<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for It’s dirty and fat, but ... charming!]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Icelander http://www.grist.org/article/the-south/ Tue, 31 Jul 2007 03:39:49 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/the-south/1 Another Statistic

Southern states as a whole receive more federal money than they pay as taxes, according to this report: http://preview.tinyurl.com/yuwe6j

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Southern states as a whole receive more federal money than they pay as taxes, according to this report: http://preview.tinyurl.com/yuwe6j

]]> Comment #2 by GreenMom http://www.grist.org/article/the-south/ Tue, 31 Jul 2007 04:30:57 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/the-south/2 The South Isn't a Monolith, though...


There's more good happening down here than y'all think.  As of yesterday both houses of the NC legislature had passed a renewable portfolio standard. The two versions still need to be resolved in conference, but that'll happen.  It's not great from a ratepayer point of view, which is why the power companies are on board, but it's a significant environmental step (12.5% by 2021).  The governor (a Dem) will sign it.

And most of our big power plants have scrubbers or are soon to put them on, a result of 2002 legislation setting statewide caps on sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides.

Lots of smallscale solar, wind, and biodiesel happening too, both in the central NC and in the mountains.  This is a fun place to be right now. (For example, check out all the links from the NC Solar Center at http://www.ncsc.ncsu.edu/).


]]> The South Isn't a Monolith, though...


There's more good happening down here than y'all think.  As of yesterday both houses of the NC legislature had passed a renewable portfolio standard. The two versions still need to be resolved in conference, but that'll happen.  It's not great from a ratepayer point of view, which is why the power companies are on board, but it's a significant environmental step (12.5% by 2021).  The governor (a Dem) will sign it.

And most of our big power plants have scrubbers or are soon to put them on, a result of 2002 legislation setting statewide caps on sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides.

Lots of smallscale solar, wind, and biodiesel happening too, both in the central NC and in the mountains.  This is a fun place to be right now. (For example, check out all the links from the NC Solar Center at http://www.ncsc.ncsu.edu/).


]]> Comment #3 by GreenEngineer http://www.grist.org/article/the-south/ Tue, 31 Jul 2007 05:39:44 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/the-south/3 NC

Is North Carolina really in the south?  Maybe we'll have to grant them honorary Yankee status, if they keep this up.

just kidding :)

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Is North Carolina really in the south?  Maybe we'll have to grant them honorary Yankee status, if they keep this up.

just kidding :)

]]> Comment #4 by Biodiversivist http://www.grist.org/article/the-south/ Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:54:10 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/the-south/4 I have a theory that Indiana is a southern state

that moved North via tectonic drift.

In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Poison Darts--Protecting the biodiversity of our world

]]> I have a theory that Indiana is a southern state

that moved North via tectonic drift.

In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Poison Darts--Protecting the biodiversity of our world

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