Daily News Stories on America's Community Choice Aggregation Movement (CCA) and the World Energy Crisis

 

BREAKING NEWS

 

ILLINOIS CCA - CITY OF CHICAGO CCA?: Council mulls electricity referendum - But mayor has yet to weigh in on negotiating bulk rates The Chicago Tribune article by Hal Dardick (May 16, 2012)

PG&E'S GREENDULGENCE 'PRODUCT': More on PG&E’s “Green Option” from Greenwire Climate Protection Campaign article by Debra Kahn (May 16, 2012)

CALIFORNIA CCA - CLEAN POWER SONOMA: Sonoma Solar Water Heaters Hold the Key to California's Energy Independence Policy Mic article by Mark Anderson (May 16, 2012)

FRANCE'S NEW PRESIDENT TO KILL BRITISH NUCLEAR REVIVAL?: French threat to UK energy: François Hollande could close nuclear plants The Belfast Telegraph article by Oliver Wright (May 16, 2012)

DON'T WORRY - BE HAPPY: Nuclear plant drills, test evacuations pared backs MSNBC article by Jeff Donn (May 16, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - MARION: If authorized, Marion could choose electricity provider The Southern Illinoisian story by Linda Rush (May 15, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - WILMETTE: Renewable energy fuels Wilmette debate - Are residents willing to pay more for environmentally friendly electricity provider? Chicago Tribune story by John. P. Huston (May 14, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - LOMBARD: Village officials anticipate savings with electricity aggregation My Suburban Life story by Sarah Small (May 14, 2012)

FRACKING INEVITABLE?: California lawmakers push for fracking rules Los Angeles Times story by Michael J. Mishak (May 11, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - OAK FOREST GREEN POWER: Oak Forest opts for greenest electricity WLS 890AM story (May 11, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS: 51 Illinois Communities Choose Homefield Energy to Supply Electricity Transition expected to be seamless Sacramento Bee / PR Newswre press release by Ameren (May 10, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - SHOREWOOD: Shorewood advances electric aggregation program Herald-News article by Clare Walters (May 10, 2012)

NUCLEAR REVIVAL - LITHUANIA & ESTONIA: Estonia Has Still to Decide on Role in Lithuanian Nuclear Plant Bloomberg article by Ott Ummelas (May 10, 2012)

NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION - INDIA: Research and Markets: Nuclear Market Opportunity in India 2012 Sun Herald article (May 10, 2012)

NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION - PAKISTAN: Pakistan Missile Test: Government Says It Test-Fires Rocket With Nuclear Capability Huffington Post article (May 10, 2012)

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NUCLEAR HAZARD: San Onofre nuclear plant backs away from reopening date Los Angeles Times article (May 9, 2012)

FRACKING CALIFORNIA: Fracking our way to energy independence -- in California? San Jose Mercury News opinion by Damon Nagami (May 9, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - URBANA: Urbana inks residential deal with electricity supplier The News-Gazette article by Patrick Wade (May 9, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - OAK FOREST: Electric Bills Could Drop $300 a Year - Oak Forest will push ahead with an electrical aggregation plan, which is expected to drop rates by allowing the city to find a new electricity supplier, but two aldermen raised some objections to an added cost for green energy credits Oak Forest Patch article by Nick Swedberg (May 9, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - LA SALLE: La Salle takes step forward on electric aggregation News Tribune article by Matthew Baker (May 9, 2012)

NUCLEAR-FREE JAPAN?: Japan Is Without Nuclear Power, and Could Stay That Way Bloomberg article by William Pesek (May 9, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - LA GRANGE PARK: Village Has Many Options to Consider for Electrical Aggregation in La Grange Park - Length of contract, sources of electricity and cancellation fees to be considered by Village Board in La Grange Park LaGrange Patch article by Matthew Hendrickson (May 9, 2012)

FRACKING INEVITABLE? - VERMONT BANS: Vermont poised to be first state to outlaw fracking Reuters article by Jason McLure (May 8, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - PEKIN: Local government representatives accept electrical aggregation bid Pekin Times article by Sharon Woods Harris (May 8, 2012)

MIDDLE EAST NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION AS ISRAEL THREATENS IRANIAN NUKE SITE: Mideast nuclear conference in jeopardy Associated Press article by George Jahn (May 8, 2012)

GOT BONDS?: Few Seize on a U.S. Bond Program Backing Green Energy New York Times article by Diane Cardwell (May 7, 2012)

AMERICA'S CARBON MAFIA: Community Power vs. the Kochs Huffington Post article by Aaron Bartley (May 7, 2012)

LOCALIZATION IS EVERYTHING: Remote Solar Plants Come with Added Costs - New transmission lines will be needed to carry power from the desert to the Bay Area The Bay Citizen article by Ryan Jacobs (May 7, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - NORTH SHORE ELECTRICITY AGGREGATION CONSORTIUM: Electricity aggregation to yield 41 percent in savings, officials say Highland Park TribLocal article (May 7, 2012)

BANANA REPUBLIC NOW - FRACKING: U.S. energy exports look more like Third World policy South Coast Today article by Bruce Ferguson (May 7, 2012)

GOT A GE MARK 1 REACTOR? - COME ON PILGRIM: Pilgrim nuclear workers vote to authorize strike Boston Herald article by Ira Kantor (May 7, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - WILMETTE: First Wilmette power-purchase hearing set for Tuesday Wilmette Life article by Kathy Routliffe (May 6, 2012)

SOUTH SHORE NUKE HAZARD - MASSACHUSETTS PILGRIM REACTOR IDENTICAL TO FUKUSHIMA - NRC RECOMMENDS PERMIT TO OPERATE AS HOST POPULATION PROTESTS: Over protests, NRC edges toward Pilgrim renewal Boston Globe article by Robert Knox (May 6, 2012)

NUKE HAZARD IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA: Japan data wanted in Diablo file - Nuclear plant critics asks NRC to include post-disaster information in PG&E’s effort to renew licenses at San Luis Obispo County site San Luis Obispo Tribune article by David Sneed (May 6, 2012)

FUKUSHIMA CRISIS: Japanese celebrate nuclear shutdown - Thousands rally as last of reactors closes, but many still see benefitsTimes Union article (May 5, 2012)

HOW TO STOP TERRORISTS FROM BECOMING NUCLEAR PHYSICISTS?: Nuclear researcher sentenced in France for plotting attack ABC News article by Yuri Kageyama (May 5, 2012)

FUKUSHIMA BLOWBACK: Thousands March as Japan Shuts off Nuclear Power ABC News article by Yuri Kageyama (May 5, 2012)

NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION: Non-nuclear states lobby big powers to disarm faster Chicago Tribune article by Fredrik Dahl (May 5, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - VERNON HILLS: Vernon Hills’ electricity customers to save $1.8 million Vernon Hills Review / Chicago Sun-Times article (May 5, 2012)

PG&E SEEKS CPUC APPROVAL OF COST SHIFTING TO BALKANIZE CUSTOMER BASE: Fresno hearing to examine PG&E's proposed discount The Business Journal article (May 4, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - WILMETTE: Wilmette to Host Electrical Aggregation Plan Hearings - The village is seeking input on its electrical aggregation plan and will host two public hearings during regular board meetings on May 8 and 22 Wilmette-Kenilworth Patch article by Chi-an Chang (May 4, 2012)

OBAMA NEW FRACKING RULES = DISCLOSURE AFTER THE FACT: Companies only have to reveal the chemicals they use after they have completed drilling, not before Global Post article by Samantha Stainburn (May 4, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - LOMBARD GREEN POWER: Lombard chooses 100 percent renewable for electricity aggregation Daily Herald article by Marie Wilson (May 4, 2012)

NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION - NORTH KOREA TO DETONATE NUCLEAR WEAPON: World powers urge North Korea to refrain from nuclear test Reuters article (May 3, 2012)

OBAMA ADMINISTRSTION - CHINA MUST FRACK ITSELF: US, China To Discuss Shale Gas During Bilateral Talks - The U.S. is prioritizing China's development of shale gas in discussions relating to energy at an upcoming bilateral summit, as it views the unconventional fuel as vital for securing China's energy security Rigzone Energy News article by Wayne Ma (May 2, 2012)

CALIFORNIA CCA - RANCHO MIRAGE: Rancho Mirage should start own utility, new mayor Scott Hines says My Desert / Gannett article by Blake Herzog (May 2, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - EVANSTON: Constellation Energy Chosen by Evanston, Illinois to Supply Low-Cost Electricity and Green Energy to Residents Constellation press release (May 2, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - GENOA: Rate set for electrical aggregation in Genoa Daily Chronicle article by Nicole Weskerna (May 2, 2012)

NUCLEAR PLANTS SAFE?: Greenpeace activist paraglides into French nuclear plant Reuters article (May 2, 2012)

CALIFORNIA CCA - MARIN COUNTY: Marin Clean Energy -- the choice is yours Marin Independent Journal article opinion by Damon Connolly and Kathrin Sears (May 1, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - LOMBARD: Village makes steps toward electricity aggregation My Suburban Life article by Sarah Small (May 1, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - EVANSTON CHOOSES REC APPROACH: Evanston picks electricity aggregation provider that will buy ‘green’ energy credits Trib Local article by Jonathan Bullington (May 1, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - OAK PARK: Oak Park named Green Power Community Oak Leaves / Chicago Sun-Times article (May 1, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - CHICAGOLAND NW: Suburban consortium chooses energy supplier Daily Herald article by Madhu Krishnamurthy (May 1, 2012)

 

LATE APRIL

 

PG&E IMITATES MARIN ENERGY AUTHORITY, SEEKS APPROVAL TO OFFER 100% GREENDULGENCE PRODUCT: PG&E to offer 100 percent sustainable energy The Daily Californian article by Jeremy Gordon (April 29, 2012)

NEW YORK FRACKING: Power of local government is limited on gas development Coshocton Tribune article by Russ Zimmer (April 29, 2012)

OHIO CCA - CINCINNATI: Cincinnati Dumps Duke Energy Huffington Post article by Phil Radford (April 28, 2012)

FUKUSHIMA AFTERMATH - SOLAR TARIFFS: Companies rush to set up solar plants in western Japan Power Engineering article (April 28, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - LIBERTYVILLE: Libertyville adopts new energy program Lake County News-Sun article by Ed Collins (April 27, 2012)

CORPORATE ESPIONAGE - PG&E: PUC: PG&E 'knew of ... deceit' in SmartMeter spying - Former executive tried to spy on anti-SmartMeter activists in Sebastopol Santa Rosa Press Democrat article (April 27, 2012)

CALIFORNIA NUKES TURNED OFF - ANYONE NOTICE?: California's Two Nuclear-Power Plants Not Operating Dow Jones article by Cassandra Sweet (April 27, 2012)

OHIO CCA - CINCINNATI: Cincinnati to provide 100% 'green' electricity from FirstEnergy Business Courier article by Dan Monk (April 26, 2012)

OHIO CCA - CINCINNATI: Cincinnati Chooses Green Energy Aggregation - Decision makes Cincinnati first major U.S. city to offer 100 percent green electricity City Beat article by Hannah McCartney (April 26, 2012)

OHIO CCA - CINCINNATI: Cincinnati Chooses 'Green' Energy Co. For Aggregation - Customers Expected To See Lower Rates WLWT News 5 report (April 26, 2012)

OHIO CCA - CINCINNATI: City to switch energy provider - First Energy gets deal as '100% green' Cincinnati.com / Gannett report (April 26, 2012)

OHIO CCA - CINCINNATI: City to switch energy provider - First Energy gets deal as '100% green' Cincinnati.com / Gannett report (April 26, 2012)

PG&E's CORPORATE ESPIONAGE: PG&E employee who spied on activists had support of management, a CPUC probe finds Marin Independent Journal article (April 26, 2012)

PG&E's CORPORATE ESPIONAGE: PG&E may be fined over former executive's spying San Francisco Chronicle article by David R. Baker (April 26, 2012)

ROBOCORP II - CHEVRON CAN'T TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER IN RICHMOND: Chevron's latest appeals of Richmond refinery taxes postponed San Jose Mercury News article by Lisa Vorderbrueggen (April 26, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - AURORA: Aurora approves plan for electricity aggregation Daily Herald article by Marie Wilson (April 24, 2012)

WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH LOS ANGELES?: Cloudy skies for L.A.'s solar efforts Los Angeles Times article by Dan Turner (April 24, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - ELMHURST: Residents: How Much Green Energy is Possible? - “Green” energy focus of aggregation public hearing Elmhurst Patch article by Carol Kania Morency (April 24, 2012)

PG&E GAS EXPLOSION SAN BRUNO: PG&E seeks to avoid paying punitive damages San Jose Mercury News article (April 23, 2012)

PG&E GAS EXPLOSION SAN BRUNO: Old PG&E Memo Reveals San Bruno Pipeline Had Suspicious Past - PG&E memo surfaces, shows history of weld problems on pipeline. NBC Bay Area article by Rebecca Baron (April 23, 2012)

LOS ANGELES MUNI OFFERS SOLAR TARIFF: Solar power producers hesitate to embrace new DWP program - A DWP pilot program will let solar power producers reduce their bills and sell excess energy Los Angeles Times article by Catherina Salliant (April 23, 2012)

BANANA REPUBLIC - U.S. GAS COMPANIES SEEK TO EXPORT AMERICAN GAS OVERSEAS: LNG export terminal proposed for Warrenton Coast River Business Journal article by Don Patterson (April 23, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - DEERFIELD: Energy Program Letters To Be Mailed This Week - If residents do not want to participate, they must affirmatively let the Village know Deerfield Patch article (April 23, 2012)

AUSTIN MUNI SOLAR: Austin City Council to form solar committee The Statesman article by Marty Toohey (April 22, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - NORTH SHORE ELECTRICITY AGGREGATION CONSORTIUM: Electrical Aggregation Information Being Sent Out Next Week - The correspondence will explain the program and how residents can save up to 41 percent off ComEd's rates Winnetka-Glencoe article (April 21, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - ANTIOCH: Antioch approves electricity supplier Trib Local article by Andrea L. Brown (April 20, 2012)

BOLIVIA NATIONALIZES ELECTRIC COMPANY: Bolivia nationalizes unit of Spain's Red Electrica Chicago Tribune article by Carlos Quiroga (April 19, 2012)

ROBOCORP REFORM - VERMONT LEGISLATURE: Citizens United Constitutional Amendment Backed By Vermont Legislature Huffington Post article by Paul Blumenthal (April 19, 2012)

OBAMA'S NUCLEAR FETISH: Exclusive - Obama to renominate Republican to nuclear panel Reuters article by Jeff Mason and Roberta Rampton (April 19, 2012)

MORE NUCLEAR FOLLIES - INDIA: India's missile test gets muted response from Obama's national security team ABC News article by Oliver Knox (April 19, 2012)

TALE OF TWO CITIES: India missile test has few critics, unlike NKorea Associated Press article by Ravi Nessman (April 19, 2012)

COLORADO THE NATION'S FRACKING MODEL?: Colorado's Elegant Solution for Fracking Huffington Post article by Anne Butterfield (April 19, 2012)

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND COLLECTS FIREWALL (BAILOUT) FOR EUROPEAN UNION: Eurozone Firewall: IMF Receives Pledges Worth $320 Billion International Business Times article by Bhaskar Prasad (April 19, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - DOWNERS GROVE: Village Sets Dates for Electrical Aggregation Public Hearings - Downers Grove Patch article (April 19, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - ROLLING MEADOWS: Green Energy In City’s Future? Journal Online article by Craig Adams (April 18, 2012)

ARGENTINA NATIONALIZES OIL COMPANY: Spain wants EU complaint with WTO on Argentina Reuters article (April 18, 2012)

OHIO CCA - UPPER ARLINGTON: UA considers electricity aggregation program This Week article by Chris Bournea (April 18, 2012)

CA HIGH SPEED RAIL POWERED ON STATE RENEWABLES?: Development of Renewable Energy on State Property Gets Boost California High-Speed Rail Authority Joins Other State Agencies in Green Movement Energy Central article (April 18, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - PEORIA GREEN POWER: Peoria OKs electricity deal Energy Central / Journal Star article by John Sharp (April 18, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - SOUTH ELGIN: South Elgin ready to find cheaper electricity rates The Courier-News / Chicago Sun-Times article by Jannelle Walker (April 18, 2012)

WTO SAYS GLOBALIZATION CAUSES WEALTH: WTO chief links free trade and quality of life Finance & Commerce article by Chris Newmarker (April 17, 2012)

GLOBALIZATION INEVITABLE?: Analysis - Protectionism was a major concern at Americas summit Boston Herald article by Andres Oppenheimer (April 16, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - NORTHBROOK: Village Locks In Electric Savings Of Up to 41 Percent Norhthbrook Patch article by Steve Sadin and Jennifer Fisher (April 15, 2012)

 

MID-APRIL

 

CALIFORNIA CCA - MARIN: The little energy engine that could - McGlashan thought it could, and it did—MCE goes countywide... Pacific Sun article by Peter Seidman (April 13, 2012)

CALIFORNIA CCA - BAY AREA 2020: Review of Bay Area Smart Energy 2020 Solar Power and Electric Cars article (April 13, 2012)

BANANA REPUBLIC NOW - U.S. MOVES TO EXPORT DOMESTIC GAS: US regulators vote on LNG export project next week Reuters article (April 12, 2012)

NATIONAL CCA MOVEMENT TO LIBERATE DISTRIBUTED GENERATION: Utilities facing a distributed generation future? - One advocate argues that economics will drive it Intelligent Utility article by Phil Carson (April 12, 2012)

EXXON'S ONE PERCENTERS: Exxon awarded CEO total pay of $34.9 million in 2011 Reuters article (April 12, 2012)

CHEVRON OCCUPIED: Protesters take to Lafayette neighborhood to decry 'the 1 percent' San Jose Mercury News article by Robert Rogers (April 12, 2012)

ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGERS - CALIFORNIA: Electric vehicle charging station agreement raises hackles San Jose Mercury News article by Dana Hull (April 11, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - EVANSTON: Evanston City Council approves energy aggregation plan Daily Northwestern article by Susan Du (April 11, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - WILL COUNTY: Residents Can Speak Up at Electric Aggregation Hearings - Even if member communities sign a pact with an alternative power provider, community members can still opt out and stick with ComEd Romeoville Patch article by Shannon Antonioni (April 11, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - LIBERTYVILLE: Libertyville to Pass 100% Electric Aggregation Savings to Residents Libertyville Patch article by Chi-an Chang (April 11, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - LA GRANGE PARK: Hearings set on plan to lower electric rates in LaGrange Park The Doings LaGrange article by Jane Michaels (April 11, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - STARK COUNTY: Stark board OKs electricity plan - Aggregation plan could lower rates for county residents, businesses in unincorporated areas Journal Star article by Gary L. Smith (April 11, 2012)

CALIFORNIA CCA - SONOMA: SoCo Greenlights Public Power Plan KRSO News Talk 1350AM report (April 11, 2012)

CALIFORNIA CCA - SONOMA: Sonoma County takes another step toward public power agency Santa Rosa Press Democrat article by Brett Wilkinson (April 10, 2012)

CALIFORNIA CCA - SONOMA: Water agency will create Sonoma Clean Power business plan North Bay Business Journal article by Brett Wilkinson (April 10, 2012)

CALIFORNIA CCA - SONOMA: They Voted for Sonoma Clean Power! Petaluma 360 blog (April 10, 2012)

CALIFORNIA CCA - SAN FRANCISCO'S CLEANPOWERSF: A Solution to the Residential Energy Efficiency “Split Incentive” Problem Triple Pundit letter (April 10, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - DOWNSTATE: Communities move to carry out new power aggregation plans State Journal-Registerarticle by Tim Landis (April 10, 2012)

CALIFORNIA CCA - SONOMA COUNTY GREEN POWER: Vote is first step for Sonoma Clean Power business plan North Bay Business Journal article by Eric Gneckow (April 9, 2012)

NUCLEAR POWER IS WAR: U.S Navy deploys 2nd aircraft to Gulf amid rising nuclear tensions with Iran Mail Online (UK) article by Associated Press (April 9, 2012)

GOT FOOD? - FUKUSHIMA FALLOUT: Calls for nuclear compensation grow in Japan - Radioactive contamination in shiitake mushrooms has raised public clamour for compensation Aljazeera article by Suvendrini Kakuchi (April 9, 2012)

NUCLEAR AID EXTORTION - KOREA/US:N. Korea Preparing Nuclear Test, South's Intelligence Says San Francisco Chronicle / Bloomberg article by Sangwon Yoon (April 9, 2012)

NUCLEAR REVIVAL - CHINA: China launches new 650 MW nuclear reactor Times of India article by Reuters (April 9, 2012)

 

EARLY APRIL

 

GREEN PARTY OF ENGLAND ON GROWTH OBESSION: Government's Growth Obsession continues to fuel fears over countryside protection British Green Party statement of Member of Parliament Caroline Lucas (April 6, 2012)

OHIO CCA - CINCINNATI GREEN POWER: Bidders line up to provide renewable energy to Cincinnati Cincinnati Business Courier article by Dan Monk (April 5, 2012)

NUCLEAR RISK IN SAN DIEGO - SAN ONOFRE: Residents Rethink a Nuclear Neighbor - Deteriorating Pipes, Japan Disaster Spark Calls to Close California Plant, but Shortages Are Feared Wall Street Journal article by Tamara Audi (April 5, 2012)

SONOMA PACE BLOCKED: Sonoma County energy program still hobbled by loan rules Petaluma 360 article by Tamara Audi (April 5, 2012)

POLICY COLLAPSE, CARBON COLLAPSE: Global warming close to becoming irreversible-scientists Reuters article by Nina Chestney (April 5, 2012)

NIMBYISM AND POWER EXPORT - WHY RENEWABLES SHOULD BENEFIT HOST COMMUNITIES: How much is too much for Cape Wind's power? Energy Central article by Patrick Cassidy (April 5, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - EVANSTON: Staff urges city to act soon on power plan Evanston Review article by Bob Seidenberg (April 5, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - EVANSTON: Evanston officials optimistic after feds, Great Lakes states reach offshore wind agreement The Daily Northwestern article by Susan Du (April 5, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - ARLINGTON HEIGHTS: Chamber Joins Lower Electric Rate Movement Journal and Topics article (April 5, 2012)

FUKUSHIMA LESSON LOST: World is ignoring most important lesson from Fukushima nuclear disaster- Fukushima's most important lesson is this: probability theory (that disaster is unlikely) failed us, and if you have made assumptions, you are not prepared Christian Science Monitor article by Kenichi Ohmae (April 5, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - ROMEOVILLE: Village to Host Public Hearings on Electric Aggregation A look at what’s on the April 4 agenda for Romeoville trustees Romeoville Patch article by Shannon Antinori (April 5, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - HIGHLAND PARK: Electric Aggregation: Go Green, Not Brown - City Councilman disappointed city will not be pursuing more "green" option for electricity Highland Park Patch article by Steven W. Mandel (April 5, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - NORTH SHORE ELECTRICITY AGGREGATION CONSORTIUM: City Will Learn Price Of New Electric Supplier Soon Journal and Topics article by Craig Adams (April 5, 2012)

JAPAN NUCLEAR POLICY - NATION STATES FAIL, MUNICIPALITIES PAY THE PRICE: Local govts unhappy about nuclear plant restart policy Daily Yomiuri article (April 4, 2012)

SHOCK DOCTRINE AGAINST BOULDER'S GREEN MUNI?: Fraudulent Xcel Energy Letter Possibly A Political Statement CBS Denver report (April 4, 2012)

CALIFORNIA REGULATORS TAKE GIFTS FROM THE CORPORATIONS THEY REGULATE: San Diego Gas & Electric: Fat Profits, Fat Pay San Diego Reader article by Don Bauder (April 4, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - ANTIOCH/FOX LAKE: Antioch to hold public hearings on electrical aggregation plan Trib Local article by Andrea Brown (April 4, 2012)

THE VAGARIES OF GRID-CONNECTED SOLAR: Solar Trust of America files bankruptcy Reuters article (April 4, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - EVANSTON: Power hearing a magnet for environmentalists Evanston Now article by Bill Smith (April 4, 2012)

GLOBAL BAILOUTS INC.: International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde calls on US for more cash The Australian article (April 4, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA- SKOKIE: Electric aggregation process moves forward in Skokie Skokie Review / Chicago Sun-Times article by Mike Issacs (April 3, 2012)

SHELL SUES GREENPEACE, JOINS OBAMA FOR ARCTIC DRILLING: Obama Administration, Shell moving ahead with Arctic oil exploitation Mongabay article by Jeremy Hance (April 3, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - ARLINGTON HEIGHTS: Arlington Hts. residents can choose green electricity Daily Herald article by Deborah Donovan (April 3, 2012)

CHEVRON TAX DODGE REJECTED BY COURT: Chevron facing more taxes on Richmond refinery Bloomberg article by Associated Press (April 3, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - HUNTLEY: Public Hearing This Week for Huntley's Electric Aggregation Program Huntley Patch article (April 3, 2012)

REFORM AT PG&E? - NEW CEO PAID $9.5M LAST YEAR: PG&E boss paid $9.5M Contra Costa Times article (April 2, 2012)

CALIFORNIA CCA - LAKE COUNTY?: Replacing PG&E Lake County Record-Bee article by Ron Rose (April 2, 2012)

PG&E TO CONTRA COSTA - YOU WILL TAKE THIS POWER PLANT: PG&E looks to appeal Oakley power plant court ruling San Jose Mercury News article by Paul Bulgarino (April 2, 2012)

CHEVRON LOSES TO RICHMOND: Chevron loses Contra Costa County property tax appeal San Jose Mercury News article by Lisa Vorderbrueggen (April 2, 2012)

CALIFORNIA CCA - MARIN: Marin Energy Authority mailing opt-out notices to 82,000 Marin residents this week Marin Independent Journal article by Richard Halstead (April 2, 2012)

SOUTH AFRICA TO GO NUKE AGAIN?: S.Africa considers nuclear fuel cycle facilities Reuters article by Wendell Roelf (April 2, 2012)

CALIFORNIA CCA - SAN FRANCISCO: Big Oil helping Big CleanPower San Francisco Examiner article by Joshua Sabatini (April 2, 2012)

FRACKERS GET FARMERS' WATER: Fracking bidders top farmers at water auction Denver Post article by Bruce Finley (April 2, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - ORLAND PARK: Electricity Aggregation, Liquor for Berkot’s and More at Tonight’s Village Board Meeting (Live Blog) Orland Park Patch article by Ben Feldheim (April 2, 2012)

ANTI-COAL ACTIVISTS STOP MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL: How a Grassroots Rebellion Won the Nation's Biggest Climate Victory Mother Jones article by mark Hertsgaard (April 2, 2012)

APRIL FOOLS DAY SPECIAL: SHALL WE DO THIS AGAIN, FOOL?: Japan's quake defenses not enough, official reports warn Reuters article by Antoni Slodkowski (April 1, 2012)

 

LATE MARCH

 

OBAMA ADMINISTRATION REFUSES TO TEST JAPANESE SEAFOOD FOR RADIATION: FDA Refuses to Test Fish for Radioactivity … Government Pretends Radioactive Fish Is Safe Washingtonsblog article (March 30, 2012)

