According to Washington Post reporting, the coal industry is using an Astroturf organization, the Americans for Balanced Energy Choices, to wage a $35 million dollar effort to gain traction in the 2008 Presidential campaign for a more polluting future for America and the Globe. (Note, this is not how the Post described it, but less […]
Coal: $35 million in Astroturfing
January 18th, 2008 · 5 Comments
Tags: astroturfing · carbon dioxide · coal · Global Warming · greenwashing · politics
Gusting Wind: Good news in renewable power
January 18th, 2008 · Comments Off on Gusting Wind: Good news in renewable power
2007 saw a real gust of wind, with wind power faceplate installations increasing by 45 percent. With 5244 megawatts (mw) of installation, US installed wind power capacity is nearing 17 gigawatts, with installations in 34 states. In 2008, for the first time, the United States should have over 1 percent of its electricity come from […]
Tags: electricity · financial policy · renewable energy · wind power