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New Michigan Tax Plan Keeps Some Low-Income Aid

A new version of Gov. Rick Snyder’s tax plan would preserve but scale down a tax credit that helps low-income Michigan workers.

The Garia Golf Car Movie

Calpine Corp. Reports First Quarter 2011 Results, Reaffirms 2011 Guidance

HOUSTON–(BUSINESSWIRE)– Recent Achievements: Generated 19.0 million MWh 1 of electricity Commenced commercial operation at York Energy Center, a 565 MW combined-cycle power plant in eastern Pennsylvania, …

RES Lacking in a Senate Energy Bill

Greens pledge carbon tax, corporate tax hike

Elizabeth May says a Green Party government would raise corporate taxes to 2009 levels, charge $60 a tonne for carbon emissions – and legalize pot.

Renewable Energy Tax Credits are Huge for Solar, Geo Thermal Heat Pumps and more

Question: From an environmental standpoint, is it better to convert to Natural Gas from #2 Oil or Install Solar Panels?

I can only afford to do one at this point in time at my house. Financially, it is a wash (The outlay for Solar Photovoltaic is much higher but is offset by savings on my electric bill and substantial New York State subsidies & tax credits. I assume switching from oil to gas for heating is a financial wash after the up-front conversion costs). Here are the relevant facts for my house: we burn, despite all our conservation efforts, about 1600 gallons of #2 heating oil a heating season. I can fit a 4.590kW Solar Array on my roof that is expected to net 5116(kWh) a year. I already bought a Prius so don’t suggest that as a better environmental solution. Any help with this decision would be appreciated.

Answer: Solar

Energy expert advocates solar power

Solar energy expert John Thornton used his own 1963 Littleton home as an example of what solar energy can do for the homeowner’s budget and discussed “What’s New in Solar Energy?” and how to get started with a Bemis Library audience on March 14.

Twin Oaks Community Huge Solar PV Array

Question: If Al gore wasn’t set to make billions off of crap n tax, would he even care about global warming?

Matt Taibi—Rolling Stone magazine:

“The bank owns a 10 percent stake in the Chicago Climate Exchange, where the carbon credits will be traded. Moreover, Goldman owns a minority stake in Blue Source LLC, a Utah-based firm that sells carbon credits of the type that will be in great demand if the bill passes. Nobel Prize winner Al Gore, who is intimately involved with the planning of cap-and-trade, started up a company called Generation Investment Management with three former bigwigs from Goldman Sachs Asset Management, David Blood, Mark Ferguson and Peter Harris. Their business? Investing in carbon offsets. There’s also a $500 million Green Growth Fund set up by a Goldmanite to invest in green-tech … the list goes on and on. Goldman is ahead of the headlines again, just waiting for someone to make it rain in the right spot.”

Answer: hell naw

Business briefs: March 10

CHATTANOOGA – Miller Industries Inc. is raising its annual dividend by 20 percent to 12 cents per share from 10 cents per share.

Dr. Robert Young at Rep. Roscoe Bartlett’s Go Green Energy Conference 2010.MP4