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The National Energy Act of 1978, which Carter pushed through Congress with single-minded intensity, tripled federal funding for solar energy research, created loans and tax credits for homeowners to insulate their homes and install renewable-energy heating and cooling systems, set national efficiency standards for electrical appliances, provided $100 million for schools, hospitals, and local governments to install energy-conservation technology, and imposed a gas-guzzler tax on inefficient vehicles to encourage gasoline conservation.

The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

The National Energy Act of 1978, which Carter pushed through Congress with single-minded intensity, tripled federal funding for solar energy research, created loans and tax credits for homeowners to insulate their homes and install renewable-energy heating and cooling systems, set national efficiency standards for electrical appliances, provided $100 million for schools, hospitals, and local governments to install energy-conservation technology, and imposed a gas-guzzler tax on inefficient vehicles to encourage gasoline conservation.

The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

The National Energy Act of 1978, which Carter pushed through Congress with single-minded intensity, tripled federal funding for solar energy research, created loans and tax credits for homeowners to insulate their homes and install renewable-energy heating and cooling systems, set national efficiency standards for electrical appliances, provided $100 million for schools, hospitals, and local governments to install energy-conservation technology, and imposed a gas-guzzler tax on inefficient vehicles to encourage gasoline conservation.

The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

Gridlock in Washington is rightly seen as a setback for renewable-energy advocates.

Pennsylvania's Vote for Gas Overshadows Renewables Liam Denning 2010

By Wednesday morning, skies had turned dark over Washington, D.C., for renewable-energy companies.

Pennsylvania's Vote for Gas Overshadows Renewables Liam Denning 2010

Spanish engineering and renewable-energy company Abengoa SA agreed to sell its 40% stake in Telvent to Schneider Electric and some of Abengoa's managers also agreed to sell a 1.5% stake they hold in Telvent.

Schneider Bids for Software Firm Inti Landauro 2011

Staffers from coal, renewable-energy, health-care and other business units broke into small groups to figure out “how to help companies” — its customers, in particular — “get those funds,” according to one person who attended.

Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » The Corporate State, Illustrated 2009

Sensing the public fear over nuclear power after the Fukushima accident, Mr. Kan pushed a renewable-energy law that requires the utilities to buy power from outside sources, including wind farms and solar projects.

Japan's Kan Resigns as Party Leader Toko Sekiguchi 2011

Reporters who called the Obama administration for information on renewable-energy provisions in the legislation were directed to GE.

Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » The Corporate State, Illustrated 2009

Since its founding in 2005, LDK has grown to become one of the world's largest solar wafer producers as it, like other Chinese-based renewable-energy companies, benefited from government policies that provided tax breaks and other benefits.

LDK Solar Swings to Loss Melodie Warner 2011