Thursday, April 23, 2009

GE's Smart-Meter Move - Greg Pollowitz - Planet Gore on National Review Online
GE and the city of Miami are banking on $200 million of stimulus pork for a pilot "smart meter" program that will allow users to know how much electricity they're using and when...
Sportsmen Blitz Congress in Call to [Receive Climate Scam Funds]
April 22, 2009 - A large and diverse array of sportsmen and sportswomen is blitzing Capitol Hill this week to advocate for fish and wildlife as the House of Representatives initiates historic hearings on comprehensive climate change legislation. A far cry from stereotypical Earth Day activists, hunters and anglers nevertheless are unified in their belief that America must undertake prompt and decisive action to address global climate change.
Twitter / Preston L. Bannister
Quote of the day: "It's almost a religion where you have to believe in anthropogenic global warming or else you are nuts."
FERC Chairman: We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Nukes - Environmental Capital - WSJ
Forget everything you’ve heard from people like energy secretary Steven Chu and Exxon boss Rex Tillerson about the need for a mix of energy sources this century. The U.S. doesn’t need any new nuclear or coal-fired plants. It can do the job with just renewable energy and natural gas.

Yes, that is Greenpeace’s energy blueprint. It’s also the line of Jon Wellinghoff, the new chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the nominal head of the U.S. power system.

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