I drew a big ‘Whhhaaat?’ when the Daily Grist told me that a utility company in Colorado has ‘voluntarily’ chosen to shut down 2 of its coal fired power plants citing benefits to public health and the environment. Under the leadership of the state’s governor, Colorado is looking to reduce CO2 emmissions in the state 20% by 2020. [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Jill Long Thompson’
August 18, 2008
WTHR channel 13 gubernatorial ‘truth test’ confusing
Posted late last week, channel 13 attempts some “truth testing” but winds up with a confusing presentation that has more questions than answers. Channel 13 tackles this commercial first:
It’s puzzling how this ad has been categorized as negative by the Daniels campaign. Does the governor not have a tough enough skin to at [...]
July 31, 2008
Jill Long Thompon’s “Green Jobs” – adequate ideas on wind and green jobs, but still ignores our coal problem
Jill Long Thompson’s environmental plan for the state lays some necessary groundwork, but ignores the elephant in the room that is coal. First, a few positives.
Packaged as an economic ‘Green Jobs’ initiative, the democratic candidate for governor pledges to commit over $15 million dollars to fund Indiana start-ups focusing on increasing technology energy-efficiency and general [...]
