Thursday
Feb112010
The Council of State Governments/Eastern Regional Conference
100 Wall Street, 20th Floor
New York, NY 10005
www.csgeast.org
CSG/ERC 2011 Annual Meeting Presentations and Video Clips Now Available
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Energy & Environment Program Sessions
August 6 & 7 Offshore Wind Seminar
August 8 Committee Meeting: Linking Electric Vehicles, Renewable Energy & the Grid
Energy Plenary: Advancing the Regional Clean-Energy Economy
Energy & Environment Committee Site Visits: Sustainable Nova Scotia
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Report from the States
The Bright Future of Solar Energy in New England
Experts expect global market dynamics for solar energy to change dramatically in the next year, with two important results. The price of solar photovoltaic cells (PVs) could fall by as much as 25 percent, and solar developers from Europe are setting their sights on the U.S. as the next best market opportunity. Although California and the Southwest come to mind first when thinking about energy from the sun, it is Northeastern states that may be the most attractive region for developers. More
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In the Spotlight
The Newest Question in the Continuing Debate about Shale Gas & the Environment
Among the environmental controversies sparked by the use of hydraulic fracturing to extract shale gas, the most basic one concerns the quantity of greenhouse gas emitted over the fuel's entire life cycle --from the initial stage of drilling and completing wells, through the intermediate steps of processing, transporting, storing and distributing gas, to the endpoint of its combustion at power plants. Until recently, this issue played a far less prominent role in the shale-gas debate than concerns about the possible harm to water supplies, air quality or the character of rural communities. But in recent months, concerns about the contribution of shale-gas wells to greenhouse-gas emissions have come to the fore. More