Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam treads carefully with new energy policy
“We would always like to see more aggressive efforts to move the needle faster. But it was a pleasant change to have a statewide leader starting that conversation.”
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Some Charlie Crist campaign money passed through PAC at Florida frat house
“It's very sad to see how far (Crist) has fallen away from his fire-in-the-belly stance he's had to defend consumers. To me, it's just a very overwhelming moment of disappointment.”
Experts take aim at TVA's problems
TVA Chairman Marvin Runyon outlines the agency's major problems including $17.9 billion in debt, damaged public image from closed nuclear plants, and high nuclear contractor costs. The article discusses Runyon's restructuring efforts and potential cuts to…
North Carolina Gets Great Clean Air News
“Under the terms of the settlement, Duke will retire old coal plants that have double the electric generating capacity of Cliffside, and will make those retirements legally binding.”
Reviving units an option, TVA says
“It makes no sense to make these sites on the Tennessee River where we get our drinking water the nuclear dumps of our region”
Energy advocates: State nuclear cost recovery bill is unconstitutional
“State-sanctioned monopolies are using this nuclear-tax scam as an entitlement to extract money from consumers. This a really bad deal for the consumers of Florida.”
Legislators taking a new tack on energy
“When it looked like they were getting darn close to getting cap-and-trade at the federal level, the fossil fuel industry spent a lot of money on a misinformation campaign”
Senators reject efforts to repeal so-called 'nuclear tax'
“We need to get rid of this unfair practice which privatizes the profits and socializes the risk. You've taken the risk off of the utilities -- these Fortune 500 companies -- and you're putting it onto ratepayers who can ill-afford it at this time.”
Nuclear power NRC approves first new nuke reactors since 1978
“In a very literal sense, the rubble has not cooled in Japan, and the NRC has granted a license for a new, unproven reactor design here in the United States”
Progress Energy customers on hook for $1.1B for nuclear plant that may never be built
“The experience in this case is that it is neither cheap or reliable. It's time for the Legislature to reconsider what it did in 2006.”
One man halted Duke Energy's solar energy procurement. Clean energy groups say this action was unlawful
North Carolina Utilities Commission Chairman William Brawley unilaterally halted Duke Energy's solar procurement in April without notice or public hearing, according to clean energy groups including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy. During oral arguments, advocates…
A retrograde energy policy
An op-ed criticizing the Bush administration's energy policy as favoring fossil fuel extraction and power plant construction over conservation and efficiency. The piece cites TVA's energy efficiency programs and references SACE's involvement in clean air initiatives…
American Labor is Part of the Environment, Too.
An opinion piece critiquing environmental groups' push to regulate coal ash as hazardous material, arguing that such regulations could harm African American and Latino workers in highway maintenance and construction. The article names Southern Alliance for…
Questions raised about Florida Progress nuke settlement
“nuclear tax scam”
Duke Energy makes deal to end challenge to Cliffside permit
Environmental organizations including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy have agreed to drop their legal challenge to Duke Energy's Cliffside coal plant expansion permit in exchange for Duke's commitment to close over 1,600 megawatts of older…