$43 million is allocated for offshore wind and $38 million will go for geothermal research. Gosh, how completely underwhelming. The US still has no offshore wind, which is just sad and an indication of how backwards we are and how unable we are to arrive at agreements. We do have huge geothermal reserves but geothermal – [...]
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Latest lame Obama excuse: “Geithner blew me off” Obama says he feared coup in 2008 so couldn’t prosecute Bush war crimes Obama blames others for problems, remains curiously and endlessly passive, as if to say, golly he’d sure like to do something but just can’t. This disguises his complicity in all of it. “I [...] Not only did a rogue trader at USB lose $2 billion, USB was so comatose they didn’t even discover it themselves. He had to tell them. British authorities are investigating why UBS’s internal controls were so apparently non-existent. Swiss authorities may force the bank to close or spin off its investment bank operations. Switzerland already [...] Our first solutions-oriented show last night focused on political reform. What do we need to do to get real change in the country? We focused on ideas, not bashing. We need a populist party, maybe several of them. To be successful and gain real power, they need a definable agenda. Campaign finance reform is a [...] It would output 990 MW from as many as 350 turbines. The developer has applied for permits and says they will put up to $1.5 billion into it. Not Solyndra, but LightSquared, which is majority owned by major Democratic donor Phil Falcone. The Pentagon has worried for months that a project backed by a prominent Democratic donor might interfere with military GPS. Now Congress wants to know if the White House pressured a general to change his testimony. What we need Instead, what we have are confusing, sometimes obstructionist regulations, utilities still wed to outmoded ways of doing things and, I think, no killer app – no compelling reason for consumers to demand it. Yet. “I’m for regulation, the way that it should be. This song’s about laws they passed protecting you from me. Someone called us outlaws and tried to intervene Sacramento sent a posse down like I ain’t never seen. Don’t you think this nanny state bit has done got out of hand? What started out to [...] No more kvetching! Tonight we’ll be talking about solutions to political, domestic, and foreign policy issues. Join us! Fellow co-host Keith Boyea sums it up: We’ve noticed that our discussions have sometimes degenerated into “bitch sessions,” so instead of complaining about things, we wanted to do an episode where we talked about potential solutions. [...] Michigan has given final approval for a new coal-fired power plant to meet lower greenhouse gas emissions limits set by the EPA. This will be the first ever US coal plant built to meet the lower emissions limit. Plus, many coal plants will be switching to cleaner natural gas in the coming years. No, this [...] |  | ||||
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