7 March '10
4:20 PM EST
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This Week In Green Energy: Cap and What…?

It’s got to be cap-and-trade, anything else won’t work. That’s, in essence, what John Rowe, CEO of Chicago-based power company Exelon, told attendees of the MIT Energy Conference on Saturday in Boston.

In a side interview with GER following his prepared remarks, Rowe said that he did not believe alternative proposals, including cap-and-dividend could work. He said that initiative, also dubbed “cap-and-trade light” would only be a halfway house to an eventual cap-and-trade system. Read More »

6 March '10
10:43 AM EST
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Exclusive: Exelon CEO John Rowe Slams Cap and Trade Alternative

Exelon's Rowe: cap and dividend is a no-go

Exelon Corp. Chief Executive John Rowe on Saturday slammed an alternative to cap-and-trade now being considered by Congress and said the EPA’s plan to regulate carbon emissions is a nonstarter.

Rowe, who runs one of the country’s largest utilities, said the so-called cap and dividend plan would “not work” and would act as “a halfway house to a full cap-and-trade system.” Read More »

23 February '10
4:25 PM EST
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John Kerry: Tri-partisan Climate Bill Close…

Fresh from receiving 100 percent rating from the League of Conservation Voters, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., is making noises about introducing a new tripartisan climate bill soon. Kerry told a climate policy forum today that he is working with White House officials and other lawmakers on getting a bill, Reuters reports.

Any bets on when this new bill is coming out? And will he get support from Massachusetts’ new junior senator, Republican Scott Brown?

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22 February '10
10:47 AM EST
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Warren Buffett’s BNSF Buy Looking Smarter as Coal Surges

Buffett: a clever bet on coal

O, Oracle of Omaha, how could we ever have doubted that your bet on coal was a wise choice?

Now, as coal prices have surged more than 40 percent from last year’s lows, we see three reasons why Warren Buffett’s purchase of the Burlington Northern Sanata Fe railroad – which hauls 1/5 of the nation’s coal – was smart. Read More »

7 February '10
8:41 AM EST
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This Week In Green Energy: Government Intervention Wanted

This week, Green Energy Reporter traveled to Washington, D.C. for the annual Renewable Energy Technology conference (RETECH). The event was held at the cavernous Washington Convention Center where, maybe because of the size of the place or because of the impending blizzard, attendance seemed thin.  Aside from the looming snowstorm, on the minds of the people who made it to the conference were two issues: cap-and-trade and access to capital. Read More »

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