Tea party groups out against net neutrality - The Hill's Hillicon Valley

Tea party groups out against net neutrality - The Hill's Hillicon Valley:

By Sara Jerome

"A coalition that included 25 tea party groups sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Wednesday urging the agency not to boost its authority over broadband providers through a controversial procedure known as reclassification."

DOE giving SC school $450K to study carbon dioxide - WIS News 10 - Columbia, South Carolina |

DOE giving SC school $450K to study carbon dioxide - WIS News 10 - Columbia, South Carolina

Asssistant Energy Secretary James Markowsky said Wednesday that Clemson University will receive $450,000 from the agency over three years.

Clemson says its research will focus on developing ways to safely store carbon dioxide in formations like depleted oil reservoirs and unmineable coal seams."

NRC: Minor indicator problem at SC nuke reactor - WIS News 10 - Columbia, South Carolina |

NRC: Minor indicator problem at SC nuke reactor - WIS News 10 - Columbia, South Carolina |: "Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokesman Joey Ledford says indicators for Unit 3 at the Oconee Nuclear Station went blank around noon Wednesday.

Ledford said NRC inspectors are staying onsite for now. Ledford says reactors are operating normally, and no one was in danger because of the indicator problem"

Portugal Makes the Leap to Renewable Energy - NYTimes.com

Portugal Makes the Leap to Renewable Energy - NYTimes.com:

Elizabeth Rosenthal

August 9, 2010

"Today, Lisbon’s trendy bars, Porto’s factories and the Algarve’s glamorous resorts are powered substantially by clean energy. Nearly 45 percent of the electricity in Portugal’s grid will come from renewable sources this year, up from 17 percent just five years ago."

Jimmy Chandler, top S.C. environmental attorney, dies - Local / Metro - TheState.com

Jimmy Chandler, top S.C. environmental attorney, dies - Local / Metro - TheState.com:

Sammy Fretwell - sfretwell@thestate.com

"Since the early 1980s, the unflappable Chandler had been the face of environmental law in South Carolina’s Lowcountry and a leading advocate of protecting the marshes, beaches, rivers and lakes that define the Palmetto State."

SC Supreme Ct. Reverses PSC Nuclear Order

In a 3 - 2 decision, the South Carolina Supreme Court reversed the PSC's decision to allow SCE&G to recover "contingency costs" as part of its Base Load Review Order allowing the financing and construction of two nuclear units at its Jenkinsville facility. The South Carolina Energy Users Committee did not oppose the project itself, but challenged the recovery of contingency costs for the project as not being allowed by law.

Deep freeze ahead for carbon cap bills - Darren Samuelsohn - POLITICO.com

Deep freeze ahead for carbon cap bills - Darren Samuelsohn - POLITICO.com:

By DARREN SAMUELSOHN | 8/7/10 5:53 PM EDT

more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0810/40768.html#ixzz0w4Ec1DLk

"Environment America, the Sierra Club and the Union of Concerned Scientists, with more than 2.5 million members combined, now consider it their top job to defend the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to write climate rules against attacks in the courts and on Capitol Hill.

“The era of the big bill I think is over,” said an environmentalist whose group has not yet come out publicly on the issue.

The groups�also are hoping to defend and expand on state and regional climate laws and compacts, including a carbon market for power plants operating in the Northeast and emerging systems in the West. And they will work at the state public utility commission level to make carbon dioxide emissions a crux in reviewing permits for new and existing coal-fired power plants."

PSC hopeful wants to be voice for consumers - The Times-Herald

PSC hopeful wants to be voice for consumers - The Times-Herald:

BY SARAH FAY CAMPBELL

THE TIMES-HERALD

"Tim Echols is running for a seat on the Georgia Public Service Commission and says he'll be a 'consumer-minded conservative who is not beholden to the people that he regulates on the PSC.'

Echols and former state Sen. John Douglas, of Social Circle, are in the runoff for the Republican nomination. The winner of Tuesday's runoff will face Democrat Keith Moffett in November."