FUKUSHIMA IN MONTEREY BAY - CA SEAWEED 500% MORE RADIOACTIVE?: California Slammed With Fukushima Radiation Zero Hedge posting of Journal of Environmental Science and Technology (March 30, 2012)

FUKUSHIMA IN MONTEREY BAY - IN ENERGY NEWS: Southern California had 2,500 Bq/kg of iodine-131 in seaweed — Over 500% higher than other tests in U.S., Canada Energy News article by Steven L. Manley and Christopher G. Lowe, Department of Biological Sciences, California State University (March 30, 2012)

CLEAN NATURAL GAS? - NORTH SEA GAS DRILLING DISASTER: Signs of trouble at leaking Total gas rig month before Reuters article by Oleg Vukmanovic and Karolin Schaps (March 30, 2012)

LOCAL POWER IN THE UK: Local energy 'must be publicly run' UKPA article by the Press Association (March 30, 2012)

MASSACHUSETTS NUKES - FEEL SAFE?: Group plans panel to discuss risks at Pilgrim nuclear power plant Wicked Local Plymouth article (March 30, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - BLOOMINGTON: Aggregation deserves second look Pantagraph letter by Sandra Lindberg (March 30, 2012)

NORTH SEA OFFSHORE GAS DRILLING DISASTER: Total Leak Underlines Offshore Gas Risks The Wall Street Journal article by the James Herron, Alexis Flynn and Sarah Kent (March 29, 2012)

GOT SECURITY?' - NUCLEAR TERRORISM: French nuclear physicist on terror trial Associated Press article by Ingrid Rousseau (March 29, 2012)

BRITISH NUCLEAR REVIVAL CHOKES ON COST OVERRUNS: Britain’s Nuclear Plans Suffer Setback New York Times article by Julia Werdigier (March 29, 2012)

'I AM NOT A CRIMINAL' - CHEVRON TO BRAZIL: Chevron Sees Criminal Charges In Brazil As Unfounded -Report Fox Business article by Dow Jones (March 29, 2012)

 

A FEW DAYS AGO - CHEVRON ROBOCORP ATTACKS GREENPEACE TO DRILL IN THE ARCTIC - AMERICAN CLIMATE HERO IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT, NUCLEAR CHAOS

 

CITIZEN CHEVRON: Chevron, Merck Disclose Funding to 2010 Attack-Ad Groups Bloomberg article by Jonathan D. Salant (March 28, 2012)

CLIMATE HERO IN U.S. 'ISOLATED CONFINEMENT': Tim DeChristopher In Isolated Confinement, Activists Report Huffington Post article by Lucia Graves (March 28, 2012)

JAPAN NUKE STILL OUT OF CONTROL: Very high radiation, little water in Japan nuclear reactor USA Today article (March 28, 2012)

NUCLEAR POWER = NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION: Summit seeks to deter nuclear-armed terrorism - Enforcement big question in many countries Boston Globe article by Christopher Bodeen and Foster Klug (March 28, 2012)

FRACKING FRAUD: The Fracking Plot Thickens: Are Gas Leases on Thin Ice? Huffington Post article by Kyle Rabin (March 28, 2012)

FEEL SAFE SAN DIEGO?: Feds say troubled San Onofre nuclear plant will remain shut until tubing probe completed The Washington Post article (March 28, 2012)

THE BULGARIANS DIDN'T EITHER-AND DID SOMETHING ABOUT IT: Bulgaria abandons Belene nuclear plant plans Reuters article (March 28, 2012)

COURT - PG&E GETS SF PORT POWER CUSTOMERS: SF power sale to Ferry Building violates contract San Francisco Chronicle article by Bob Egelko (March 28, 2012)

OHIO CCA - EVENDALE: Evendale council concerned with energy endorsement Cincinnati article (March 28, 2012)

GERMAN SUCCESS STORY - EATING THEIR CAKE: Why power generators are terrified of solar Crikey article by Giles Parksinson (March 27, 2012)

AGGREGATION - IN THE WASHINGTON POST: Banding together to get cheaper electricity The Washington Post article by Steven Overly (March 27, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - EVANSTON: Aldermen keep options open on power aggregation Evanston Now article by Bill Smith (March 27, 2012)

CALIFORNIA CCA - DAVIS: Study - Net-Zero Energy Use in Davis is Possible Davis Patch article (March 27, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - JACKSONVILLE: City Council moves ahead on energy aggregation Jacksonville Journal Courier article by Cody Bozarth (March 27, 2012)

OBAMA SAYS DRILL ALAKSA: Critics Hit Obama's Energy Move Rigzone article by Susan Crabtree (March 27, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - MADISON COUNTY: Electric aggregation seeks alternative energy suppliers The Telegraph article by Jill Moon (March 26, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - DOWNERS GROVE: Downers Grove can now seek competitive bids for electricity My Suburban Life article (March 26, 2012)

LOCAL POWER INC. IN BOULDER: How Boulder Freed Its Electric Company - Running their own utility means sun and wind energy instead of coal YES Magazine article by Valerie Schloredt (March 26, 2012)

DEMOCRATIC LOCALIZATION IN AFRICA?: Zimbabwe: Devolution of Power - To Be or Not to Be Devolved? All Africa article by Dumisani Nkomo (March 23, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA VOTE OUTCOME MAP: Most Approve Electricity Referendum - More than 80 percent of Chicago-area municialities voting on the issue approved a measure to allow communities to negotiate their own deals from suppliers other than ComEd Chicago Tribune Map (March 22, 2012)

ELECTROTROPOPHOBIA: Former Energy Comr. charges nation's energy utilities with 'electrotropophobia' Examiner article by Karen Hansen (March 22, 2012)

OHIO CCA - SEVEN CITIES: 7 areas pool electric demand Cincinnati article by Mike Boyer (March 22, 2012)

CCA-ILLINOIS - $BILLIONS IN POWER DEALS TO FOLLOW CCA VOTE: With voters' OK, municipalities have work to do on electricity deals Chicago Tribune article by Robert McCoppin and Lawrence Synett (March 22, 2012)

GERMANY WILL REPLACE NUKES WITH RENEWABLES: Myths and Facts - The German Switch from Nuclear to Renewables Heinrich Böll Foundation article by Craig Morris(March 22, 2012)

 

CCA REVOLUTION IN ILLINOIS

 

CCA-ILLINOIS - VOTERS GET CONTROL: Many ComEd customers gain power over pricing Chicago Sun-Times article by Sandra Guy (March 22, 2012)

CCA-ILLINOIS - 3/4 OF CITIES PASS CCA: Aggregation passes in most Ill. towns The Northwest Herald article by David Mercer (March 22, 2012)

MIDDLE EAST COVERAGE OF ILLINOIS VOTE: With Voters OK, municipalities have work to do on electricity deals Middle East North Africal Financial Network article by McClatchy (March 22, 2012)

ILLINOIS VOTE ANNOUNCED BY ENERGY COMPANY: 1 Million More Illinois Residents to Enjoy Competitive Electric Savings - Preliminary election results show voters approved 58 percent of municipal aggregation ballot issues in suburban and downstate cities, giving residents a competitive alternative electricity supplier and price certainty Constellation Energy press release (March 22, 2012)

CCA-ILLINOIS - ON CBS NEWS: Power-deal ballot measures pass in most Illinois towns CBS Moneywatch report (March 21, 2012)

CCA-ILLINOIS - ONE-THIRD OF COMED CUSTOMERS VOTE CCA IN ONE DAY: A third of local power demand set to exit ComEd Crain's Chicago Business article by Steve Daniels (March 21, 2012)

CCA-ILLINOIS - VOTERS PASS CCA: All Journal-Area Communities Pass Electric Aggregation Journal & Topics article by Richard Mayer (March 21, 2012)

CCA-ILLINOIS - CHICAGO SUBURBS VOTE TALLY: Suburban roundup: Voters come out strong for electricity choice The Chicago Tribune article by Lisa Black, Dawn Rhodes and Ted Gregory (March 21, 2012)

CCA-ILLINOIS - GREEN POWER IN ELGIN: Green component likely in electrical aggregation program Trib Local Elgin article by Kate Thayer (March 21, 2012)

CCA-ILLINOIS - LAKE COUNTY: Most Lake County towns support electrical aggregation The Daily Herald article by Matt Arado (March 21, 2012)

CCA-ILLINOIS - EVANSTON: Evanston residents weigh in on 3 ballot questions The Daily Northwestern article by Marshall Cohen and Susan Du (March 21, 2012)

CCA-ILLINOIS - MONTGOMERY: Montgomery Voters Say Yes to Electric Aggregation - The referendum passed in both Kane and Kendall counties, allowing village leaders to search for the best electric rates for homes and small businesses Montgomery Patch article by Andre Salles (March 21, 2012)

CCA-ILLINOIS - ILLINOIS VOTE TALLY: Electricity aggregation gains wide support Lincolnshire Review / Chicago Sun-Times article by Ronnie Wachter (March 21, 2012)

CCA-ILLINOIS - LIBERTYVILLE: Libertyville Approves Electric Aggregation - Close to 70 percent of Libertyville residents voted for the village to seek cheaper electricity, and Residents could see $233 annual savings on electricity costs per year Libertyville Patch article by Chi-an Chang (March 21, 2012)

CCA-ILLINOIS - LINCOLN: Voters give blessings to electric aggregation Lincoln Courier article by Dan Tackett (March 21, 2012)

CCA-ILLINOIS - WOODRIDGE: Woodridge Voters Vote 'Yes' for Electrical Aggregation - 54% of Woodridge voters voted in favor of pursuing an alternative energy supplier Woodridge Patch article by Melissa Tussing (March 21, 2012)

CCA-ILLINOIS - NORTHWEST SUBURBS: Electricity aggregation support strong in suburbs, unofficial returns show TribLocal Palatine article by Jim Jaworski (March 21, 2012)

CCA-ILLINOIS - HIGHLAND PARK: Highland Park voters back electricity proposal 75% to 25% Highland Park News / Chicago Sun-Times article by Charles Berman (March 21, 2012)

CCA-ILLINOIS - LAKE ZURICH: Voters Approve Electric Aggregation Referendum - Measure received 1,678 "yes" votes in Lake Zurich Lake Zurich Patch article by Korrina Grom (March 20, 2012)

CCA-ILLINOIS - CCA VOTE EARLY VOTE COUNT: Most suburban voters back electricity initiative Chicago Tribune report (March 20, 2012)

BLOOMBERG ON ILLINOIS CCA VOTE: About 300 Ill. towns consider power-buying measure Bloomberg article by David Mercer (March 20, 2012)

1.2 MILLION CUSTOMERS VOTE ON CCA IN ILLINOIS: About 300 Ill. towns consider power-buying measure CBS News story (March 20, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA REVOLUTION - VOTERS IN 300 CITIES TO VOTE ON COMMUNITY CHOICE TOMORROW : Power play at the ballot box - A vote to buy juice in bulk could cut your electric bill Chicago Tribune article (March 19, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA VOTE TOMORROW: Election Day Primer - Electrical Choice Referendum Consortium of north suburbs will ask voters whether or not they should seek bids for an alternate electric supplier to ComEd Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Patch article by Jennifer Fisher (March 19, 2012)

LPI AND ENERGY LOCALIZATION IN BOULDER, COLORADO: City Manager - Charting our community's path, together City of Boulder newsletter by Boulder City Manager Jane Brautigam (March 19, 2012)

REAL VS. VIRTUAL GREEN POWER - THE NOMENCLATURE OF GREEN ENERGY: The Meaning of Green Energy Community Power article by Al Weinrub (March 18, 2012)

NUCLEAR GROUNDHOG DAY: Power play at the ballot box - A vote to buy juice in bulk could cut your electric bill Chicago Tribune article (March 19, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - PEORIA & 50 CENTRAL ILLINOIS CITIES TO VOTE ON CCA : Our View - Municipal aggregation: Vote yes Journal Star editorial (March 17, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - LINCOLN: Aggregation vote nears Lincoln Courier article by Dan Tackett (March 16, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - MCHENRY COUNTY: Electricity rates in voters’ hands Northwest Herald article by Kevin P. Craver (March 16, 2012)

CALIFORNIA NUKE HAZARD - SAN ONOFRE: San Onofre Nuclear Plant Reports More Test Failures Wall Street Journal article by Associated Press (March 16, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - BLOOMINGTON, NORMAL: Credits for renewable energy seen as big part of aggregation Pantagraph article by Rachel Wells (March 15, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - DU QUOIN, PINCKNEYVILLE: What is Electric Aggregation And Should I Vote for It March 20? DuQuoin Evening Call article by John H. Croessman (March 15, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - MONTGOMERY: The Ins and Outs of Electric Aggregation - A quick Q&A about the electric aggregation referendum, which Montgomery voters will see on their ballots on Tuesday Montgomery Patch article by Andre Salles (March 15, 2012)

CALIFORNIA CCA - SAN DIEGO: Will the next mayor take on SDG&E’s monopoly? Renewable-power advocates favor a sort of local energy cooperative San Diego City Beat article by John R. Lamb (March 14, 2012)

CALIFORNIA CCA - SONOMA COUNTY: County officials say survey shows support for public power agency Santa Rosa Press Democrat article by Brett Wilkinson (March 14, 2012)

CALIFORNIA CCA - SONOMA COUNTY: Poll: 74% of Sonoma Co. residents, 65% of businesses support local green-energy grid - Survey intended to gauge support for proposed Sonoma Clean Power program North Bay Business Journal article (March 14, 2012)

CALIFORNIA CCA - SONOMA COUNTY: Majority of Sonoma County Residents Support Locally Generated Energy Program, Survey Finds - However, most say they would not want to may much more; cite price stability as a critical factor Rohnert Park Patch article by Karina Loffee (March 14, 2012)

FRACKING: Tighter Fracking Regulations Favored by 65% of U.S. in Poll Bloomberg article by Jim Efstathiou Jr. (March 14, 2012)

CALIFORNIA FRACKIN': Oil extraction method widely used in California with little oversight - Regulators and lawmakers know very little about how and where oil companies employ hydraulic fracturing in the state Los Angeles Times article by Michael J. Mishak (March 14, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - CHICAGOLAND: Voters in scores of suburbs might trim their electric bills Ballot measures would allow towns to buy power in bulk from alternative suppliers Chicago Tribune article by Robert McCoppin (March 14, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - RIVER FOREST: Lower Energy Bills Coming to River Forest? The process could start as early as next week if voters approve community choice aggregation Tuesday Oak Park-River Forest Patch artile by Deborah Kadin (March 14, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - BUFFALO GROVE: Aggregation Worth Energy Chicago Journal Online Op Ed by Wendy Frank (March 14, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - THORNTON: Electric aggregation benefits touted Northwest Indiana Times article by Paul Czapkowicz (March 14, 2012)

 

MID-MARCH

 

NUCLEAR POWER IS WAR: Israeli plans to attack Iran’s nuclear sites go back years The Boston Globe story (March 13, 2012)

FRACKING - NEW YORK: NY Assembly calls for fracking health impact study CBS News story (March 13, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - PEORIA & BLOOMINGTON: Aggregation will yield savings; vote yes Journal Star letter by William Rau (March 13, 2012)

JAPANESE LEARN FROM DISASTER: Majority of Japanese oppose nuclear plant restarts: poll Reuters article (March 13, 2012)

FEEL SAFE? - NUCLEAR FIRE IN NEBRASKA: Fire at Nuclear Plant Called Serious Threat Wall Street Journal letter by Tennille Tracy (March 13, 2012)

NUCLEAR RISK - CLOSE VERMONT YANKEE: Task Force - State Should Plan For Impending Vermont Yankee Closure Vermont Public Radio article by Ross Sneyd (March 12, 2012)

FUKUSHIMA LESSON: Activists file lawsuit to try to stop restart of Japanese nuclear plant CNN US article by Junko Ogura (March 12, 2012)

WHAT ONE POWER PLANT CAN DO TO YOUR COUNTRY: An Altered Japan Marks a Year After Quake - Country Commemorates Anniversary With Prayers for Victims, Reflections on Losses and Protests Against Nuclear Energy Wall Street Journal article by Yuka Hayashi, Daisuke Wakabayashi, and Mitsuru Obe (March 12, 2012)

NUCLEAR INDIA READS HELEN CALDICOTT: Is Helen Caldicott's Nuclear Madness still relevant? The Hindu article by John Vergis Vilanilam (March 11, 2012)

US/ISRAELI NUCLEAR WAR ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR POWER COULD KILL MILLIONS: Iran ‘smart concrete’ to protect N-sites from US bunker busters PressTV article (March 11, 2012)

FRACKORRUPTION: ‘Fracking’ payoffs luring local officials The Columbus Dispatch article by Spencer Hunt (March 11, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - GLENVIEW: Village Looking At Alternate Electricity Suppliers Journal & Topics article by Tom Robb (March 11, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - CHICAGOLAND: Electric aggregation on ballot in many Southland communities Southtown Star article by Mike Nolan (March 11, 2012)

FUKUSHIMA'S HOMESICK MAYOR: One year after the disaster, local mayor sets sights on returning home Daily Yomiuri article by Akihisa Aoyama (March 10, 2012)

NEW ENGLAND'S LESSONS OF FUKUSHIMA - VERMONT SAYS CLOSE VERMONT YANKEE NUKE PLANT FOLLOWING COOLING TOWER COLLAPSE: Global fallout - Did Fukushima scupper nuclear power? BBC News article by Richard Black (March 9, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - WAUKEGAN: Power vote forums in Round Lake Beach, Waukegan Lake County News-Sun / Chicago Sun-Times article (March 9, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - CHAMPAIGN/URBANA: Power is Money - Municipal Electric Aggregation Champaign Urbana information website by Amy Goodman (March 9, 2012)

NUCLEAR INDUSTRY CORRUPTS OBAMA: Big Nuclear's cosy relationship with the Obama administration - One year on from Fukushima, the US is rewarding the nuclear energy lobby by underwriting new investment – regardless of risk The Guardian story by Amy Goodman (March 8, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - BLOOMINGTON: Electricity aggregation referendum meeting WJBC Radio story by Stephanie Pawlowski (March 8, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - ELMHURST: Electricity Aggregation Provides Great Opportunity for Elmhurst Residents are urged to use the March referendum to voice their approval for aggregation Elmhurst Patch letter to the editor by Jan Vanek (March 7, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - SKOKIE: Election - Skokie explains March 20 energy measure Skokie Review / Chicago Sun-Times article by Mike Issacs (March 6, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - FOREST PARK: Electricity is on March 20 ballot - Forest Parkers can choose cheaper through 'aggregation' Forest Park Review article by Jean Lotus (March 6, 2012)

 

EARLY MARCH

 

MUNICIPAL EVOLUTION TOUR KENNEDY SCHOOL MAY 30: Fenn to speak at Efficient.gov conference on New Revenue and Green Jobs - The Coming Revolution in Microgrids Local Power Inc. event announcement (March 5, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - CHICAGOLAND: Electric bills and voting booths Southtown Star / Chicago Sun-Times article by David Kolata (March 5, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - DEERFIELD: Plenty of Options Open to Learn about Electrical Aggregation Informational meeting on March 7 - materials will be mailed to homes and available online before March 20 primary Deerfield Patch article by Deborah Kadin (March 5, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - LAKE ZURICH: Electricity Aggregation Referendum on March 20 Ballot - Residents will decide if the village can arrange for electricity supply and save up to 15 percent on bills, or $175 per year Lake Zurich Patch article by Melanie Santostefano (March 5, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - OAK FOREST: You Asked, They Answered: Your Questions about Electrical Aggregation - A representative from an energy consulting firm took on questions from a nearly full City Hall Monday night Oak Forest Patch article by Lauren Traut (March 5, 2012)

OHIO CCA - CINCINATTI (EN ESPAÑOL): Cincinnati podría ser 100% renovable Energías Renovables article (March 5, 2012)

RADIOACTIVE FOOD: Children Wait Another Year for UN Radiation Study After Fukushima Disaster Bloomberg announcement (March 5, 2012)

REMEMBER FUKUSHIMA DAY ON MARCH 11 - SAN DIEGO: Protest Continued Risky and Costly Nuclear Operation of San Onofre Nuclear Plant San Diego Peace Resource announcement (March 4, 2012)

BP - WHAT WOULD YOU PAY FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO?: BP, Plaintiffs Reach $7.8 B Deepwater Horizon Settlement Rigzone News article (March 4, 2012)

U.S. - WHAT CLIMATE CHANGE?: Giant new plant shows coal power isn't going away Energy Central article by McClatchy (March 4, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - DEKALB: Power Up for Monday's Meeting on Electrical Aggregation Oak Forest Patch article by Lauren Traut (March 3, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - OAK FOREST: Energy goes 
toward aggregation literacy Daily Chronicle article by Jeff Engelhardt (March 3, 2012)

WILL WE ALSO WAIT FOR DISASTER TO START INNOVATION?: Japan Mulls 'Future Cities' for Devastated Communities Bolingbrook Patch article by Paul Dailing (March 2, 2012)

CLIMATE CHANGE - OCEAN ACIDIFICATION: Ocean Acidification to Hit 300-Million-Year Max Wired article by Ars Technica (March 2, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - WILL COUNTY: Will County Electrical Aggregation Measure - What to Know In addition to the residents of 23 Will County towns, people who live in unincorporated county will also see a referendum on March 20 backers hope could cut power bills Bolingbrook Patch article by Paul Dailing (March 2, 2012)

TIDAL POWER - EAST RIVER, NEW YORK CITY: Turbines Off NYC East River Will Create Enough Energy to Power 9,500 Homes Energy.gov article by McClatchy (March 1, 2012)

CHEVRON REFINERY TAX FIGHT - EL SEGUNDO: El Segundo ignores millions in potential taxes from Chevron, records show City officials halted a preliminary audit showing the oil company, which operates a 951-acre refinery in the city, owed El Segundo $9.5 million in back utility taxes Los Angeles Times article by Jeff Gottlieb (March 1, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - ORLAND PARK: Electric aggregation meeting March 13 Southtown Star / Chicago Sun-Times article by Mike Nolan (March 1, 2012)

OHIO CCA - CANTON: Electric aggregation discussed Canton Daily Ledger article by John Froehling (March 2, 2012)

HEDGE THIS - NATURAL GAS GLUT ANOTHER FRAUD?: The Big Fracking Bubble: The Scam Behind the Gas Boom - It’s not only toxic, it’s driven by a right-wing billionaire who profits more from flipping land than drilling for gas Rolling Stone article by Jeff Goodell (March 1, 2012)

FRACK THIS: Stopping Fracking at the Local Level? Public News Service article (March 1, 2012)

 

FEBRUARY

 

POSTNUCLEAR JAPAN & THE PACIFIC CONNECTOR - PG&E'S NEW FRACKED GAS EXPORT MARKET?: Japan Says in Talks to Start Importing LNG From Continental U.S. Bloomberg article by Masumi Suga and Ichiro Suzuki (February 29, 2012)

LPI ON CCA AND THE REC VS THE REAL - CALIFORNIA AND NATIONWIDE: Credits where credit is due? - Credits where credit is due? MCE is leading the green-energy way—thanks in part to RECs Pacific Sun article by Peter Seidman (February 28, 2012)

CALIFORNIA CCA - SONOMA: County supervisors are asking the public to weigh in on their poll. Find the link to their poll below and cast your vote Sonoma Patch article (February 28, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - AT 300 CITIES, COMMUNITY CHOICE GUIDE PUBLISHED BY CHICAGOLAND CUB: Energy Aggregation Could Widen Renewable Choices Citizen's Utility Board brochure and video (February 28, 2012)

EC POWER DEREGULATION CONTINUES - CYPRUS: Cyprus warned to open up energy market Cyprus Mail article (February 28, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - MCHENRY COUNTY: Our view - Electricity referendum on ballot Northwest Herald editorial (February 28, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - HOMEGROWN ENERGY IN BUFFALO GROVE?: Residents Gather to Learn about Electricity Aggregation Referendum - Village officials and residents from Buffalo Grove, Palatine and five other communities gathered Wednesday to discuss the electricity referendum Buffalo Grove Patch article by Cristel Mohrman (February 28, 2012)

 

LATE FEBRUARY

 

LPI IN ARCATA, CALIFORNIA: Energy Aggregation Could Widen Renewable Choices The Arcata Eye story by Daniel Mintz (February 27, 2012)

WE DON'T NEED NO TRANSMISSION WIRES - 100% RENEWABLE GERMANY: The end of baseload? It may come sooner than you think RE New Economy story by Giles Parkinson (February 27, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - ELMWOOD: Elmwood Park seeks aggregation vote Elm Leaves story by David Pollard (February 27, 2012)

FRACKING - NORTH CAROLINA: Fracking won't blow over The Herald Sun opinion (February 27, 2012)

FEEL SAFE? - JAPAN LESSON: Japan Weighed Evacuating Tokyo in Nuclear Crisis New York Times story by Martin Fackler (February 27, 2012)

NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION & WAR: Iran warns Israeli attack on nuclear installations will lead to Israel’s collapse Washington Post story by Associated Press (February 25, 2012)

NUCLEAR PLANT HAZARD - INDIA: Group protesting against Koodankulam nuclear plant threatens to sue Manmohan Singh Times of India story (February 25, 2012)

US-SPONSORED NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION: Our government supports India's nuclear projects - U.S. Envoy NDTV story (February 25, 2012)

CHEVRON'S OILY FINGERPRINTS: Chevron Paid Thousands To Influence Government Trade Talks E News Park Forest article (February 24, 2012)

FRACKING - NEW YORK: Natural Gas ‘Fracking’ Ban Upheld in Second New York Town Bloomberg story by Jim Efstathiou Jr. and Chris Dolmetsch (February 24, 2012)

FRACKING - COLORADO: Experts - Fracking depletes water supply Coloradoan story by Bobby Magill (February 24, 2012)

NUCLEAR PLANT RADIATION LEAKS - VIRGINIA, MASSACHUSETTS: North Anna nuclear plant reports elevated tritium reading Energy Central / Freelance Star article by Rusty Dennan (February 24, 2012)

OHIO CCA - CINCINNATI: Is 100% renewable energy in Cincinnati’s future? Smart Planet blog by Tyler Falk (February 24, 2012)

PG&E NUCLEAR HAZARD - DIABLO: PG&E CEO Expects California Reactor Licenses Will Be Extended Bloomberg article by Mark Chediak (February 24, 2012)

NUCLEAR CORRUPTION - PG&E, EDISON OWN CA LEGISLATIVE ANALYST?: CA Leg Analysts Fabricated "Facts" To Stop Ballot Initiative For Closure Of NUKE Plants Indybay article (February 24, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - SKOKIE: Hearing held on Skokie energy referendum Skokie Review / Chicago Sun-Times article by Mike Issacs (February 23, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - ROCKFORD: 5th Ward residents hear Rockford's plan for power aggregation WREX 13 story by Aaron Wright (February 23, 2012)

GERMAN SOLAR SLOWDOWN: Germany Plans Record Cuts in Solar Subsidies to Limit Boom Bloomberg article by Marc Roca and Stefan Nicola (February 23, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - MORRIS: Exelon wins bid to power some of Morris' facilities City expects to save almost $23,000 with new rate Morris Daily Herald article by Christina Chapman (February 23, 2012)

