Environmental Issues
April 15, 2008
16:10
Good news for right now in Texas. Plans for a new coal-fired power plant in Limestone County, Texas, were put on hold by state administrative law judges (ALJs) conducting a permit proceeding over the proposed air pollution control permit for...
Source: Sierra Club Daily
Categories: Environmental Issues
April 14, 2008
16:15
Rapid melting on Wilkins Shelf is attributed to global warming. From the Associated Press March 26, 2008 WASHINGTON -- A chunk of Antarctic ice about seven times the size of Manhattan has collapsed, scientists said Tuesday, putting an even greater...
Source: Sierra Club Daily
Categories: Environmental Issues
13:15
Maybe this is a bit late to the game, but after being in Pennsylvania this weekend and seeing the excessive amount of billboards touting "Americans for Balanced Energy Choices" (ABEC) and "clean" coal, I want to promote it again. Our...
Source: Sierra Club Daily
Categories: Environmental Issues
April 9, 2008
15:26
This past weekend, April 4-6, thousands of people descended on Memphis, Tennessee, to celebrate the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King 40 years after his assassination. Civil rights leaders, community activists, faith and non-profit leaders were at the Dream...
Source: Sierra Club Daily
Categories: Environmental Issues
April 7, 2008
15:42
Last month, Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius vetoed a state assembly bill to grant Sunflower Electric the necessary air permit to construct two 700-megawatt coal-fired power plants. Governor Sebelius' administration first denied the air permit back in October due to concerns...
Source: Sierra Club Daily
Categories: Environmental Issues
14:58
We've got some good news from near the Grand Canyon. Late Friday a judge blocked uranium exploration near the national monument. Of course we'll highlight the quote of one of our own from this story: "The Grand Canyon is too...
Source: Sierra Club Daily
Categories: Environmental Issues
April 4, 2008
12:59
Innovest Strategic Value Advisors has another report out, this one being on how Sierra Pacific's planned $5 billion coal-fired facility in Ely, Nevada is very risky for a number reasons. From Innovest's April 1 press release: Sierra Pacific Resources is...
Source: Sierra Club Daily
Categories: Environmental Issues
April 3, 2008
14:22
Check out Van Jones of "Green for All" on Comedy Central's The Colbert Report talking about the future of the green job economy. Jones must have done the interview as part of his journey to the "Dream Reborn" green jobs...
Source: Sierra Club Daily
Categories: Environmental Issues
April 2, 2008
09:36
The Washington Post editorial today sums up the EPA and EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson's stalling on regulating greenhouse gas emissions despite a year-old Supreme Court ruling compelling them to do so. Quote of note: For a year, Mr. Johnson...
Source: Sierra Club Daily
Categories: Environmental Issues
April 1, 2008
14:08
CNN.com has an article up now about the potential to store wind power underwater. Sounds strange enough, but the information is interesting. One does wonder about the environmental impacts of what it takes to store it underwater. From the article:...
Source: Sierra Club Daily
Categories: Environmental Issues
March 31, 2008
15:32
Al Gore just announced his new plan to launch what is, according to the Washington Post, “one of the most far-reaching public advocacy initiatives in recent years." The Alliance for Climate Protection recently announced its “we” campaign, a three-year, $300...
Source: Sierra Club Daily
Categories: Environmental Issues
March 27, 2008
10:08
Yesterday marked the launch of our Power 2 Change campaign, our move to educate people about clean energy solutions, how they already are adding jobs and boosting the economy in some places, and how we need real leadership in this...
Source: Sierra Club Daily
Categories: Environmental Issues
March 25, 2008
10:39
There's some compelling new research out today from Innovest regarding one proposed coal-fired power plant in Kansas. Here's the Innovest release, with the highlights bolded by me: 25 March 2008 - Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, the world’s #1 provider of...
Source: Sierra Club Daily
Categories: Environmental Issues
March 24, 2008
16:04
The X Prize Foundation, best known for its competitions promoting space flights, is offering $10 million to the teams that can produce the most production-ready vehicles that get 100 miles per gallon or more. The foundation was to announce the...
Source: Sierra Club Daily
Categories: Environmental Issues
March 19, 2008
14:58
Today the Sierra Club in New York City released the a report entitled "Sustainable Energy Independence for NYC." The report "prepares for sharply higher fuel prices and their local impact on transportation, heating, shipping, electricity, and food costs." While the...
Source: Sierra Club Daily
Categories: Environmental Issues
March 17, 2008
10:47
The Good Jobs Green Jobs Conference has come and gone. Leaders from industry, public interest groups, and all levels of government came together last Thursday and Friday to discuss the future of a lean, mean, green energy economy. Perhaps some...
Source: Sierra Club Daily
Categories: Environmental Issues
March 14, 2008
09:03
The EPA stories just keep getting worse, this time it's even more White House interference. From today's Washington Post: The Environmental Protection Agency weakened one part of its new limits on smog-forming ozone after an unusual last-minute intervention by President...
Source: Sierra Club Daily
Categories: Environmental Issues
March 13, 2008
12:19
Today's interesting and notable news round-up is chock full of energy news. First up, the Environmental Protection Agency keeps getting itself into trouble. If it's not Congressman Henry Waxman ripping EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson for dragging his feet regulating...
Source: Sierra Club Daily
Categories: Environmental Issues
March 12, 2008
10:27
To help hype up tomorrow being the first day of our Green Jobs Conference in Pittsburgh, I'll share this article with you from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - "Earth, wind and hire." Two quotes of note: "The green revolution isn't just...
Source: Sierra Club Daily
Categories: Environmental Issues
March 10, 2008
16:31
By Juliet Eilperin Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, March 10, 2008; Page A01 "The task of cutting greenhouse gas emissions enough to avert a dangerous rise in global temperatures may be far more difficult than previous research suggested, say scientists...
Source: Sierra Club Daily
Categories: Environmental Issues