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| Marita Noon |
The passage of time is marked with milestones. We each know where we were when President Kennedy was shot, when the Berlin Wall came down, and on the morning of 9-11. If we continue on the current course, you’ll be telling your grandchildren where you were the night the lights went out in America. America’s energy policy is being dominated by environmentalists’ priorities—regardless of the impact to the American economy, individual communities, or economically-challenged citizens. The plans to shut down or limit America’s abundant, available, and affordable energy are organized, coordinated, and effective. The results will be “lights out in America”—a dim future.
On May 30, the Wall Street Journal alerted us to the Sierra Club’s new campaign aimed at killing the natural gas industry: “Beyond Natural Gas.” WSJ reports: “This is no idle threat. The Sierra Club has deep pockets funded by liberal foundations and knows how to work the media and politicians. The lobby helped to block new nuclear plants for more than 30 years, it has kept much of the U.S. off-limits to oil drilling, and its ‘Beyond Coal’ campaign has all but shut down new coal plants. One of its priorities now will be to make shale gas drilling anathema within the Democratic Party.”
How do they think we will power America? With intermittent, ineffective, and uneconomical wind and solar energy.
Why are the Sierra Club, et al, able to wield so much power? The Obama administration is friendly to their cause. Many of the agencies regulating domestic energy development are staffed with personnel culled from within the ranks of the environmental movement. And, they are not shy about their biases—as was revealed in the now famous “crucify” comment. They also use their vast resources to sue, and sue often. As a new report from the Kentucky Coal Association (KCA) reveals, they don’t just sue the coal miners and the coal-fueled power plants, they sue the EPA to force new standards which are often unattainable—thereby effectively stopping all use of coal. (Remember, natural gas is the next target.)
The EPA, then, goes around standard operating procedures to do the bidding of their environmental buddies. Read rest of column here:
News New Mexico
Where will you be when the lights go out in America?
Farmington Daily Times - Widespread change is a sure bet in the New Mexico Legislature this year. No matter what happens in today's primary election, at least 21 of the 112 legislative seats will change hands. Nine of 42 senators are leaving office of their own accord at year's end. Twelve members of the House of Representatives also are giving up their seats, but six hope to remain in the Legislature as senators. In addition, one incumbent member of the House is sure to be ousted in Tuesday's primary. That is because Reps. Bob Wooley and Dennis Kintigh of Roswell are matched against one another in the District 66 Republican primary. Close friends, they were thrown into competition through redistricting. How much deeper the changes go depends on how many other incumbents lose their campaigns for re-election. For Republicans, the primary marks the beginning of what they hope will end a 60-year political drought. They have not controlled the state House of Representatives since 1953, when gas cost 20 cents a gallon and school segregation was still legal under the U.S. Supreme Court's "separate but equal" ruling. State Rep. Brian Egolf, D-Santa Fe, predicted Republicans will not take control of the House in 2013 either. Egolf said in an interview that he thinks Democrats will widen their margin after the general election in November. They now have a 36-33-1 advantage. Read More News New Mexico
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