FRACKING - NEW YORK: Court decision bolsters anti-fracking movement Auburn Citizen article by Associated Press (February 23, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - JACKSONVILLE: City chooses consultant for electric aggregation WEAI FM story by Nick Kovatch (February 23, 2012)

FARRELL - CCA IS FREEDOM: Community Choice Aggregation Lets Cities Buy (Cleaner) Electricity in Bulk CleanTechnica article by John Farrell (February 22, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - DEERFIELD: Electrical Aggregation Gets Public Hearing - A second hearing related to March 20 ballot initiative set for March 5 Deerfield Patch article by Deborah Kadin (February 22, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - ROCKFORD: Meeting set Thursday on Rockford energy aggregation Rockford Register Star article by Corina Curry (February 22, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - RIVERSIDE / BROOKFIELD: Towns seek cheaper electric rates through aggregation If referendum passes, savings could be seen by late summer Riverside - Brookfield Landmark article by Deborah Kadin (February 21, 2012)

LOCAL CONTROL IS BIPARTISAN: Legislative Notebook: Mayors lobby for local power Knox News article by Tom Humphrey (February 20, 2012)

 

THIRD WEEK OF FEBRUARY

 

CHEVRON'S COMPANY TOWN SMACKDOWN: Chevron's influence in El Segundo comes under increased scrutiny Daily Breeze article by Kristin S. Agostoni (February 20, 2012)

OHIO CCA - CINCINNATI: Cincinnati exporing 100% renewable energy plan Cincinnati Business Courier article by Chad Cain (February 20, 2012)

MASSACHUSETTS CCA - WESTERN MASS: Hampshire Power touted as a money-saving success for local communities Daily Hampshire Gazette article by Chad Cain (February 20, 2012)

DEADBEAT REFINERY - STATE COURT HELPS CHEVRON ESCAPE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY REFINERY TAX: Contra Costa County stands to lose millions in tax revenue from refineries Constra Costa Times article by Lisa Vorderbrueggen (February 19, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - CHICAGOLAND: Electricity aggregation to be key issue across suburbs in March 20 elections Northwest Indiana Times article by Gregory Tejeda (February 18, 2012)

OHIO CCA - CINCINNATI: Cincinnati Could Be Completely Powered By Renewables This Year Clean Technica article by Silvio Marcacci (February 18, 2012)

HOW ELECTRIC CARS IMPACT THE GRID?: Local City Power Grids May Not Be Ready for Electric Cars EV World article by U.S. News (February 17, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - CHICAGO RIDGE: Ridge chooses electric broker The Reporter Online article by Kelly White (February 17, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - HUNTLEY JUMPS: Huntley moves head with electric power aggregation plan The Courier News/ Chicago Sun Times article by Jeanie Mayer (February 17, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - HUNTLEY: Huntley Considers Joining Electric Aggregation Consortium Huntley Patch article by Gloria Casas (February 17, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - CHICAGOLAND/DOWNERS GROVE: Electrical Aggregation Referendum Trib Local article by Village of Downers Grove (February 17, 2012)

FEEL SAFE? - U.S. REACTOR HAZARD: U.S. nuclear plants similar to Fukushima spark concerns CNN article by Matt Smith (February 17, 2012)

MONBIOT & LOVELOCK GET THEIR WAY - YES THE U.K. IS ALSO THAT STUPID: Britain and France sign nuclear power deal France 24 article (February 17, 2012)

OHIO FRACKING - YOUNGSTOWN: Fracking panel - Individuals, communities lack control over wells The Vindicator article by JeanneS Starmack (February 17, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - RIVERSIDE: Public meeting on electric aggregation Monday in Riverside Landmark article by Bob Uphuel (February 16, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - TINLEY PARK: Electricity aggregation referendum to be explained at village meetings Trib Local article by Ashley Rueff (February 16, 2012)

PUT NOT YOUR FAITH IN CONGRESS - WIND INDUSTRY: Congress deals major blow to wind power industry The Chicago Tribune article by Julie Wernau (February 16, 2012)

CHEVROCALYPSE: Video Exposes Chevron's Decimation of Indigenous Groups In Ecuador's Amazon, Says Amazon Defense Coalition The Sacramento Bee article by Amazon Defense Coalition (February 16, 2012)

FRACKING - AMERICA'S LATEST ILLUSION OF PLENTY: Will Natural Gas Become the 'Achilles' Heel' of Our Country? Huffington Post article by Stefanie Penn Spear (February 16, 2012)

OCCUPY COAL: Taking a Stand Against Coal - The Story of the Asheville Sixteen Greenpeace USA video (February 16, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - ROMEOVILLE: Romeoville residents urged to approve electricity plan The Herald News / Chicago Sun Times article by Brock A. Stein (February 16, 2012)

CLIMATE CHANGE - ABNORMALLY HARSH WINTER IN EUROPE: Officials say worst cold snap in memory in Eastern Europe has killed more than 650 Star Tribune article by Alina Wolfe Murray (February 16, 2012)

CLIMATE CHANGE - EXTREME WEATHER HITS 80% OF US: Recent extreme weather impacted 80% of Americans USA Today article by Doyle Rice (February 16, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - DE KALB COUNTY: County gets its ad hocs in order on energy aggregation, administrator search Daily Chronicle article by Jeff Engelhardt (February 16, 2012)

HOW TEXACO AND CHEVRON DESTROYED AMERICA'S GREATEST GREEN POWER AND CAR COMPANY: Auburn Hills-based ECD files for bankruptcy The Detroit News article by Melissa Burden (February 15, 2012)

NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION - IRAN: In defiant move, Iran proclaims nuclear advances Associated Press article by Ali Akbar Dareini (February 15, 2012)

PUBLIC WORKS IN GOTHAM?: NYC pension fund should invest more locally - official Reuters article (February 15, 2012)

OHIO CCA - BELPRE: Belpre Council passes first reading of utilities measure The Marietta Times / News and Sentinel article by Jolene Craig (February 15, 2012)

RIGHT WINGERS PROPOSE NUCLEAR WASTE STORAGE SOLUTION - HERITAGE FOUNDATION SAYS LET'S PRIVATIZE NUCLEAR WASTE!: Is a Nuclear Renaissance Approaching? Heritage Foundation Foundry article by Jack Spencer and Rachel Slobodien (February 15, 2012)

WILL U.S. WAIT AS LONG AS JAPAN DID TO ADMIT NUKE HAZARDS? - FUKUSHIMA DISASTER: Japan’s nuclear safety chief apologizes, says country’s regulations are flawed, outdated The Washington Post article by Associated Press (February 15, 2012)

 

MID-FEBRUARY

 

CALIFORNIA NUCLEAR HAZARD - SAN ONOFRE RADIATION LEAK: San Onofre: Some reactor tubes to be plugged Orange County Register article by Pat Brennan (February 14, 2012)

OHIO PREPARES STATEWIDE H BOND CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT INITIATIVE: Bonds proposed for clean energy Energy Central / Columbus Dispatch article by Alan Johnson (February 14, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - JACKSONVILLE: Council studies aggregate energy plans Journal Courier article by Cody Bozarth (February 14, 2012)

FUKUSHIMA DIARIES: Will Japan hold a referendum to scrap nuclear power? - A year an earthquake and a tsunami caused the world's worst nuclear disaster in a quarter century, a group of activists in Osaka, Japan, are seeking to hold a referendum that would ban nuclear power for Osaka The Chirtian Science Monitor article by Yoko Kubota (February 14, 2012)

FEEL SECURE?: Russia faced major nuclear disaster in 2011 - report Reuters article by Guy Faulconbridge (February 14, 2012)

LOCAL POWER INC. IN EVANSTON, ILLINOIS ON CCA: San Francisco company aims to localize renewable energy in Evanston The Daily Northwestern article by Audrey Cheng (February 13, 2012)

LOCAL POWER INC. PANEL AT LOCAL GOOD JOBS GREEN JOBS MARCH 16 IN LOS ANGELES: Community Choice Energy: A Vehicle for Local Jobs Development Good Jobs / Green Jobs event announcement (February 13, 2012)

CCA AS 'WIRELESS UTILITY': Community Choice Aggregation: Local Control Without Owning The GridEarth Techling / Institute for Local Self Reliance article by John Farrell (February 13, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - BOON AND WINNEBAGO COUNTIES: Rock River Valley officials make pitch for electrical aggregationRockford Register Star article by Kevin Haas (February 13, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - ROCKFORD: Electrical Aggregation Could Lower Electric Bills - Stateline residents are getting the chance to save hundreds of dollars on their electric bills'WFIR Rockford TV story by Lauren Kravets (February 13, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - ROCKFORD: Electrical Aggregation Could Help Lower Electric RatesWTVO Fox TV Rockford article by Vi Nguyen (February 13, 2012)

CALIFORNIA CCA - SAN DIEGO: Taking San Diego off-grid - Filer shares plans for regional eenergy independence and ultimately, utility service owned by the peopleEast County Magazine article (February 12, 2012)

NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION - EGYPT: Egypt’s dilemma over its nuclear dream The Egyptian Gazette article by Mohssen Arishie (February 12, 2012)

CALIFORNIA CCA - MARIN: Marin Energy Authority needs to be upfront about choices, rate differences Marin Independent Journal editorial (February 11, 2012)

NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION & WAR - IRAN: Iran To Announce Nuclear Progress: Ahmadinejad Chicago Tribune article by Parisa Hafezi and Mitra Amiri (February 11, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - PALATINE: Palatine residents urged to push for green energy supplier Daily Herald article by Madhu Krishnamurthy (February 11, 2012)

GOT CANCER? - CALIFORNIA NUKE RADIATION LEAKERS 'LAX': San Onofre Leak: Feds Slap Nuclear Power Plant For Radiation Leak Huffington Post article (February 11, 2012)

FUKUSHIMA TALES: 12,000 JAPANESE RALLY AGAINST NUCLEAR: Thousands rally against nuclear power in Japan AFP article by Michael Blood (February 10, 2012)

OHIO CCA - CINCINATTI: Cincinnati Moves Toward 100% Renewable Energy Sustinable Business article (February 10, 2012)

OREGON CONGRESSMAN FILES BILL TO STOP PG&E FROM USING EMINENT DOMAIN FOR PIPELINE TO EXPORT U.S. GAS IN TANKERS: DeFazio's bill targets LNG pipeline project - It would clarify the reasons a government can use exceptions to build on private land Mail Tribune article by Paul Fattig (February 9, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - WOODRIDGE: Village to Hold Presentation on Electrical Aggregation Referendum Feb. 21 Woodridge patch article by Melissa Tussing (February 9, 2012)

STOCKTON CALIF SCHOOL DISTRICT SOLAR BOND UP FOR VOTE: $48 million solar bond considered Stockton Record article by Roger Phillips (February 9, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - HUNTLEY: Poll: Huntley Electrical Aggregation Referendum - Patch wants to know how you plan to vote next month regarding Huntley's Electrical Aggregation referendum Huntley Patch article by Stephanie Price (February 9, 2012)

FIRST CLIMATE COUP - MALDIVES CLIMATE REFUGEES - PRESIDENT NASHEED DEPOSED: ‘The Island President Deposed’ New York Times opinion by Jon Shenk (February 9, 2012)

YES THEY ARE THAT STUPID: U.S. Regulators Approve First Nuclear Power Plant In A Generation National Public Radio blog (February 9, 2012)

MONOPOLY XCEL THREATENS UPPITY BOULDER VOTERS FOR APPROVING GREEN MUNI: Future of Xcel rebate programs 'unclear' Boulder County Business Report article by Michael Davidson (February 9, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - LEMONT: Village Announces Public Meeting on Electric Aggregation Referendum - A meeting will be held Feb. 16 at Village Hall to discuss details of electric aggregation and how it could result in lower electric rates for residents and small businesses Lemont Patch article by Amanda Luevano (February 9, 2012)

ILLINOIS - THE WINDY STATE: Illinois fourth in nation in wind-farm electric capacity Energy Central / Pentagraph article by Scott Richardson (February 9, 2012)

FEEL SAFE NEW ENGLAND? - NUCLEAR RISK: Local leaders question safety of Seabrook power plant Boston Globe article by Brenda J. Buote (February 9, 2012)

OHIO CCA - ALLEN COUNTY: Electric aggregation program ready by April Energy Central / Lima News article by Heather Rutz (February 9, 2012)

FUKUSHIMA WHO?: NRC set to approve Georgia nuclear reactors Associated Press article by Matthew Daly (February 9, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - EVANSTON: Evanston residents to vote on cheaper, cleaner energy Daily Northwestern article by Audry Cheng (February 8, 2012)

THINK GLOBAL WARMING IS OVER?: Ice age Europe: How the big freeze, with temperatures as low as MINUS 40, has turned Britain and the continent BLUE - Hundreds of Eastern European villages cut off as temperatures plummet to -40C - Melting snow causes dam wall to break and flood entire village in southern Bulgaria, killing four European crisis commissioner says 'the worst is yet to come' UK Daily Mail article by Lee Moran (February 8, 2012)

OHIO CCA - CINCINNATI: A Greener Cincinnati? Energy Aggregation Explained City Beat article by Hannah McCartney (February 8, 2012)

FRACKING - OHIO: Mike DeWine, Ohio Attorney General, Says State Fracking Regulations 'Not Adequate' Huffington Post article (February 8, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - DU QUOIN: Du Quoin and Pinckneyville to Vote on Electric Aggregation Du Quoin Evening Call article (February 8, 2012)

URANIUM ENRICHMENT & WAR - IRAN: Nuclear saber-rattling Sacramento Bee article by McClatchy (February 8, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - ASHTON: Electric Aggregation Frequently Asked Questions Ashton Gazette fact sheet (February 8, 2012)

OIL DRILLING AND WAR - CYPRUS: Israel seeks Cyprus base to guard gas zone UPI article (February 8, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - ORLAND PARK: Orland Park on board the “opt-out” energy aggregation program Trib Local article by Dennis Sullivan (February 8, 2012)

FOREIGN INVESTORS FRACKING US: Shale, foreign investment spark 2011 growth in US oil, gas M&A - report Hydrocarbon Processing article (February 8, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - BLOOMINGTON: Referendum would allow local governments to pick suppliers for electricity Pantagraph article by Rachel Wells (February 8, 2012)

OHIO CCA - ALLEN COUNTY: Electric aggregation program ready by April The Lima News article by Heather Rutz (February 8, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - MCLEAN COUNTY: McLean County may put electricity question on Nov. ballot Pantagraph article by Rachel Wells (February 8, 2012)

FUKUSHIMA LESSON - 5 MILLION SINATURES COLLECTED TO STOP NUCLEAR IN JAPAN: Anti-Nuclear Campaign in Japan Moves Forward, Acknowledges Struggles Voice of America article by Steve Herman (February 8, 2012)

MASSACHUSETTS CCA - LUNENBURG: Lunenburg to see lower power bills Sentinel and Enterprise article by Katina Caraganis (February 8, 2012)

 

EARLY FEBRUARY

 

CARBON COLLAPSE COUP: aldives President and Climate Change Activist Resigns Under Pressure Reason article by Nick Sibilla (February 7, 2012)

FEEL SAFE? - NRC PANIC: Messages show conflict within NRC after Japan’s earthquake and tsunami Washington Post article by Steven Mufso (February 7, 2012)

OHIO CCA - CINCINNATI: One Hundred Percent Renewable Energy in Cincinnati? City Beat article by Hannah McCartney (February 7, 2012)

URBAN SOLAR CONCENTRATOR - 'SOLAR TULIP': Solar Tulip Targets Facebook Generation With Designer Power Bloomberg article by Ben Sills (February 7, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - CHICAGOLAND SIERRA CLUB FACT SHEET: Save Money and Help the Environment Cook County Sierra Club fact sheet (February 7, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA -AURORA: Aurora mulls hiring consultant for electricity referendum, bidding process Daily Herald article by Marie Wilson (February 7, 2012)

STOP NUCLEAR REVIVAL - NUCLEAR INFORMATION AND RESOURCE SERVICE: What are your action plans for Spring 2012? Nuclear Information and Resource Service signup for actions on Fukushima Day (February 7, 2012)

OHIO CCA - LIVERPOOL, ST. CLAIR: Voters Can Learn About Electric Aggregation at Village Events - Chananhon sets up two events to help educate voters Channahon-Minooka Patch article by Dawn Aulet (February 7, 2012)

UK COMMUNITY-OWNED WIND FARM: Community-owned renewable energy co-ops see a sustainable future Energy and Environmental Management article (February 7, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - BARRINGTON: Village ponders electric agreement Pantagraph article by Laura Pavin (February 7, 2012)

WHAT GULF OIL SPILL?: BP approves major new Gulf of Mexico project Reuters article (February 7, 2012)

OHIO CCA - LIVERPOOL, ST. CLAIR: Electric aggregation meetings set for Liverpool Township, St. Clair The Review article by Richard Sberna (February 7, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - HUNTLEY: Huntley Board Considers Agreement With Energy Consultants Huntley Patch article by Stephanie Price (February 7, 2012)

BUY OF THE MONTH - FLYWHEELS: Bankrupt Beacon Finds Buyer for Flywheel Energy Storage - Can the private equity firm that’s buying Beacon’s assets revive its flywheel energy storage dreams? Green Tech Media article by Jeff St. John (February 7, 2012)

OHIO CCA - CINCINNATI: Cincinnati exploring 100% renewable energy plan Cincinnati Business Courier article by Randy Simes (February 6, 2012)

OHIO CCA - CINCINNATI: Cincinnati may soon be powered by 100% renewable energy Urban Cincy article (February 6, 2012)

GHG POLLUTERS - OHIO: County landfill is area’s biggest source of climate-change gases New wells to be drilled in order to burn off even more methane The Columbus Dispatch article by Spencer Hunt (February 6, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - GLENVIEW: Glenview officials to discuss option to drop ComEd as electricity supplier Trib Local article by Jeff Danna (February 6, 2012)

NEW GEORGIA NUCLEAR: Nuclear Secrecy With $8 Billion On the Line: SACE Continues Fight To Force Disclosure of U.S. Taxpayer-Backed Federal Loan Guarantees to Risky Vogtle Reactor Project MarketWatch press release by Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (February 6, 2012)

IP THERMOSTATS - SUPPRESSION: Honeywell Seeking to Halt Sales of Nest Labs’ Thermostat - Apple design magic might not remake the home thermostat experience—or prevent patent battles Green Tech Media article by Eric Wesoff (February 6, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - GLENCOE: Glencoe hosts meetings on competitive electric supply Glencoe News / Chicago Sun-Times article (February 6, 2012)

NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION - TURKEY: Turkey turns to coal and nuclear power Financial Times article by Daniel Dombey (February 6, 2012)

CHINA SOLAR BRINGS 'REGIONALIZATION': Solar Trade War: It Just Doesn’t Matter - Tariffs are likely, China will remain dominant in regionalized manufacturing, and pricing will largely be unaffected Green Tech Media article by Eric Wesoff (February 6, 2012)

CALIFORNIA PLANT LEAKS RADIATION, CLOSED: San Onofre nuclear power plant incidents draw attention A radiation leak, the discovery of tube damage and a worker falling into a reactor pool all happened within days of one another Los Angeles Times article by Esmerelda Bermudez (February 5, 2012)

ILLINOIS NUCLEAR LEAK 'BURIED'?: Buried nuclear story Northwest Herald letter by Ed Sapeta (February 5, 2012)

GREEN IS NOT ENOUGH - THE ECOLOGICAL COST OF NON-LOCALIZATION: The power compromise - Environmentalists are torn over the high cost to sensitive desert ecosystems of breaking the United States' reliance on fossil fuels Los Angeles Times article by Julie Cart (February 16, 2012)

BRAIN WASHED?: 'Global Warming Has Stopped'? How to Fool People Using 'Cherry-Picked' Climate Data Forbes article by Peter Gleick (February 5, 2012)

CALIFORNIA CCA - MARIN: Marin Energy Authority prepares for major expansion this summer Marin Independent Journal article by Richard Halstead (February 4, 2012)

SAN ONOFRE NUCLEAR ACCIDENT: SAN ONOFRE: Worker at nuclear plant fell into reactor pool last week North County Times article by Paul Sisson (February 3, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - LOMBARD Lombard won’t require alternative energy on aggregation bids Daily Herald article by Marie Wilson (February 3, 2012)

MASSACHUSETTS CCA - LANCASTER: Lancaster commission weighs energy-purchase plans Sentinel and Enterprise article by Alana Melanson (February 3, 2012)

CHINA ABSORBES GLOBAL GAS SUPPLY: Chinese LNG Imports to Rise 42%, Boost Ship Rents Bloomberg article by Isaac Arnsdorf (February 2, 2012)

OHIO CCA - CINCINNATI: Greenpeace airs message over Cincy Cincinnati Enquirer article by Glenn Hartong (February 2, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - WOODRIDGE PATCH: Woodridge One of Dozens to Vote on Switching Energy Suppliers in 2012 - The village is one of 16 communities in DuPage County alone that will vote on the referendum this spring Woodridge Patch article by Melissa Tussing (February 2, 2012)

FEEL SAFE? - ILLINOIS NUKE ACCIDENT: NRC inspecting water pumps at stalled US reactor Assocaiated Press article by Tammy Webber (February 2, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - HUNTLEY: Village Trustees Consider Energy Consulting Agreement Huntley Patch article by Stephanie Price (February 2, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - VAN WERT: Electrical aggregation deal finalized at 18 percent Times Bulletin article by Ed Gebert (February 1, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - ASHTON: Referendum to help lower electricity on March 20 ballot The Ashton Gazette fact sheet (February 1, 2012)

 

JANUARY

 

NUCLEAR ACCIDENT - ILLINOIS: Nuclear Accident Releases Tritium Near Chicago News.Gather.Com article by Tom Rose (January 31, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - 148 CITIES: Illinois municipalities see savings by buying their power in bulk St. Louis Today article by Jeffrey Tomich (January 31, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - CHICAGOLAND: Towns picking up on electrical purchasing option Westchester Suburban Life article by Brian Hudson (January 31, 2012)

JERRY BROWN FIRES REGULATOR FOR OIL COMPANIES?: Brown ordered firing of regulator who took hard line on oil firms - The dispute centered on a risky method of extraction. California's governor has sued oil companies throughout his career, but he now talks of tossing cumbersome regulations to revive the economy Los Angeles Times article by Michael J. Mishak (January 29, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - MT. PULASKI: Mount Pulaski abuzz with technique to cut electric bills Pantagraph article by Tony Reid (January 29, 2012)

CALIFORNIA CCA - SAN DIEGO: Rebelling against SDG&E: Locals want alternative North County Times article by Eric Wolff (January 28, 2012)

OHIO GAS CCA - NEW PHILADELPHIA: Phila gas aggregator sets rate Times Reporter article (January 28, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - LINCOLN: Officials pick aggregation consultant Lincoln Courier article by Dan Tackett (January 27, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - BUFFALO GROVE: Electric aggregation meetings set Buffalo Grove Countryside / Chicago Sun-Times article (January 26, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - LINCOLN: Officials ponder aggregation consultant Lincoln Courier article by Dan Tackett (January 26, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - MARENGO: Marengo joins county government council on electricity aggregation Northwest Herald article by Jane Huh (January 24, 2012)

OHIO CCA - LIVERPOOL: Trustees plan joint aggregation meeting The Review article by Richard Sberna (January 23, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - CARY: Cary Places Electrical Aggregation on March Ballot - Cary joins area municipalities in referendum question Cary Patch article by Quincy Hodges (January 23, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - KEWANEE: City officials explain electricity referendum Star Courier article by Mike Berry (January 23, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - LINCOLN: City, county join forces - Governments to pick same electric aggregation consulting firm Lincoln Courier article by Dan Tackett (January 23, 2012)

ILLINOIS CCA - ROMEOVILLE: More competition from electric suppliers could save Romeoville money Herald Sun-News article by Brock A. Stein (January 21, 2012)

" CALIFORNIA CCA - CALAVERAS COUNTY: Counties hope energy will create jobs The Union Democrat article by Chris Caskey (January 19, 2012)

" JAPANESE OPPOSE GOVERNMENT'S FORCED NUCLEAR RESTART: Japan's push to restart nuclear plants sparks public anger Chicago Tribune article by Shinichi Saoshiro and Risa Maeda (January 19, 2012)

" ILLINOIS CCA - ROMEOVILLE: Village OKs Plan to Seek Lower Municipal Power Rates - Pact with the Northern Illinois Electric Cooperative is unrelated to plans to become part of Will County electric aggregation effort Romeoville Patch article by Shannon Antinori (January 19, 2012)

" CHINA GETS CLIMATE THREAT: China issues grim warning on effects of climate change London Mirror article by Mike Swain (January 19, 2012)

" BRITISH AMNESIA: Dip in nuclear power support after Fukushima proves shortlived - A new, exclusive opinion poll shows public support for replacing the UK's ageing nuclear plants has recovered, although some citizens are far less convinced than others UK Guardian blog by Damian Carrington (January 18, 2012)

COLD WAR HANGOVER: Problems plague cleanup at Hanford nuclear waste site USA Today article by Peter Eisler (January 18, 2012)

" WILL WYOMING SIDE WITH FRACKERS?: Group - Wyo. siding with industry on fracking issue" CBS Money Watch article by Associated Press (January 18, 2012)

" DUMB AND DUMBER: Climate change skepticism seeps into science classrooms Some states have introduced education standards requiring teachers to defend the denial of man-made global warming - A national watchdog group says it will start monitoring classrooms" Los Angeles Times article by Neela Banerjee (January 18, 2012)

" ILLINOIS CCA - DOWNERS GROVE: Electrical Aggregation to be Placed on Ballot- Referendum question posed to voters on March 20 " Downers Grove Patch article by Bobert Bykowski (January 18, 2012)

" ILLINOIS CCA - MCHENRY COUNTY: County Board OKs aggregation contract" Northwest Herald article by Kevin P. Craver (January 18, 2012)

" FRACKING CAUSES OIL SPILL?: Alberta fracking may have led to Innisfail oil spill" Digital Journal article by Lynn Herrmanni (January 18, 2012)

" NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION - AFRICA: Niger to pursue nuclear plans despite Fukushima: president Reuters Africa article (January 17, 2012)

" ILLINOIS CCA - OTTAWA: Ottawa reports energy savings" The Times article (January 17, 2012)

" ILLINOIS CCA - ELMHURST: Electricity Aggregation Consultant Approved; Cost Will Not Come Out of the City Budget" Elmhurst Patch article by Karen Chandra (January 17, 2012)

" GOT ECONOMY?: Global economy faces protectionism - UN" Hindustan Times article by Press Trust of India (January 17, 2012)

" OHIO CCA - DELPHOS: City wading through electrical aggregation " The Delphos Herald article by Nancy Spencer (January 17, 2012)

" BULGARIA BANS CHEVRON FRACKING: Bulgaria bans Chevron from using ‘fracking’ techniques in search for shale gas" The Washington Post article by Associated Press (January 17, 2012)

" OIL SPILL OF THE WEEK - CHEVRON: Chevron - Rig catches fire off Nigeria's delta" CBS Money Watch article by Associated Press (January 16, 2012)

" FRACKERS SEEK NY STATE PREEMPTION OF MUNICIPAL FRACKING BANS: New York Fracking Advocates Say Local Drill Bans Would Be ‘Kiss of Death’" Bloomberg article by Freeman Klopott and Jim Efstathiou Jr. (January 16, 2012)

