The House of Delegates yesterday gave final approval, 82-16, to a bill that would end the state’s experiment with electric deregulation. However, the sponsor of the House-passed bill, Sen. Tho- mas K. Norment Jr., R-James City, asked the Senate yesterday…
Monthly Archives: February 2007
Virginia Mountain Defenders Emerging!
Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards is a new grassroots group that has RAPIDLY come up in Southwest Virginia. They’ve been organizing hard over the last year and are working to stop some of the nastiest mountaintop removal and strip mining in…
The Invasive Species Cookbook
The power of the human alimentary tract to act as the final resting place for non-human life-forms is not to be underestimated. Perhaps it’s time to put all of those grumbling stomachs and gnashing teeth to work in a way…
Family Forest Owner Perceptions and Attitudes: Minnesota’s Sustainable Forest Incentives Act
The objectives of this study were to: (1) describe and quantify likely family forest owner enrollment in Minnesota’s Sustainable Forest Incentives Act (SFIA) under a range of annual incentive payment levels;(2) identify the characteristics of those family forest landowners most…
Forests, Carbon and Climate Change: A Synthesis of Science Findings
This 182-page book contains chapters by a variety of scientists and others with expertise in climate change and the role of forests in storing atmospheric carbon, a greenhouse gas. Topics include forest management strategies for carbon storage, the role of…
North Carolina Lawmakers Make Rare Call for Delay in Coal Plant Permitting Process
A group of North Carolina lawmakers called on the North Carolina Utilities Commission to enact a 90-day suspension of the permitting process for Duke Energy’s proposed 1,600 Megawatt expansion of it’s Cliffside Power Plant near Charlotte. Critics contend that the…
Federal Court Orders for the First Time a Halt to New Field Trials of Genetically Engineered Crops
[Washington, DC] In a decision broadly affecting field trials of genetically engineered crops a federal district judge ruled yesterday that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) must halt approval of all new field trials until more rigorous environmental reviews are…
Your Electric Bill’s About to Soar. So Are Dominion Power’s Profits.
[HUGE thanks to Lowell at RaisingKaine.com. Orginial piece here] Dominion Virginia Power is about to get a lot richer, you’re about to get a lot poorer, and the environment is about to get a lot dirtier. That is, at least,…
Timber wins ‘The Great Materials Debate’
[England] Timber was overwhelmingly voted the most sustainable construction material over steel, concrete, masonry and PVCu at ‘The Great Materials Debate’ at Ecobuild…Through photosynthesis, trees draw in energy from sunlight, remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, take in water from…
USDA Farm Bill Proposal Takes Bullish Approach to Market-Based Conservation
Imagine a world in which farmers and ranchers were paid to generate … ecosystem services such as water filtration, carbon sequestration and wildlife habitat. Imagine a world in which carbon and water-quality credits traded on a commodities exchange alongside oat…
