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Pickin' on the plan Pickens' natural gas plan makes no sense and will never happen	Joseph Romm	27 Sep 2008	Gristmill
The following post is by Earl Killian, guest blogger at Climate Progress. ----- Thomas Boone Pickens is a billionaire who made his money in oil and corporate takeovers. He began investing in natural gas in 1997, and in wind power in 2007. In 2008, he went public with the Pickens Plan via a website and a well funded advertising campaign. Here we analyze the Pickens Plan, as presented here, which begins by correctly observing: America is addicted to foreign oil ...
Topics: cars, wind power, electricity, natural gas, energy, electric vehicles (all these topics)

Gone with the wind PowerVote erects 30 nine-foot windmills at Ole Miss for presidential debate	Sara Barz	26 Sep 2008	Gristmill
Thirty nine-foot-tall windmills today are spinning a big welcome message for John McCain and Barack Obama on the campus of Ole Miss for tonight's first presidential debate. Power Vote -- a nonpartisan youth voter campaign -- erected the windmill "political art installation" to whip-up support for clean energy as an issue in the 2008 election. 'Our landscape ought to be dotted with wind turbines and solar installations instead of coal and nuclear facilit ...
Topics: video, campus activism, wind power, energy, presidential race 08, elections, politics (all these topics)

ReGeneration Roadtrip: Wind in our sails On the road to Vegas, we spot two wind farms	Sarah van Schagen	25 Sep 2008	Gristmill
Todd and I left San Francisco with one thing on our minds: "Vegas, baby!" But as we drove the long, hot, dry (did I mention long?) roads to Nevada, we got distracted by something shiny! wind turbines on a hill in the distance. So we tore off onto a service road and headed up the hill. Turns out we were looking at the Altamont wind turbine farm, one of the oldest in the country. Located in the Diablo Range of San Joaquin Valley, Altamont ...
Topics: California, energy, ReGeneration Roadtrip, wind power (all these topics)

A national grid will make renewable electricity work A purely local approach would double or triple costs	Gar Lipow	17 Sep 2008	Gristmill
This is one more attempt to kill a zombie myth: the notion that local generation of renewable electricity can substitute for long-distance transmission. I can see where this comes from -- the sun shines almost everywhere, and the wind blows strong within a few hundred miles of most places where it doesn't, right? If we are going to use renewable electricity at all, it's hard to understand why we wouldn't get it from rooftops, parking lots, or at worst surrounding rural are ...
Topics: electricity, electricity grid, energy, renewable energy, solar thermal power, wind power (all these topics)

How Can You Be So 'Shore'? Offshore wind power in U.S. poised to take off		03 Sep 2008	News
Posted at 6:07 AM on 03 Sep 2008 There are no offshore wind turbines generating electricity in U.S. waters yet, but that's expected to change soon if wind-power advocates and wind developers have their way. The first U.S. offshore wind turbines could be spinning in as little as three to five years if all goes well. The U.S. Interior Department is already conducting environmental impact studies for offshore wind farms at 1 ...
Topics: business, energy, news, United States, wind power (all these topics)

Pickens in a pickle T. Boone Pickens embraces progressive policies but not progressive politicians	Joseph Romm	28 Aug 2008	Gristmill
I interviewed the billionaire conservative oilman for Salon. My article and the interview are now online here. My goal was not to trip him up with the flaws in his plan, but just to explore some of the key issues, especially the role of government in making it happen. Talking to him it is clear he is very genuinely concerned about the impoverishment we face on our current laissez-faire energy path -- a $10 trillion transfer of wealth from Americans to the rest o ...
Topics: climate, energy, politics, T Boone Pickens, wind power (all these topics)

DNC: The wind beneath the wing Colorado celebrates wind investment, but calls for more legislative support from Washington	Kate Sheppard	27 Aug 2008	Gristmill
I stopped by a press conference yesterday for Vestas, the wind energy company, where state leaders were hailing the company's recent investment in Colorado. Vestas has plans for four major manufacturing plants in Colorado where they will build the components of wind turbines like blades to towers. They estimate that the plants will create 2,500 jobs and generate $600 million in investment. Gov. Bill Ritter (D) and Reps. Mark Udall and Ed Perlmutter were on hand for the ...
Topics: Colorado, Democratic National Convention, elections, Muckraker, politics, US Senate, video, wind power (all these topics)

