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Lawmakers referenced the movies “Alice in Wonderland” and “Ishtar” during a sometimes bizarre debate on a renewable-energy bill that tied up the Senate for a day and a half.

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A proposal requiring Colorado utilities to use more renewable energy, including smaller-scale solar projects, is headed toward passage at the Capitol. The Senate passed the Democratic bill in a 21-13 party-line vote Friday, sending it back to the House. The bill, backed by Gov. Bill Ritter, is expected to win final approval there. Utilities must now get 20 percent of their power from renewable …

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DENVER – Sen. Bruce Whitehead’s renewable energy bill passed the Legislature on Friday in a 21-13 vote, but even before it passed, the bill generated enough heat to raise temperatures in the Senate.

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Gov. Jim Doyle says he’s open to approving a scaled-back clean energy bill as long as a key provision setting new renewable energy standards remains in tact.

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Home owners and businesses in California might soon be able to tap a statewide borrowing program to pay for renewable energy projects.

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Bill Ford Jr. believes innovation will drive the car industry into more prosperous days ahead.

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Bill Ford Jr., executive chairman of the Ford Motor Co., told a luncheon crowd of more than 400 at Laurel Manor & Banquet Hall in Livonia that a healthy manufacturing base is vital to the strength of metro Detroit and the U.S. economy.

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Utility companies in Kentucky would be required to get as much as 12.5 percent of their electricity from renewable sources — like wind, water and the sun — by 2020 under a bill filed this week in the General Assembly.

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The top Democrat and Republican on the Senate Finance Committee released a draft of the chamber’s jobs bill Thursday, vowing to maintain the “bipartisan character” of their negotiations going forward.

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Another jobs bill, this one with the name of state Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg attached to it. Actually, it’s a collection of 27 bills, which the Democrat unfurled at a Chronicle editorial board meeting on Tuesday, aimed at creating 140,000… California – Darrell Steinberg – President of the Senate – Democratic Party – United States

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