CHICAGO, June 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new online resource launched by the Environmental Law & Policy Center will help consumers understand how solar energy could power their homes and businesses. With solar panel prices at their lowest point in years and new financial incentives available, solar power is becoming an attractive opportunity to many consumers. Solar power makes sense for the growing number of consumers concerned about unpredictable energy bills and looking to solve global warming pollution problems," said Howard Learner, Executive Director of the Environmental Law & Policy Center. "We're giving consumers the tools they need to tap into this clean energy resource.
This article summarizes Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) activities relating to new nuclear power plant initiatives. The time frame covered by this report is Jun 1, 2006 to Jun 30, 2007. Momentum in NRC activity related to new plant initiatives, spurred by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 incentives, continues. Activities of the NRC in support of, and preparation for, these new nuclear power plant initiatives fall into three major categories: 1. activities related to Early Site Permits, 2. activities related to Design Certification, and 3. activities in preparation for reviewing new combined license applications. In Environmental Law and Policy Center v. NRC, several environmental groups intervened in the Exelon Early Site Permit proceeding for the Clinton plant before the Atomic Safety...
Becoming an attorney is something Lane Powell's Parna Mehrbani wanted to do from a young age. She originally wanted to pursue a doctorate in English literature at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, but after working at the Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest as an intern, she decided to apply to Lewis and Clark Law School. Today, Mehrbani's practice focuses on intellectual property law. She manages Lane Powell's trademark registration and enforcement practice, including trademark portfolios for both small and large companies. She has been named an Oregon Rising Star for the past three years by Super Lawyers.
The Environmental Law and Policy Center's new study of Wisconsin's solar and wind energy supply chain has found that 171 Wisconsin companies are part of the wind energy supply chain, and 135 companies in the state are part of the solar energy supply chain. The solar and wind industries provide more than 12,000 jobs in Wisconsin, according to a news release from the ELPC. The job growth has been supported by utility incentives and state policies like Wisconsin's Renewable Portfolio Standard and Focus on Energy program, according to the release.
CEOs and senior-level people across a broad spectrum are entering the environmental field in droves," says Rona Fried, founder and president of SustainableBusiness.com, which includes a "Green Dream Jobs" online directory. "They're saying 'I'm the CEO of an IT company and I want to put my skills to work for the environment. How do I make that transition?' Those in-country manufacturing jobs are not to be taken lightly. They represent a huge possibility for a new "green-collar" economy to restore a rapidly disintegrating American middle class. The 10 Midwestern states, ideally suited for wind energy development, could see nearly 37,000 new jobs by 2020, according to the Environmental Law and Policy Center, if the nation's renewable energy portfolio were set to 22 percent. According to...
A federal judge has ruled in favor of the U.S. Forest Service's plan to log 8,800 acres of northern hardwoods in the Chequamegon- Nicolet National Forest near Clam Lake. The plan is one of four major logging proposals by the Forest Service that have been challenged by Habitat Education Center of Madison and the Environmental Law and Policy Center of Chicago.
Questionnaire Responses Show All Candidates Support "Green Growth Platform" of Environmental Law & Policy Center and Other Chicago Environmental Groups CHICAGO, Jan. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- All of Chicago's mayoral candidates committed to improving Chicago's environment through their responses to the Green Growth Platform issued by the City's leading environmental and conservation groups. The candidates' responses are online at: www.mayoralgreenplatform.org.
Kharbanda was a key team member on the Environmental Law & Policy Center's farm bill team in helping press Congress to provide grants and loan guarantees for farmers investing in renewable energy such as wind turbines.
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