'Drill, drill, drill' -- even if it won't solve the problem T. Boone Pickens airs his first television ad	Kate Sheppard	25 Aug 2008	Gristmill
T. Boone Pickens -- the conservative billionaire oil baron turned wind activist -- just released his his first TV ad. Pickens has said that 'we can't drill our way out' of our energy problem, and in the ad he says that wind should be the primary energy source to help break dependency on foreign oil. But he also says in that ad that we should 'drill, drill, drill.' Watch it: Pickens will be at the Democratic National Convention Thursday at noon, in the Big Tent ...
Topics: advertising, energy, Muckraker, oil and gas drilling, politics, T Boone Pickens, video, wind power (all these topics)

The Coal Shebang Colorado utility voluntarily shuts down two coal plants		21 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 7:01 AM on 21 Aug 2008 Two coal-fired power plants in Colorado will be shut down -- not because green groups sued like crazy to make it happen, but because a utility volunteered. Citing concerns about public health and greenhouse-gas emissions, Xcel Energy asked permission of state regulators to close its coal plants, and regulators have approved the plan. Xcel becomes the first utility in the country to shut dow ...
Topics: coal, Colorado, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, news, progress, solar thermal power, utilities, wind power (all these topics)

Just the Tip of the Bloomberg Mayor has big clean-energy goals for NYC		20 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 10:54 AM on 20 Aug 2008 New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg touted clean energy Tuesday at, aptly, the National Clean Energy Summit. He said his city has issued a formal request to companies for ideas on how to source electricity from the wind, sun, and waves. "Perhaps companies will want to put wind farms atop our bridges and skyscrapers, or use the enormous potential of powerful offshore winds miles out in ...
Topics: business, energy, local politics, New York City, news, placemaking, politics, renewable energy, wave and tidal power, wind power (all these topics)

Splitting Airs N.Y. wind rush brings corruption complaints, divides rural communities		18 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 8:28 AM on 18 Aug 2008 Lured by generous state subsidies, the wind industry is having its day in the sun breeze in upstate New York. But the scramble for turbine-friendly land has led to complaints of corruption and caused schisms in rural communities. At least two wind companies are being investigated for shady dealings, and evidence of possible improper influence or conflicts of interest have emerg ...
Topics: business, energy, New York, news, placemaking, renewable energy, wind power (all these topics)

Post-Carbon County Clean energy comes to the coalfields	Josh Dorner	13 Aug 2008	Gristmill
The name says it all. Carbon County, Pennsylvania is a county of 58,000 located in the heart of the Keystone State's famed anthracite coalfields. The county was famous not just for its coal, but also the notorious Molly Maguires that exemplified the kind of organized violence between workers and bosses that marked 19th century American industrialism. Pennsylvania is also the state that launched the petroleum industry, with the sinking of the Drake Well in Titusville ( ...
Topics: business, coal, greenish companies, mining, renewable energy, video, wind power (all these topics)

The solar billionaires' club First recorded solar billionaire in China, U.S. billionaires persue wind	Joseph Romm	07 Aug 2008	Gristmill
This post is by ClimateProgress guest blogger Bill Becker, executive director of the Presidential Climate Action Project. ----- Hunter Lovins is one of the country's premier prophets of the prosperity we can achieve if we move quickly to establish a post-carbon economy. Vast new markets and investment opportunities are opening worldwide for clean technologies. 'Those who recognize this opportunity will be the first to the future and the billionaires of tomorrow ...
Topics: business, energy, investing, renewable energy, solar voltaic power, wind power (all these topics)

T. Boone's new ad	David Roberts	06 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Lots of wind, no mention of natural gas:
Topics: advertising, business, energy, renewable energy, video, wind power (all these topics)

Stardom? NYT Magazine swoons for Pickens	Sir Oolius	04 Aug 2008	Gristmill
From the most recent New York Times Magazine: As a Texas oilman and major contributor to the Republican Party, you've just launched yourself, at 80, into green stardom by devising an energy plan that relies mainly on wind power. Green stardom. All you have to do is mention wind turbines to make the eyes of dirty hippies glaze over in delight.
Topics: energy, mainstream media, Texas, wind power (all these topics)

All about water?	David Roberts	04 Aug 2008	Gristmill
ZapRoot takes on the Pickens plan:
Topics: energy, Texas, video, wind power (all these topics)

When 'picking energy winners,' don't ignore past investment Marketplace commentary gives a misleading picture of government's role in energy use	Liz Borkowski	01 Aug 2008	Gristmill
In a commentary on Thursday's Marketplace, the Cato Institute's Will Wilkinson critiqued T. Boone Pickens' new energy plan. In doing so, he painted a misleading picture of the government's role in our energy usage. Pickens wants wind energy to replace natural gas in electricity generation, and use the freed-up natural gas to fuel vehicles so we can use less foreign oil. There are problems with this energy plan, but Wilkerson is most concerned that the government ...
Topics: electricity grid, energy, mainstream media, oil, renewable energy, wind power (all these topics)

