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HOUSTON — Phillips 66 CEO Greg Garland said he doesn't expect the Keystone XL pipeline to gain U.S. approval this year and suggested that regulators will need to “fix” requirements governing the blending of biofuels into gasoline. Environmentalists are pressing hard for the Obama administration to deny a permit, arguing that oils sands produce a dirty form of crude and that pipeline spills would

CHEYENNE, Wyoming — A Utah company that proposes to build a wind farm south of Douglas is seeking an extension under its state permit. Salt Lake City-based Wasatch Wind has asked the Wyoming Industrial Siting Commission for 10 more months to ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Gov. Pat McCrory says a new law laying out rules for building wind farms in North Carolina will help create a diverse supply of energy for the state and boost the economy.

Colorado company applies for permits to build facility, using the existing dam on the north side of Hamilton. A Colorado firm has begun applying for permits to study the feasibility of a hydroelectric facility on the Lehigh River in Allentown.        

Texas Rep. Pete Olson, along with more than a dozen cosponsors reintroduced legislation this week that would permit natural gas-based ethanol to compete with corn- and switchgrass-based ethanol for a federal biofuel mandate. As of now, the eight-year old ...

“It is considered that whilst the proposed wind farm will, if permitted, result in significant landscape and visual impacts over a localised area of four to six kilometres the overall benefits that would be derived by the proposal are such that the proposal is ...

The Shasta County Planning Commission Thursday put off until June its decision on a use permit for a .25-megawatt solar facility in the Happy Valley area proposed by a San Francisco renewable energy company.

Ala Moana Center will soon become home to Hawaii's largest solar photovoltaic rooftop system with a $3 million, 1.17-megawatt project, according to permit data from the City and County of Honolulu. Maui's RKR Enterprises Inc., which is doing business as ...

The program allows a third-party contractor that is not associated with anyone who installed a resident's photovoltaic (PV) system to inspect the installation and submit the inspection forms to the Department of Planning and Permitting for approval. Residents ...

Chris Coons, D-Del., introduced a bill intended to permit renewable energy projects to use a master limited partnership (MLP) structure currently available to nonrenewable projects. The proposed MLP Parity Act is a revision of a bill introduced by Coons and ...

The Final Rule has been in development since 2011 and permits the BLM to segregate public lands for renewable energy ROWs in the event that a proposed site is under multiple uses. Segregation would be effective for two years. The BLM previously lacked ...

Management and lawyers for The Andersons’ Clymers ethanol plant are working to determine what impact the ruling of a recent Indiana Court of Appeals case regarding air pollutant emissions may have on the plant.

Paul Tine, D-Dare, of District 6 including Pantego in Beaufort County, which is the site of a proposed wind farm, must have been convinced of the validity of the bill, which had several revisions because it went to the house floor without opposition. ACT was ...

A wind turbine permit bill that allows those advocating for clear flight paths for the military to be heard in the permitting process was overwhelmingly passed the N.C. House on Wednesday.