Jan

12

White House to release federal e-budget

Posted by Michael Sciannamea

January 12, 2008 | 1 Comment

Next month, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) will release the federal budget for fiscal year 2009 as a downloadable and searchable file on its website and available to anyone who wants to read the (usually) massive document.
This is the first time that the OMB is choosing to release the budget electronically […]

Dec

28

Time to make your environmental concerns heard

Posted by Michael Sciannamea

December 28, 2007 | 4 Comments

The 2008 presidential race officially begins next week with the Iowa Caucuses and the New Hampshire Primaries, so it soon will be time for voters to choose candidates they feel best represent their views, including environmental policies.
With all of the “green” efforts going on throughout the country while gaining greater attention through both the mainstream […]

Dec

14

Illinois has potential to be wind farm “hotbed”

Posted by Michael Sciannamea

December 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Despite high property tax rates and a varying bureaucratic process that could make getting the proper licenses difficult at best, it appears that the state of Illinois is poised to become one of the “hotbeds” of the wind farm/renewable energy effort.
Over 100 wind farm developers and local government officials gathered recently in Peoria to discuss […]

Dec

7

U.S. Senate to vote on greenhouse gas emissions bill in 2008

Posted by Michael Sciannamea

December 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Next year the U.S. Senate will be voting on a bill designed to establish new greenhouse gas emission limits that will be adjusted every year after 2012. It is described as a “cap-and-trade program” that will allow utilities and industries to receive allowances if they stay under the gap, or have the ability to sell […]

Dec

4

Large wind farm project to be developed in Oregon

Posted by Michael Sciannamea

December 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment

A wind farm project that is expected to be the largest in the Pacific Northwest could generate enough electricity (909 megawatts) to power 225,000 homes.
The Shepherd’s Flat wind farm will be built along the Columbia River along Oregon’s Gilliam and Morrow counties and would include over 303 wind turbines, with some over 500 feet in […]

Dec

3

Political change to drive climate change

Posted by Michael Sciannamea

December 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Senator John F. Kerry (D-Massachusetts) has co-written a piece where he talks about how the only real way to move forward in the drive to recognize and react to climate change is to change the way the politics (and politicians) on this subject is viewed.
He cites an example of how Australia’s John Howard was the […]
-->