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Cape Cod wind power making town’s residents sick

February 26th, 2013
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It’s always good to have real information on the impacts of our energy choices. This type of information on the health impacts related to wind installations is not widely publicized, given the politically correct popularity of renewable generation. Two wind turbines … Continue reading ?

IER: Good post on the myth of “free” green energy

February 26th, 2013
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IER has a good post on the myth that wind and solar are “free” power sources (once you have accounted for the cost of renewable generation installations. They aren’t free for several reasons. Chief among those reasons is the fact … Continue reading ?

A walking billboard for fossil fuels

February 21st, 2013
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It’s has to take a special kind of talent to so boldly embrace this level of cognitive dissonance. Openly admitting that you relied on fossil fuels to get you to the anti-fossil fuels protest rally … is that chutzpah? Or … Continue reading ?

EPA to issue climate change plan

February 8th, 2013
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The EPA is planning to release its latest climate change plan on Friday, claiming that climate change is occurring at “at an increasingly rapid rate and outside the range to which society has adapted in the past.” The draft EPA Climate Change Adaptation Plan, to be published for public consideration in Friday’s edition of the Federal Register, is [...]

Super Bowl black out a reminder of the importance of coal

February 4th, 2013
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Coal does keep your lights on. Sad that it took a 30+ minute power outage at the Super Bowl to make that reality so clear. Gregory Boyce, chief executive officer of St. Louis-based coal producer Peabody Energy, says the temporary blackout during a portion of Sunday night’s Super Bowl game should serve as a reminder [...]

Targeting Southern ports next

February 4th, 2013
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It’s not enough that the green industry is trying to stop the development of thousands of jobs and multiple millions in local and state tax revenues, along with potentially billions in infrastructure investments in the Pacific Northwest. Now they are apparently also interested in stopping ports and terminal developments in the South as well. Currently, [...]

Leadership Change Announced ACC CEO Janet Gellici to Depart in May 2013

February 1st, 2013
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1101 Pennsylvania Ave., Ste. 600 Washington,DC 20004 Phone (202) 756-4540 Fax (202) 756-7323 Press Release Contact: Janet Gellici, CEO American Coal Council Ph: (202) 756-4540 E: jgellici@americancoalcouncil.or FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 8 A.M. EST, February 1, 2013 AMERICAN COAL COUNCIL –  Leadership Change Announced: ACC CEO Janet Gellici to Depart in May 2013 WASHINGTON, DC ~ The [...]

DOE-supported project demonstrates viability of CCUS

January 25th, 2013
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A joint industry/DOE project is demonstrating the commercial viability of carbon capture, use, and storage technologies in Texas. The project is currently capturing CO2, compressing and drying it, pipelining it to a “played out” oilfield near West Hastings, TX, and injecting it into the oilfield to enhance oil recovery. The project at Air Products and [...]

Feds approve wind farm developer to move on project that could kill 8 – 14 bald eagles per year

January 24th, 2013
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This story is absolutely amazing. Federal officials have given a developer the green light to move ahead with a controversial wind project in southeastern Minnesota that, if approved, would be the first time a wind farm has been given permission to legally kill bald eagles. The proposed New Era Wind Farm would build 48 turbines [...]

Carbon tax would put the brakes on the economy

January 22nd, 2013
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A January 8 Heritage Foundation article describes the negative economic and social impacts that would arise if a new carbon tax were imposed. Apart from causing a rapid spike in energy prices, the article notes that a $25 carbon tax that increased by 5% per year would, Cut incomes by $1,900 per year in 2016 [...]

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