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Archive of Energy on Monday May 05, 2008
Fighting global warming block by block
SEATTLE - King County Executive Ron Sims has a simple test for every new public works project, building plan or government land purchase: Will it increase the region's total greenhouse-gas emissions, or reduce them? Read More
Governor Crist praises energy bill
Gov. Charlie Crist didn't get nearly everything he wanted. But he praised the expansive bill lawmakers did pass, legislation that could affect Floridians for decades to come. Read More
Coal debate still not resolved
Old-timers like to say politics is the art of compromise. The line holds true most of the time in the Legislature. Consider the Houdini-like escapes from a school-finance quagmire in 2006 and the bloody battle that accompanied expansion of casino gambling during 2007. Read More
Plan calls for storing CO2 beneath Pa.'s public forests
Pennsylvania's publicly owned forest lands could be used for the underground storage of carbon dioxide captured from coal-burning power plants and other industrial sources of the greenhouse gas that is a major cause of global climate change. Read More
Kohring's lawyer makes case for leniency
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Convicted former lawmaker Vic Kohring's lawyer, John Henry Browne, says eight months in jail would be a fair sentence. Read More
State energy policy at heart of dispute
When the Sustainable Energy Utility was formed last year, lawmakers envisioned a small nonprofit that could help Delawareans insulate their homes, buy energy-efficient refrigerators or install solar panels. Read More
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist wrings success out of legislative session
With a sluggish economy's stranglehold on state finances, there should have been few winners at the 2008 legislative session. But Charlie Crist exits from his second session as Florida's governor with much of what he wanted. Read More
Winners and losers in the 2008 Florida Legislature
A list of legislation that passed in this year's regular session of the Florida Legislature, which ended Friday, from The Associated Press. Read More
It came down to money -- and there wasn't enough
Republicans at the helm kept one eye on a fuel gauge that showed tax collections on fumes and another on the approaching storm of the November elections. The result was a $66.2-billion budget with more than $4 billion in spending cuts targeted largely at school children, the sick and the elderly. Read More
Kansas Capitol Notebook - college's foundation comes in for criticism
Rep. Ben Hodge of Overland Park has some misgivings about the 113-member, nonprofit Johnson County Community College Foundation. Read More
Lawmakers want to sue Sebelius over coal plants
Kansas House leaders Friday introduced a resolution to allow the Legislature to sue Gov. Kathleen Sebelius over coal-fired electric power plants. Read More
Coal bill backers try new strategy
Kansas lawmakers struggled to end the 2008 legislative session Saturday, mounting last-minute efforts to resurrect two rejected coal plants. Read More
Coal power plant issue keeps lawmakers from wrapping up
It was supposed to be the last day of the wrap-up session. But another coal plant measure emerged Saturday, the Senate adjourned in a huff and said it may not come back, and Gov. Kathleen Sebelius gave the session a general thumbs down. Read More
Power line proposal draws fire
HENDERSON, Ky. -- Mike Sandefur has been enjoying the irony. Sandefur is the former environmental affairs director for Indiana power company Vectren Corp. Read More
Wind power debate whips up controversy
Self-styled "green" leaders across the country face a conundrum over wind power: Do they alienate part of their constituency by leveling pristine forests to build wind farms, or irritate the other part by rejecting a promising source of renewable energy? Read More
Gas tax holiday not in state's future
With gas prices continuing to reach new heights, the part of the cost controlled by federal and state governments is coming under increasing scrutiny as some politicians lobby for a break during the summer driving season. Read More
Gas prices of from last week's record highs
PORTLAND, Maine -- Gas prices remain high with the start of a new work week, but they're lower than the record highs recorded last week. Read More
St. Cloud man has small solution to gas prices: little cars
ST. CLOUD, Minn. - Most days you'll find Brenton Netz under the hood of a car behind his St. Cloud home. Read More
Four groups make deadline to file initiative petitions
Supporters angling to get their initiative petitions on the November ballot dropped off boxes filled with petitions and tens of thousands of signatures Sunday. Read More
Montana tourism surviving gas prices
KALISPELL, Mont. - Americans love to play, feel they're entitled to it, actually. "So much so that people won't cancel vacations or recreation just because the price goes up a little bit." Read More
Natives & newcomers: Taxes are key
Eight years ago, before federal courts overturned the Blackfeet Tribe's taxes on railroads and utility companies, it collected roughly $1.3 million in tax revenue - about half the tribe's direct income. Read More
Even in spring, heating oil prices a pain
With the arrival of spring, thermostats are being turned down but prices keep going up for New Hampshire residents who use oil to heat their homes. Read More
More gas stations require prepaying
With gasoline thefts rising along with prices, more local gas station owners are requiring customers to pay up before they fill their tanks. Read More
Corzine shifts to back gas-tax holiday plan
New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine is shifting gears to support a federal gas tax holiday this summer. Read More
Attorney general says he complied with gift law
A company building a uranium enrichment plant in New Mexico paid for part of Attorney General Gary King's expenses when he traveled to the Netherlands in March to tour a similar uranium plant. Read More
Farmer pioneers green energy practices in Ohio
BROOKVILLE, Ohio - When he was laid up in the hospital recovering from knee surgery, farmer Ralph Dull picked up a thick notebook dropped off by a friend that detailed how wind generators are being used to produce electricity. Read More
Budget, health care high on agenda as lawmakers return
When legislators return to the Capitol today, they will face a jam-packed agenda that includes Gov. Ed Rendell's proposals to help people without health insurance and develop alternative fuels. Read More
Nashville - TVA, state benefit from interest rate break
The dark clouds over the U.S. economy are offering a ray of light for government agencies looking to borrow money. Read More
Debate on oil profits was sticky
With numerous bills still pending before the expected adjournment this weekend, the Vermont House got weighted down Friday on a resolution over the price of oil that literally carried no weight. Read More
With 8 days to W.Va. primary, Obama looks to burnish coal credentials
Barack Obama's campaign is looking to teach West Virginians a little something about coal. Read More
Greenpeace report labels carbon capture 'false hope'
Coal operators and their supporters are offering the public false hope when they promote pumping carbon dioxide underground to solve the global climate change problem, a new report from an environmental group says. Read More
Rockefeller wants to help poor buy gas
U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller has proposed legislation that would provide low-income families with a monthly stipend of $100 to $165 to offset soaring gasoline costs. Read More
Gov blasts BLM plan
Gov. Dave Freudenthal on Friday said the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's latest draft of a plan for managing oil and gas drilling in the Pinedale area was unacceptable. Read More
Governors pitch ambitious programs
Billion-dollar deficits in California, New York and Arizona haven’t stopped governors there and elsewhere from proposing big-ticket items for 2008. Stateline.org looks at proposals from governors’ 2008 "state of the state" speeches and provides an exclusive summary of all the addresses so far.
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