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“Who Brainwashed Texas on Renewable Energy?”
“Who Brainwashed Texas on Renewable Energy?”, asks John Geesman, the former Energy Commissioner of the State of California, on the eve of a grand scale lobby effort by the fossil fuel industry in Texas (see "Town Hall" for related news). The companies are urging the Senate to make business-friendly changes...
Read More Coal Lobby Plans to Infiltrate Town Hall Meetings
The New York Times is reporting that coal energy’s biggest lobbying group is launching a $1 million campaign, which will send 225 000 volunteers (dubbed “America’s Power Army”) to town hall meetings across the country in order ask Senate Democrats poignant questions about energy policy. In this effort the American...
Read More Austin is Overcharging for Green Power
As chairman of the City task force that planned Austin’s green power program in 1997, it was with keen interest I read two Statesman articles during the past week suggesting that Wind Power is too expensive for Austin.
The current lack of sales is simple: as you point out, GreenChoice is...
Read More Los Angeles Gets Out of Coal
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced a dramatic shift in Los Angeles' energy policy: The city will phase out all its coal-based electricity by 2020 and replace it with power from cleaner and renewable sources of energy. Currently, 40 Percent of the electricity delivered by Los Angeles' Department of Water and Power...
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