Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 10/13/2009 8:30:28 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
A new U.S. EPA analysis requested by Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) is spawning a lobbying frenzy among Midwestern utilities that claim the document shows they will be treated unfairly under federal climate legislation. They say the assessment (pdf) reveals that states like California will receive a financial windfall under a global warming bill, while states like Wisconsin will not get enough help and will have to spike electricity rates as a result.
"The EPA document just confirms the formula will disadvantage Midwest states for decades to come while the coastal states will hit a 'federal jackpot' every year over the life of the new program," said Zachary Hill, senior manager of federal government affairs at Alliant Energy, a Wisconsin-based utility.
Some environmentalists are counterattacking that the three-page report is flawed because its author relied on questionable methodology and analyzed only one part of a bill that passed the House earlier this year. They also say a Senate version of climate legislation is still being drafted and could make EPA's statements moot.
"I have not been particularly impressed of certain aspects of EPA modeling," said Joe Romm, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. "It looks to me like they've done what is easy for them to do, but isn't accurate."
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Wisconsin is flyover country, so they are not as important.
Start Gov’t. reform by eliminating the EPA and the Dept. of Education, as well as nullifying their ridiculous restrictions and mandates.
As the solar minimum deepens............
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
408 AM EDT WED OCT 14 2009
...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
AN EARLY SEASON COASTAL STORM WILL RIDE UP THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD BEGINNING THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION INITIALLY IN THE FORM OF RAIN WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD INTO NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND THE SOUTHERN TIER OF NEW YORK STATE BY MID AFTERNOON. AS THURSDAY NIGHT ARRIVES...TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO FALL TO NEAR FREEZING WHICH WILL ALLOW PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW. THIS
STORM SYSTEM WILL HAVE ACCESS TO AMPLE AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE FROM THE ATLANTIC OCEAN WHICH MAY LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND THE SOUTHERN TIER OF NEW YORK STATE. THE MOST PRONE LOCATIONS INCLUDE THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE CATSKILLS AND THE POCONOS...HOWEVER SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED ACROSS THE LOWER VALLEY LOCATIONS AS WELL. THIS REMAINS A RAPIDLY CHANGING SITUATION AND ALL WITH TRAVEL PLANS OR SCHEDULED OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR ANY POSSIBLE
WATCHES WITH SUBSEQUENT FORECAST UPDATES.
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