The PSC meeting last week was marked by two dramatic changes for Florida electric utilities. Utility-oriented commissioner Carter was succeeded as chair for 2010-2012 by the far more consumer-oriented commissioner, Nancy Argenziano. In remarks made while nominating Ms. Argenziano, Chairman Carter said, “. . . she answered the call to leadership.” But in the same meeting in which new electricity conservation [...]
As we approach the 1 year anniversary of the unprecedented Tennessee Valley Authority coal ash disaster in Kingston, TN, the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) brings us new ground breaking data showing just how shockingly toxic that sludge really was. The EIP report issued on Dec. 8, 2009 featured… New data highlighted in public for the [...]
As Jen and I prepare to head over to Copenhagen Friday, this article caught my eye: “Decade of 2000s was warmest ever, scientists say.” Also, our friends at National Wildlife Federation and Union of Concerned Scientists have put together some good “Fast Facts on Global Warming Science.”
The world’s eyes are firmly fixed on Copehangen, Denmark today for the opening of the 15th Conference of the Parties on climate change. For the next 14 days, delegates from the United States and 191 other nations will discuss, argue and negotiate towards what we hope will be a universally-accepted, fair, ambitious and binding international [...]
The answer is quite simply, no. According to a three-year study released by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory that analyzed data from thousands of homes located near wind farms in the U.S., wind energy projects have no impact on home values after wind project construction. This may come as no shock. Many folks do not believe that [...]
“Our focus on developing the solar industry in Tennessee can create lots of new jobs, if we just choose to see the light.” This quote didn’t come from a clean energy or environmental advocate. It came from Tennessee’s commissioner of Economic and Community Development, Matt Kisber, in his November 18th guest editorial in the Nashville [...]
