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Environmental Review’s Latest Threat, 12 March 2010 | 4:56 pm
Source: http://looncommons.org
It’s as predictable as the spring thaw. The Minnesota Legislature is yet again trying to weaken environmental review of large developments such as factory farms. This time around, the excuse for making the ideas in Senate File 2761 and House File 3079 into law is “greater efficiency.” Watch out.
The arguments in favor of undermining environmental [...]
Obama Administration To Impose A Total Ban on Fishing... Or Not, 12 March 2010 | 1:14 pm
Source: http://cbf.typepad.com/bay_daily/
Quick, grab your fishing rod! It may be your last chance! The Obama Administration has caved in to environmental extremists and is proposing to ban recreational fishing! That sounds crazy, and it is. But that is the rumor that started circulating wildly around the internet this week. What sparked the speculative firestorm was a column on Tuesday by ESPN Outdoors writer Robert Montgomery that said, in part: “The Obama administration has ended public input for a federal strategy that could prohibit U.S. citizens from fishing.” Gateway Pundit blogger Jim Hoft linked to this article, and raised an alarm: "Obama's Latest...
Energy efficiency…sexy in 2010, 12 March 2010 | 8:30 am
Source: http://looncommons.org
By Linda Taylor, clean energy director, Fresh Energy
So far in 2010, some big things have happened in the area of energy efficiency. It bears repeating time and again: the cheapest and cleanest energy is the energy we don’t use. Improving energy efficiency in our daily lives–meaning doing lots more with less energy–is 70 [...]
Efforts to Protect Our Environment Charge Ahead, 12 March 2010 | 6:51 am
Source: http://looncommons.org
John Tuma’s Capitol Update – March 12, 2010
“Charge those lines!”
General Winfield Scott Hancock
Gettysburg, July 2, 1863
That was the command given to Colonel Colvill of the Minnesota 1st in the midst of the second day of fighting outside of the previously unknown and sleepy hamlet of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Colvill, along with only a portion of the [...]
High Court Upholds State Wind Farm Law, 11 March 2010 | 8:00 pm
Source: http://www.nrcm.org/rss.asp
PORTLAND — Maine's highest court upheld a state law Thursday that aims to hasten the permitting process for wind farms in the state.The Maine Supreme Judicial Court unanimously rejected arguments from the Friends of Lincoln Lakes, a nonprofit group that challenged the Department of Environmental Protection's approval of a 40-turbine wind power project on Rollins Mountain in northern Penobsco...
The Convenient Truth, 11 March 2010 | 1:22 pm
Source: http://cbf.typepad.com/bay_daily/
"This is our convenient truth: smart environmental protection creates jobs." This was the key line from an insightful speech that EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson gave to the National Press Club on Monday. During a time when all kinds of critics from developers to power companies are claiming that environmental regulations destroy jobs, in fact, the opposite is true, and Administrator Jackson makes this case powerfully. Requiring the use of renewable energy produces employment in the wind energy field, for example. Mandating the construction of scrubbers and other air filtration equipment on coal-fired power plants helps businesses that manufacture clean air...
TVA wind purchases open the door to new opportunities, 11 March 2010 | 11:20 am
Source: http://blog.cleanenergy.org
Quietly, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has been signing contracts with several wind developers that will put the federal utility in a position to significantly grow its wind energy portfolio in 2012, if all goes to plan.
Over the past 5 months, TVA has announced multiple contracts with Invenergy Wind, CPV Renewable Energy Co., Iberdrola [...]
Solar Today: An Alabama neighborhood proves there's more than one way to go solar., 11 March 2010 | 9:27 am
Source: http://www.alabamarivers.org
Tucked away in an idyllic tract of woodland in central Alabama is a unique neighborhood of energy-efficient houses. It began 30 years ago as a dream in the minds of a few people. They wanted to build a sustainable community of like-minded individuals. Today that dream is a neighborhood near Blountsville, Ala., with half a dozen eco-friendly homes, three of them powered by the sun. Although the homeowners share a commitment to solar power as part of a sustainable lifestyle, their house designs are as different from each other as are the owners themselves. Truly, there's more than one way to skin a cat, or save a kilowatt! A quick tour of the three solar-powered homes shows some of the many ways in which solar panels can be incorporated into an energy-efficient lifestyle.
