World:
¶ Proposals of German Environment Minister Altmaier and Economy Minister Rösler to change the German feed-in tariff system have failed. That means there will be no big changes in German feed-in tariff law this year. [CleanTechnica]
¶ The Ontario legislature has defeated proposed legislation that would have serious curtailed the province’s feed-in tariff for solar and wind energy. [PR.com]
¶ An advertisement, in which Donald Trump attacks support for wind farms by the Scottish First Minister, will this week be condemned as “misleading” by the UK Government’s advertising watchdog. [Herald Scotland]
US:
¶ The source of a tritium leak at the Pilgrim nuclear plant has been found during the course of a routine inspection. [Enterprise News]
¶ The owner of the Kewaunee nuclear plant, which will close on May 7, estimates the decommissioning will cost $920 million. The federal government is responsible for the disposal of the spent fuel, which will take up about a third of that cost. [The Sheboygan Press]
¶ The Vermont Senate has passed an increase on taxes for gasoline and diesel oil. [BurlingtonFreePress.com]
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