Please enjoy today’s energy debate watch, a collection of news stories and perspectives about energy, environment and climate related issues. These articles are provided to keep Terra Rossa readers informed about the current public energy debate but are not intended to express the views of the blog. Let us know your thoughts on these articles or tell us about other current items of interest in the comment thread below.
Create-an-Ad contest aims to push climate message
New York Times 07.13.07
WASHINGTON, July 12 — Saving the planet is hard work, Al Gore says, and somebody has to sell the idea. As a follow-up to last weekend’s Live Earth concerts he helped promote, Mr. Gore is sponsoring a competition to create a series of television and Internet ads to raise awareness on the issue of climate change.
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Burning problem – Inside messy reality of cutting CO2 output
Wall Street Journal 07.12.07
NEW HAVEN, W.Va. — The panoramic view from the roof of American Electric Power Co.’s Mountaineer power plant here sends a vivid message: Coal is king. Conveyor belts pull coal from a nearby mine, coal barges bob on the shimmering Ohio River and earth-moving equipment buries coal ash in a landfill.
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An inconvenient turbine: Conservation vs. preservation
Wall Street Journal 07.12.07
In neighborhoods across the country, there’s a battle brewing: the environmentalists vs. the aesthetes. As “green”-minded homeowners move to put in new energy-efficient windows, solar panels and light-reflecting roofs, they are bumping up against neighbors and local boards that object, saying the additions defy historic-district regulations, will look ugly or damage property values.
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Utilities’ eyes on energy summit
Ocala Star-Banner 07.12.07
OCALA - As Florida’s movers and shakers meet today and Friday in Miami for Gov. Charlie Crist’s groundbreaking climate-change summit, energy suppliers - including those in Marion County - will learn which forms of energy the government will encourage and which are headed toward the political scrapheap.
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Covert enviro strategy
Washington Times 07.12.07
Paul Chesser is an associate editor for the John Locke Foundation.
The global warming alarmists’ bell has been answered, but that is not good enough for environmentalists. State by state they not only are convincing elected officials to address climate change, but they are also placing their own advocates in positions that will push policies on a snoozing populace like smart growth, subsidies for renewable power sources, fuel surcharges, and higher taxes on electricity.
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July 16th, 2007 at 5:40 am
I am somehow fascinated by the “environmentalists vs. aesthetes” issue outlined in the WSJ article. Let’s look at it from another perspective: concrete blocks are a terrible “aesthetic vs security” trade-off… but they are acceptable. I suspect that it all boils down to the priority you give to different risks: the fear of being blown up by terrorists is more immediate (and outraging) than the distant threat posed by climate change. Nobody would care about aesthetics when trying to avoid a direct threat!