Montana: Renewable portfolio standards face changes

The latter two bills have come in for sharper criticism by some green-power advocates.

Dave Ryan, president of the Montana Renewable Energy Association, says SB257 rewards hydropower producers for plant upgrades they have already done.

‘The intent of the (law) is to be an incentive to help projects get going that are new,” he says. “These hydro projects are not new and they’ve already been paid for, so this (bill) is cutting a fat hog for these guys.”

Renewable energy 'green bank' idea takes root | Energy | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

A coalition of energy companies hopes to reinvigorate the market for funding renewable energy projects by creating a government-backed “green bank” to serve as a conduit for billions of dollars in federal loans.

From On High: Where's Paul Harvey When We Need Him?

So, is global warming affecting only the Northern Hemisphere? It would have to be the case if that which the Washington Post is telling us is true. But then what is causing the ice levels in the Antarctic to be steadily building? Global cooling?