Duke Energy Progress plans 20 years of serial rate hikes to pay for its fossil fuel
dependence & risky new nukes on
the backs of families and small
businesses.
Bill McKibben on Hurricane Sandy and Climate Change: “If There Was Ever a Wake-up Call, This Is It” – Democracy Now!
Much of the East Coast is shut down today as residents prepare for Hurricane Sandy, a massive storm that could impact up to 50 million people from the Carolinas to Boston. The storm has already killed 66 people in the Caribbean, where it battered Haiti and Cuba. “This thing is stitched together from elements natural and unnatural, and it seems poised to cause real havoc,” says Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org.
Solar energy is ready. The U.S. isn’t. – Bloomberg Businessweek
Clean energy has become a dirty word in presidential politics….The candidates’ coolness to renewable energy comes at a time when the domestic supply of traditional energy sources, such as oil and natural gas, is at an all-time high. And yet this failure to make the promise of renewables a keynote in the debate is a huge missed opportunity. In particular, it ignores the dramatic reduction in the cost of photovoltaic solar power worldwide and the considerable benefits to U.S. consumers and the environment.
Reject Duke-Progress political pay-offs, watchdogs tell regulators – News Release from NC WARN
Competing interests to spar over Progress rate request – The News & Observer
The number immediately jumped out to Jim Hoard: $9 million. That’s the amount Progress Energy expects to save within its first year of the merger with Duke Energy, according to the rate increase request Progress filed this month. The savings would come from streamlined operations and staff cuts that will eliminate 1,860 positions over three years.
Why it matters: Global warming – The Associated Press
People love to talk about the weather, especially when it’s strange like the mercifully ended summer of 2012. This year the nation’s weather has been hotter and more extreme than ever, federal records show. Yet there are two people who aren’t talking about it, and they both happen to be running for president.