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Transmission - Don't Play With Electricity!

March 4, 2009

Posted by Ned Farquhar in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
climate, coal, electricity, globalwarming, transmission

“Careful there.  You’re going to ELECTROCUTE yourself!”  That’s my mother, when I was about five, six, seven, eight, even nine. I was playing with electricity.  That’s what advocates of giant high-voltage transmission systems might be doing as well.  David...continued

WCI: Costly, or cost-effective investment?

September 23, 2008

Posted by Ned Farquhar in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:
globalwarming, WCI, westernclimateinitiative

 Yesterday the price of oil rose $25.  In one day.    Some might ascribe that rise to the shaky financial markets, to fear and anxiety about the global economy.  Underlying that obvious connection, however, is the equally obvious fact that...continued

Western Climate Initiative - A Big Leap for a Diverse Region

September 22, 2008

Posted by Ned Farquhar in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:
climateanddrought, globalwarming, HotterandDrier, MountainWest, WCI, westernclimateinitiative

 The Western Climate Initiative (WCI, at http://www.westernclimateinitiative.org/Useful_Links.cfm) may not be perfect.  Nothing in the Western U.S. ever is.  But in its announcement of a new framework for a regional cap and trade program to control global warming emissions (and help toward...continued