The latest energy news from Clean Skies
- The Energy Report - 2/3/10: Morning Edition
- What's Happening Today on Clean Skies News - 2/3/10
- Obama, Govs Meet on Coal, Biofuels
- Va. County Nixes Wind Farm
- IPCC Chief Won't Apologize For Himalayan Report
- EPA Set to Announce New Biofuel Rules
Group Urges Extra Coal Meetings
Posted Feb. 5, 2010 in News.
The Great Plains Alliance for Clean Energy, based in Lawrence, has asked for five hearings on Sunflower Electric's request for a permit to build an 895-megawatt coal-fired power plant in southwest Kansas. That many hearings, said GPACE director Scott Allegrucci, would give all Kansans the opportunity to learn more about the plant and give them the chance to offer comments.
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Who Really Owns the Coal Plant?
Posted Feb. 3, 2010 in Blog.
GPACE has offered a number of criticisms and questions regarding the proposed Sunflower Electric coal‐fired power plant project now being reviewed for an air quality permit by KDHE and If you ever wondered why we are asking these (still unanswered) questions, take a look at this page from the Tri‐State Generation and Transmission Association 2008 Annual Report. Tri‐State is the Colorado utility that plans to finance and own the Holcomb coal plant, and that will own and use at least 80% of the electricity the plant would produce.
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Crafting National Standards
Posted Feb. 3, 2010 in News.
Renewable energy is making a gradual presence in this country. But the key question facing U.S. lawmakers is whether to mandate broad portfolio standards or whether to continue giving the states the authority to determine such measures.
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Where’s the Wind?
Posted Feb. 2, 2010 in News.
Remember the old Wendy's ad? Old ladies peered between hamburger buns at a tiny patty and angrily demanded, "Where's the beef?" That is how many of us on the Plains reacted whenPresident Obama called for massive investments in clean coal and nuclear energy but left out wind -- an industry that reported record gains in 2009, that is rebuilding rural economies nationwide. "Where's the wind?" we wondered. What about the energy solutions our nation's farmers and ranchers can provide?
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KDHE Public Hearing Request
Posted Feb. 1, 2010 in Blog.
GPACE suggests that if the proposed coal plant is important enough to grind two session of the entire Kansas legislature to a halt and allow out-of-state polluters who will own the plant to reportedly dump in excess of $20 million in the fight, it's important enough to have ample public access to the air quality permit hearings.
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Obama’s Challenges
Posted Feb. 1, 2010 in News.
In his State of the Union Speech, the president continues to endorse the creation of a clean energy economy built on carbon constraints and the expansion of a modern infrastructure that involves new generation and the intelligent utility. But he is also becoming increasingly vocal in his support for new nuclear power plants as well as the development of clean coal technologies and more offshore oil and gas drilling.
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Costs Pile Up for Wyo Coal
Posted Jan. 29, 2010 in News.
Despite strong profits, it has been a bruising 12 months for the U.S. coal industry, which came under fire for mountaintop removal mining and coal ash waste in the eastern half of the country.
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Disclosing Carbon Risks
Posted Jan. 28, 2010 in News.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has voted 3-2 along party lines to force companies to consider their potential exposure to climate change when it comes to filing their financial statements. While the position is one that the Obama administration has advocated, its genesis formed a few years earlier as investor and environmental groups joined hands to petition the body for uniform rules.
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Listen to T. Boone Pickens live at 1:00 PM
Posted Jan. 28, 2010 in Blog.
T. Boone Pickens will be interviewed today at 1:00 PM on the Green Revolution radio show by Pickens Plan District Leaders Wayne Browser and John Nobles about the New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions (NAT GAS) Act.
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New Directions in Transmission
Posted Jan. 27, 2010 in News.
In countries around the world, there is a growing need to move what is expected to be significant amounts of wind, solar and hydro-generated electricity from sparsely populated remote regions to the cities where demand is great.
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