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From The Wall Street Journal : It is is nauseating, not instructive, to celebrate the wealthy individuals who can afford to take advantage of subsidies provided by the rest of us, to build exceedingly expensive “high-efficiency” homes (” The Homely Costs of Energy Conservation ,” Currents, Aug. 7). Energy-saving multipane windows, insulation and appliances have been available for decades but are beyond most people’s means. Meanwhile, solar panels don’t grow on trees; plus, they are very ine

Here are four entries from the Atlantic Yards Report, two of which we missed yesterday. Atlantic Yards as paradigmatic Bloomberg failure? See DDDB in FUNY In February, I pointed out that Mayor Mike Bloomberg, on his campaign web site, neglected to mention two new baseball stadiums and a long-stalled basketball arena, much less that subsidies for the latter might make the arena a money loser for the city. Indeed, since then, the Independent Budget Office has estimated that th

China has launched an unprecedented and long-awaited plan to offer subsidies for utility-scale solar power projects, sparking a rally in shares of Chinese solar panel makers on Tuesday. Shares of top Chinese panel maker Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd (STP.N) soared 10 percent, Yingli Green Energy Holding Co Ltd (YGE.N) climbed 14 percent, Trina Solar Ltd [...]

Development projects funded through the city of Pittsburgh would have a green string attached under new rules that got their first approval from council yesterday. If developers want tax-increment financing subsidies — the most potent form of city … source:http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09197/984275-53.stm?FORM=ZZNR5 Related posts:Pittsburgh-funded projects to be environmentally friendly - Pittsburgh Post-GazetteGroup advocates green building codes - Pittsburgh Post-GazetteConnelley [...] R