The Alabama Department of Environmental Management has yet to make a decision on whether to deny a permit for a recently proposed strip-mining operation in Cullman County near Smith Lake. More...
Monday, September 29, 2008
Investor's Buseness Daily hammers Gore
... on his call for acts of civil disobedience when it comes to stopping coal-fired power plants.
When it comes to sheer crackpottery on environmental issues, no national figure can measure up to the lofty standard set by the former Tennessee senator and vice president. More...
What the people think
Energy Pulse has found that Americans primarily blame the U.S. government for high energy prices.
Interesting, but not real surprising. Further, Americans blame government more for home energy costs but oil companies for transportation fuel costs. Overwhelming they want to be less dependent on foreign sources of oil and prefer expanded research into alternatives. I wonder how they'd feel about a higher tax on fossil fuels to pay for such research?
Not giving the other side an issue to hammer you with
The strategy of the Democrats at the national level seems to me to be, from their perspective, a sub-optimal solution; give in to the Republicans who are demanding more drilling because people want it but then try to re-focus attention on alternative approaches.
Chattanooga Times Free Press: Rep. Lincoln Davis, D-Tenn., supported the lifting of the moratorium, but he has not been shy about criticizing Republicans for making drilling the centerpiece of the debate over energy policy, instead of a focus on alternative and renewable energy. More...
Growing oilseed for fuel in West Tennessee
The idea behind the Tennessee Oilseed Diversification Program, initiated by the Memphis Bioworks Foundation in conjunction with Frazier Barnes and Associates, is to identify high-value oilseed crops that can be produced in Tennessee, and to develop a plan to get them processed locally into bio-based products such as biodiesel. More...
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Audit saves steel firm money
Nashville Business Journal: Steel Summit has seen the light.
The La Vergne firm, which cuts and distributes flat-rolled steel, was using a lot of electricity for not much light.
So the company installed energy-efficient lights and is on track to make its money back in two years.
The La Vergne firm, which cuts and distributes flat-rolled steel, was using a lot of electricity for not much light.
So the company installed energy-efficient lights and is on track to make its money back in two years.
Now the bad news... NES rates are set to rise in the wake of TVA's rate hike. On the other hand the price increase will mean that Steel Summit will save even more.
Does federal law protect the mountains?
Candidates in South Carolina spar over mining regulations and differ with respect to what can and can not be done in the mining business. They cite Tennessee.
The bill "is not needed," Hawk said, "because Tennessee adhers to" strict federal laws that prohibit such a practice. "It's my understanding that in the late 1970s those laws were passed and enforced" in Tennessee.
The bill he is talking about is the Tennessee Scenic Vistas Protection Act (HB3348) Read the story here...
On the way...
truckload of three large containers of nuclear waste left Oak Ridge, Tenn., today heading for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad. Link here...
Tag team opposes plan to import radioactive waste
EnergySolutions is seeking to bring the waste from Italy to Tennessee to process and then bury about 1,600 leftover tons of waste in the company's disposal site in Utah's west desert.
Not so fast say U.S. Reps Jim Matheson (D-Utah) and Bart Gordon (D-Tennessee). They are asking the NRC to reject the application to import the waste because it is unclear whether EnergySolutions has a place to store it. Read more here...
What are you doing TVA?
"Why is TVA leading a charge again" toward a nuclear power program that led to an indebtedness of more than $25 billion 20 to 30 years ago?
That question was asked by Dr. Arjun Makhihani yesterday. His consultation back in the early 80's led TVA to cancel eight reactor projects which explained howTVA incurred about $25 billion in debt. Read more...
Too late, clean-coal project underway in WV
VP candidate Joe Biden was caught bashing clean coal the other day and this citizen reporter responds...
On July 28, 2008, CONSOL energy announced that it intends to develop through a joint venture, their first U. S. Coal gasification and liquefaction plant in West Virginia-an $800 million investment in the state. It will help the State of West Virginia become a leader in a new direction for energy independence. It has the potential to transform West Virginia from a major coal-producing state to a national energy center as well. Read more...
On July 28, 2008, CONSOL energy announced that it intends to develop through a joint venture, their first U. S. Coal gasification and liquefaction plant in West Virginia-an $800 million investment in the state. It will help the State of West Virginia become a leader in a new direction for energy independence. It has the potential to transform West Virginia from a major coal-producing state to a national energy center as well. Read more...
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Harsh rhetoric against coal
"If you're a young person looking at the future of this planet and looking at what is being done right now, and not done, I believe we have reached the stage where it is time for civil disobedience to prevent the construction of new coal plants that do not have carbon capture and sequestration," Gore told the Clinton Global Initiative gathering to loud applause.
So said former VP Al Gore. Read about it here...
So said former VP Al Gore. Read about it here...
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