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Keith Schneider's Blog – March 2010 Archive (5)
New Transmission Lines Invite Public Uproar in 7 States
On March 2 more than 60 residents of Canyon City, Idaho appeared at a public hearing to consider a new 500-kilovolt transmission line that might run through their county. Most weren’t happy about it. “They brought us in late and they haven’t fulfilled their public involvement responsibilities,” said Ken Holliday, a…
ContinueAdded by Keith Schneider on March 31, 2010 at 6:06 — No Comments
Diving Deep for Geothermal Energy Finds Acceptance and Political Heat on Surface
One of the potential success stories of clean energy development on private and federal lands in the West involves NV Energy, which announced in February that it will purchase 32 megawatts of renewable energy from a planned Central Nevada geothermal plant. The Ram Power Corporation is developing the Clayton Valley Geothermal…
ContinueAdded by Keith Schneider on March 31, 2010 at 6:00 — No Comments
In Washington, Climate and Energy Moves A Bit
Now that passage of health care legislation proved that Congress is still capable of acting on big ideas, Washington this week was aflutterwith action on the climate and energy bill. White House LegislativeAffairs Director Phil Schiliro, and the president’s energy and climate adviser, Carol Browner, met mid-week with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Topic: developing a strategy to corral the 60 votes needed…
ContinueAdded by Keith Schneider on March 25, 2010 at 22:19 — No Comments
Let Wind Energy Blow? Not In These Places in U.S.
Next month Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is scheduled to rule on a proposal to build one of the most contentious clean energy projects in the country. It is a 420-megawatt offshore wind farm in Massachusetts called Cape Wind. Audra Parker, the young leader of the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound, has emerged as a local public…
ContinueAdded by Keith Schneider on March 25, 2010 at 14:56 — No Comments
Grassroots Resistance to Clean Energy Projects in U.S.
A few months ago I became a communications adviser working several hours per week with Traverse City Light & Power, a small municipal utility in my home region that has proposed to acquire 30 percent of its power by 2020 from local renewable resources.
In pursuit of that goal TCL&P has purchased 10 mw of wind power from a windfarm in McBain, Michigan 50 miles south.…
ContinueAdded by Keith Schneider on March 25, 2010 at 14:30 — No Comments
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