The editorial page of the Advance shows just how popular the governor is. From the Advance, Feb. 25, 2010: Seems like Granholm’s answers to the paper didn’t suffice. Bob is right. Bill is right too, most of the opposition is from a very long drive away. I added my two cents: To the editor, It [...]
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Right now, Wolverine is still waiting to hear from the MDNRE on whether it will receive an air quality permit, despite Jennifer Granholm’s claim that the issuance of a permit has nothing whatsoever to do with politics. The beginning of the coal plant saga was May 2006. In a few months, we will have been [...]
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Also tagged cap and trade, climategate, coal, environmentalism, EPA, Global Warming, government regulation, Jennifer Granholm, MI DEQ, Michigan, Obama, Politics, power plant, Presque Isle Electric, science, sierra club
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Monday, December 14, 2009
The Substitution of Legislation by Regulation Click here to view Part 22 The Heavy Hand of the EPA One of the things that makes America different from other countries is our political system, presumably. I mean to say that we elect leaders to represent us and work in our interest among the political causes of [...]
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Also tagged cap and trade, coal, economy, environmentalism, EPA, Global Warming, government regulation, green energy, jobs, Michigan, power plant
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Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Click here to view Part 21 Tom Karas says quit “whining” while he kills our children’s future. A couple of weeks back, I noticed that Tom Karas, an out-of town environmentalist, was planning to show up at the Presque Isle Electric and Gas Co-op annual meeting to formally demand a complete financial disclosure of Wolverine’s [...]
Monday, November 30, 2009
Over a week ago, the leading climate research institution, the Hadley Climate Research Unit (CRU) was compromised by an email hacker. The hacked emails exposed some of the most nefarious cover-ups in climate research, one of which namely, that the earth has been cooling for the past ten years. The public has been steadily becoming [...]
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Saturday, October 31, 2009
click here to view Part 20 Members of PIE&G overwhelmingly trust Wolverine By unanimous vote, the Presque Isle County Commissioners approved a proposed landfill for Wolverine’s clean coal plant, much to the dismay of the same few people opposed to the project. You can read the Advance’s reporting on the issue here. I found this [...]
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
click here to view Part 19 Carbon Capture and Sequestration Our congressman, Bart Stupak announced gleefully the week of October 8th, 2009, that $2.7 million of federal stimulus funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)were awarded to Wolverine Power for carbon capture. I wrote about the stimulus bill on this blog and rereading shows me [...]
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
click here to view Part 18 Clean Coal = Michigan Jobs “Put us to work,” was the chant heard in Lansing on October 6th, 2009 when a bus load of Rogers City activists joined a rally on the steps and the lawn of the capitol. Mayor Beach Hall spoke at the rally . The Advance writes, [...]
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
click here to view Part 17 The Sierra Club’s Theatrics Reacting to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Wolverine asked for an additional hearing to change the way that emissions are measured. The EPA changed the way emissions are measured in the Clean Air Act of 2008, and that standard does not have to be [...]
click here to view Part 16 Cap and Trade Cap and Trade was brought to a vote in the U.S. House on June 26th. By a vote of 219-212, the bill passed. Since Bart Stupak was on the Energy and Commerce Committee in the United States House of Representatives, and he is the area’s representative, [...]
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