December 2011
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Obama Waves Veto Pen at GOP Plan to Link Pipeline to Payroll Tax Cut
The GOP’s latest plan to link approval of the Keystone XL pipeline to President Obama’s payroll tax cut extension is not sitting well with The White House.
![Map of US Wind Power Capacity 1999-2011 [ANIMATION]](http://ecopolitology.org/files/2011/12/installed_wind_capacity_561-150x150.gif)
Map of US Wind Power Capacity 1999-2011 [ANIMATION]
With the Production Tax Credit set to expire at the end of 2012 and the political future uncertain for an extension, wind developers are in a race against the clock to get new wind farms built.
Luminous Time-Lapse Video of Utah Wind Farm
Check out this short but dazzling time-lapse video of the 97-tubine, 306-megawatt Milford Wind project.
Geomembrane Technology Creates Solar-Powered Landfills
Landfills are a constant reminder of all the waste we produce, but a new innovation could throw out the notion of a “dump” by turning them into solar power dynamos.
energyNOW! visited Conley, Georgia to see how one company is generating renewable energy while safely covering nine million cubic yards of municipal solid waste.