" ILLINOIS CCA - PEORIA: Forum to detail electric aggregation - Referendum up for vote March 20 to allow energy broker contract that may lower electricity costs" PJ Star article by Chris Kaergard (January 16, 2012)

" CYPRUS - EUROPE'S NEW GAS SUPPLY: Greece's Depa Studies Mediterranean Gas Pipeline, Minister Says" Bloomberg Businessweek article (January 16, 2012)

" GOT FUKUSHIMA IN YOUR MILK?: Over EPA limit - Cesium levels in San Francisco area milk now higher than 6 months ago" Energy News article (January 16, 2012)

" A NEW MASSACHUSETTS CCA - ASHLAND: Ashland selects competitive power supplier" The MetroWest Daily News article (January 16, 2012)

" CHEVRON - CORPORATE PSYCHOPATH II?: How Lawyer Arrogance Imperils Chevron Shareholders in Ecuador" Huffington Post article by Paul Paz y Miño (January 16, 2012)

" FRACK HALLIBURTON: Halliburton - Clean Fracking May Lead To 40% Growth In 2012" Seeking Alpha article by John Mylant (January 16, 2012)

" PG&E BRUNO-GATE - DO CORPORATIONS FEEL SHAME?: PG&E report underlines shame" San Francisco Chronicle editorial (January 16, 2012)

" PROLIFERATION SQUARED: Saudi Arabia, China Sign Nuclear Cooperation Pact" Wall Street Journal article by Summer Said (January 16, 2012)

 

MID-JANUARY

 

" RETROSPECTIVE - HOW CHEVRON KILLED GREEN POWER IN 2008: The Thomas Edison of our Age: Stan Ovshinsky and the Future of Energy" The Energy Roadmap article by Joel G. (Posted January 15, 2012)

" OIL AND CORRUPTION - COLOMBIA: Perenco accused of paramilitary ties, environmental neglect, harassing unionists" Colombia Reports article by Adriaan Alsema (January 15, 2012)

" CLIMATE CHANGE = ELECTRICITY: EPA - Power plants main global warming culprit" Coastal Courier article by Dina Cappiello (January 15, 2012)

" FRACKING - NEW YORK: Fracking debate heating up local town halls" AuburnPub article by Samantha House (January 15, 2012)

" MERCURY NEWS - REGULATOR'S HEAD FOR PG&E'S BRUNO-GATE: PUC audit cries out for immediate action" San Jose Mercury News editorial (January 15, 2012)

" CLIMATE CHANGE AND NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION TO DESTROY CIVILIZATION?: Scientists move up nuclear Doomsday Clock - The scientists' group founded by developers of the atomic bomb has inched the minute hand of the Doomsday Clock one minute closer to midnight (or world elimination) and it hopes world leaders are paying attention" The Seattle Times article by Rachel Roubein (January 14, 2012)

" COLD WAR RESTART?: Russian ship suspected of carrying munitions to Syria reappears near Turkish port" Washington Post article by Associated Press (January 14, 2012)

" FUKUSHIMA AFTERMATH: Thousands protest against nuclear power in Japan" AFP article (January 14, 2012)

" SAN BRUNO "CRIMINAL": PG&E diverted safety money for profit, bonuses" San Francisco Chronicle article by Eric Nalder (January 13, 2012)

" COLD WAR OVER? - PROLIFERATION, IRAN, AND NUCLEAR ASSASSINATION: Iran clerics urge unity as nuclear scientist buried" Reuters article by Mitra Amiri and Robin Pomeroy (January 13, 2012)

" ILLINOIS CCA - MCHENRY: County Board committee recommends aggregation contract" Northwest Herald article by Kevin P. Craver (January 13, 2012)

" COLOMBIA PETRO-PLEX: Colombia Seeks Investors to Buy Part of Its Ecopetrol Stake" Bloomberg article by Heather Walsh (January 12, 2012)

" ILLINOIS CCA - SOUTHLAND: Voters asked approval for lots in March election" Southtown Star article by Casey Toner (January 12, 2012)

" GOT CLIMATE CHANGE? LIKE WILDERNESS? DO SOMETHING: Don't Let Big Coal Destroy Bryce Canyon National Park!" Sierra Club petition (January 12, 2012)

" ILLINOIS CCA - FREMONT: Electric program deadline extended" The News-Messenger article by Daniel Carson (January 11, 2012)

" MASSACHUSETTS CCA - LANESBOROUGH: Lanesborough picks own power supplier" The Berkshire Eagle article by Amanda Korman (January 11, 2012)

" CUSTOMER OWNERSHIP MATTERS: Colorado's Energy Future: Local or Corporate Power?" Renewable Energy World article by Ceal Smith (January 11, 2012)

" ILLINOIS CCA - EVANSTON: Evanston officials - keep advocacy out of referendum education" Trib Local article by Jonathan Bullington (January 11, 2012)

" LOCAL POWER INC.'s NEW COMPETITION: MARIN ENERGY AUTHORITY VICE CHAIR RESIGNS TO JOIN MEA CONSULTANT, SERVE CCA MARKET: Calling the decision bittersweet, councilwoman cites potential future conflict as her community choice aggregation nonprofit eyes for-profit work" Mill Valley Patch article by Jim Welte (January 9, 2012)

" ILLINOIS CCA - ST. CLAIR COUNTY: Ballot measure could mean a chance to pay less for your electricity" Belleville News-Democrat / McClatchy article by Mike Fitzgerald (January 9, 2012)

" THE PROBLEM WITH BIG UTILITY GREENFIELD SOLAR - LOS ANGELES UTILITY SC EDISON UTILITY HANGS UP UTITILITY SOLAR DEPENDENTS: Renewable energy projects in California go unused - Millions of dollars in projects intended to provide power to facilities in the state's national parks and forests are sitting idle because of a years-long squabble with Southern California Edison" Los Angeles Times article by Julie Cart (January 9, 2012)

" OHIO CCA - PARIS: New Paris gets new utility deal- Street lights stay on; agreement saves village $365K over 3 years" Mill Valley Patch article by Jim Welte (January 9, 2012)

 

EARLY JANUARY 2012

 

" ILLINOIS CCA - GALESBURG: Group investigates energy savings for Galesburg - Plan would allow city to bargain for better rates" Galesburg Register-Mail article by Stephen DiBenedetto (January 9, 2012)

" COLOMBIA - DRUGS VS GOVERNMENT: Urabeños Flex Their Muscles in North Colombia" Los Angeles Times article by Chris Kraul (January 7, 2012)

" NEW MIDDLE AGES IN COLOMBIA AS PRESIDENT CHALLENGES THE DRUG ARMY: Colombian government in all-out war against drug gang" Los Angeles Times article by Chris Kraul (January 7, 2012)

" RICHMOND ON BENDED KNEE TO CHEVRON: Richmond working with Chevron to try to avoid devastation to budget" Contra Costa Times / San Jose Mercury News article by Lisa Vorderbrueggen (January 7, 2012)

" RUSSIA TO BUILD 10 M TONS/YR LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS TERMINAL FOR POWER-STARVED POST FUKUSHIMA JAPAN: Russia-Japan LNG deal imminent" Daily Yomiuri Online article by Yomiuri Shimbun (January 6, 2012)

" ECUADOR TO CHEVRON - YOU BOUGHT IT: Chevron Ordered to Pay $18B as Amazonian Pollution Battle Upheld" Fox Business article by Jennifer Booton (January 4, 2012)

" MASSACHUSETTS CCA - CAPE LIGHT COMPACT: Cape Light Compact electric prices up, no wind in sight" Martha's Vineyard Times article by Janet Hefler (Jannuary 4, 2011)

" CHINA AND RENEWABLE STORAGE: China Sets New Record For Renewable Energy Storage" Forbes article by Ucilia Wang (January 4, 2012)

" JERRY BROWN AND OIL & GAS DRILLING: Why is California Gov Jerry Brown going all drill-baby-drill?" Red Green and Blue article by Dan Bacher (January 3, 2012)

" MICROGIRDS AND AGGREGATION: Grid-tied microgrids: a utility's best friend?- Remote microgrids grow for under-served end-users" Intelligent Utility article by Phil Carson (January 3, 2012)

" WASSERMAN UPDATE ON STOPPING NUCLEAR REVIVAL: 2012 is the Year We Finally Bury Nuclear Power" Nukefree.org opinion by Harvey Wasserman (January 3, 2012)

" OCCUPY AND MILITARIZATION: Tanks On Main Street: The Militarization Of Local Police" New Jersey Today story by John W. Whitehead (January 3, 2012)

" ILLINOIS CCA EXPLOSION: Electric Costs on Illinois March Ballot" CBS St. Louis story by Jim Anderson (January 3, 2012)

" IS THIS OUR FUTURE?: Colombia Urabenos gang offers reward for killing police - Police in northern Colombia are on high alert after a crime gang offered a reward for the killing of police officers" BBC article (January 2, 2012)

" ILLINOIS CCA - SIERRA CLUB EVENT: Alternative Energy Coming to Your City?" TribLocal announcement by Illinois Sierra Club (January 2, 2012)

" PROLIFERATION AND WAR - GET IT? (IRAN): Iran says it has produced its first nuclear fuel rod" Los Angeles Times article (January 1, 2012)

 

DECEMBER, 2011 - YEARS END

 

" US FRACKING FRAUD: What the Frack?- Is there really 100 years’ worth of natural gas beneath the United States?" Slate article by Chris Nelder (December 31, 2011)

" HAPPY NUCLE YEAR!: New Year despair for nuclear refugees" Oman Daily Observer article (December 30, 2011)

" DON'T WORRY - BE NUCLEAR!: Tao march against Taiwan's Lanyu nuclear leak - ‘It's all lies’: An Orchid Island official leads the Taipei demonstration said the government of Taiwan's radioactive material is contaminating their land and putting people at risk" Taipei Times article by Loa lok-sin (December 30, 2011)

" AS NUCLEAR INDUSTRY PRESSURES INDIA TO TAKE LIABILITY FOR NEW NUKES: Trouble for govt on nuclear liability rules" Hindustan Times article by Jayanth Jacob (December 30, 2011)

" GIVES NEW MEANING TO NUCEAR LIABILITY: The Yakuza and the Nuclear Mafia: Nationalization Looms for TEPCO" Atlantic Wire article by Jake Adelstein (December 30, 2011)

" CALIFORNIA'S CARBON POLICY COLLAPSES IN COURT: Federal judge invalidates part of California's greenhouse gas law" Miami Herald / McClatchy article by John Ellis (December 30, 2011)

" OIL SPILL OF THE MONTH CLUB WINNER: Brazil cites Chevron third time for oil spill" Reuters article (December 30, 2011)

" WHEN PG&E PAYS PROPERTY TAXES, IT'S IN A PRESS RELEASE - PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR: PG&E making $148M in property tax payments to Calif. counties" Daily Democrat article (December 30, 2011)

" ITHACA GOES VIRTUALLY GREEN: Ithaca Goes 100% Renewable" Enviromental Leader article (December 30, 2011)

" GAS MARKETS IGNORE POSSIBILITY OF U.S. FRACKING BAN: Fracking Threats Seen Hollow in Calfrac Bonds Beating Peers" Bloomberg article by Gene Laverty (December 30, 2011)

" THE YEAR FRACKING BECAME A DIRTY WORD: Fracking Cracks the Public Consciousness in 2011" ProPublica article by Abrahm Lustgarten (December 29, 2011)

" REMEMBER THE BP SPILL?: BP employees could face criminal spill charges" Chron.com article by Simone Sebastian (December 29, 2011)

" IS THIS GOOD NEWS? - LNG DIVERTS FROM AILING US, EUROPE ECONOMIES TO CHINA, INDIA, JAPAN: LNG Boom May Ease After Biggest Jump in 3 Years" San Francisco Chronicle article by Jacob Adelman and Dinakar Sethuraman (December 29, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - DU QUOIN, PINKNEYVILLE: Du Quoin, Pinckneyville Put Electric Choice on the March Primary Ballot" DuQuoin Evening Call article by John H. Croessman (December 28, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - MOVEMENT TAKES OFF: Consumers making the switch - ComEd stands to lose more customers to alternative electricity suppliers offering cheaper rates" Chicago Tribune article by Julie Wernau (December 28, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA INTERVIEW - BY POWER INDUSTRY JOURNAL: Illinois law sets up state for big changes in aggregation, TOU rates - Sierra Club, Galvin group, Oak Park manager explain" Restructuring Today interview (December, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - ALGONQUIN: Algonquin
 to decide on electrical aggregation" Northwest Herald article by Katie Anderson (December 28, 2011)

" MASSACHUSETTS CCA - FITCHBURG: Aggregation gives options without obligation" Sentinel and Enterprise article by Michael Hartwell (December 28, 2011)

" GOT ECONOMY?: California high court puts redevelopment agencies out of business - The court's ruling will help generate funds for the troubled state budget but hobble local economic development and housing programs. More than 400 agencies will close after Feb. 1" Los Angeles Times article by Maura Dolan, Jessica Garrison and Anthony York (December 27, 2011)

" MASSACHUSETTS CCA - FITCHBURG: New councilor: Let's consider aggregation" Sentinel and Enterprise article by Michael Hartwell (December 26, 2011)

" BOULDER SMART GRID - DREAMING OF A SMART XMAS?: Xcel declares Boulder smart grid finished, asks to recoup $16.5M from ratepayers" Boulder Daily Camera article by Laura Snider (December 25, 2011)

" POWER STORAGE AND AGGREGATION: Understanding End-User Markets For Grid-Scale Energy Storage" Seeking Alpha article by John Peterson (December 25, 2011)

" CHINA COAL PLANT PROTEST: Chinese villagers push for release of detainees after protest against power plant expansion" The Washington Post article by Associated Press (December 24, 2011)

" PG&E NUCLEAR PLANT - DIABLO DENIED 30 YEAR EXTENSION FUNDING UNTIL SEISMIC STUDIES COMPLETE: CPUC denies PG&E Diablo funding application" New Times article by Matt Fountain (December 23, 2011)

" CHINA COAL PLANT PROTEST: No deaths in S China power plant protests" China Daily article (December 22, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - CRYSTAL LAKE: County Board joins electrical aggregation debate" Trib Local article by Lawrence Synett (December 23, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - MACOMB: City to seek public input on electricity pricing" McDonough Voice article by Patrick Stout (December 22, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - ELGIN: Voters to decide possible change in energy provider" Trib Local article by Kate Thayer (December 22, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - SENECA: Seneca adds referendum for municipal electricity aggregation" The Times article by Stephanie Szuda (December 22, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - DEKALB COUNTY: Local ballot queries taking shape for March" Daily Chronicle article by Jeff Engelhardt (December 22, 2011)

" CHINA ENERGY DEMOCRACY: Second public uprising hits China as town revolts against power plant" The Sydney Morning Herald article by Barbara Demick (December 22, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - ELMHURST: Referendum on March ballot would allow Elmhurst to hunt for cheaper electricity" My Suburban Life article by Ed McMenamin (December 21, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - STREATOR: Streator to place electric aggregation on referendum" The Times article by Jerrilyn Zavada (December 21, 2011)

" LOCAL POWER IN SAN FRANCISCO: Are we green yet?- San Francisco's ambitious clean-power program moves toward approval" San Francisco Bay Guardian article by Rebecca Bowe (December 20, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - BUCKEYE: Energy contract signed" The Buckeye Lake Beacon article by Scott Rawdon (December 20, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - MCHENRY COUNTY: County Board to vote tonight on electric referendum" Northwest Herald article by Kevin P. Craver (December 20, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - BUFFALO GROVE CONSORTIUM: Buffalo Grove, Lincolnshire and Long Grove voters to decide on pooling electricity purchase" Buffalo Grove Countryside / Chicago Sun-Times article (December 20, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - FINDLAY: Electric Aggregation Enrollment Won't Be Capped" WFIN 1330 FM story (December 20, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - CARY: Electrical Aggregation to be on March Ballot in Cary Cary joins area municipalities in referendum question" Cary Patch story by Quincy Hodges (December 20, 2011)

" SAN FRANCISCO TAPS LOCAL POWER TO DESIGN MAJOR ENERGY LOCALIZATION: San Francisco plans major renewable electricity push" Reinforced Plastics article by Kari Williamson (December 19, 2011)

" PG&E BLACKOUT STOPS THIRD 49ER GAME THIS SEASON: Blacked Out - Power Outage Delays Steelers, 49ers" Santa Rose Press Democrat article by Martin Espinoza (December 19, 2011)

" SONOMA CCA - PG&E PROMISES COOPERATION: Exec: PG&E won't interfere with Sonoma County power plan" Santa Rose Press Democrat article by Martin Espinoza (December 19, 2011)

" GERMAN LOCAL POWER BOOMTOWN: German village generates 321 percent more renewable energy than it needs, earns millions selling it back to national power grid" Natural News article by Ethan Huff (December 19, 2011)

" LOCAL POWER INC IN THE NEWS: San Francisco plans major renewable electricity push" Renewable Energy Focus article by Karl Williamson (December 19, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - BELLEVILLE AND COLLINSVILLE: About community aggregation" Bellesville News Democrat article by Will Buss (December 19, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - BELLEVILLE AND COLLINSVILLE: 'People actually have a choice': If your electric bill is too high, you can shop around online " Bellesville News Democrat article by Will Buss (December 19, 2011)

" OHIO CCA - CANTON: About community aggregation" Canton Rep article (December 19, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - BLOOMINGTON: Bloomington eyes retail recruitment study" WJBC Radio article by Ryan Denham (December 19, 2011)

" MUNI SMART GRID - FLORIDA: City of Leesburg Launches Grid Modernization Project to Better Manage Electricity Loads and Empower Consumers" MarketWatch / Businesswire press release by General Electric (December 19, 2011)

" SUBSEA GAS PIPELINE LEAKS GREENHOUSE GAS: Gas Leakage Found in Zhuhai Subsea Pipeline" Rigzone press release by CNOCC Ltd. (December 19, 2011)

" (PAUSE) GEE THANKS: PG&E Acknowledges - Their Liability for San Bruno Disaster In a press release issued by the company, PG&E conceded that they were liable for the blast and promised to pay the victims for their injuries" Digital Journal press release (December 16, 2011)

" 'PEACEFUL' NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION: Nuclear Isotopes Caught Heading to Iran – Not Quite What it Seemed" ABC News article by Jeffrey Koffman (December 16, 2011)

" FEEL SAFE?: India says Russia-built nuclear plant to start soon" Reuters article (December 16, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - LUNENBURG: Lunenburg gets OK for electric aggregation" Sentinel and Enterprise article by Katina Caraganis (December 16, 2011)

" WHAT FRACKING BOOM?: Texas Advances Its Fracking Disclosure Rules"State Impact article by Scott Detrow (December 16, 2011)

" COLORADO REGULATES FRACKING: Fracking disclosure may be first of reforms"Aspen Daily News article by Andrew Travers (December 16, 2011)

" SHOULD FRACKING BE LEGAL?: North Carolina symposium will address issue of fracking" ABC Local article by Associated Press (December 16, 2011)

" LONG ISLANDERS SAY NO: Anti-Fracking Advocates Rally in Manhasset" Long Island Press article by Rashed Mian (December 16, 2011)

" CHEVRON'S BRAZIL OIL SPILL: Brazil lawsuit against Chevron may scare investors" CBS Moneywatch article by Associated Press (December 16, 2011)

" BRAZIL TO CHEVRON - GET OUT: Chevron, JPMorgan, BoA, BP, Knauf, Pfizer in Court News" Bloomberg Businessweek article by Elizabeth Amon (December 16, 2011)

" CHEVRON TO RICHMOND - PAY UP: Protesters decry Chevron's bid for tax refund" San Jose Mercury News article by Bay City News Service (December 15, 2011)

" SOUND LIKE A GOOD TIME FOR MORE GLOBALIZATION?: WTO strikes deal to open government purchasing" The Globe and Mail article by Barrie McKenna (December 15, 2011)

" FENN BLOG: Revolution in Boulder" Local Power Fenn Blog article (December 15, 2011)

" POST CARBON INSTITUTE ON LOCAL POWER INC.: Green, cheap, now" Post Carbon Institute interview by Darwin Bond-Graham (December 15, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - LA GRANGE PARK: Aggregation Referendum will Appear on March Ballot in La Grange Park - La Grange Park trustees approve referendum on electrical aggregation for March ballot on Tuesday night" La Grange Patch article by Matthew Hendrickson (December 15, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - HINSDALE: Electricity Aggregation Question to Go on March Ballot- Residents will vote on whether or not Hinsdale staff can consolidate the village's ComEd accounts for the purpose of negotiating directly with suppliers for lower rates" Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills Patch article by Joe O'Donnell (December 15, 2011)

" 1,600 DERBYSHIRE UK SOLAR CUT BY LONDON: Solar power plan frozen as UK govt cuts feed-in tariff" Derbyshire Times article (December 15, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - VAN WERT COUNTY: Residents meet to clear up aggregation aggravation - Aggregation discount above 11 percent" Times Bulletin article by Ed Gebert (December 15, 2011)

" SAN FRANCISCO CCA CONTRACT STARTUP GETS INITIAL APPROVAL: PUC adopts CleanPowerSF program of all-green power" San Francisco Chronicle article by Matier & Ross (December 14, 2011)

" OHIO CCA - REGULATORS PRESERVE CHOICE FOR 50 NEW CCAS: FirstEnergy Solutions Applauds Ohio Commission Decision to Preserve Customer Savings through Governmental Aggregation Programs - Modifications to AEP Ohio Settlement Agreement Will Allow Nearly 50 Communities to Reduce Electricity Costs and Increase Savings Opportunities for Small Businesses" Market Watch / PR Newswire press release by First Energy (December 14, 2011)

" SAN FRANCISCO CCA'S 100% RENEWABLE STARTUP STRATEGY: SF’s public power plan hums along" San Francisco Examiner article by Joshua Sabatini (December 13, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - BARRINGTON: Electrical Aggregation to be on March Ballot in Barrington - Residents to decide on alternate energy supplier" Barrington Patch article by Claudia Lenart (December 13, 2011)

 

MID-DECEMBER

 

" 2011 RETROSPECT - AMERICA RE-COLONIZED: Coal India eyeing more assets in West Virginia " The Hindu Business Line article (December 13, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - STARK, MARSHALL: Stark, Marshall boards to hold referendums for energy 'aggregator'" PJStar article by Gary L. Smith (December 13, 2011)

" CALIFORNIA - GAS PLANT PROJECT OPPOSED IN CARLSBAD: Residents express ire over proposed power plant " Energy Central article by North County Times (December 13, 2011)

" WELCOME TO THE THIRD WORLD: Gail inks deal to buy U.S. LNG " Reuters article by Edward McAllister (December 12, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - THORNTON: Thornton to seek referendum on cheaper electric alternative" NWI article by Paul Czapkowicz (December 12, 2011)

" KIND OF SAYS IT ALL: Chinese solar panel companies financed by U.S. investment banks" Energy Central / Pittsburg Tribune-Review article by Lou Kiltzer (December 11, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - ISLAND LAKE: Island Lake to put power question on spring ballot" Northwest Herald article by Joseph Bustos (December 11, 2011)

" WHY CENTRAZED RENEWABLES ARE ONLY A PARTIAL SOLUTION: Wind leading to congestion - It's a problem in some states"Energybiz article by Rosy Lum (December 11, 2011)

" IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Fukushima fallout chokes nuclear industry" Sky News article (December 11, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA: Island Lake to put power question on spring ballot" Northwest Herald article (December 11, 2011)

" 1984 REALIZED: Police employ Predator drone spy planes on home front - Unmanned aircraft from an Air Force base in North Dakota help local police with surveillance, raising questions that trouble privacy advocates" Los Angeles Times article by Brian Bennett (December 11, 2011)

" RUSSIAN DEMOCRACY: JEALOUS? - Thousands Gather in Russia to Protest Legislative Elections" The New York Times article by Ellen Barry (December 10, 2011)

" A CIVILIZATION UNDER WATER: NASA - Earth's Prehistoric Record Warns of Nearing Rapid Climate Change" Voice of America article (December 10, 2011)

" FOR A FEW LOUSY BUCKS - The Wall Street-climate change connection - A new study exposes the role of the big banks in financing dirty coal" Salon article by Juston Elliot (December 10, 2011)

" WITH FRIENDS LIKE YOU: City of Charlotte Ordinance Would Block Occupy Wall Street at Democratic National Convention" New York Magazine article by Joe Coscarelli (December 9, 2011)

" AND DEMOCRATS LIKE BILL CLINTON, WHO NEEDS ENEMIES?: Ten years on, American business rethinks China dreams" Reuters article by Paul Eckert and Stella Dawson (December 9, 2011)

" WHAT DID WE LEARN FROM THE BP SPILL?: Chevron May Need to Drill Relief Well at Brazil Spill Site" Bloomberg article by Peter Millard and Rodrigo Orihuela (December 9, 2011)

" SAN FRANCISCO'S LOCAL POWER RFP: SF Begins Down The All Clean Energy Path" Earth Techling article by Angeli Duffin (December 9, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - AURORA: Aurora wants electricity question on March ballot" Beacon News / Chicago Sun-Times article by Stephanie Lulay (December 9, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - WAUKEGAN: Waukegan power vote set for March ballot" Lake County News-Sun / Chicago Sun-Times article by Dan Moran (December 9, 2011)

" OHIO CCA - VAN WERT COUNTY: Aggregation offers causing confusion" Times Bulletin article by Ed Gebert (December 9, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - MT. VERNON: City selects electric provider" Mount Vernon News article (December 9, 2011)

" OBAMA ADMINISTRATION BLOCKS CLIMATE TALKS: Biggest Polluters Hold Up Deal at UN Global Warming Talks" Bloomberg article by Alex Morales, Kim Chipman and Ewa Krukowska (December 9, 2011)

" FRACKING DEBACLE: Feds Link Water Contamination to Fracking for the First Time" High Country News /ProPublica article by Abrahm Lustgarten and Nicholas Kusnetz (December 9, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - AURORA: Aurora wants electricity question on ballot" The Beacon-News / Chicago Sun-Times article by Stepahnie Lulay (December 9, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - CARY AND CRYSTAL LAKE: Cary consider electrical aggregation" Northwest Herald article by Katie Anderson (December 9, 2011)

" PG&E GAS GLOBALIZATION: Jordan Cove gets permit to export" The World article by Gail Elber (December 8, 2011)

" SO FRACK WYOMING FOR EXPORT - WHO NEEDS WATER?: Gas-Fracking Chemicals Detected in Wyoming Aquifer, EPA Says" Bloomberg article by Jim Efstathiou Jr. (December 8, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - POLO: Polo Already Benefitting from Electric Aggregation" My Stateline article by Mark Stevens (December 8, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - AURORA: Aurora discusses electric aggregation costs, benefits" Daily Herald article by Marie Wilson (December 8, 2011)

" FUKUSHIMA - TEPCO DENIES OWNING THE FALLOUT: Tokyo Electric Co. Says Fukushima Radiation Isn’t Our Problem" CounterPunch article by John LaForge (December 8, 2011)

" AND YOU WILL BAIL US OUT: The Japanese government may inject about US$13 billion into Tokyo Electric Power Co. as early as next summer" The China Post article (December 8, 2011)

