Energy
CALIFORNIA: Solar development absorbing Calif. farmland – AP
By MB Snow at February 3, 2013 | 12:40 am
By TRACIE CONE, Feb 2, 6:09 PM EST -- Solar development absorbing Calif. farmland FRESNO, Calif. (AP) -- There's a land rush of sorts going on across the nation's most productive farming region, but these buyers don't want to grow crops. They want to plant solar farms. With California mandating that 33 percent of electricity be generated from renewables by the ... Go To Article
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ENERGY:: DC Power Plant Continues To Burn Coal, Environmentalists Fume
By MB Snow at January 29, 2013 | 9:58 am
by KERRY PICKET 28 Jan 2013 -- Washington, DC local residents and environmentalists gathered at a meeting room in a Methodist Church on Capitol Hill last Thursday to discuss their dissatisfaction with the Capitol Hill cogeneration plant. The plant, which was completely coal fired for almost one hundred years, exclusively heats the capitol. However, since 2007, ... Go To Article
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STRASSEL: The Real Obama Climate Deal – WSJ
By MB Snow at January 25, 2013 | 12:40 am
By KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL, POTOMAC WATCH, January 24, 2013 -- To approve natural gas exports and other energy projects, the president may demand a carbon tax President Obama set off a guessing game this week as to what he intended with his inaugural promise to double down on climate change. There's no need to guess. California Democrat Barbara Boxer, the Senate's ... Go To Article
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STEVEN HAYWARD: We’re Kicking Some Fracking Butt Here | PowerLine
By MB Snow at January 25, 2013 | 12:10 am
JANUARY 24, 2013, BY STEVEN HAYWARD IN ENERGY POLICY -- Not sure whether we have added to the chorus about the new documentary Fracknation that debuted this week, from the dynamic Irish film duo Philem McAleer and Ann McElhinney and co-director Magdalena Segieda. (We did have a brief squib featuring McElhinney in myhighlight reel from CPAC last February.) ... Go To Article
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KEYSTONE PIPELINE XL:: Mr. Obama’s second chance on Keystone XL pipeline – WaPo
By MB Snow at January 24, 2013 | 10:51 am
By Editorial Board, Published: January 23 -- PRESIDENT OBAMA rejected the Keystone XL oil pipeline this time last year, a result that Canada had every reason to be dismayed by, as did Americans whom the project would have employed. The issue is coming back, and the president has even less reason to nix the project than he did last time. After years of federal ... Go To Article
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ENERGY:: The Mother of All Solyndras | The Weekly Standard
By MB Snow at January 17, 2013 | 10:12 am
BY YING MA -- When solar panel maker Solyndra declared bankruptcy in September 2011, the Obama administration defended its $535 million loan guarantee to the company by touting the need to compete with China. At a congressional hearing, Jonathan Silver, then executive director of the Energy Department’s Loan Programs Office, said, “[In 2010, China] alone provided ... Go To Article
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MALICIOUS VIRUS shuttered U.S. power plant -DHS | Reuters
By MB Snow at January 17, 2013 | 12:10 am
By Jim Finkle -- Jan 16 (Reuters) - A computer virus attacked a turbine control system at a U.S. power company last fall when a technician unknowingly inserted an infected USB computer drive into the network, keeping a plant off line for three weeks, according to a report posted on a U.S. government website. The Department of Homeland Security report did not ... Go To Article
MARK MILLS: California Could Be the Next Shale Boom State – WSJ
By MB Snow at January 16, 2013 | 12:55 am
By MARK P. MILLS, OPINION January 15, 2013 -- Thanks to the Golden State's dire fiscal situation, don't be surprised if the governor were to proclaim: 'There will be oil.' Could 2013 find California lawmakers and Gov. Jerry Brown finally making the connection between fiscal challenges and energy markets? The Golden State is well positioned to become an exporter of ... Go To Article
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ENERGY:: The Promised Land of Fracking – Reason
By MB Snow at January 14, 2013 | 10:32 am
Ronald Bailey | January 8, 2013 -- Matt Damon’s new film Promised Land is stoking the controversy over fracking, the shorthand for natural gas production using hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling. The film pits a big natural gas production company against economically stressed farmers in a Pennsylvania community who are being offered lots of money to permit ... Go To Article
ENERGY: Fight over Vt. nuclear plant oversight in NY court | wwlp
By MB Snow at January 14, 2013 | 12:10 am
Sunday, 13 Jan 2013 -- NEW YORK (AP) — The question of whether Vermont's only nuclear plant can continue operating without the approval of state regulators goes before a federal appeals court Monday in a dispute that has gained increasing attention nationally about the boundaries of federal authority over a controversial power source. The New Orleans-based Entergy ... Go To Article
