Energy
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Alleged actions are a violation of state law. “A state ethics board alleges that William Weiler repeatedly used his position as a state biologist involved in permitting wind-power projects in Southwest Washington to influence turbine developers to donate money to the Columbia Gorge Ecology Institute, a nonprofit that he led.” State biologist accused of steering…
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A group of environmentalists says renewable energy goal shouldn’t come with destruction of native plant, animal life In the Ivanpah Solar site lies on public lands in the center of very important desert tortoise habitat so the company proposes to move those tortoise to a new area before construction begins. This is a strategy that…
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This article suggests the energy stimulus will be mostly green and decentralized- I’m not sure how the author of this article (Richard Martin) knows this, but he says the part of the stimulus directed specifically at energy will consist mostly of community based activities, retrofitting, energy efficiency and the like. I add that this kind…
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Editorial the the NYT stresses what should be a well known fact — cheapest source of new energy is greater efficiency- Energy Inefficient. Editorial by the New York Times. – – – – – – – Update: President Obama already has online a new whitehouse.gov. On it, among many other things, he lists his policy…
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Alternative energy from the wind and sun comes at a high environmental cost and a cost to democracy if it is done wrong- Basin and Range Watch is a web site that shows the reality of wind and solar in SW deserts- Read (and look at the photos) in the Watch’s Green Energy vs Actual…
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Russian shutdown of gas pipeline starkly shows the danger of centralized energy- We have been arguing against centralized energy as environmentally damaging and inherently insecure. With this development, I don’t think I need to say more. Russia stops all gas supply to Europe via Ukraine. By Lynn Berry and Maria Danilova. AP
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The cheer in the story is for the Energy, Climate Change, EPA nominations- Environmental groups, scientists cheer Obama appointments. LA Times. By Jim Tankersley and Tom Hamburger
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How Bush made a mockery of the nation’s environmental laws and values — and what Obama must do to get us back on track- Story in Salon.com (Salon Magazine). By Katharine Mieszkowski The article doesn’t just speak of Bush sin, but how Obama can redeem on the environment.