" AND IF OUR STOCK DROPS: Tokyo Shares Fall Ahead Of Key Europe Meetings, Tepco Down 11%" Wall Street Journal article by Kosaku Naroika (December 8, 2011)

" YOU GONNA PAY FOR IT TWICE: Sources say TEPCO mulls 10% rise in electric bills" MarketWatch article (December 8, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - SUNBURY: Volunteer Energy urges Council to move forward" The Sunbury News article by Lenny C. Lepola (December 8, 2011)

 

EARLY DECEMBER

 

" REVENGE OF THE NERDS III: Bill Gates Discussing New Nuclear Reactor With China" Wall Street Journal article by Associated Press (December 7, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - BUFFALO GROVE: ComEd Working To Improve Service - Village Working To Cut ComEd As Supplier" Journal Online (Northwest Chicago) article by Sean Stillmaker (December 7, 2011)

" COLORADO LOCAL POWER - BOULDER: Boulder plots way forward following municipalization vote" Boulder Daily Camera article by Laura Snider (December 6, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - SENECA: Will Seneca conduct electric referendum?" The Times article by Dan Churney (December 6, 2011)

" MASSACHUSETTS CCA - MARLBOROUGH: New power rates going into effect in Marlborough" Metrowest Daily News article by Kendall Hatch (December 6, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - LAKE ZURICH: Village Board Votes to Put Electric Aggregation on March Ballot Program would reportedly save resident and small retail customers up to 25 percent compared to current ComEd bills; if approved by referendum, participants would automatically be included but have ability to opt out" Lake Zurich Patch article by Melanie Santostefano (December 6, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - COLLINSVILLE: Collinsville looks to reduce residential electric rates" Suburban Journal article by Ramona C. Sanders (December 6, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - ORLAND PARK: Electrical Aggregation Takes Another Step Toward Referendum - The Orland Park Village Board also approved the 2012 budget that staff described as balanced thanks to surplus money from past years, including 2011" Orland Park Patch article by Jeff Graveline (December 6, 2011)

" WHAT, ME LEARN?: NRC chief warns nuclear industry to guard against complacency" Washington Post article by Associated Press (December 6, 2011)

" FUKUSHIMA FALLOUT - BABY MILK: Cesium in Baby Milk Powder Shows Nuclear Risk for Japan’s Food" Bloomberg article by Kanoko Matsuyama and Yuriy Humber (December 6, 2011)

" US NUCLEAR FOLLY: Nuclear plant in Ohio starts producing power again after discovery of cracks in concrete shell" Washington Post article by Associated Press (December 6, 2011)

" WESTINGHOUSE PUSHES NUKE REACTOR DEALS IN CHINA: Nuclear Restart Ahead - Westinghouse Expects New Talks With China About Reactor Deals" Wall Street Journal article by Brian Spegele (December 6, 2011)

" SOUTH KOREA WANTS TO MAKE BOMB-GRADE FUEL FOR NUKE PLANTS: S.Korea, US resume talks on nuclear energy" AFP article (December 6, 2011)

" MONBIOT AGREES: Why bury nuclear waste, when it could meet the world’s energy needs?" Monbiot blog by George Monbiot (December 5, 2011)

" PG&E GAS GLOBALIZATION: Oregon asks feds to revoke license for Coos Bay LNG project" Oregon Live / The Oregonian article by Ted Sickinger (December 5, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - BUFFALO GROVE: Buffalo Grove Joined by Six Towns for Electricity Referendum - Adjacent villages will share resources as they ask voters if they would like access to alternative energy suppliers for a lower rate" Buffalo Grove Patch article by Cristel Mohrman (December 5, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - BUCKEYE LAKE: Village to seek electric power discounts" The Buckeye Lake Beacon article by Scott Rawdon (December 3, 2011)

" CHEVRON OIL SPILL - DEJA VU: Brazil orders Chevron to shut well" Financial Times article by Joe Leahy (December 3, 2011)

 

NOVEMBER

 

" ILLINOIS CCA - SMART GRID: Illinois electricity IQ charges ahead. Next stop - smart grid" Medill Reports / Northwestern University article by Emma Dutton and Gretchen Roecker (November 30, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS JOIN CCA MOVEMENT: LWV Pledges Help With Electricity Campaign - Education is key to passage, group says" Elmhurst Patch article by Carol Kania Morency (November 30, 2011)

" COLORADO CCA - LEGISLATION: Boulder council moves on 2012 legislative agenda" Boulder Daily Camera article by Heath Urie (November 29, 2011)

" LOCAL POWER INC - SAN FRANCISCO: SFPUC Gives Local Power Green Light For RFPs" Renew Grid article (November 28, 2011)

" SAN FRANCISCO CCA - ENERGY LOCALIZATION: Local Power Inc. To Issue Renewable Energy RFPs For San Francisco" Solar Industry article (November 28, 2011)

" THANKS FOR NOTHING: Big emitters aim at climate delay" BBC article by Richard Black (November 28, 2011)

" CLIMATE CHANGE CAUSING FOOD SHORTAGE: Climate change, extreme weather spike food prices" USA Today article by Wendy Koch (November 28, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - HINSDALE: A referendum would have to pass on the March ballot for the village to negotiate directly with suppliers; ComEd would still be in charge of billing and infrastructure" Hinsdale-Calrendale Hills Patch article by Joe O'Donnell (November 28, 2011)

" NUCLEAR POWER - FUKUSHIMA: Fukushima nuclear power plant director steps down suddenly due to 'illness' The director of Japan's damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant is stepping down due to illness, with officials refusing to confirm whether his condition is radiation related" The Telegraph article by Danielle Demetriou (November 28, 2011)

" INDONESIA TO BUILD NUKE - DO THEY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING?: Govt. approves 200KW (sic) nuclear power plant construction" The Jakarta Post article (November 28, 2011)

" AND UH, BANGLADESH?: Bangladesh progresses towards nuclear power" Nuclear Engineering International article (November 28, 2011)

" AND ENGLAND: UK's faith in nuclear power threatens renewables, says German energy expert Jochen Flasbarth, who is advising German government on its nuclear phase-out, says UK's wind and solar industry will suffer" The Guardian article by Hanna Gersmann (November 28, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - MT. PROSPECT: Mt. Prospect To Pursue Question On Power" Journal Online article by Richard Mayer (November 26, 2011)

" LOCAL POWER INC - SAN FRANCISCO: Local Power Inc. Receives $390k Task Order from City of San Francisco to Design and Prepare Requests for Proposals Documents for Major Green Electricity Localization Benzinga article (November 25, 2011)

" NUCLEAR POWER - POLL: Nuclear power 'gets little public support worldwide'" BBC article by Richard Black (November 24, 2011)

" CALIFORNIA CCA - LPI IN SAN FRANCISCO: Local Power Inc. Receives $390k Task Order from City of San Francisco to Design and Prepare Requests for Proposals Documents for Major Green Electricity Localization" Local Power Inc. press release (November 24, 2011)

" CALIFORNIA CCA - SAN LUIS OBISPO: Climate change a hot topic in county Board of Supervisors hear range of opinions on strategy to cut greenhouse gas emissions" San Luis Obispo Tribune article by David Sneed (November 24, 2011)

" GOT FRACKED TO FUEL CHINESE ECONOMIC GROWTH?: China could look to buy US LNG in future: Societe General" Platts / McGraw Hill article (November 23, 2011)

" OR ELSE LET'S POISON OTHER PEOPLE'S COUNTRIES, YES?: Brazil suspends Chevron over oil spill" Financial Times article by Samantha Pearson (November 23, 2011)

" FRACKING & GLOBALIZATION - U.S. UTILITIES WANT TO SHIP FRACKED DOMESTIC U.S. GAS FOR DEVELOPING WORLD: Shift in US Natural Gas Market Will Hobble Economy, Harm Environment" California Progress Report article by Rory Cox (November 23, 2011)

" GOOGLE DROPS GREEN POWER: Google quits plans to make cheap renewable energy" Reuters article by Alexei Oreskovic(November 23, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - CHANNAHON: Channahon puts electricity question to its voters Referendum seeks opportunity for lower electricity rate" Morris Daily Herald article by Jeanne Millsap (November 23, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - SYCAMORE: Sycamore OKs
 aggregation referendum" Daily Chronicle article by Andrew Mitchell (November 23, 2011)

" NUCLEAR REVIVAL - INDIA OPPOSED BY LOCAL COMMUNITIES: India faces people power against nuclear power" BBC News article by Nidhi Dutt (November 22, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - MACHESNEY PARK: Machesney Park, Loves Park voters to decide on electricity" Rockford Register Star article by Julia Hunter (November 22, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - RIVERSIDE: All in on electricity - Riverside trustees OK vote on electrical aggregation" Riverside/Brookfield Landmark article by Bob Skolnik (November 22, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - ORLAND PARK: Committee endorses electricity aggregation program - following 21 of 24 Chicagoland municipalities implementing CCA" Orland Park Trib Local article by Dennis Sullivan (November 22, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - EAST PEORIA: Municipal electric “opt-out” aggregation information announced" East Peoria Times Courier article by Gatehouse News Service (November 22, 2011)

" NATIONAL POLL: Energy and the 2012 Election: No Voter Constituency Found for Washington’s Focus on Fossil Fuels & Nuclear Power" New Energy News poll summary (November 21, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - ORLAND PARK: Orland Park Looking for a Better Deal on Electricity - Village board will consider a referendum on opening a search for the best rate for power" Orland Park Patch article by Ben Feldheim (November 21, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - BARRINGTON HILLS: Barrington Hills to hold electricity referendum" Barrington Courier-Review article by Michael Sean Comerford (November 21, 2011)

" IRONY - COAL UTILITIES WITH OLD-FASHIONED POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS UNDONE BY POWER FAILURES IN WEATHER EVENTS ATTRIBUTED TO CLIMATE CHANGE WHICH THEIR OLD COAL PLANTS HAVE PRIMARILY CAUSED: Don’t Overlook Electricity’s Power - Northeast Utilty Accepts Resignation of CEO following power outages" New York TImes article by Rob Cox and Wei Gu (November 20, 2011)

" THINK NUCLEAR IS SAFE?: Fukushima's dead zone" Hindustan Times / Washington Post article by Chico Harlan (November 20, 2011)

 

LATE NOVEMBER

 

" HMM....HM: Jerry Brown silent on UC Davis incident, student protests " Sacramento Bee article by David Siders (November 20, 2011)

" WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH: Occupy Sacramento to protest outside Jerry Brown's loft" Sacramento Bee article by David Siders (November 19, 2011)

" THE TOUGH GET GOING: Jerry Brown leaves California on vacation, destination unknown" Sacramento Bee article by David Siders (November 19, 2011)

" WALL STREET MERCENARIES: 'Corporate America Is Using Our Police Departments As Hired Thugs' Says Retired Police Captain Ray Lewis" MSNBC / Moxnews video by Chris Hayes (November 19, 2011)

" SIERRA CLUB JETTISONS CARL POPE, CORPORATE 'CLOROX' STRATEGY OF PAST DECADE: Sierra Club leader departs amid discontent over group's direction - Sierra Club Chairman Carl Pope, whose leadership has stirred dissent, steps down. Some believe the organization has compromised its core principles" Los Angeles Times article by Louis Sahagun (November 19, 2011)

" NUCLEAR INDUSTRY REVIVAL AND WAR - NO WAY AROUND IT: U.S. Whips Up War against Iran with Phony Report" Stop War on Iran web page (November 19, 2011)

" PANETTA - FIRST WE'LL TAKE TEHRAN, THEN...ALBUQUERQUE?: Iran defiant after U.N. nuclear resolution" Reuters article by Robin Pomeroy (November 19, 2011)

" NEW MEXICO LEGISLATURE JOINS OCCUPY: New Mexico House Votes 65-0 To Move State's Money To Credit Unions, Community Banks" Huffington Post article by Dave Fenichel (November 18, 2011)

" U.N. ON IRAN - URANIUM ENRICHMENT IS A NUCLEAR BOMB: The UN's nuclear watchdog has passed a resolution expressing "deep and increasing concern" about Iran's nuclear programme" BBC News report by James Reynolds (November 18, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - FREMONT: Fremont City Council has hearings on aggregation programs" The News-Messenger / Gannett article by Daniel Carson (November 18, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - ROCK RIVER VALLEY: Rock River Valley officials spread word about energy aggregation" Rockford Register Star article by Corina Curry (November 17, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - NILES: Board Says Residents Could Save $200 To $250 On Electricity Costs Niles may switch all homes and small businesses away from ComEd to a different energy provider" Niles Patch article by Pam DeFiglio (November 17, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - MORTON: Electric aggregation program under way" Morton Times News article by Chelsea Peck (November 17, 2011)

" BOULDER LEADING NEW GREEN 'MUNI MOVEMENT'?: Outages drive smart grid, and muni legislation - Storms + outage anger = muni movement" Intelligent Utility article by Phil Carson (November 17, 2011)

" NYPD BLACK - THE SUBVERSION OF SUBVERSION: Wall Street protesters blocked in attempt to disrupt NYSE" Bloomberg Businessweek article by Esme E. Deprez, Charles Mead, and Elizabeth Ody (November 17, 2011)

" COLD WAR HOMELAND: Authorities foil NY protest bid to shut Wall Street" Reuters article by Chris Francescani and Aman Ali (November 17, 2011)

" NYPD 'MILITARIZED POLICE ZONE: NYPD Use Sound Cannons on OWS Protesters - Bring Your Earplugs, Folks" Death & Taxes article by DJ Pangburn (November 17, 2011)

" FIRST HABEUS CORPUS, THEN FREEDOM OF THE ____: Rights group concerned over Occupy media arrests" Boston.com article by Associated Press (November 17, 2011)

" CALIFORNIA CCA AND LOCAL POWER - LAWYER SEES REVIVAL: Jerry Bloom Comments on Clean Energy Push for Local Power Projects" Winston & Strawn LLP article (November 16, 2011)

" OHIO CCA - NOPEC: Chuck Keiper named NOPEC executive director" The News-Herald article by Brandon C. Baker (November 16, 2011)

 

MID-NOVEMBER

 

" BRAVE NEW WORLD...AGAIN: Oakland Mayor Jean Quan admits cities coordinated crackdown on Occupy Movement" Truthout article by Esme E. Deprez, Charles Mead, and Elizabeth Ody (November 15, 2011)

" OAKLAND=NEW YORK: Keith Olbermann - Why Occupy Wall Street needs Michael Bloomberg" Current.com video by Keith Olbermann (November 15, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - BROOKFIELD: Brookfield eyes energy aggregation option - First step may be March 2012 referendum vote" Riverside-Brookfield Landmark article by Jean Lotus (November 15, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - MT. VERNON: New electric aggregation program offered" Mount Vernon News article by Samantha Scoles (November 15, 2011)

" OHIO CCA - FINDLAY: Electric aggregation meeting to be held Today" The Courier article (November 15, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - LAKE IN THE HILLS: Village Board: Electrical Aggregate Plan Put to Referendum - Lake in the Hills village leaders are moving forward with plans to form a municipal electricity aggregation program" Lake in the Hills Patch article by Stephanie Price (November 15, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - DEKALB: Aggregation 
consultant - unease may slow process in county" Daily Chronicle article by Jeff Engelhardt (November 15, 2011)

" OHIO CCA - NEWARK: Discount on electric generation available in Newark" Newark Advocate / Gannett article by Kent Mallett (November 14, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - URBANA: Urbana hears about options for saving on energy bills" The News-Gazette article by Patrick Wade (November 14, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - HOFFMAN ESTATES: Hoffman Estates voters will decide future of power bills" Daily Herald article by Jessica Cilella (November 14, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - PALATINE: Palatine To Pursue Alternative Electricity Supplier Thru Referendum" Journal Online article by Richard Mayer (November 12, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - MT. VERNON: City negotiates electric discount"Mount Vernon News article by Chuck Martin (November 12, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - PEORIA: Morton officials: Wait for power plan - Mayor Pro Tem says residents can save more money on electricity" Journal Star article by Steve Stein (November 13, 2011)

" FRACKING - PENNSYLVANIA: Frackers invade small rural towns in Pennsylvania" New York Times Magazine article by Eliza Griswold (November 15, 2011)

" TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FRACKING GAS WELLS CHALLENGED: Fracking critics urge officials to block Delaware Basin gas development" Delaware First Media article by Jon Hurdle (November 14, 2011)

" FUKUSHIMA FALLOUT WORSENS - CESIUM SPREADS THROUGHOUT JAPAN: Atomic plant cesium spreads to 18 Japanese prefectures" Global Security Newswire article (November 14, 2011)

" AS JAPANESE GOVERNMENT OFFERS $11.5 BILLION BAILOUT TO TOKYO ELECTRIC FOR FUKUSHIMA: Japan offers public bailout to help fix stricken nuclear reactor" Los Angeles Times article by John Glionna (November 14, 2011)

" UK FEED-IN TARIFF COLLAPSE: Thousands of solar projects axed as government cuts tariffs" Channel 4 News story (November 14, 2011)

" PG&E TERMINATES 'CLIMATESMART' PREMIUM PROGRAM: PG&E to end carbon offset plan after few sign on" San Francisco Chronicle article by David R. Baker (November 14, 2011)

" OHIOANS OPPOSE AUCTIONING OF 3000 ACRES FOR FRACKING: Fracking opponents to petition Forest Service to cancel auction" The Athens News article (November 13, 2011)

" OCCUPY WALL STREET TO CLOSE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE THURSDAY: Occupy Wall Street aims to shut down NYSE" Complex article by Julian Kimble (November 13, 2011)

" OCCUPY OAKLAND DEFIES MAYOR POLICE THREAT: Occupy Oakland unmoved by new eviction order" San Francisco Chronicle article by Carolyn Jones, Rachel Gordon (November 13, 2011)

" OCCUPY WALL STREET: Officials crack down on Occupy Wall Street camps around the country" Christian Science Monitor article by Brad Knickerbocker (November 12, 2011)

" WE'VE GOT FIVE YEARS: The climate deadline is closer than we think" Sydney Morning Herald article by Paddy Manning (November 12, 2011)

" TO STOP CLIMATE PARALYSIS: Greenhouse gases climbing, federal report finds - The Annual Greenhouse Gas Index, which measures the combined heating effect of the top greenhouse gases, has risen 29% since 1990." Los Angeles Times article by Dean Kuipers (November 11, 2011)

" BOULDER VOTE FOR GREEN UTILITY: City will sever ties with Xcel if agreement isn't made " Clean Energy Authority article by Amanda H. Miller (November 11, 2011)

" DYNEGY BANKRUPTCY SHELL GAME - PG&E DEJA VU: Examiner sought for Dynegy - Bond trustee calls bankruptcy "clearly unfair" " Reuters article by Jonathan Sempel (November 11, 2011)

" AS FRACKING INDUSTRY BUYS WASHINGTON: Fracking - Gas industry pours $747 million into lobbying and Congress" Denver Westward article by Alan Prendergast (November 11, 2011)

" FUKUSHIMA MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS FOCUSED ON NUCLEAR QUESTION: Local elections in Fukushima should be used to maintain communities " The Mainichi Daily News editorial (November 11, 2011)

" AS THE FUKUSHIMA TOXIC DEBRIS FIELD FIVE TIMES THE STATE OF WASHINGTON APPROACHES THE US PACIFIC COAST: U.S. must have plan to deal with huge debris field from Japan" The Olympian article (November 10, 2011)

" GOT REVENUE?: Municipal bankruptcy in Alabama largest in US history - Municipal bankruptcy of Alabama's Jefferson County is the largest in American history. But will the county surrounding Birmingham, Ala. emerge stronger from its municipal bankruptcy?" Christian Science Monitor article by Jim Van Anglen and Phillip Rawls (November 10, 2011)

" SLIPPERY SLOPE: Jerry Brown weighs in on latest state revenue plunge" Los Angeles Times article by Anthony York (November 10, 2011)

" CALIFORNIA COLLAPSE POLITICS: Jerry Brown, State Lawmakers Assert Right To Eliminate Community Redevelopment Agencies" Huffington Post / Associated Press article by Judy Lin and Paul Elias (November 10, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - NORTHBROOK: Northbrook May Pull The Plug On ComEd To Save Money Village staff considers costs and benefits of combining forces with neighboring towns and switching to another electrical provider" Northbrook Patch article by Jennifer Fisher (November 10, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - BARRINGTON: New Energy Plans Could Save Residents Money - The village of Barrington is discussing ways to aggregate electricity to provide an energy savings to all local customers" Barrington Patch article by Morgan Delack (November 10, 2011)

" BOULDER MUNI, TAX APPROVED IN FINAL VOTE TALLY: Boulder energy issues 2B, 2C secure victory in final ballot count" Boulder Daily Camera article by Mitchell Byars (November 9, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - LAKE IN THE HILLS: Lake in the Hills eyes electricity aggregation ballot question" Daily Herald article by Elena Ferrarin (November 9, 2011)

" CALIFORNIA DREAMIN' - PG&E FRONT GROUP SENDS ENERGY CRISIS ARCHITECT, DEMS TO HAWAII FOR EN-ORGY: California legislators head to Maui for retreat funded by special interests - About 15 lawmakers are scheduled to attend the five-day event on the tab of the Independent Voter Project, a nonprofit policy group largely funded by business and labor interests" Los Angeles Times article by Patrick McGreevy (November 9, 2011)

" JAPANESE WOMEN OPPOSE NUCLEAR: Fukushima women against nuclear power: finding a voice from Tohoku" Japan Focus article by David H. Slater (November 9, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - DEKALB COUNTY: County 
committee recommends energy firm for aggregation" Daily Chronicle article by Jeff Engelhardt (November 9, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA -SHOREWOOD: Shorewood sets vote on electricity buying plan" The Herald-News / Chicago Sun-Times article by Clare Walters (November 9, 2011)

" OHIO CCA - WASHINGTON C.H.: Aggregation gets green light" Record Herald article by Abbey Miller (November 9, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - PALATINE, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, BUFFALO GROVE, LINCOLNSHIRE, LONG GROVE, VERNON HILLS & WHEELING: Suburbs team up to find lower electric rates" Daily Herald article by Kimberly Pohl (November 8, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - CRYSTAL LAKE: Crystal Lake joins electrical aggregation debate" Trib Local article by Lawrence Synett (November 8, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - BUFFALO GROVE: BG Moving Forward With ComEd Alternative" Journal Online article by Sean Stillmaker (November 8, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - BUFFALO GROVE REFERENDUM: Village to Post Electricity Referendum Buffalo Grove will ask voters to determine whether residents should have the option of receiving power from an alternative provider" Buffalo Grove Patch article by Cristel Mohrman (November 8, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - BUFFALO GROVE SEEKS CHEAP POWER: Buffalo Grove pursues lower energy rates" Buffalo Grove Trib Local article by Michelle Stoeffel (November 8, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - PLAINFIELD: Plainfield vote could lower electric bills" The Herald News / Chicago Sun-Times article by Madhu Mayer (November 8, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - MCHENRY COUNTY: McHenry looks to electrical aggregation" Northwest Herald article by Joseph Bustos (November 8, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - KANE: Energy companies make pitches to Kane" The Beacon News / Chicago Sun-Times article by Matt Brennan (November 8, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - PALETINE: Palatine Referendum: Should Village Pursue Electric Aggregation? A March 20, 2012 referendum will ask residents whether Palatine should pursue electric aggregation in an effort to lower power costs." Palatine Patch article by Brian Slupski (November 8, 2011)

" CALIFORNIA CCA - MARIN: Marin Clean Energy Goes Countywide Corte Madera, Larkspur and Ross join Marin Energy Authority, bringing public power to all Marin" Mill Valley Patch article by Don Root (November 7, 2011)

" CALIFORNIA MUNI - PATTERSON: Local power authority to meet after five-year hiatus" Patterson Irrigator article by Jonathan Partridge (November 7, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - OAK PARK: Community Choice Aggregation: What You Need to Know - Residents, business owners can expect letters explaining how energy program will work" Oak Park-River Forest Patch article by Deborah Kadin (November 7, 2011)

" OCCUPY WALL STREET - 650,000 AMERICANS SWITCH $4.5 BILLION TO CREDIT UNIONS: Thousands close accounts on 'Bank Transfer Day' in the U.S." NDTV article (November 7, 2011)

" OHIO CCA - BELPRE: Voters approve beer sales, aggregation" News and Sentinel article by Joline Craig (November 7, 2011)

" CCA IN COLORADO?: Boulder leaders laying out 2012 legislative agenda - Guns, taxes, energy among potential priorities for city officials" Boulder Daily Camera article by Heath Urie (November 7, 2011)

" OHIO CCA - CANTON: Power in bulk electric buying: Understanding aggregation" Canton Rep article (November 6, 2011)

" PG&E STILL LORDS OVER THE BALLOT BOX: Hellman, Committee on Jobs, PG&E - Top List of 2011 Campaign Contributors" Fog City Journal article by Oliver Luby (November 5, 2011)

" OHIO CCA - MUSKINGUM COUNTY: Ballot measure could cut electricity costs" Zanesville Times Reporter / Gannett article by Hannah Sparling (November 5, 2011)

" CALIFORNIA CCA - MARIN COUNTY: Marin Energy Authority gearing up for major expansion " Marin Independent Journal article by Richard Halstead (November 4, 2011)

" CCA ILLINOIS - DEKALB COUNTY: Energy aggregation movements are sweeping county " Daily Chronicle article by Jeff Engelhardt (November 4, 2011)

 

EARLY NOVEMBER

 

" LPI IN BOULDER - VOTERS APPROVAL LOCAL POWER UTILITY: Local Power: Boulder Considers Moving Off the Grid" Good article by Sarah Laskow (November 4, 2011)

" CALIFORNIA CCA - ANDERSON VALLEY REPORTER INTERVIEWS LOCAL POWER INC.: Green, Cheap, Now" Anderson Valley Reporter interview by Darwin Bond-Graham (November 3, 2011)

" JERRY BROWN - PG&E'S NEW CEO?: Jerry Brown names PG&E official as his senior adviser" The Sacramento Bee article by David Siders (November 3, 2011)

" WITH OR WITHOUT YOU: 'Monster' greenhouse gas levels seen" CBS News article by Associated Press (November 3, 2011)

" BOULDER LOCALIST MUNI PASSED BY VOTERS: Boulder Issues 2B, 2C: Municipalization, related tax narrowly approved " Boulder Daily Camera article by Laura Snider (November 2, 2011)

" BOULDER LOCALIST MUNI ARTICLE IN DENVER POST: Boulder voters OK with municipal utility, tax to set it up Read more: Boulder voters OK with municipal utility, tax to set it up" Denver Post article by Mark Jaffe (November 2, 2011)

" BOULDER MUNI VOTE COMMENTARY: Boulder Takes First Step Toward Forming Municipal Utility" Renew Grid article by Angela Beniwal (November 2, 2011)

" OHIO CCA - EAST CANTON, OSNABURG: Osnaburg township, East Canton voters have choice to allow electric aggregation " The Press News article (November 2, 2011)

" OHIO CCA - CINCINNATI DEBATE: Guest column: No on Issue 44 - proposal has it backward" Cincinnati.Com / Gannett opinion by Chuck Lanager (November 2, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - OAK PARK'S 100% RENEWABLE, 25% DISCOUNT: Oak Park's 'green' deal is a big deal" Wednesday Journal opinion by Jim Dickert (November 1, 2011)

