Comments on: The Coal Calm in Kansas, for now http://climateprogress.org/2008/05/18/the-coal-calm-in-kansas-for-now/ The Latest on Climate Science, Solutions, and Politics Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:04:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Ronald http://climateprogress.org/2008/05/18/the-coal-calm-in-kansas-for-now/#comment-13000 Ronald Tue, 20 May 2008 14:07:37 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/05/18/the-coal-calm-in-kansas-for-now/#comment-13000 This is the correct link to that article. I should have checked it. http://www.startribune.com/business/19033589.html This is the correct link to that article. I should have checked it.

http://www.startribune.com/business/19033589.html

]]> By: maril hazlett http://climateprogress.org/2008/05/18/the-coal-calm-in-kansas-for-now/#comment-12942 maril hazlett Mon, 19 May 2008 17:47:25 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/05/18/the-coal-calm-in-kansas-for-now/#comment-12942 can you believe missouri is so far ahead of kansas? :) it kills me every time I think about it. but you have to give them credit. basketball and football aside, yay missouri. can you believe missouri is so far ahead of kansas? :) it kills me every time I think about it. but you have to give them credit. basketball and football aside, yay missouri.

]]> By: Ronald http://climateprogress.org/2008/05/18/the-coal-calm-in-kansas-for-now/#comment-12930 Ronald Mon, 19 May 2008 14:33:22 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/05/18/the-coal-calm-in-kansas-for-now/#comment-12930 This comment doesn’t fit with this story, but might be of some interest. A new coal plant that the powers that be were to build in South Dakota and half of the electricity was to be used in Minnesota, might not be built after all. The coal plant might be stopped at the power line permits for Minnesota. http://www.startribune.com/business/19033589.html?location_refer=Most%20Viewed:Homepage The articles goes on to say that what might have killed the coal plant was the Minnesota Next Generation Energy Act of 2007 which requires electric utilities to create conservation measures that will cut consumption by 1.5 percent a year and it requires them to produce 25 percent of their power from renewables by 2025. “With those two in combination, the reality is, you don’t need new coal plants,” said Duke Bascom, CEO of Global Green Energy, an Edina firm that invests in clean energy projects. This comment doesn’t fit with this story, but might be of some interest.

A new coal plant that the powers that be were to build in South Dakota and half of the electricity was to be used in Minnesota, might not be built after all. The coal plant might be stopped at the power line permits for Minnesota.

http://www.startribune.com/ business/ 19033589.html?location_refer=Most%20Viewed:Homepage

The articles goes on to say that what might have killed the coal plant was the Minnesota Next Generation Energy Act of 2007 which requires electric utilities to create conservation measures that will cut consumption by 1.5 percent a year and it requires them to produce 25 percent of their power from renewables by 2025.

“With those two in combination, the reality is, you don’t need new coal plants,” said Duke Bascom, CEO of Global Green Energy, an Edina firm that invests in clean energy projects.

]]> By: Ronald http://climateprogress.org/2008/05/18/the-coal-calm-in-kansas-for-now/#comment-12895 Ronald Sun, 18 May 2008 22:11:02 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/05/18/the-coal-calm-in-kansas-for-now/#comment-12895 Democratic Vice Presidential candidates huh. I don’t know all that much about who is available, but my choice to run with Obama is Jim Webb, Senator from Virginia. Here’s his bio. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Webb Former Secretary of the Navy under Reagan and a good speaker. Would give some immediate defense credit to Obama. I haven't any idea if he would want it. Democratic Vice Presidential candidates huh.

I don’t know all that much about who is available, but my choice to run with Obama is Jim Webb, Senator from Virginia. Here’s his bio.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Webb

Former Secretary of the Navy under Reagan and a good speaker. Would give some immediate defense credit to Obama. I haven’t any idea if he would want it.

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