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A guest post from Mark Louis re alternative energy … This was a pretty big week in energy news.  First, Senators John Kerry & Joe Lieberman introduce the American Power Act(greatest name ever).  Then, to help drive home the need for a comprehensive energy bill, the EPA announced new regulations for greenhouse gas emissions, reminding […]

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Not-In-My-Back-Yard!!!   This is perhaps one of the most natural of human reactions. Sludge plant? I might poop but don’t put that upwind of me. Oil Refinery? I’ll drive as much as I want but don’t let that cancer-causing behemoth ruin my view or threaten my kids’ health. A hospital in the neighborhood? Sure, save my […]

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NIMBYism is a real challenge when it come to moving forward with clean energy systems. Whether it is homeowner associations blocking solar panels or solar dryers (e.g., clotheslines) or manufactured outrage over offshore wind turbines that would be barely visible from shore, often uninformed but passionate clamor derived from issues of “views” can delay and, […]

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Consider rating it up at YouTube so more people will see it …

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The contrasts are stark. The week when Deepwater Horizon blew was also the week in which Interior Secretary released the (hopefully) decisive decision to give the go-ahead to Cape Wind. Stark choice: do we want to drill aggressively, increasing the risks of massive oil damages to our oceans and costs or do we want to […]

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Senators Kerry and Lieberman are, as is understood, planning to release the American Power Act Wednesday morning. Initial material has ‘leaked’, including a two-page summary (graciously transcribed from a pdf version to text by the Wonkroom) and a 21 page section-by-section “for staff use only” available on the Washington Post website. By my nature, I […]

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Adam Smith at the Public Campaign Action Fund has a simple but telling post up: Big Oil Spill and Big Oil Cash.    He provides a graphic with the images of Senators on the Energy & Natural Resources Committee and the Environment & Public Works Committee … and the amount of campaign contribution cash that they’ve […]

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Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) has a must read OPED in the Baltimore Sun today. The title provides a realist’s truth: Gulf spill a lesson nation must heed: Clean energy legislation will protect our coasts, create jobs Let us be clear: Cardin’s OPED is not earth shattering revelation, bringing out the meaning of life in some […]

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This is another guest post from BruceMcF, whose ideas on transportation (mainly, but not solely rail) merit heeding. See Burning the Midnight Oil. Well how the frack d’ya like me now? I’m not going to say “toldya so”, since many who will be reading this diary said much the same during the “Drill, Baby, Drill” […]

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A guest post from Mark Louis who has begun a very useful habit of preparing Alternative Energy Roundups on a roughly weekly basis. Lamar Advertising Co. in Florida is making advertising a green enterprise: Lamar Advertising Co. will start retrofitting all billboards across Florida with wind and solar energy systems. The company intends to complete […]

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