" OHIO CCA - CINCINNATI: Aggregation: Which way should you vote?" Cincinnati.com / Gannett article (November 1, 2011)

" OHIO CCA - PLEASANT, GREEN CAMP, GRAND PRARIE, MARION COUNTY: To aggregate or not: That is the question in 3 Marion County townships" Marion Star / Gannett article (November 1, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - BURR RIDGE: Should Burr Ridge Opt to ‘Opt-Out’ of Buying Electricity from ComEd? - The topic of electrical aggregation is being considered by the Burr Ridge Village Board" Burr Ridget Patch article by Dennis Jacobs (November 1, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - PEKIN: Electrical opt out plan explained" Pekin Daily Times article by Sharon Woods Harris (November 1, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - WOODRIDGE: Woodridge to Pursue Switching Energy Suppliers - Households could save about $200 a year with a supplier other than ComEd. Small businesses could save $500 to $600 a year" Woodridge Patch article Melissa Tussing (November 1, 2011)

" ILLINOIS - PEKIN: Electrical opt out plan explained" Pekin Times article by Sharon Woods Harris (November 1, 2011)

 

OCTOBER

 

" NUCLEAR ZOMBIES VISIT TVA ON HALLOWEEN: Zombies swarm TVA, protest nuclear" NBC / WRCB - Chattanooga story by Rich Sobolewski (October 31, 2011)

" BOULDER LOCALIST MUNI VOTE IN NEW YORK TIMES: In Colorado, a Power Struggle With the Power Company" The New York Times article by Kirk Johnson (October 29, 2011)

" JAPAN'S GOVERNMENT LEARNS FROM TOKYO ELECTRIC DISASTER: Nuclear Promotion Dropped in Japan Energy Policy After Fukushima" Bloomberg Businessweek article by Tsuyoshi Inajima and Yuji Okada (October 28, 2011)

" BUT NOT US: Nuclear Power Still Blocks Clean Energy Development" Treehugger article by Sarah Hodgdon (October 28, 2011)

" WE BELIEVE IN GOD, NOT SCIENCE: Romney Flips To Denial - ‘We Don’t Know What’s Causing Climate Change’" Think Progress article by Brad Johnson (October 28, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - WOODSTOCK: Woodstock mulls energy aggregation referendum " Northwest Herald article by Chelsea McDougall (October 28, 2011)

" BOULDER'S LOCALIST MUNI - XCEL: Xcel comes knocking" Boulder Weekly letter by Landon Bain (October 27, 2011)

" OHIO CCA - MARIETTA COUNCIL OPPOSES AEP CCA CAP: Marietta council opposes AEP ‘cap’ - Worried it may limit electricity purchased at lower rates" News and Sentinel article by Sam Shawyer (October 27, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - GURNEE: Gurnee sparks interest in electric aggregation" Lake County News-Sun / Chicago Sun-Times article by Ed Collins (October 26, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - ELMHURST: Committee Powers Up Talks of Alternative Electricity Provider ComEd would still distribute the electricity via its grid" Elmhurst Patch article by Carol Kania Morency (October 26, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - WOODSTOCK: City considering municipal electricity referendum" The Woodstock Independent article by Mike Neumann (October 26, 2011)

" BOULDER LOCALIST MUNI: Boulder seeks divorce from Xcel - Municipalization on next week's ballot" Intelligent Utility article by Phil Carson (October 25, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - EVANSTON: Council to weigh alternatives to ComEd for March Ballot" Evanston Review - article by Bob Seidenberg (October 25, 2011)

" POLL - 43% AMERICANS SUPPORT OCCUPY WALL STREET: Poll - 43 percent agree with views of 'Occupy Wall Street'" CBS News story by Brian Montopoll (October 25, 2011)

" STEVE JOBS AND CCA: Greening Energy and Transportation with Ideas from Steve Jobs" Huffington Post article by Mike Sandler (October 25, 2011)

" GREEN DEMOCRACY: Community Choice Aggregation: What’s Not to Like?" Triple Pundit / Presidio Marketing article by William R. Yeager (October 25, 2011)

" ILINOIS CCA - FOREST PARK: Village looks for savings on electricity Cost benefits of buying in bulk touted as reason to enact aggregation" Forest Park Review article by Nick Moroni (October 25, 2011)

"THINK FUKUSHIMA KILLED NUCLEAR POWER? 125 NEW NUKE PLANTS IN CHINA, INDIA, RUSSIA CAUSE URANIUM BOOM: Uranium Deals Prove Most Lucrative on Nuclear Demand: Real M&A" Bloomberg Businessweek article by Tara Lachapelle (October 25, 2011)

"LEADING CLIMATE SKEPTIC ADMITS ERROR: Tell President Obama: Climate-change skeptic turns skeptical about the skeptics" Washington Post op ed by Eugene Robinson (October 25, 2011)

"READ DR. MULLER'S OWN ARTICLE: The Case Against Global-Warming Skepticism - There were good reasons for doubt, until now" Washington Post Opinion by Dr. Richard A. Muller (October 25, 2011)

"ACTION ALERT - SIGN ON AGAINST KEYSTONE FRACKING PIPELINE: Tell President Obama: Yes you can stop the Keystone XL Pipeline" Credo / Working Assets Event Signup - San Francisco (October 25, 2011)

"FRACKING AT OCCUPY WALL STREET: Mark Ruffalo Connects Keystone XL, Fracking & Occupy Wall Street" Care 2 article by Beth Buczynski (October 24, 2011)

"SYRACUSE NY BANS FRACKING: Syracuse council bans fracking of gas wells" The Wall Street Journal article by Associated Press (October 24, 2011)

 

LATE OCTOBER

 

"RIGHT-WING MEDIA BILLIONAIRES CALL OCCUPY WALL STREET 'ELITIST': Occupy Wall Street movement has a clear message" Penn Live op ed (October 24, 2011)

"PG&E NUCLEAR - MOTHERS FOR PEACE WIN ON DIABLO REACTOR HAZARD: NRC affirms hearing decision - Diablo" Santa Maria Times article (October 24, 2011)

"BOULDER MUNICIPALIZATION: Boulder municipalization fact-checking: Xcel's renewable energy sources" Power Engineering / Daily Camera Staff article by Laura Snider (October 24, 2011)

"OHIO CCA - WASHINGTON: City electric aggregation up for vote" Record Herald article by Abbey Miller (October 24, 2011)

"OHIO CCA - FINDLAY: Findlay Rolls Out Natural Gas Aggregation Program" PWFIN 1330 story (October 24, 2011)

"ILLINOIS CCA - GRAYSLAKE: Grayslake power users to save $4M during next 2 years" Lake County News-Sun article by Ed Collins (October 23, 2011)

"WHAT'S UP IN OHIO?: Commissioners neutral on aggregation Electricity plan from AEP brings criticism from energy brokers" Marietta Times / News and Sentinel article by Ashley Rittenhouse (October 22, 2011)

"OHIO CCA - NEWARK: Newark voters to get final say in electricity program" Newark Advocate / Gannett article by Kent Mallett (October 22, 2011)

"PG&E CRIMES CONTINUE: Mercury News editorial: PG&E stoops to new low" San Jose Mercury News editorial (October 22, 2011)

"BOULDER MUNI & XCEL: City attorney - Xcel can't practice 'rate discrimination' in Boulder" Boulder Daily Camera article by Laura Snider (October 21, 2011)

"ILLINOIS CCA - HUNTLEY: Huntley Looking to Help Cut Electrical Supply Costs for Residents, Small Businesses- Staff directed to explore referendum question" Huntley Patch article by Gloria Casas (October 21, 2011)

"NOW THERE'S A FUTURE FOR US: Niagara Falls envisions profit in 'fracking' waste" North County Times article by Associated Press (October 21, 2011)

"HOW CIA AND DISNEY BRAINWASHED POSTWAR JAPAN TO EMBRACE NUCLEAR: Tepco ‘Deal With Devil’ Signals End to Japan’s Postwar Era" Bloomberg article (October 21, 2011)

"DENVER POST ENDORSES BOULDER'S LOCALIST MUNI: Paint the town green, Boulder" Denver Post editorial (October 20, 2011)

"XCEL-BOULDER: Xcel Energy Threatens to Cut Solar Rebates & Efficiency Programs for Boulder Customers" Treehugger article by Rachel Cernansky (October 20, 2011)

"GOT CREDIT?: Total U.S. Debt Is About to Surpass Total G.D.P. on Halloween" The Atlantic Wire article by Alexander Abad-Santos (October 20, 2011)

"NEW YORK FRACKING - GOT WATER?: Toxic Fracking Waste Could End Up In Niagara Falls" Care2 article by Beth Buczynski (October 19, 2011)

"US NV NUCLEAR DUMP OPPOSED BY REPUBLICANS: Romney, Perry Avoid Toxic Stance in Nevada" Wall Street Journal article by Ryan Tracy (October 19, 2011)

 

MID-OCTOBER

 

"ILLINOIS CCA- OAK PARK GETS 100% RENEWABLE AT 25% DISCOUNT IN 2 YEAR DEAL: Oak Park seals green deal on electric - consumers save money under renewable energy pact" Wednesday Journal - Oak Park article by Jean Lotus (October 19, 2011)

"CALIF CCA - Sonoma County pushes forward with power agency studies" Santa Rosa Press Democrat article (October 19, 2011)

"CA CCA - SONOMA COUNTY: PD Editorial: Giving locals a choice on power" Santa Rosa Press Democrat editorial (October 19, 2011)

"JAPAN TO CLOSE NUKES?: Japan still considering total nuclear power pullout" Reuters article by Marie Maitre (October 18, 2011)

"HOW ABOUT CALIFORNIA?: Santa Barbara citizens raise concerns about PG&E's Diablo nuclear power plant at local Town Meeting"The Bottom Line article by Mya McCann (October 18, 2011)

"AND NEW YORK?: Studies Clash on the Impact of Closing Indian Point" New York Times article by Matthew L. Wald (October 18, 2011)

"ILLINOIS CCA: Referendum could help Mendota save on electricity" News Tribune article by Craig Sterrett (October 18, 2011)

"OHIO CCA - AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER TRYING TO BLOCK 300K CUSTOMERS FROM CCA?: AEP disputes city council presentation - Wants to tell its side of story" News and Sentinel article by Michael Erb (October 18, 2011)

"AND NOW A SONOMA COUNTY CCA?: Study outlines costs, benefits of creating county-run power agency" Santa Rosa Press Democrat article by Brett Wilkison (October 17, 2011)

"A CALL FOR CCA, NOT STATUS QUO, IN MENDOCINO: Mendo’s Backward Energy Plan" The Anderson Valley Advertiser article by Darwin Bond-Graham (October 17, 2011)

"ILLINOIS CCA - WASHINGTON: Washington to vote on energy plan Referendum will ask whether to allow city to procure electricity supply" Journal Star article by Steve Stein (October 17, 2011)

"NUCLEAR ROBOCORP: Japanese nuclear company twists public opinion" Australian Broadcasting Corporation / Lateline video segment by Mark Willacy (October 17, 2011)

"NUCLEAR HAZARD - NEW YORK: NY can replace Indian Point nuclear power - groups" Reuters article by Scott Disavino (October 17, 2011)

"FRACKING HAZARD - NEW JERSEY: Opinion: N.J. should ban fracking now to protect state's water resources" Times of Trenton op ed by Tracy Carluccio (October 17, 2011)

"FRACKING HAZARD - OHIO: Proponents of fracking are either short-sighted or very greedy" The Athens News op ed by Charles Cook (October 16, 2011)

"ENERGY LOCALIZATION - STORAGE: For Alternative Energy, Storage Makes All the Difference" Bloomberg editorial (October 16, 2011)

"GOT TRADE POLICY?: Let’s Admit It: Globalization Has Losers" New York Timess op ed by Steven Rattner (October 15, 2011)

"CALL FOR A CCA LAW IN NEW YORK STATE?: What is Our Total Electric Bill?" Ossining-Croton on Hudson Patch article by Leo Wiegman (October 14, 2011)

"ILLINOIS CCA - OSWEGO: Referendum Could Mean Lower Electricity Rates Village Board approves a referendum on the March ballot to aggregate electricity for the benefit of residents." Oswego Patch article by Eric Sauder (October 14, 2011)

"OHIO CCA - GREENE COUNTY: Issue 16 could lower rates" YSNews article by Megan Bachman (October 13, 2011)

"CALIFORNIA CCA - MARIN, City of Larkspur joins local energy agency - Residents will automatically be enrolled in MEA, unless they opt out and remain with PG&E" Twin Cities Times article by Chris Rooney (October 12, 2011)

"CALIFORNIA CCA - SONOMA, LENO'S SB790 MAKES SONOMA WATER AGENCY ELIGIBLE TO BE A CCA: New state law allows Sonoma County Water Agency to deliver power" Santa Rosa Press Democrat article by Brett Wilkinson (October 12, 2011)

"ILLINOIS CCA - TINLEY PARK: Referendum for electricity aggregation program could be on March ballot" Trib Local article by Ashley Rueff (October 12, 2011)

"ILLINOIS CCA - TINLEY PARK: Tinley plugs into aggregation" Southtown Star / Chicago Sun-Times article by Megan Bachman (October 12, 2011)

"GOT MEMORY?: Panel - Japan-level nuclear crisis possible at San Onofre" Orange County Register article by Fred Swegles (October 12, 2011)

"BOULDER MUNICIPALIZATION: Boulder municipalization: Boulder Green Building Guild supports Issues 2B, 2C" Boulder Daily Camera article by Laura Snider (October 11, 2011)

"SAN FRANCISCO CCA CLEANPOWERSF TO LOCALIZE POWER WITH RENEWABLES, DEMAND TECHNOLOGIES: Environmental, Worker and Justice Groups Hail Breakthrough with CleanPowerSF Program" Sierra Club / Global Exchange / Local Clean Energy Alliance / Our City / Brightline Defense Project press release (October 11, 2011)

"SAN FRANCISCO CCA PROMISES 1000 GREEN JOBS: San Francisco Trying Again to Compete With PG&E" The Bay Citizen article by John Upton (October 11, 2011)

"LOCAL CLEAN ENERGY ALLIANCE JOB CALCULATOR FOR SAN FRANCISCO CCA PROGRAM: Preliminary Jobs Estimate for CleanPowerSF" Local Clean Energy Alliance press release (October 11, 2011)

"ILLINOIS CCA - DEKALB COUNTY: County listens to energy pitches for unincorporated citizens" Daily Chronicle article by Jeff Engelhardt (October 11, 2011)

"OHIO CCA - PREBLE COUNTY: Electrical provider will be on some Preble County ballots" Gannet / Pal-Item article (October 11, 2011)

"OHIO CCA - VAN WERT COUNTY: Electric aggregation issues go to voters" Times Bulletin article by Ed Gebert (October 11, 2011)

"DOCTORS TO NEW YORK GOVERNOR - FRACKING HARMS HUMAN HEALTH: Doctors want fracking health impact analysis" Legislative Gazette article by Jordan Lipschik (October 11, 2011)

"FRACKING OPPOSED IN OHIO: Fracking plan for Wayne National Forest draws opposition" Columbus Morning Call article by Business First (October 11, 2011)

"FRACKING OPPOSED IN CATSKILLS: Large majority opposes fracking in Sullivan - 500 county residents polled" The River Reporter article by Fritz Mayer (October 10, 2011)

"CCA ILLINOIS - JOLIET: Joliet moves forward with plans to join electricity purchasing group" Trib Local article by Mary Owen (October 10, 2011)

"HYPOCRI-LYPSE NOW: Shunning Nuclear Plants at Home, Japan Pursues Building Them Overseas" New York Times article by Hiroko Tabuchi (October 10, 2011)

"OHIO GAS CCA - DOVER: Natural-gas prices drop for Dover partners" Times Reporter article by Jon Baker (October 10, 2011)

 

EARLY OCTOBER

 

"BOULDER MUNICIPALIZATION: Boulder municipalization fact-checking: Rate parity with Xcel" Boulder Daily Camera article by Laura Snider (October 9, 2011)

"FOOD AGGREGATION - NOT JUST ABOUT ENERGY: Fostering a Local Food Revolution" Litchfield County Times article by Julie Bailey, Howard Rosenfeld and Connie Manes (October 9, 2011)

"CCA RIGHTS BILL - JERRY BROWN SIGNS: Calif. Governor Brown Takes Action to Promote Renewable Energy and Protect the Environment" California Newswire article by Valerie Gotten (October 9, 2011)

"NUCLEAR RISK - 4 FAILED US BACKUPS SINCE APRIL: 4 generator failures hit US nuclear plants" Associated Press article by Ray Henry (October 9, 2011)

"XCEL SUES EPA FOR CLEAN AIR REGS: Xcel suing EPA over air pollution regulations" Energy Central / Pioneer Press article by Leslie Brooks Suzukamo (October 8, 2011)

"NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION - EASTERN EUROPE: Czechs plan to heavily expand nuclear power, angering anti-nuke neighbors" Washington Post/Bloomberg article by Associated Press (October 8, 2011)

"BANANERGY REPUBLIC AT THE CPUC: California Utilities Oppose Calls For Less Secrecy In Power Purchase Plans" Environmental News Stand article (October 7, 2011)

"BOULDER MUNICIPALIZATION: Boulder anti-municipalization campaign outspends supporters 10 to 1" Boulder Daily Camera article by Laura Snider (October 5, 2011)

"DE-GLOBALIZATION: US Targets China With Proposed Trade Taxes" Global Tax News article by Leroy Baker (October 5, 2011)

"MOTHER OF INVENTION - CYPRUS: Revolutionary energy system invented in Cyprus" Cyprus Mail article by Alexis Pantelides (October 5, 2011)

"SHOCKING US ROLE REVERSAL WITH CHINA: ‘US violates spirit of WTO’" Russia Times article by Antony Dickson (October 5, 2011)

"ILLINOIS CCA - PINGREE GROVE: Pingree Grove preps for electric rate vote" The Courier-News / Chicago Sun-Times article by Ryan Klassy (October 4, 2011)

" ANTI-CORPORATISM: Wall Street Protests Have ‘Tea Party’ Potential, Professor Says" Bloomberg News article by Esme E. Deprez (October 4, 2011)

" OCCUPY WALL STREET GROWS: Fresh recruits join Occupy Wall Street protesters as demonstrators gear up for biggest action yet" New York Daily News article by Pete Donohue, Jennifer H. Cunningham and Helen Kennedy (October 4, 2011)

" AS THE NORTH POLE MELT ACCELERATES: Arctic Sea Ice Continues Decline, Hits Second-Lowest Level" Sacramento Bee article by NASA (October 4, 2011)

" CARBON FAILURE TRAINWRECK: Planet 'far away' on climate goals: study" AFP article (October 4, 2011)

" NOT SURE YOU ARE BEING MANIPULATED?: Who's Bankrolling the Climate-Change Deniers?" Time article by Bryan Walsh (October 4, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - PEORIA: City staff hears from 4 energy consultants Peoria council expected to pick a company at next week's meeting" Journal Star article by John Sharp (October 3, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - JOLIET: Joliet to seek cheaper power" Herald-News / Chicago Sun-Times article by Bob Okon (October 3, 2011)

" TECHNOLOGY - INTERMITTENCY: Western States to Ease Electrical Grid Woes with an Old Technology Made New - The U.S. West is integrating a decades-old 'synchrophasor' technology into the grid, allowing utilities to add more renewables and help avoid blackouts" Inside Climate News article by Maria Gallucci (October 3, 2011)

" OCCUPY DC: What Occupy DC wants: Less corporate money in politics" Washington Post blog by Suzy Khimm (October 3, 2011)

" TEXAS CITY AGGREGATION: Texas Coalition for Affordable Power Names First Executive Director" Market Watch article (October 3, 2011)

" SAN FRANCISCO CCA LAUNCH: SF green public power launch gets price tag: $19.5 million" San Francisco Chronicle article by Joshua Sabatini (October 2, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - BLOOMINGTON: Bloomington, Normal may buddy up to cut Ameren electric bills" WJBC Central Illinois Radio story (October 2, 2011)

" OHIO MONOPOLY COUP ATTEMPT: AEP proposal may forestall aggregation ballot issues" The Columbus Dispatch article by Dan Gearino (October 2, 2011)

" OBAMA CONSIDERS FORCING TRANSMISSION ON STATES, CITIZENS: Fed Plan to Consolidate Power Over Nation's Power Highway Has States Nervous" Fox News article by Judson Berger (October 1, 2011)

" LORDS OF POWER: First Energy Unit makes counter-offer for all-electric customers" McClatchy -Tribune Services article (October 1, 2011)

" WALL STREET SPRING: Occupy Wall Street Protesters: We Are Americans" ABC World News article by T.J. Winick (October 1, 2011)

" FOREST DEATH A CLIMATE TRAINWRECK: With Deaths of Forests, a Loss of Key Climate Protectors" New York Times article by Justin Gillis (October 1, 2011)

 

LATE SEPTEMBER

 

" WALL STREET 'SPRING': ‘Occupy Wall Street’ only growing stronger" Washington Post Opinion by James Downie (September 30, 2011)

" OHIO MONOPOLY FIRST ENERGY ASKS REGULATOR TO KILL CHOICE FOR 300,000 HOUSEHOLDS SEEKING CCA ON NOVEMBER BALLOT: FirstEnergy Solutions: Proposed AEP Ohio Settlement Would Shut Out Successful Governmental Aggregation Programs on November Ballots" PR Newswire press release by First Energy (September 30, 2011)

" THE KIND OF PROBLEM WE NEED: German Utilities Giving Away Power as Wind, Sun Flood European Grid" Bloomberg Businessweek article (September 30, 2011)

" ENGLISH SAY FRACK OFF: Don't Frack with the UK" Frack Off web site (September 30, 2011)

" GOLDMAN SACHS RUNS THE WORLD?: Are you shocked by this stock market trader's comments? - Jaws dropped at BBC News 24 when Alessio Rastani told them he 'goes to bed every night dreaming of another recession'" The UK Guardian video of BBC News Segment (September 29, 2011)

" YES WE CAN: Sorry, but this trader's banking confession was no prank The Yes Men have been blamed for Alessio Rastani's comments on the financial crisis. But sometimes truth outdoes satire" The UK Guardian article by Yes Men (September 29, 2011)

" CCA-MARIN: Power to the People: Council Votes to Join Marin Energy - On a 3-2 council vote, Novato will join the Marin Energy Authority and residents will have to opt out next spring if they want to continue with PG&E service" Novato Patch article by Brent Ainsworth (September 28, 2011)

" TRUTHDIG ON NEW-NOTHINGS: Robert Scheer's Columns - The Men We Trusted to Lead Us" Truthdig article by Robet Sheer (September 28, 2011)

" OHIO CCA SCENE - THE OTHER MS. MIGDEN: Janine Migden resigns as Ohio's Consumers' Counsel" Forbes article by Marynia Kruk (September 28, 2011)

" OHIO CCA SCENE-NOPEC: Herington Retires from Nation's Largest CCA" Forbes article by Marynia Kruk (September 28, 2011)

" FRACK POLAND: ExxonMobil to Start Fracking at Second Shale Gas Well in Poland" Rigzone article by Marynia Kruk (September 28, 2011)

" CRISIS - A GOOD TIME FOR MORE GLOBALIZATION: China lures WTO to brink of procurement deal -Forty-two countries are close to agreeing an upgrade of their Government Procurement Agreement (GPA), a reform that could unlock tens of billions of dollars of commercial opportunities, and many times more if China gets on board, trade sources said on Monday" Reuters article by Tom Miles (September 27, 2011)

" CCA-MARIN: Novato City Council on Tuesday will get questions answered about the Marin Energy Authority, a joint-powers authority that provides 'green' power to homes via existing PG&E lines" Novato Patch article by Brent Ainsworth (September 27, 2011)

" OHIO CCA - WORKSHOP FOR A DOZEN NEW TOWNS: Monroe Township, Jefferson Township, Dixon Township, Village of New Paris, Village of Gratis, Village of West Alexandria, and City of Eaton" The Register-Herald article by Eddie Mowen Jr. (September 27, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA: Lake Bluff Takes Closer Look at Electricity Aggregation Resolution would need to be passed by December to post referendum on March 2012 ballot"Lake Forest/Lake Bluff article by Christine Lebrun (September 26, 2011)

" NREL ON CCA ACROSS US: The New(er) Kids on the Block: Community Choice Aggregators" National Renewable Energy Laboratory article by Bethany K. Speer (September 25, 2011)

" IL CCA - OAK PARK: Oak Park officials debate ‘tax’ on electricity supplier to fund energy efficiency" Trib Local - Oak Park/River Forest article by Jim Jaworski (September 24, 2011)

" CALIFORNIA ENERGY POLICY COLLAPSE: Public goods fee for state energy program to end" San Francisco Chronicle article by Wyatt Buchanan (September 23, 2011)

" FUKUSHIMA BLOWBACK: Markey Calls for Scrutiny of Nuclear-Power Loan Guarantees" Bloomberg article by Brian Wingfield (September 23, 2011)

" GLOBALIZATION BLUES: WTO Chief Warns Against Protectionism" Wall Street Journal article by Tom Barkley and Bob Davis (September 23, 2011)

" PG&E LNG TERMINAL CHANGED FROM IMPORT TO EXPORT: Jordan Cove proposes exports" The World article by Gail Elber (September 22, 2011)

" OBAMA & CLINTON AT UNITED NATIONS - NUKES ARE GOOD FOR US: Clinton - The Obama Administration is committed to nuclear power as a component of our secure energy future, and we recognize that nuclear power is a vital contributor to the world's growing energy needs" Global Security Newswire / National Journal Group article (September 22, 2011)

" BUT NOT FOR OUR ENEMIES - IRAN NUKE: EU Seeks Unconditional Atomic Talks With Iran" Global Security Newswire / National Journal Group article (September 22, 2011)

" NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION & WAR - US WALKS OUT ON AHMADINEJAD: U.S. leads mass walkout of Ahmadinejad U.N. speech" Agence France-Presse / The Raw Story article (September 22, 2011)

" JAPAN NUKES - WHAT ME, WORRY?: Fukushima to slow, not stop, nuclear growth" Reuters article (September 22, 2011)

" NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION IN AFRICA: Nigeria goes nuclear" VibeGhana.Com article (September 22, 2011)

" NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION & WAR - NORTH KOREA: North Korea Wants Another Meeting With U.S." Global Security Newswire / National Journal Group article (September 22, 2011)

" CCA ILLINOIS - FRANKFORT: Electricity Aggregation Still Has Juice in Frankfort - Officials agreed to pursue a referendum that would allow voters to decide if they wanted the village to negotiate electric rates for them " Frankfort Patch article by Joe Vince (September 22, 2011)

" COMMUNITY POWER - MA: More municipalities eager to tap state for wind turbine subsidies" Boston Globe article by Steven A. Rosenberg (September 21, 2011)

" CCA ILLINOIS - MORRIS: Morris signs on to electicity purchase program " The Herald-News / Chicago Sun-Times article by Sarwat S. Ahmad (September 21, 2011)

" CA CCA - MARIN: Novato should join Marin's green public-power agency " Marin Independent Journal op ed by Ed Mainland (September 21, 2011)