Watching for Potholes: Governor’s Proposed Budget and Conservation, 10 March 2010 | 10:33 am
Source: http://looncommons.org
Governor Pawlenty’s proposed reductions and fund shifts for the state’s 2010 and 2011 budgets run afoul of what voters approved at the polls in November 2008, Conservation Minnesota reported.
To read CM’s analysis of the Governor’s proposals, click here.
Conservation Minnesota said the Governor’s proposed use of conservation funds dedicated to specific natural resources clashes with the [...]
A Riot of Life in a River Reborn, 9 March 2010 | 10:00 pm
Source: http://cbf.typepad.com/bay_daily/
"Grrrr! Give me that oyster!" "I've had just about enough of you, toadfish. That's my oyster." Pictured here is Virginia oyster farmer Cam Chalmers, distracted by a tenacious fish as he lifts cages brimming with fat oysters out of the Lynnhaven River near Virginia Beach. I went out onto the river with Cam yesterday to get a sense of why aquaculture is succeeding in the Lynnhaven River and across Virginia, where the number of farmed oysters has risen ten fold over the last five years. One thing that is encouraging about the Lynnhaven, in particular, is that bacterial pollution in...
Compromise on Stormwater Pollution Regulations, 9 March 2010 | 6:32 pm
Source: http://cbf.typepad.com/bay_daily/
Maryland lawmakers and developers have reached a compromise in a battle over new stormwater control rules. The agreement heads off legislation that would have gutted the new regulations, but allows the Maryland Department of the Environment to “grandfather” some residential and commercial developments already in the planning stages, according to a report in The Baltimore Sun. "Not everybody's going to be happy," said Del. Maggie L. McIntosh, chairwoman of the House Environmental Matters Committee. But she added, "We have not changed any of the specifications within those regulations - we've just allowed a transition period. And we have, I think,...
Pollution-free Power Sources Will Help All Maine Breathe Easier, 8 March 2010 | 8:00 pm
Source: http://www.nrcm.org/rss.asp
Maine has made tremendous progress in ensuring that we breathe smoke-free air whenever we're in an enclosed space in our state.We are a national leader in protecting people from exposure to secondhand smoke. This protection most recently was expanded to prohibit smoking in cars in which children are occupants. When we walk into a building in another state that still allows indoor smoking, it is sh...
A Vision for the North Woods, 8 March 2010 | 8:00 pm
Source: http://www.nrcm.org/rss.asp
The long-simmering debate over the future of Maine's northern woodlands is about to move back to the front burner.A group called the Keeping Maine's Forests steering committee is working on a proposal to protect millions of acres of the working forest from further development. The committee is close to having a final plan and will deliver it to federal officials as early as this month.People alrea...
Officials Tout Programs for Weatherizing Maine Homes, 8 March 2010 | 8:00 pm
Source: http://www.nrcm.org/rss.asp
WESTBROOK – Mainers heard about state-administered weatherization programs funded with millions of federal dollars during a workshop Monday hosted by U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine.The Maine State Housing Authority has received about $34 million to go toward weatherization projects for lower-income residents, said director Dale McCormick. And Efficiency Maine has received $9 million in s...
Add One More to Three R's: Recycling, 8 March 2010 | 8:00 pm
Source: http://www.nrcm.org/rss.asp
Lincoln Middle School introduced a student-designed cafeteria recycling system Monday that could be a model for reducing waste throughout Portland schools.Superintendent Jim Morse joined students, school staff, parents and others at the school to kick off the pilot program.Students created a separation system for recycling paper-based lunch trays, milk cartons and other items.The recycling program...
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