NJ renewable energy proposal debated

New Jersey’s proposed energy policy calls for 22.5 percent of the state’s power to come from renewable sources within 10 years — a goal that was the subject of heavy debate at a legislative hearing attended by nearly 100 people Thursday.

Environmentalists said they want a 30 percent target, but business leaders said that would drive their costs up.

Eminent domain mining law posed to change

Nevada's 130-year-old legal provision giving mining companies the right of eminent domain might be about to get buried because of an unlikely coalition of liberal and conservative forces.

Environmental activists and Tea Party Republicans have joined forces in criticizing the provision, which dates back to Nevada's Comstock era when mining companies ruled the state's economy and its politics.

Arizona withdraws support for EPA greenhouse gas endangerment findings

The state of Arizona, which had supported the Obama administration's decision that greenhouse gases are a threat to human health and the environment, has dropped out of the massive court battle over U.S. EPA's new climate regulations, court records show.

Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne (R) asked to withdraw the state from the litigation in the U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Columbia. The court approved the request this morning.

Turkish Parliament passes new renewable energy law

Turkey’s Parliament approved a law today that regulates the renewable energy resources market in Turkey. 

The new law limits the volume of energy that the state is allowed to buy, determines the long-term prices for electricity purchases, and requires regulations be drafted to define and evaluate the regions that are to be used as resource fields.