" CCA ILLINOIS - FRANKFORT: Power to the People: What Electricity Aggregation Could Mean to Frankfort - Could the village team up with a county agency to negotiate cheaper electricity prices? It's a possibility, and Patch explains what that could entail. " Oakland Tribune article by Damon Connolly, Gayle McLaughlin and Jim Metropulos (September 21, 2011)

" CCA HEAT - OH: City locks in lower gas rate" Hudson Hub Times article by Tim Troglen (September 21, 2011)

" CA CCA - MARIN: Renewable Energy Debate Continues - Larkspur residents might have another source for electricity if the city joins the Marin Energy Authority" Larkspur-Corte Madera Patch article by Derek WIlson (September 20, 2011)

" CA CCA RIGHTS BILL GOES TO GOVERNOR: Oakland Tribune My Word: Bill was not hijacked and deserves to be signed" Oakland Tribune article by Damon Connolly, Gayle McLaughlin and Jim Metropulos (September 20, 2011)

" IL CCA - ROMEOVILLE: Romeoville Could Seek Lower Electricity Rates - Village partners with Will County Governmental League in effort to broker lower rates from outside suppliers" Romeoville Patch article by Shannon Antinori (September 20, 2011)

" OHIO CCA HEAT - STOW: Natural Gas Aggregation Rate Fixed November through March 2012" Stow Patch article by Amanda Harnocz (September 19, 2011)

" NUCLEAR CRISIS: German industrial and engineering conglomerate Siemens is to withdraw entirely from the nuclear industry" BBC News article (September 18, 2011)

" IL CCA - PEORIA: Voters could get chance to approve municipal electric aggregation" Journal Star article by Dave Haney (September 17, 2011)

" CA CCA - MARIN: Ross council decides to rejoin Marin Energy Authority" Marin Independent Journal article by Richard Halstead (September 16, 2011)

" IL CCA - CARY: Cary mulls energy co-op referendum" Northwest Herald article by Katie Anderson (September 16, 2011)

" CA CCA - SANTA CRUZ: Joe Jordan on Why we Need a Clean Energy Plan, Right Now!" Santa Cruz Patch article by Elizabeth Borelli (September 16, 2011)

" CA CCA RIGHTS BILL: Claims against CCA bill unfounded" San Francisco Examiner op ed by Senator Mark Leno (September 15, 2011)

" NUCLEAR CRISIS - ITALY: Italy dumps nuclear; renewable energy stocks rise" PV Magazine article by Becky Stuart (September 15, 2011)

" CCA ILLINOIS - GRAYSLAKE: McHenry County to debate electricity aggregation" Lake County News-Sun / Chicago Sun-Times article by Ed Collins (September 12, 2011)

" CCA ILLINOIS - MCHENRY COUNTY: McHenry County to debate electricity aggregation" Daily Herald article by Elena Ferrain (September 9, 2011)

" LA TIMES PLEADS AGAINST EDISON COUP: State should extend energy levy Editorial - The utility fee is a vital tool to help California achieve its ambitious goals to clean up its power supply and reduce its carbon emissions" Los Angeles Times editorial (September 7, 2011)

" DAN MORAIN RE END OF PUBLIC GOODS CHARGE IN JERRY BROWN'S CALI: Dan Morain: 'Green' jobs and the public goods charge " The Sacramento Bee opinion by Dan Morain (September 4, 2011)

" DEATH OF CALIFORINIA'S 15 YEAR ENERGYE EFFICIENCY FUND: Lobbyists fight for a piece of potential utility tax extension" Fresno Bee article by Lauren Rosenhall (September 2, 2011)

" BROWN and EDISON'S COUP - CALIFORNIA TO KILL ENERGY EFFICIENCY, GREEN R&D?: Lawmakers strive to extend surcharge for energy efficiency, research" iStockAnaylst article (September 1, 2011)

 

AUGUST

 

" CCA HITS MAINSTREAM IN ILLINOIS: More utility ratepayers sidestepping ComEd, buying in bulk - Growing number of Illinois communities are negotiating for cheaper, and sometimes greener, electricity" Chicago Tribune article by Julie Wernau (August 31, 2011)

" CCA-MARIN: Op Eds on Marin Energy Authority" Marin Independent Journal opinions by readers (August 27, 2011)

" JAPAN NUCLEAR CRISIS: Hopefuls Skirt Nuclear-Power Issue" Los Angeles Times article by Anthony York (August 27, 2011)

" JAPAN FALLOUT DISASTER: Areas near Japan nuclear plant may be off limits for decades" Reuters article (August 27, 2011)

" NEW JERSEY CCA? - GLOUCESTER: Mayer Touts Green Movement - The township is moving to improve energy efficiency" Gloucester Township Patch article by Mayor David Mayer (August 26, 2011)

" LAST CHANCE SALOON?: Jerry Brown unveils jobs plan to spur hiring in California The governor wants to change the tax code to draw more revenue from firms that employ the bulk of workers outside the state" Wall Street Journal article by Chester Dawson (August 26, 2011)

" LOCAL POWER IN GERMAN VILLAGE: German Village Achieves Energy Independence … And Then Some" Biocycle article by Christie Allen (August 24, 2011)

" CCA ILLINOIS - MARENGO: Marengo may bundle for cheaper electricity" Northwest Herald article by Jane Huh (August 23, 2011)

" CCA - SAN FRANCISCO: Hetch Hetchy: Two visions Public power versus the environment? The debate continues over last week's cover story" San Francisco Bay Guardian opinion (August 23, 2011)

" CCA ILLINOIS - FRANKFORT: Village Might Work With County League to Negotiate Electricity Rates- Officials will be examining a proposal to join the Will County Governmental League to collectively bargain electricity prices for residents, mayor said" Frankfort Patch article by Joe Vince (August 23, 2011)

" XCEL OPENS WALLET TO STOP BOULDER MUNICIPALIZATION: Boulder municipal utility opponents have spent $11,000" Boulder Daily Camera article by Laura Snider (August 22, 2011)

" CCA ILLINOIS - MORRIS: Morris residents to choose between ComEd, alternative" The Herald-News / Chicago Sun-Times article by Sarwat S. Ahmad (August 18, 2011)

" CCA MASSACHUSETTS - BOSTON: Boston networks solutions: driving demand for clean energy" Mass High Tech article by Jim Hunt (August 18, 2011)

" LPI IN BOULDER: Boulder approves final "energy future" ballot measures" Denver Post / Boulder Daily Camera article by Laura Snider (August 17, 2011)

" CCA-OHIO: Electrical aggregation issue to be on November ballot for EC voters" The Press-News article by Donna Robinson (August 17, 2011)

" JAPAN NUCLEAR / ECO-CITIES: Mark Pendergrast: Japan’s eco-revolution runs out of steam" National Post article by Mark Pendergast (August 17, 2011)

" OHIO CCA: Electrical aggregation issue to be on November ballot for EC voters" The Press-News article by Donna Robinson (August 16, 2011)

 

EARLY AUGUST

 

" PROP 16 - PG&E'S NEW CEO: Battered PG&E names outsider as new CEO" San Jose Mercury News article by Mike Rosenberg (August 8, 2011)

" SENATOR MARK LENO OP-ED ON CCA IN CALIFORNIA: Clean, Safely-Delivered Energy Should be California’s Top Priority" California Progress Report article by Senator Mark Leno (August 5, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - PEORIA: Good Energy offers power purchasing options"Journal Star article (August 4, 2011)

" LOCAL POWER IN THE UK: Creating a self sufficient city"City of Stoke on Trent articleby Phil Bowers (August 4, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - CENTRICA : Village of Elburn and Direct Energy Power the Community"4-Traders press release (August 4, 2011)

" OHIO - CCA OF WASTE MANAGEMENT?: New Franklin Council approves trash aggregation" Akron.com article by Maria Lindsay (August 4, 2011)

" CCA OHIO - ELBURN: Elburn arranges cheaper electricity for residents" Daily Herald article by Susan Sarkauskas (August 4, 2011)

" PAUL FENN BLOG ON GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN'S RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICY: Et Tu, Jerry?" Paul Fenn's Local Power Blog (August 3, 2011)

" BOULDER CITY COUNCIL APPROVES 2ND READING TO PLACE MUNI ON NOV BALLOT: Boulder one step closer to power vote" Boulder County Business Report article by Michael Davidson (August 3, 2011)

" FLORIDA'S NUKES BACKFIRE: Rising cost of Florida's new nuclear power getting scrutiny" Energy Central article by Miami Herald (August 2, 2011)

" LPI IN BOULDER - MUNI ON NOV BALLOT 2 OF 3: Boulder moves 'energy future' ballot question to final vote" Boulder Daily Camera article by Heath Urie (August 2, 2011)

" INSTITUTE FOR SELF RELIANCE ON LOCAL POWER, LOCAL CONTROL: John Farrell, Local Power, Local Control - Lessons from Around the World"Clean Energy Action video by John Farrell (August 1, 2011)

" LPI IN BOULDER: Localization Portfolio Standard Report Released by City of Boulder" Local Power Inc. report prepared for City of Boulder (August 1, 2011)

" BOULDER POLL - 71% OF BOULDER VOTERS POLLED SUPPORT MUNICIPALIZATION OF ENERGY FOR GREEN POWER, CARBON REDUCTION: Survey shows Boulder voters support creation of a city-owned electric utility by a wide margin --- Community Phone Survey Results" City of Boulder phone poll (August 1, 2011)

" CCA SAN FRANCISCO: Editorial: Step up to save CCA and take on PG&E" San Francisco Bay Guardian editorial (August 1, 2011)

" CCA ILLINOIS - GRAYSLAKE: Grayslake residents will soon seek alternate energy provider"Lake County News-Sun / Chicago Sun-Times article by Ed Collins (August 1, 2011)

" LOCAL POWER IN CANADA: Local Clean Energy a High Priority for Canadian Provinces" RenewableEnergy.com article by John Farrell (August 1, 2011)

" LOCAL POWER IN AUSTRALIA: Community-owned wind powers up" ABC - Australia article by Sue White (August 1, 2011)

 

LATE JULY

 

" NATIONAL IQ TEST: Volunteer Towns Sought to Accept U.S. Nuclear Waste by Obama Panel" Bloomberg article by Brian Wingfield (July 29, 2011)

" WHAT A REAL NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY LOOKS LIKE: How Germany plans to succeed in a nuclear free, low-carbon economy - Germany plans to meet ambitious greenhouse gas reduction targets while it phases out nuclear power" UK Guardian article by WRI (July 29, 2011)

" LPI IN BOULDER: Boulder combs through energy proposals - Leaders to finalize ballot language next week" Boulder Daily Camera article by Heath Urie (July 26, 2011)

" JERRY BROWN THREATENS NIMBYS: Calif. Governor Vows to 'Crush' Foes of Renewable Energy" New York Times article by Debra Kahn of Greenwire (July 26, 2011)

" SAN FRANCISCO CCA: San Francisco's public power program goes up against PG&E for residents' dollars" San Francisco Examiner article by Joshua Sabatini (July 25, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA: Residents Having Their Say on Oak Park Power Plan Feedback encouraged as village seeks cheaper, or cleaner, power sources" Oak Park - River Forest Patch article by Casey Cora (July 23, 2011)

" CCA IN MARIN: How to power homes with 100% clean and increasingly local power" Grist article by John Farrell (July 23, 2011)

" LPI IN BOULDER: Boulder aims for energy independence in the name of clean power" Reuters article by Ucilia Wang / GigaOm (July 21, 2011)

" LPI IN BOULDER: Energy items receive preliminary OK" Boulder County Business Report article by Michael Davidson (July 20, 2011)

" LPI IN BOULDER: Boulder approves language for charter amendments" Boulder Daily Camera article by Heath Urie (July 19, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA: New Lenox: Energy supplier can save residents $174 each year" The Herald-News / Chicago Sun-Times article by Melissa Tantum (July 20, 2011)

" LPI VIDEO - GREEN JOBS IN EAST BAY: What is Community Choice Energy?" Center for Progressive Action article and video link by Al Weinraub and Dexter Colemen (July 18, 2011)

" CARBON SEQUESTRATION: Carbon Capture may be Buried - AEP delays nation's only major sequestration project" EnergyBiz article by Ken Silverstein (July 18, 2011)

" CARBON SEQUESTRATION DROPPED: AEP Terminates Commercial-Scale CCS Project in West Virginia, an Industrial Info News Alert" MarketWatch press release by Industrial Info Resources (July 18, 2011)

" NUCLEAR SAFETY DIABLO REACTOR - PG&E SAYS SAFE, USGS DISAGREES: PG&E, USGS disagree on Diablo Canyon fault danger" San Francisco Chronicle article by Susanne Rust (July 17, 2011)

" OHIO SOLAR - GOT JOBS?: Solar panel maker won’t be local" The Marietta Times article by Ashley Rittenhouse (July 16, 2011)

" LOCAL POWER IN BOULDER: Paul Fenn, Local Power, Inc., in Boulder Colorado" Clean Energy Action video (July 15, 2011)

" LPI IN BOULDER - XCEL IMPASSE: Xcel, Boulder reach impasse on wind energy talks" Bloomberg Business Week article by Associated Press (July 15, 2011)

" LNG - U.S. NATURAL GAS UP FOR EXPORT: How the American Gas Association Learned to Stop Worrying … … and Love Gas Exports" Press Action article (July 15, 2011)

" NEW YORK STATE CCA: Energy Efficiency and Conservation Play Key Roles in Energy Solutions - The cheapest, cleanest kilowatt is the one you never use, say energy coalition officials in this letter to the editor" Bedford-Katonah Patch opinion by Croton NY Mayor Leo Wiegman and Peekskill Mayor Mary Foster et. al. (July 15, 2011)

" OHIO CCA: Utility matter to be decided by voters - electric issue on November ballot" News and Sentinel article by Ashley Rittenhouse (July 15, 2011)

" ELECTRIC CARS IN CALIFORNIA - TURF BATTLE?: California Looks To Ensure Power For Electric & Plug-In Cars" Business Insider article by Green Car Reports (July 15, 2011)

 

MID-JULY

 

" XCEL WALKS: Franchise negotiations between Boulder, Xcel break down over ballot optionsBoulder Daily Camera article by Laura Snider (July 14, 2011)

" BOULDER XCEL IMPASSE: Xcel condition ends talks about possible wind dealCity of Boulder announcement (July 14, 2011)

" PG&E - PIPELINE EXPLOSION: Magnanimous PG&E Won't Blame Victims for San Bruno Disaster Public CEO opinion by Dan Oney (July 15, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA: UPDATE: New Electricity Provider Could Save Residents 25% Annually - The village partnered with Crest Hill to use Direct Energy as its new provider, which will charge 5.89 cents per kWh.New Lenox Patch article by Michael Sewall (July 14, 2011)

" SONOMA CCA: Council will get info on JPA for energySonoma News article by David Bolling (July 14, 2011)

" NEW YORK STATE CCA?: Croton Board of Trustees Approvals Energy Study Resolution - The Croton-on-Hudson Board of Trustees approved a resolution to ask the Governor to begin a study of alternative energy sources to Indian Point.Patch article by Holly Sacks (July 14, 2011)

" PRIME MINISTER CONFRONTS JAPAN'S NUCLEAR ESTABLISHMENT: PM Kan Takes on Japan’s ‘Nuclear Village’ Bloomberg article by Stuarg Biggs and Kanoko Matsuyama (July 14, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - GRAYSLAKE: Grayslake looks to implement lower electricity rates through aggregation program Trib Local article by Megan Craig (July 13, 2011)

" NATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WANTS YOU TO PAY THE BILL FOR THE BP SPILL : The US Chamber of Secrets 350.org expose of Chamber President Lobbying Congress by 350.org (July 13, 2011)

" FRACKING HEDGE - US GAS BOOM A FRAUD?: As Focus On Fracking Sharpens, Fuel Worries Grow National Public Radio article by Jeff Brady (July 13, 2011)

" FUKUSHIMA - NUCLEAR PHASE OUT: Japan’s prime minister calls for phase-out of nuclear power The Washington Post article by Shizou Kambayashi (July 13, 2011)

" OHIO CCA - FINDLAY: Independent Energy Consultants Makes Pitch For Aggregation WFIN 1330 report (July 13, 2011)

" PG&E FRACKS ITSELF: The Bay Area Gets Fracked - PG&E will soon receive natural gas from a drilling process that threatens the country's air and water. East Bay Express article by Robert Gammon (July 13, 2011)

" PG&E SAFETY: In court, PG&E deflects blame for San Bruno blast San Francisco Chronicle article by Jaxon Van Derbeken (July 12, 2011)

" LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS - GLOBALIZATION: Japan utilities June LNG consumption rises 31 pctReuters article (July 12, 2011)

" FOSSIL INSECURITY - CYPRUS POWER PLANT DESTROYED: Explosion in Cyprus Naval Base Kills 12 (Photos) International Business Times article (July 12, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - OAK PARK: Independent Energy Consultants Makes Pitch For Aggregation Wednesday Journal article by Marty Stempniak (July 12, 2011)

" COMMUNITY CHOICE NATION?: Community Power Gains Momentum - You may or may not have noticed, but a grassroots movement in community power is picking up speed around the country. What's community power, you may ask, and why does it matter? The Energy Collective article by Rosana Francescato (July 11, 2011)

" CALIFORNIA CCA - MARIN: Marin Energy Authority offers incentive for more Marin cities to join Marin Independent Journal article by Richard Halstead (July 9, 2011)

" FRACKING - NEW YORK: 47 Groups Oppose Fracking Plans of New York's Cuomo Administration Environmental News Service article (July 8, 2011)

" PENNSYLVANIA FRACKING POLTICS EXPOSED: Game Changer - Fracking Chicago Public Media/This American Life report by Ira Glass and Sarah Koenig (July 8, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - OAK PARK: City Aggregation Plan City of Oak Park, Illinois plan released by the City (July 8, 2011)

" OHIO CCA - WELLSVILLE: Voters will see electricity issue on ballot The Review article by Michael D. McElwain (July 8, 2011)

" NATURAL GAS NOT NATURAL: Penn. sends fracking wastewater to Ohio The Michigan Messenger article by Ed Brayton (July 8, 2011)

" FRACK YOU: Ohio gets 'frack job' with PA's toxic deep-well waste water Examiner (Columbus, Ohio) article by John Michael Spinelli (July 8, 2011)

 

EARLY JULY

 

" 80% OF NEW U.S. GAS WELLS NEED FRACKING: What the Frack? The River Journal (Idaho) article by Sandy Compton (July 7, 2011)

" FUKUSHIMA MAYORS: Japan mayor's U-turn on restarting local nuclear reactors Monsters and Critics article (July 7, 2011)

" OHIO CCA - CALCUTTA /ST. CLAIR: Residents to vote on aggregation program The Review (Ohio) article by Katie Schwendeman (July 7, 2011)

" JAPAN DISASTER - CHILDREN: Report: Thyroid radiation found in 45% of children in Japanese province Japan Times report (July 6, 2011)

" DOWNTOWN DEMAND REDUCTION INITIATIVE - ATLANTA: Atlanta named early partner in energy program San Jose Mercury News article by Associated Press (July 6, 2011)

" SEATTLE 2030 DISTRICT: Seattle Selected as Early Partner for President Obama’s Better Buildings Challenge - City of Seattle joins local businesses to form unique public-private partnership to increase energy efficiency of commercial buildings Seattle Post Intelligencer article report (July 6, 2011)

" OHIO CCA - FINDLAY: Council Considers Aggregation Program For City WFIN Radio (Findlay) report and audio (July 6, 2011)

" NUCLEAR BELLYFLOP: More Bad News For Embattled Nuclear Power Industry: Reactor Proponents Are Batting 0-6 in State Legislatures in 2011 PR Newswire press release by NuclearBailout.org (July 6, 2011)

" GAS FRACKING BAN SPREADS: French Fracking Ban Spreading to U.S. - New Jersey may follow suit Energy Biz article by Ken Silverstein (July 6, 2011)

" ISLANDS IN THE SUN: El Hierro to become world's first renewable energy island Huffington Post article by Jasmine Greene/Earth Techling (July 5, 2011)

" EXXON PIPELINE ERUPTS INTO YELLOWSTONE RIVER: ExxonMobil Pipe Leaks 1,000 Barrels of Oil into Yellowstone River Christian Post article by Subodh S. Lai (July 4, 2011)

" TOKYO FALLOUT: Radioactive Cesium Is Found in Tokyo Tap Water for First Time Since April Bloomberg article by Pavel Alpeyev (July 3, 2011)

" LORDS OF ENERGY: Follow the law? Not if you’re PG&E top brass Manteca Bulletin article by Dennis Wyatt (July 3, 2011)

" MASSACHUSETTS CCA - WESTERN MA: Hampshire Council of Governments applies to become default electricity supplier to 22 communities Mass Live /The Republican article by John Appleton (July 1, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA: After receiving eight bids for an aggregate electricity provider, the village has selected one that will be announced within the next week New Lenox Patch article by Michael Sewall (July 1, 2011)

" AUSTRALIAN HEAT AND POWER ISLANDING: Green ideas on track as plan on power selling wheeled out Sydney Morning Herald article by Matthew Moore (July 1, 2011)

" THE LIE OF NUCLEAR: Lies, Damn Lies, and “Safe” Nuclear Power Fog City Journal article by Stephen Lendman (July 1, 2011)

" US PLANES MONITOR RADIATION IN LOS ALAMOS FIRE: Radiation threat as bushfire nears nuclear lab New Zealand Herald article (June 30, 2011)

" CITIES REVOLT AGAINST GAS FRACKING WATER DAMAGE: Energy company sues Morgantown over drilling ban The West Virginia Record article by Kyla Asbury (June 30, 2011)

" 100 YEARS OF NATURAL GAS? FRANCE BANS FRACKING NATIONWIDE: France becomes first country to ban extraction of natural gas by frackingScientific American article by Davide Calstelvecchi (June 30, 2011)

" SAN BRUNO IN BERKELEY?: PG&E Pipeline Maps Reveal Berkeley is the East Bay’s Most Endangered City Berkeley Daily Planet article by Gar Smith (June 29, 2011)

 

LATE JUNE

 

" ILLINOIS CCA - PLAINFIELD: Plainfield considers bidding on cheaper electricity Herald-News / Chicago Sun-Times article by Madhu Mayer (June 29, 2011)

" GOT BRAIN? JAPAN LOBBIES MUNICIPALITIES FOR NUCLEAR POWER: Japan lobbies local governments on nuclear reactor restarts Reuters article by Kiyoshi Takenaka (June 29, 2011)

" PG&E'S NEW BAY AREA POWER PLANT OPPOSED: Consumer group appeals Oakley power plant approval San Jose Mercury News article by Rick Radin (June 28, 2011)

" OHIO CCA: Belpre moves ahead with utility plan News and Sentinel article by Jolene Craig (June 28, 2011)

" OHIO CCA: Liverpool Township residents will vote on electricity aggregation The Review article by Katie Schwendeman (June 28, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA: Energy Consultant Plugs Into Oak Park - Northbrook firm to guide village through Community Choice Aggregation process Oakl Park-River Forest Patch article by Deborah Kadin (June 28, 2011)

" GOT RADIATION?: Researchers ask Fukushima residents to move out as radiation in urine is detected International Business Times article (June 28, 2011)

" NOT HERE!: U.S. Nuclear Facilities: Wildfires and Floods Threaten Three in Los Alamos and Nebraska, AP begins Investigation of Safety International Business Times article by Marisa Krystian (June 28, 2011)

" JAPAN - HOW DUMB ARE YOU?: Japan launches PR drive for nuclear power - The Japanese government has launched a campaign to persuade communities to support the resumption of nuclear reactor operations following the Fukushima crisis The Telegraph (UK) article by Danielle Demetriou (June 27, 2011)

" ALMOST AS DUMB AS US?: Populations around US nuke plants soar Associated Press article by Jeff Donn (June 27, 2011)

" TEPCO - WHO CARES?: Tokyo Electric Power Defeats Shareholders’ Efforts to Exit Nuclear Business New York Times article by Hiroko Tabuchi (June 27, 2011)

" GOVERNOR - WE DO: Yamaguchi gov. not to extend permit for local nuclear plant projectThe Mainichi Daily News article (June 27, 2011)

" LOCAL POWER IN GERMANY: In Bioenergy Villages, Power to the People Wall Street Journal article by Mary M. Lane (June 27, 2011)

" LPI IN BOULDER: Guest opinion - Localization is not municipalization Boulder Daily Camera article by Jack Mason (June 26, 2011)

" CCA IN OHIO - EAST LIVERPOOL: Power to the people City voters will weigh in on electricity aggregation proposal The Review (East Liverpool, Ohio) article by Michael D. McElwain (June 26, 2011)

" LPI IN BOULDER: Boulder’s Energy Future - Localization Portfolio Standard - Electricity City of Boulder posted report and standard prepared by Local Power Inc. (June 23, 2011)

" FUKUSHIMA IN OUR FOOD: Guest Blog: Fukushima in Our Food: Low Levels of Radiation Detected in U.S. Milk, Fruit and Vegetable Samples Natural Solutions Foundation report on health impacts by Steven Hoffman (June 23, 2011)

" GOTTA LOVE THAT CLEAN COAL AND GAS: Proposed Power Plant Near Bay City Stirs Emotion New York Times / Texas Tribune article by Kate Galbraith (June 23, 2011)

" INSTITUTE FOR SELF RELIANCE: Democratizing the Electricity System Energy Self Reliant States report by John Farrell (June 22, 2011)

" SHOCK DOCTRINE COLLAPSATHON: Costa Mesa's police chief abruptly quits over council's plan to slash workforce - Steve Staveley accuses the council majority of manufacturing a fiscal crisis to justify trimming staff by half...city manager condemns the memo as 'unprofessional' and 'potentially libelous' Los Angeles Times article by Catherine Saillant (June 22, 2011)

" POLICE CHIEF CRYS COUP: Interim Chief of Police resignation letter to Costa Mesa DocumentCloud.org post allegedly resignation and protest by the Costa Mesa, CA Chief of Police (June 22, 2011)

" GORE ON OBAMA CLIMATE DOLDRUMS: Gore: Obama lacks `bold action' on global warming Chron article by Dina Cappiello (June 22, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA: Crest Hill aims for lower electric bills The Herald News / Chicago Sun Times article by Erin Gallagher (June 22, 2011)

" OUR NEW NATIONAL PASTIME - WAITING FOR NUKES TO FAIL?: Minot mayor: Water to top dikes within hour San Jose Mercury News article by Associated Press (June 22, 2011)

" COMMUNITY SOLAR - SEATTLE: Community solar in Seattle’s Beacon Hill Sustainable Industries article by Jonathan Hiskes (June 21, 2011)

" GREEN CITIES - HOUSTON: Mayor Parker earns national award for ‘green’ initiative Houston Business Journal article (June 21, 2011)

" 3 of 4 U.S. NUKES LEAK TRITIUM: Tritium Leaks Found at Many Nuke Sites Common Dreams article by Jeff Donn (June 21, 2011)

" US NUKES - NEBRASKA FLOODS: Second Nebraska Nuke Plant Declares "Unusual Event" OpEd News blog by Ron Freeman (June 21, 2011)

" DUMPING GROUND: Tennessee To Be the Proud Owner of 1000 Tons of Radioactive German Waste Gawker blog by Seth Abramovitch (June 21, 2011)

