The dirty green line

With a boost of billions in the economic stimulus plan, the White House plans to double the nation's supply of renewable energy in the next three years. There's big talk in Congress of creating a national renewable-energy standard, which would mandate that utilities get a chunk of their power from green sources like solar, wind and geothermal. So long dirty energy, hello green future. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Derek Hawkins - Mar 23, 2009 - 7:42 AM PDT
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by Aimee deChambeau - Mar. 24, 2009

Very detailed and informative article. Lots of facts and sources.

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by Jim Lang - Mar. 23, 2009

This article covers legislative action to promote expanding the US electricity grid, ostensibly to carry green energy, and the debate surrounding the proposals. It is informative and interesting but the writer's anti-grid bias shows through pretty clearly.

We have ample evidence from blackouts and brownouts in the last 10 years of the need to strengthen and modernize our grid but virtually no one ... More »

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by Derek Hawkins - Mar. 23, 2009
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by Norman Rogers - Mar. 23, 2009

There is really no end to the reactionary behavior of environmentalists. They are against everything including power lines that don't bother anyone or create any nuisance. This article exposes yet another environmentalist stupidity.

Power lines should be uncontroversial because there is nothing seriously objectionable about them. That environmentalist want to generate power in ... More »

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