7 h. ago Solar, Wind Industries See Existential Threat in Senate Tax Bill

A proposed excise tax would exacerbate the pain from the phaseout of subsidies.

Economics

8 h. ago Senate Republicans Seek to Ease Solar and Wind Tax Credit Cutoff

A group of Senate Republicans is pushing a plan to soften an aggressive planned phase out of subsidies for wind and solar projects under President Donald Trump’s tax-and-spending package.

Economics

35 h. ago Trump Tax Bill Hits Senate With GOP Torn by Competing Demands

Senate Majority Leader John Thune is rushing to meet President Donald Trump’s July 4 deadline for pushing through his massive tax and spending bill, but first he has to work through a list of approximately eight Republican senators who have expressed opposition to portions of it.

Economics

36 h. ago Republican senate tax bill would add $3.3 trillion to the U.S. debt load, CBO says

The CBO estimates the Senate bill would increase the deficit by nearly $3.3 trillion from 2025 to 2034, a nearly $1 trillion increase over the House-passed bill,.

Economics

51 h. ago Senate Republicans Advance Trump Tax Bill on Crucial Test Vote

President Donald Trump’s $4.5 trillion tax cut bill prevailed in a crucial Senate test vote, a sign that Republican leaders are resolving the infighting over portions of the legislation and moving toward meeting a July 4 deadline the president has set for passage.

Economics

51 h. ago Trump Tax Bill Advances in Senate After Vance Pressures Holdouts

President Donald Trump’s $4.5 trillion tax cut bill prevailed in a crucial Senate test vote after hours of negotiations between Vice President JD Vance and GOP leaders and Republican holdouts.

Economics

51 h. ago Trump Tax Bill Advances in Senate as GOP Scrounges for Votes

President Donald Trump’s $4.5 trillion tax cut bill prevailed in a crucial Senate test vote after hours of negotiations, setting up fresh round of deal-making as Republicans seek to convince holdouts to support the bill for final passage.

Economics

51 h. ago Trump Threatens to Find Tillis Challenger for Key Senate Seat

Donald Trump signaled he would meet with Republicans interested in challenging Thom Tillis for his Senate seat after the North Carolina Republican opposed the president’s tax bill.

Other

2 d. ago Senate Tweaks Trump Tax Bill in Bid to Court Republican Holdouts

Senate Republicans unveiled a new version of their $4.2 trillion tax cut package that adjusts key provisions on the SALT deduction, Medicaid and clean energy as they try to meet a July 4 deadline set by President Donald Trump.

Economics

6 d. ago Solar Stocks Soar as GOP Mulls Changes to Tax Credits in Bill

Shares of solar companies surged after a Republican Senator said lawmakers are discussing changes to a provision in President Donald Trump’s broad spending bill that would abruptly end tax credits for rooftop panels.

Economics

6 d. ago Battery CEO Says US Senate’s Clean Energy Bill Is ‘Workable’

Battery storage company Fluence Energy Inc. said it can work with US Senate Republicans’ latest version of President Donald Trump’s fiscal package, which would preserve tax credits for the industry while gutting incentives for wind and solar power.

Other

6 d. ago French Lawmakers Reject a Moratorium on Solar and Wind Projects

France’s lower house of Parliament rejected an energy-planning bill that would have imposed a moratorium on new solar and wind projects.

Other

7 d. ago Senate GOP to Offer $40,000 SALT Cap With Lower Income Threshold

Senate Republicans are coming around to the $40,000 cap on state and local tax deduction key House lawmakers demand in President Donald Trump’s massive tax package, but they want to lower the income threshold.

Economics

7 d. ago Engie Says French Renewables Ban Could Endanger €5 Billion Plan

A moratorium on new renewables projects included in an energy law under discussion in France is endangering €5 billion ($5.8 billion) of solar and wind projects that Engie SA is considering over the next 10 years, according to Chief Executive Officer Catherine MacGregor.

Events

7 d. ago Support for solar energy and offshore wind falls among Democrats and independents, AP

Americans’ support for green energy tax credits and renewable energies like wind and solar power has decreased in recent years, according to a new poll, driven by a softening in support from Democrats and independents. The poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that U.S. adults’ support for tax credits for […]

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1 week ago How Senate Republicans want to change the tax breaks in Trump’s big bill

WASHINGTON (AP) — House and Senate Republicans are taking slightly different approaches when it comes to the tax cuts that lawmakers are looking to include in their massive tax and spending cuts bill. Republicans in the two chambers don’t agree on the size of a deduction for state and local taxes. And they are at […]

Economics

1 week ago French Lawmakers Urged to Drop Moratorium on Renewable Projects

France’s renewable energy industry urged lawmakers to ditch proposed legislation that would impose a moratorium on approving new solar and wind projects, saying it would destroy jobs and stall the nation’s plan to curb its use of polluting fossil fuels.

Other

1 week ago Jamie Golombek lays out everything you need to know about the new Canada Disability Benefit

Applications for the much anticipated CDB open on June 20, as long as you are approved for the tax credit

Other

1 week ago Harvard Wins Reprieve, SALT Stalls: Tax Bill Winners and Losers

US businesses and wealthy universities scored major wins in the Senate Republicans’ version of President Donald Trump’s tax bill, while low-income Americans and clean energy providers are poised to be hit the hardest.

Economics

2 w. ago Wind, Solar Credits Set to End Earlier in Senate GOP Tax Bill

Senate Republicans released a bill that would end tax credits for wind and solar earlier than for other sources, dashing hopes of those seeking relief from major cuts passed by the House.

Economics