contribute to achieving the country's dual-carbon goals." "China's ambition to step up wind power in its rural …

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Japan prosecutors arrest ex-vice foreign minister in bribery case linked to wind power company
1 year, 3 months ago

Japan prosecutors arrest ex-vice foreign minister in bribery case linked to wind power company

Associated Press  

TOKYO — Tokyo prosecutors said Thursday they have arrested the former vice foreign minister of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s Cabinet on suspicion of accepting more than 61 million yen in bribes from a wind power company in return for his promotion of wind power and other favorable treatment. Masatoshi Akimoto, 48, was arrested on suspicion of accepting the bribes, including …

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Tucker Carlson says New Jersey whale deaths are caused by the Biden administration’s offshore wind.
1 year, 10 months ago

Tucker Carlson says New Jersey whale deaths are caused by the Biden administration’s offshore wind.

Slate  

You wouldn’t expect liberal politicians and environmentalists to align with Tucker Carlson on just about anything these days. Things got weirder a month later when Carlson remarked, on a Jan. 13 broadcast, that “the government’s offshore wind projects—which are enriching their donors—are killing a huge number of whales, right now,” citing “seven dead whales that washed up in the Jersey …

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Biden Administration Strikes A Deal To Bring Offshore Wind To California
3 years, 7 months ago

Biden Administration Strikes A Deal To Bring Offshore Wind To California

NPR  

Biden Administration Strikes A Deal To Bring Offshore Wind To California Enlarge this image toggle caption Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images The Biden administration plans to open the California coast to offshore wind development, ending a long-running stalemate with the Department of Defense that has been the biggest barrier to building wind power along the …

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Biden administration unveils offshore wind plan for California
3 years, 7 months ago

Biden administration unveils offshore wind plan for California

LA Times  

The federal government plans to open more than 250,000 acres off the California coast to wind development, the Biden administration announced Tuesday, as part of a major effort to ramp up the nation’s renewable energy and cut its climate-warming emissions. The Department of Defense had also pushed back on expanding offshore wind power into California, warning in the past that …

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