Remake a Living: The jobs, my friend, are blowin' in the wind Wind power industry hiring in huge numbers	Kevin Doyle	30 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Dear Kevin,I've heard lots of hype about wind power jobs, but I don't know what kind of jobs we're talking about. Can you describe a few? Thanks for your help. (I love Grist.)Amy K.St. LouisDear Amy,Grist loves you back. Your letter goes straight to the top.The hype is very real. Reliable correspondents from the American Wind Energy Association's massive June conference in Texas report that everyone was talking about a shortage of trained and experienced people. I believ ...
Topics: advice, business, green jobs, wind power (all these topics)

Houston, we have a solution? Four encouraging signs from Big Oil's backyard	Josh Dorner	28 Jul 2008	Gristmill
After Nerdi Gras (Netroots Nation), I took a couple days off to dry-out and trotted over to Houston to visit my parents. It came as no surprise that Houston is booming due to the skyrocketing price of oil. But I also learned a few surprising things that gave me hope that brighter days are ahead for the rest of us well. Because if Houston can get it right, who can't? 1. 100 percent wind power is now cheaper than dirty electricity in Texas. If folks didn't know ...
Topics: electricity, energy, renewable energy, Texas, video, wind power (all these topics)

Turbine of the Times Wind power in China is 'huge, huge, huge'		25 Jul 2008	News
Posted at 4:44 PM on 25 Jul 2008 China, known for its environmental struggles, is looking to have a success story in wind power. "China's wind energy market is unrecognizable from two years ago," says Steve Sawyer of the Global Wind Energy Council. "It is huge, huge, huge. But it is not realized yet in the outside world." China's wind generation has increased by more than 100 percent per year since 2005, and the ...
Topics: China, energy, news, progress, renewable energy, wind power (all these topics)

Cape blind A failure of leadership in the wind	Erik Hoffner	21 Jul 2008	Gristmill
This recently appeared in Wendy Williams' blog. She is coauthor of the book Cape Wind: Money, Celebrity, Class, Politics, and the Battle for Our Energy Future on Nantucket Sound, now out in paperback -- a fascinating and horrifying read. ----- I've been giving lots of talks about Cape Wind around the country, and I can tell you -- the American people are getting really angry. Both Democrats and Republicans are equally disgusted by what they read in our book about Cape ...
Topics: Big Oil, energy, Massachusetts, politics, wind power (all these topics)

You say that like it's a bad thing Minnesota utility plans wind farm over coal reserves	JMG	17 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Story at Wind Watch: A Minnesota utility said it's planning its own mega wind farm in Oliver County, meaning Oliver and Morton counties could some day be home to as many as 1,000 new wind turbines across the hilltops.At the same time the turbines are capturing mile after mile of wind, they could cover up substantial coal reserves along that southern stretch of Coal Country ...
Topics: coal, energy, Minnesota, renewable energy, wind power (all these topics)

A T. Boone of sugar makes the medicine go down CBS interviews oil man Pickens on his new greenish plan	David Roberts	15 Jul 2008	Gristmill
I was gone last week when T. Boone Pickens' big energy plan came out and everyone was buzzing about it. CBS has a new interview with him, done by Katie Couric, who actually asks some reasonably tough questions: Of course what she doesn't do is get much into the meat of the plan itself, or its flaws. At this point, there's not much to add to what's been said by others. It's great that he's juicing wind, and it's great he's telling his fellow Republicans that drillin ...
Topics: energy, T Boone Pickens, video, wind power (all these topics)

Scenarios for a low carbon, no-nuke future Renewables and efficiency would provide more GDP than fossil fuels	Gar Lipow	14 Jul 2008	Gristmill
The attached Excel spreadsheet takes specific technologies, the known cost of implementing them, and various scenarios for responses to such implementation and technical improvements (including no technical improvement!) and calculates costs and benefits. This is intended to be an open source model. The comment section will be used to revise the spreadsheet with links to the old versions added to the bottom of this post as revisions are made (for the sake of transparency.) ...
Topics: energy, energy efficiency, renewable energy, solar thermal power, solar voltaic power, wind power (all these topics)

Memo to T. Boone Pickens His energy plan is half brilliant, half dumb	Joseph Romm	08 Jul 2008	Gristmill
The Phone Call based on a true story Major cable network: What do you think of T. Boone Pickens' latest energy plan? Me: Half of it is great -- the big push on wind power. Heck, even the Bush administration says wind power could be 20 percent of U.S. electricity. But the notion that we would use the wind power to free up natural gas in order to fuel a transition to natural gas vehicles makes no sense. Why would we go to the trouble of switching our vehicle fleet f ...
Topics: cars, climate, energy, natural gas, wind power (all these topics)

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