Biden issues positive clean energy report
Snips:
.....the administration is taking the critical steps to transform the United States into a global clean energy leader."
,,,,,,,,,US homes will have 26,000,000 Smart meters installed by 2013, triple the number now in service, the memo said.
There are plans to build and operate five commercial scale power plants with carbon capture facilities intended to help control greenhouse gas emissions.
Biden will discuss the measures at a meeting on climate change in Copenhagen next week.
PG&E sued over smart meters, slows down Bakersfield deployment
Pacific Gas & Electric has "paused" installing smart meters in the Bakersfield area because of complaints from residents that their new Pacific Gas & Electric smart meters are overcharging them. PG&E denies the allegations, noting that the rise in electricity bills some customers have seen come from other factors, such as regulator-approved rate hikes and air conditioning spikes during heat waves. Nonetheless, it has put a halt on new meters for now, utility spokesman Paul Moreno said Tuesday.
Complaints for power have now taken the form of a lawsuit. Pete Flores, of Bakersfield, claims in the suit filed last week in Kern County Superior Court that ever since PG&E installed a smart meter at his home, he's been charged for more electricity than he has used. Right now Flores – who says his average bill as jumped from about $200 a month to about $500 to $600 a month since he got a smart meter – is the only named plaintiff.
New data on EU carbon trading fraud undermines cliimate fight
In what is sure to provide additional ammunition for climate denial suicide bombers*, Europol, the European Union’s top law enforcement agency, has announced that more than $7.4 billion in tax revenue has been lost from schemes involving the trade of carbon credits.
BAGHDAD (AP) Iraq says oil well takeover by Iran violates its sovereignty, demands clearly defined border.
Islamic mosque built at NYC Ground Zero
Then this terror out of the White House:
COPENHAGEN (AP) Obama to fellow leaders: we are "running short on time" for climate deal.
COPENHAGEN (AP) Obama: No country will get everything it wants if climate accord is to be reached
'There is no time to waste' on climate change accord, President Obama tells U.N. Climate Change Conference.
COPENHAGEN (AP) Obama: all nations will "be stronger and safer and more secure" with a global climate accord.
COPENHAGEN (AP) Obama says that nations' will to address climate change "hangs in the balance"
Welcome to the Democratic Party's Civil War
He is a BULLY! He uses these threats with EVERY bit of spending! Obamacare, it's all crucial in spending, spending,spending!