Largely under the radar, Rhode Island is in the midst of a three year planning process for “sustainable development,” which some critics see as a means of regulating in the name of environmentalism.
Explaining Rhode Island’s decline in four brief sections: legal process, the economy, the media, and fashionable graft.
What subsidizes green?; what the unions want the pension law to say; First Family Holiday Fame; America, the Special.
Contrary to what was alleged in a complaint filed with Attorney General Peter Kilmartin, the East Bay Energy Consortium (EBEC) has pursued a proposed wind power project in a fiscally responsible, open, and transparent manner, according to some of the government figures named in the complaint.
RI taxpayers could be on the hook for a costly, unworkable wind power project that lacks and discernible environmental benefits if the East Bay Energy Consortium and its partners in government are permitted to overstep legal boundaries, a complaint with the attorney general claims.
Returning RI to its natural state; RI as a playground for the rich; the gimmick of QE; the gimmick of digital records; killing coal/economy; when “Mostly False” means true.
Days off from retirement in Cranston; the conspiracy of low interest rates; sympathy with the Satanic Verses; the gas mandate; and the weaponized media.
The topics of hope and hopelessness pervaded this weekend’s readings, from absurd labor rules in schools, to the likely outcome of Make It Happen, to Spencer Dickinson’s insider view, and then to Sandra Fluke.
Portsmouth’s wind turbine has run into technical problems, and Rhode Islanders should learn a broader lesson about government in business.
Justin whiles away the evening writing from the State House floor (campaign finance) and House Environment and Natural Resources Committee hearing (EBEC).
A quasi-public wind farm proposal is still flying below most Rhode islanders’ radar and changing shape from month to month, the latest idea being to make it a subsidiary of the EDC.
Rhode Island has the seventh highest energy costs, and renewable energy standards are a likely contributor.
Justin writes live from the House Committee on Environment and Natural Resources hearing, including (for one thing) creation of a new public consortium with powers of eminent domain.
In the past few months, the Department of Environmental Management has purchased land or the development rights for nearly 100 acres of land at a cost just under $1 million.
National Journal ranking of liberal and conservative legislators points to politics and posturing.
If there really is such a thing as a “tipping point” in global warming, shouldn’t we begin to figure out the “what then” now?