Expanding Green Jobs’ Appeal
By Larry Rulison, Timesunion Business Writer
Published: 12:00 a.m., Saturday, November 27, 2010
COLONIE -- While some of the region's best clean-energy jobs are at places such as General Electric Co. in Schenectady and Niskayuna, a new undertaking funded with state money targets green ...
Cheap or Clean? The Energy Dilemma
By MATTHEW L. WALD
As Tom Zeller Jr. and I wrote in Monday’s Times, the recession has had a significant effect on renewable energy projects like wind farms. But it is not only wind energy that is suffering. As prices for ...
Utilities Face the Decision Point of Big Shifts — to Gas, Renewables and Efficiency
By JOEL KIRKLAND of ClimateWire
Published: July 9, 2010
With or without a climate bill, electric utilities are shifting their investments to efficiency measures that cut long-term costs and integrate more natural gas and renewable energy into their power supplies, according to ...
U.S. Electricity Bills Down, But Not For Long – 866-572-2274
By Scott DiSavino - Analysis
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Many Americans have been getting a break on their electricity bills during the recession, but they should not expect the relief to last long as power demand recovers and climate regulations loom.
Utilities ...
No Floor in Sight for Natural Gas; Prices Plunge – 866-572-2274
By CHRIS KAHN (AP) – September 3, 2009
NEW YORK — Natural gas prices tumbled again Thursday, hitting new seven-year lows after the government reported more supplies were put into storage as the entire country pares down on energy usage.
That will ...
Why Property Taxes Rise While Real Estate Falls
by Glenn Pasanen
April 2009
In the midst of the New York's budget woes, one bright note has been the steady revenue flowing from the city's biggest tax, its real property tax. According to the Independent Budget Office's March Analysis of the ...





