Our views: Rejecting free markets (April 10)
The Bay Bulletin Sun, 10 Apr 2011 02:44 AM PDT
To heck with free markets. That’s the message from Tallahassee, where lawmakers are siding with Florida Power & Light and other major public utilities, ensuring their monopoly in producing renewable energy and cutting out the small businesses that should be allowed into the field. |
St. Pat's teacher struck by a truck
North Platte Telegraph Sun, 10 Apr 2011 02:44 AM PDT
The North Platte Telegraph Martin Cordes rides his bike to work at Saint Patrick's Catholic School on a regular basis to conserve energy, and he was riding on his way to work Tuesday morning when he was hit by a truck on E Street near St. Patrick's High School. Cordes was taken to Great Plains Regional Medical Center and flown to Denver. |
If dam breaks, flooding could be extensive
North Platte Telegraph Sun, 10 Apr 2011 02:44 AM PDT
The North Platte Telegraph New maps show that a bigger area than originally thought would be affected should Lake Maloney's north wall rupture. Nebraska Public Power District media relations specialist Mark Becker said the dam is safe, but the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission requires that a plan be in place to identify and address any issues that could potentially occur. |
'Bushehr one of world's safest N-plants'
Press TV Sun, 10 Apr 2011 02:40 AM PDT
Tehran's envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali Asghar Soltanieh says the Bushehr power plant in southern Iran is among the safest nuclear facilities in the world. |
Voice of the Free Press: Shumlin's standing hurt by surcharge switch
The Burlington Free Press Sun, 10 Apr 2011 02:40 AM PDT
Gov. Peter Shumlin's hasty retreat from a renewable energy fee on electricity bills should give pause to lawmakers who were left hanging in their support for the measure that they believed had the governor's backing. |
Utility: Permit process discourages innovation, new renewable energy projects
The Burlington Free Press Sun, 10 Apr 2011 02:38 AM PDT
COLCHESTER -- A decision by the Vermont Public Service Board that a company hoping to build two wood-pellet fuel plants alongside two wood-fired electrical generating plants needs separate state permits is going to discourage innovation and the development of new renewable energy projects in the state, an attorney for the company said. |
Crackdown on energy drinks
This is Hampshire Sun, 10 Apr 2011 02:25 AM PDT
SHOPS in Whitchurch have been asked not to sell energy drinks to under-16s on Friday nights, in an effort to reduce rowdy behaviour. |
Bulgarian EconMin Keeps Post despite 'Insubordination'
Novinite Sun, 10 Apr 2011 02:19 AM PDT
Bulgaria's Economy and Energy Minister, Traicho Traikov, is going to keep his post, despite receiving two "yellow cards" by Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, and remaining resolute regarding the Belene NPP scandal. The information was reported by Borisov himself, in an interview for the Bulgarian National Television, BNT, saying the Head of the National Electric Company, NEK, Krasimir Parvanov ... |
Hershey slashing energy budget
North Platte Telegraph Sun, 10 Apr 2011 02:19 AM PDT
The North Platte Telegraph A spot in the top percentage of schools is something every district aims for. The Hershey School District achieved it - for energy efficiency. |
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