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  • BIPARTISAN MEMBERS INTRODUCE HOUSE BILL SUPPORTING OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY
    Jun 14, 2010  - Today, Reps. Mike Castle (R-DE), Kathy Dahlkemper (D-PA), and Vern Ehlers (R-MI) introduced legislation to extend the production and investment tax credits for offshore wind energy until 2020.  The Senate companion legislation was previously introduced by Sens. Tom Carper (D-Del.), Olympia Snow... More
  • World Ocean Week
    Jun 10, 2010  - This week, I had the opportunity to vote on a resolution recognizing June 8, 2010 as "World Ocean Day."  World Ocean Day gives each of us the opportunity to pay tribute to the ocean for what it provides and notes that ocean stewardship is necessary to provide for current and future generations.... More
  • Harnessing the sun -- cheaply (Wilmington News Journal)
    Jun 8, 2010  - New research into solar power at the DuPont Co.’s Chestnut Run campus will accelerate innovation and help drive down the price of harnessing the sun’s rays to generate electricity, company officials said Monday at the opening of the research facility there. The Chestnut Run lab, a 10,000-square-f... More
  • LEGISLATION TO OPTIMIZE COORDINATED CONSERVATION OF DELAWARE WATERSHED
    Jun 7, 2010  - Today, Rep. Mike Castle (R-DE), co-chair of the Delaware River Basin Task Force (along with Reps. Dent, Hinchey, and Holt) in the U.S. House of Representatives, was joined by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), the Delaware River Basin Commission, and Dela... More
  • Federal funds could flow to Delaware River (WHYY)
    Jun 7, 2010  - For millions of people from New York to Delaware, the Delaware River and Bay is a source of drinking water, recreation and jobs. Standing just a few feet from the river's shores in New Castle, Congressman Mike Castle (R-Delaware) announced Monday new federal legislation that would help protect an... More
  • Markell, Castle applaud Cape Wind (WDEL)
    Apr 29, 2010  - Governor Markell applauds Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's decision to support the Cape Wind project off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Markell says offshore wind will play an important role in creating a sustainable economic and energy future for our nation. He says the Secretary's decisi... More
  • DELEGATION APPLAUDS INTERIOR DEPT. ANNOUNCEMENT
    Apr 21, 2010  - Today the U.S. Department of the Interior has taken the first step for leasing a wind energy project on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) by issuing an initial "Request for Interest" for renewable energy development projects off the coast of Delaware.  The Energy Policy Act of 2005 granted the ... More
  • CASTLE SUPPORTS CLEAN ESTUARIES BILL
    Apr 15, 2010  - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Clean Estuaries Act of 2010 (H.R. 4715), which reauthorizes the National Estuary Program (NEP) for fiscal years 2011-2016.    "Estuaries are unique places where freshwater and saltwater mix to create a special environment for many plan... More
  • CASTLE: FEDERAL AID STILL NEEDED TO REPAIR DAMAGE TO DELAWARE'S COAST
    Mar 25, 2010  - Rep. Castle continues to urge Appropriators to provide financial assistance to repair damage to the Atlantic Coastline, including significant damage to Delaware's beaches, caused by the November Nor'Easter and Hurricane Ida.  The House passed HR 4899, to appropriate FEMA funds but the bill incl... More
  • LEGISLATION TO OPTIMIZE COORDINATED CONSERVATION OF DELAWARE WATERSHED
    Feb 25, 2010  - Today, Reps. Mike Castle (R-DE), Charlie Dent (R-PA), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), and Rush Holt (D-NJ), co-chairs of the Delaware River Basin Task Force in the U.S. House of Representatives, introduced the Delaware River Basin Conservation Act of 2010 to further coordinate conservation efforts in the De... More