" TAKE ACTION AGAINST U.S. NUCLEAR: link to a petition to require facilities licensed by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to assure long-term cooling and automated water makeup of spent fuel pools Nuclear Information Resource Service petition to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (June 21, 2011)

" COMMUNITIES OPPOSE FRACKING: Louisiana Fracking Program Rigzone article by Karen Boman (June 21, 2011)

" OHIO CCA - NEWARK: Electricity aggregation program OK'd Newark Advocate Gannett article (June 21, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - NEW LENOX: New Lenox electric bills figure to be lowered Herald-News / Chicago Sun Times article by Melissa Tantum (June 20, 2011)

" FEEL SAFE?: How safe is Diablo Canyon's nuclear waste? Japan’s Fukushima disaster has prompted PG&E to accelerate transfer of Diablo Canyon’s spent fuel out of its cooling pools San Luis Obispo Tribune article by David Sneed (June 19, 2011)

" SONOMA CCA: Arguments against wind, solar power don't add up Santa Rosa Press Democrat opinion by Geof Syphers and Carl Mears (June 18, 2011)

" PG&E AND TOKYO ELECTRIC: Diablo plant is safe, reliable –until it isn’t Santa Maria Times opinion by Rochelle Becker (June 18, 2011)

" MASSACHUSETTS CCA - CAPE LIGHT COMPACT GREEN POWER: County Officials Butt Heads With Voters Over Cape And Vineyard Electric Co-Op Cape News / The Enterprise article by Michael C. Bailey (June 17, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - OAK PARK: Oak Park starts search for new electricity supplier Trib Local article by Jim Jaworski (June 17, 2011)

" CARBON LAUNDERING: PG&E carbon offsets come from protected forests San Francisco Chronicle article by Susanne Rust (June 17, 2011)

" WILL CALIFORNIA LEARN FROM FUKUSHIMA?: Diablo Canyon and risky quake faults Santa Maria Times article by James Murr (June 17, 2011)

" AL JAZEERA SAYS WESTERN US CONTAMINATED: Fukushima: It's much worse than you think Scientific experts believe Japan's nuclear disaster to be far worse than governments are revealing to the public Aljazeera article by Dahr Jamail (June 16, 2011)

" FUKUSHIMA WORSENS: Fukushima meltdown is ‘much worse than you think’ International Business Times article by Thomas Costello (June 16, 2011)

" WESTERN US BEING DESTROYED BY GLOBAL WARMING: Global warming is burning down the American West Salon article by Chip Ward (June 16, 2011)

" CONSUMER EPIPHANY: PG&E: a negligent state-sanctioned monopoly Examiner.com (San Jose) article by Kyle Brady (June 16, 2011)

" RENEWABLES GET FRACKED: Analysis - Gas is killing green energy in price war Reuters article by Gerard Wynn (June 16, 2011)

" EXXON ALL OVER IT: How ExxonMobil Plans to Dominate the Natural Gas Explosion Motley Fool article by Zeeshan Siddique (June 16, 2011)

 

MID-JUNE

 

" ITALIAN VOTERS END NUCLEAR POWER - Italy Says Goodbye to Nuclear EnergyEnvironment News Service article (June 15, 2011)

" OHIO CCA - CANTON: Electric program could save Canton Township residents Press-News article by Walter Doerschuk (June 15, 2011)

" LPI IN BOULDER - Boulder leaders debate utility plan, Xcel proposa Boulder Daily Camera article by Laura Snider (June 14, 2011)

" PG&E SAFETY - PG&E could get stuck with nearly $2.4 billion in costs San Jose Mercury News article by Steve Johnson (June 14, 2011)

" OHIO CCA - Belpre: Belpre council moves toward new energy program Parkersburg News and Sentinel article by Natalee Seely (June 14, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - New Lenox: Village Moving Foward to Find Lower Electricity Rates New Lenox Patch article by Michael Sewall (June 14, 2011)

" PG&E ASTROPOLOGY - Dr. Joe Harrop: The art of the corporate apology Daily News (Tehama County) article by Dr. Joe Harrop (June 12, 2011)

" OHIO CCA - Sunbury considers ballot issue for utilities - If residents approve the idea, village leaders would negotiate for natural gas and electric rates Columbus Local News article by Dustin Ensinger (June 12, 2011)

" CAN WE VOTE ON THIS TOO?: Italians gear up to vote on nuclear power" The Peninsula (Italy) article by Francesca Astorri (June 12, 2011)

" 20,000 PROTEST NUCLEAR IN JAPAN: Japanese Protest Nuclear Power Three Months After Fukushima Hit by Quake" Bloomberg article by Jae Hur (June 11, 2011)

" JAPANESE POWER CRISIS: Govt must go all out to restart suspended nuclear reactors" Daily Yomiuri editorial (June 11, 2011)

" BOULDER LOCALIZATION: Consultant - Boulder's electric rates would be cheaper than Xcel's" Boulder Daily Camera article by Laura Snider (June 10, 2011)

" UK LEADERS' LOCALIST LIP SERVICE: Editor's blog: So much for the devolution of power Ministers ignore localism as Eric Pickles tramples on the policy" The Guardian (UK) article by Richard Vize (June 10, 2011)

" PANEL RIPS PG&E AND CPUC FOR SAN BRUNO: Blue-ribbon blast panel rips PG&E and state PUC" San Francisco Chronicle article by Jaxon Van Derbeken (June 10, 2011)

" UK SUBS: Government subsidy cut prompts solar outrage - campaigners said the government was 'crippling' the solar industry just as other nations were focusing on it" The Independent (UK) article by Sean Farrell (June 10, 2011)

" MASSACHUSETTS CCA - CAPE COD: Three regional services worth their salt" The Barnstable Patriot article by Bill Doherty (June 10, 2011)

" OHIO CCA - SUNBURY: Sunbury Council - Volunteer Energy wants its energy program on ballot" The Sudbury News article by Lenny C. Lepola (June 9, 2011)

" NUCLEAR'S HOMER SIMPSON PROBLEM: Plea deal reached in TVA nuclear inspection case" Atlanta Journal-Constitution article by Bill Poovey (June 9, 2011)

" JAPAN'S NUCLEAR REFUFEES: Despite Radiation, Some Japanese Villagers Stay Put" report by Louisa Lim (June 9, 2011)

" BUT IT COULDN'T HAPPEN HERE: Neb. nuclear plant briefly loses pumps that cool spent fuel during suspected electric" article by Associated Press (June 8, 2011)

" NOT IN CALIFORNIA ANYWAY: PG&E Safety Culture Faulted, Panel Probing Blast Finds" Wall Street Journal Article by Russell Gold (June 9, 2011)

" WELL - NOT PG&E'S 'SAFE' NUCLEAR PLANT: NRC Orders Monthly Reports On PG&E Nuclear Plant Seismic Survey" Wall Street Journal Article by Dow Jones Newswire (June 7, 2011)

" DO WE NEED NUKES?: Judges OK delay of Diablo Canyon's license renewal" San Luis Obispo Tribune article by David Sneed (June 7, 2011)

 

EARLY JUNE

 

" BOULDER UTILITY RESPONDS TO LOCALIZATION PLAN WITH 70% VIRTUAL GREEN OFFER: Xcel: Boulder could be 'most green city worldwide' by 2020 under new franchise" Boulder Daily Camera article by Heath Urie (June 6, 2011)

" XCEL'S VIRTUAL GREEN ANSWER TO LOCALIZATION: Xcel: Boulder could be "most green city worldwide" by 2020" Denver Post article (June 6, 2011)

" CLEAN BURNING NATURAL GAS WILL WORSEN CLIMATE CHANGE: Natural gas is no climate change 'panacea', warns IEA - Reliance on gas would lead the world to a 3.5C temperature rise, and out-of-control global warming, says new research" The Guardian (UK) article by Fiona Harvey (June 6, 2011)

" NOW OFFICIALLY WORSE THAN CHERNOBYL - FUKUSHIMA FALLOUT SUDDENLY 'DOUBLED' TO 800,000 TERABECQUERELS: Japan doubles radiation leak estimate" ABC News article by Mark Willacy (June 6, 2011)

" URBAN HABITAT CCA FORUM: Community Choice Aggregation" Urban Habitat Executive Director's column (June 6, 2011)

" LPI IN BOULDER: The Power to Shape the Future" The Blue Line article by Alan Boles (June 6, 2011)

" SONOMA CCA: Greening Sonoma County's Footprint - Community Choice Aggregation would give county options where it buys power from and create more incentives for alternative energy companies" Petaluma Patch article by Karina Loffee (June 6, 2011)

" MARIN CCA SERVES 9000: After one year, Marin Clean Energy at 9,000 - Opt-out rate at 20%; goal remains to reach 70,000 by end of 2012" North Bay Business Journal article by Jenna V. Loceff (June 6, 2011)

" YOLO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN CCA-CENTRIC: Yolo County Draft Climate Action Plan" Yolo County, California web page with links to energy section (June 6, 2011)

" ITALIAN NUKE BAN VOTE: Italy court gives go-ahead on nuclear referendum" Global Energy Watch article by AFP (June 6, 2011)

" SMART METER BLOWBACK: Power up the 'smart meters' The devices have sparked an irrational fear of electromagnetic radiation in the Bay Area" Los Angeles Times editorial (June 5, 2011)

" CLIMATE FAMINE: A Warming Planet Struggles to Feed Itself" New York Times article by Justin Gillis (June 4, 2011)

" CCA IN SAN LUIS OBISPO?: Viewpoint - A tool for local energy choice" San Luis Obispo Tribune opinion by Melody DeMeritt, Greg McMillan, Liz Tracy, Steven Marx, Jono Kinkade, Pat Veesart and Cal French (June 3, 2011)

" MEGA-CCA?: Marin Energy Authority considers allowing cities outside Marin to join" Marin Independent Journal article (June 3, 2011)

" IT FEELS YOUR PAIN: PG&E takes out ads to say sorry for Calif. blast" Bloomberg Businessweek article by Richard Halstead (June 3, 2011)

" DIABLO REACTOR HOST COMMUNITY SENATOR CRITICAL OF NRC: Blakeslee Faults Nuclear Power Regulators for Diablo Canyon Proceedings" The Bay Citizen article by John Upton (June 3, 2011)

" LPI IN BOULDER: Residents quiz Boulder staff, Xcel on city's energy future" Boulder Daily Camera article by Laura Snider (June 2, 2011)

 

LATE MAY

 

" NUCLEAR BRAINWASH: Why is the United States so obsessed with nuclear power?" Grist article by Arne Jungjohann (May 31, 2011)

" GOT INDUSTRIAL COMPETENCY?: China expands lead in renewable energy technology:--China widened its lead over the United States as the most attractive country for renewable energy projects, following its “greenest” five-year plan to date." The China Post article by Alex Morales (May 30, 2011)

" APOCALYPSE YESTERDAY: Worst ever carbon emissions leave climate on the brink Exclusive - Record rise, despite recession, means 2C target almost out of reach" UK Guardian article by Fiona Harvey (May 29, 2011)

" YOLO PG&E ENERGY WATCH - AS GOOD AS IT GETS?: PG&E, Yolo Energy Watch running out of people to helpDaily Democrat article by Geoff JOhnson (May 27, 2011)

" BOULDER SMART GRID: IBM team gives results of Boulder smart grid study Boulder Daily Camera article by Laura Snider (May 27, 2011)

" ILLINOIS FIRST CCA: Savings expected with Fulton agreement" Clinton Herald article by Samantha Pidde (May 27, 2011)

" FULTON, ILLINOIS ANNOUNCES CCA: Savings expected with Fulton agreement" City of Fulton press release (May 27, 2011)

" FULTON ILLINOIS SUPPLIER ANNOUNCES CCA WIN: City of Fulton selects FirstEnergy Solutions for Municipal Aggregation Program" First Energy / PR Newswire press release (May 27, 2011)

" FUKISHIMA MUNICIPALITIES NOW QUESTION NUCLEAR" Reuters article by Linda Sieg (May 27, 2011)

" PG&E RATE INCREASE KILLS CONSERVATION: PG&E bills - California regulators set new residential electric rates" San Jose Mercury News article by Dana Hull (May 26, 2011)

" NJ CCA? - CRANFORD: Cranford mayor explains role of Conservation Utility" Cranford Chronicle / NJ.com article (May 26, 2011)

" GAS FRACKING REVOLT - IF YOU DON'T: Chevron Shareholders Defeat Proposal On Fracking Info Disclosure" The Wall Street Journal article by Cassandra Sweet (May 26, 2011)

" THEN WE WILL: Law would give local government veto power over natural gas drilling" The Daily Mail / Hudson-Catskills Newspapers article by Jeff Alexander (May 26, 2011)

" LPI IN BOULDER: City schedules energy forums" Boulder County Business Report article by Michael Davidson (May 26, 2011)

" GOT FISH?: Greenpeace: Japan nuclear plant radiation accumulating in marine life" CNN report (May 26, 2011)

" PG&E ABANDONS WAVE POWER: PG&E kills wave power projects for California while Scotland moves forward" California Independent Voter Network article by Bob Morris (May 26, 2011)

" SONOMA CCA: Voltage & Violets - How a public power agency in Sonoma County could revolutionize the grid" Bohemian article by Darwin-Bond-Graham (May 25, 2011)

" SWITZERLAND TO ABANDON NUCLEAR POWER: Switzerland Decides on Nuclear Phase-Out" New York Times article by James Kanter (May 25, 2011)

" RICHMOND CCA?: Richmond California to collect PG&E data, consider forming a CCA" City of Richmond resolution (May 25, 2011)

" PG&E 10-20% RATE HIKES COMING FOR SMALL CUSTOMERS: Use Less, Pay More under PG&E's Proposed Rate Hike" The Bay Citizen article by John Upton (May 25, 2011)

" SEE NO EVIL: EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson tells House Oversight and Government Reform Committee she knows of no proven cases that “fracking” had harmed water" The Oklahoman article by Chris Casteel (May 25, 2011)

" CRACK POT NUKE PLAN: Fresno County supes consider nuclear plant endorsement" KFSN-TV (ABC) story story by Gene Haagenson (May 24, 2011)

" REVOLVING DOOR SYNDROME: The secret life of Michael Peevey - California's top energy regulator rolls with power company executives behind the scenes" The San Francisco Bay Guardian article by Rebecca Bowe (May 24, 2011)

" PG&E RATE INCREASE: Working class shouldering much of the load on electricity rates" The Bakersfield Californian opinion by Michael Turnipseed (May 24, 2011)

" WIND AND THE GRID: Smackdown: Wind vs. Washington State Grid Operator Over Renewable Integration" Green Tech Media article by Herman K. Trabish (May 24, 2011)

" $108B FOR SMART ENERGY CITIES IN US: Spending will increase for smart energy" Boulder County Business Report article by Michael Davidson (May 23, 2011)

" GAS COMPANY'S VERSION OF LOCAL POWER: SDG&E Proposes Adding 450 MW of Local "Peaking" GAS-Fired Power" San Diego Gas & Electric/Sempra/PR Newswire press release (May 23, 2011)

" SHELL'S LNG FLOAT: Shell deploys the world’s biggest floating LNG facility in Australia" Manila Bulletin Publishing article by Myrna M. Velasco (May 23, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - KANE COUNTY: Kane eyeing electricity options for residents" Chicago Sun Times / Courier News article by matt Brennany (May 22, 2011)

" LPI IN BOULDER: Boulder considers cost of replacing Xcel's solar incentives, energy-efficiency programs" Boulder Daily Camera article by Laura Snider (May 21, 2011)

" DAVIS CCA: Time to revisit public power for Davis" Davis Enterprise article by Mark Braly (May 20, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA!: Kane looking at utility options for residents" Courier News/Chicago Sun Times article by Matt Brennan (May 20-, 2011)

" STOP NUCLEAR REVIVAL - IF NOT NOW, WHEN?: Fukushima's apocalyptic threat demands global action NOW!!" Progressive Radio Network Op Ed by Harvey Wasserman (May 20, 2011)

" SAN ONOFRE NUCLEAR WASTE HAZARD: San Clemente to feds: Take away nuke waste, add escape route" Orange County Register article by Fred Swegles (May 19, 2011)

" MARIN CCA: Marin paves the way for further expansion of local renewable energy" California Independent Voter Network article by Bob Morris (May 19, 2011)

" GOTHAM'S NUCLEAR FARCE?: GE Announces Plan to Build Nuclear Plant in NYC" Dissident Voice blog by Luke Hiken (May 19, 2011)

" COAL AND CARBON TAXES: CO2 standard bad news for coal industry" One News Now article by Chris Woodward (May 19, 2011)

" BOULDER LOCAL POWER: Boulder ramping up 'energy future' campaign ahead of election law cutoff Campaigns turn to private companies, citizen groups after council approves ballot measure" Boulder Daily Camera article by Heath Urie (May 18, 2011)

" NATURAL FRACKING POISONS US: How gas drilling contaminates your food - We know the controversial fracking process hurts our water supply -- but it's also affecting the things we eat" Salon article by Barry Estabrook & Gilt Taste (May 18, 2011)

" PG&E NUKE HAZARD: Why Diablo Canyon is unsafe" San Francisco Bay Guardian article by Tim Redmond (May 18, 2011)

" ACTION ALERT: End the nuclear loan program now" Nuclear Information and Resource Service letter generator (May 18, 2011)

" PG&E FOX TROT: CPUC cozies up to the fox as it slaughters hens" Manteca Bulletin article by Dennis Wyatt (May 18, 2011)

" NUCLEAR DEAD IN THE WATER? GERMANY SAYS YES: No nukes, no problem? Germany’s race for a renewable future" Grist/Renewable Energy World article by Arne JungJohann (May 17, 2011)

" FUKUSHIMA AND PG&E: NRC wants PG&E to improve problem-solving at Diablo" San Luis Obispo Tribune article by David Sneed (May 17, 2011)

" PG&E SAFETY ISSUES: PG&E under-spent on pipeline replacement program" San Francisco Chronicle article by David R. Baker (May 17, 2011)

" OHIO CCA: Fulton accepts aggregation bid" Clinton Herald article by Elise Loyola (May 17, 2011)

" WASSERMAN - CHANCE TO STOP NUKES IS NOW: America's New Nuke Showdown Starts NOW!" Nukefree.org article by Harvey Wasserman (May 16, 2011)

" CAPE LIGHT COMPACT SMART GRID: Cape Light Compact Enrolls 220 Volunteers for Phase II of Smart Home Energy Monitoring Pilot, Seeks 280 More Participants " Business Wire press release by Cape Light Compact (May 16, 2011)

 

MID-MAY

 

" LOCAL POWER IN BOULDER: Butterfield - Own your power with distributed generation" Boulder Daily Camera article by Anne Butterfield (May 15, 2011)

" BOULDER ENERGY DEBATE: Boulder Power, Inc." Boulder Daily Camera article by Ron Laughery (May 15, 2011)

" MARIN CCA GROWS: Marin Energy Authority gives another 5,500 Marin residents opportunity to make the switch" Marin Independent Journal article by Richard halstead (May 13, 2011)

" PG&E'S WAR ON CCA: JUICE: Community Aggravation" California Current article by Elizabeth McCarthy (May 13, 2011)

" SAN FRANCISCO CCA START-UP TO START SMALL?: City's local power program will be greener, but not so local, at first" San Francisco Bay Guardian article by Rebecca Bowe (May 12, 2011)

" OH CCA MARIETTA: Program would lock in electricity price" News and Sentinel article by Sam Shawver (May 11, 2011)

" MARIN CCA APPOINTS DAMON CONNOLLY CHAIRMAN : Marin Energy Authority elects new chairman" San Rafael News Pointer article by Rachel Dovey (May 11, 2011)

" LPI IN BOULDER: Boulder mulls quality of information on energy municipalization" Boulder Daily Camera article by Laura Snider (May 10, 2011)

" SAN FRANCISCO HETCHY POWERED CARS: SF to install 80 electric car charging stations" San Francisco Chronicle article by Rachel Gordon (May 10, 2011)

" CCA AND DISTRIBUTED RENEWABLES IN CALIFORNIA: The Emerging Market for Small Renewables in California" Renewable Energy World article by Mark Braly (May 9, 2011)

" OHIO CCA - JACKSON COUNTY: Company proposes electric aggregation for Jackson County" Jackson County Times-Journal article by Candice Weddington (May 9, 2011)

" NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION: Iran conducting final pre-start tests at nuclear plant" Jerusalem Post article by Reuters (May 9, 2011)

" JAPAN FALLOUT ZONE: Entering the Radiation Zone" Discovery News video by Ian O'Neill (May 9, 2011)

 

EARLY MAY

 

" START UP: SF Plans to Sell 100 Percent Renewable Electricity" The Bay Citizen article by John Upton (May 6, 2011)

" FUKUSHIMA WHO?: Nuclear Developers Press On" Energy Biz article by Ken Silverstein (May 6, 2011)

" PG&E RATE HIKE APPROVED: PG&E gets PUC OK to charge customers more" San Francisco Chronicle article by David R. Baker (May 6, 2011)

" EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES, DEVELOPING RENEWABLE ENERGY...: Chevron hits new low in corporate irresponsibility" Red Green and Blue blog by Jeremy Bloom (May 6, 2011)

" GRIST ON CCA: Community uses ‘choice aggregation’ to fight its utility" Grist article by John Farrell (May 5, 2011)

" COMMUNITY CHOICE FOR GREEN POWER: Communities Use "Choice Aggregation" to Fight Local Utilities" Renewable Energy World article by John Farrell (May 5, 2011)

" WHAT GLOBAL WARMING?: Climate satellite programs scarred in budget fight" ClimateWire article by Lauren Morello (May 4, 2011)

" BOULDER ENERGY LOCALIZATION: Can (should) a city build a smart grid? - Boulder, among others, ponders the choice" Intelligent Utility article by Phil Carson (May 3, 2011)

" JAN HAMRIN ON CCA: Community Choice Aggregation: A Sexy Idea With An Unsexy Name" Center for Resource Solutions blog (May 3, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA OAK PARK: Oak Park Pursuing Community Choice Electricity Aggregation " U.S. Dept of Energy announcement (May 3, 2011)

" GOT TAX BASE?: Southwestern cities aggressively pursue clean-tech firms" ClimateWire article by Saqib Rahim (May 3, 2011)

" PG&E'S NUCLEAR LEMON: State - Diablo Canyon ended up costing more than $5 billion, initial estimate was $320 million in 1968" KSBY.Com - San Luis Obispo editorial (May 3, 2011)

" NEW FRENCH NUKE PLANT IN FRESNO?: Fresno's nuclear partner sees Q1 sales jump" The Business Journal (Fresno) article (May 2, 2011)

" CCA IN BAKERSFIELD?: More than one way to skin PG&E" Bakersfield Californian editorial (May 2, 2011)

 

LATE APRIL

 

" BOULDER ENERGY LOCALIZATION: From the editorial advisory board - Boulder's energy future" Boulder Daily Camera letters to the editor (April 30, 2011)

" BOULDER ENERGY LOCALIZATION: Energy coalition polling Boulder market on utility future" MSP News article (April 30, 2011)

" PG&E RATE INCREASE TARGETS THE POOR: Proposed PG&E hikes criticized- Nonprofit says increase unfair to low-income users" Merced Sun-Star article by Carol Reiter (April 29, 2011)

" WHAT PIPELINE?: PG&E Question for using erasable ink on records" San Jose Mercury News article by Associated Press (April 29, 2011)

" CASE AGAINST CALIFORNIA NUCLEAR: Time to Shut Down California's Nuclear Plants - Let's make a swift transition to an energy policy focused on clean and green renewable sources and conservation" Alternet article by Norman Solomon (April 28, 2011)

" AGGREGATE THIS: Phillips Livable Cities Award Winner: Rainwater Aggregation in Yemen" The City Fix article by Itir Sonupariak (April 28, 2011)

" NEW YORK CITY MAYOR CLIMATE EFFORT: Small New York hospital cuts greenhouse gas emissions by 18%" Climate Wire article by Nathaniel Gronewold (April 28, 2011)

" PG&E GREENUKE BLOWBACK: California's Nuclear Future Is in Doubt - Once the epicenter of America's debate over nuclear energy, California again stands at a crossroads" East Bay Express article by Darwin BondGraham (April 27, 2011)

" BOULDER ENERGY LOCALIZATION: Virtual Editorial Board: Boulder's energy future" Boulder Daily Camera editorial statement (April 27, 2011)

" BOULDER ENERGY LOCALIZATION: Boulder businesses concerned that municipalization would increase rates" iStockAnalyst / Boulder Daily Camera article by Laura Snider (April 27, 2011)

" U.S. HEATING OIL UP 45%: Gasoline Adds to 33-Month High as Inventories Drop: Oil Products" Bloomberg article by Richard Stubbe (April 27, 2011)

" OIL INDUSTRY EARNINGS GROW 40% AS US ECONOMY STAGGERS UNDER $4 A GALLON: Chevron, Exxon, Big Oil Expected to Have Best Year Since 2008" ABC News article by Chris Kahn (April 26, 2011)

" CHERNOBYL GROUNDHOG: 25 Years On, Waiting For The 2nd Chernobyl Radiation Cloud" Daily Kos blog (April 26, 2011)

" PSYCHOPATHIC PG&E CURED BY DARBEE'S RESIGNATION?: PG&E should jump at chance to right itself" The Sacramento Bee editoral (April 25, 2011)

" NUCLEAR PLANT IN PUEBLO COLORADO?: Decision due on nuclear plant zoning - County commission to rule on zoning request Monday" The Pueblo Chieftain article by Peter Roper (April 24, 2011)

" MASSACHUSETTS CCA DEMAND RESPONSE: Cape program tracks electricity usage" Boston Herald / Cape CodTimes article by Patrick Cassidy (April 22, 2011)

" JAPAN'S NUCLEAR (NON-)ACCOUNTABILITY: TEPCO president apologizes to local leaders for first time, gets cold welcome" The Mainichi Daily News article (April 22, 2011)

" JAPAN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS QUESTION NUCLEAR PLANTS: 41% of local gov'ts undecided on future of nuclear power plants" iStockAnalyst article by John Upton (April 22, 2011)

" PG&E NUCLEAR - DIABLO RELICENCING: PG&E Quietly Seeking Permission to Extend Diablo Canyon's License - The utility wants the government's licensing review to proceed before seismic studies are completed" The Bay Citizen article by John Upton (April 22, 2011)

" DOMESTIC NATURAL GAS - COLORADO FRACKING DAMAGE: Colorado No. 2 in carcinogen-laced "fracking" fluids" Denver Post article by Allison Sherry (April 22, 2011)

" PG&E GRAVE DANCE: Goodbye to the Frank McCourt of Utility Executives" NBC-Los Angeles article by Joe Matthews (April 22, 2011)

" SORRY ABOUT YOUR COUNTRY: Japan announces new evacuation area outside 20-km ring of nuke plant" Xinhuanet article (April 22, 2011)

" NUKE INDUSTRY PAUSES: Nuclear energy firms reappraise overseas strategy" Asahi article (April 22, 2011)

" OAKLAND's ENERGY AND CLIMATE ACTION PLAN: Oakland's Energy and Climate Action Plan can still be realized even with city deficits" Oakland Local article (April 21, 2011)

" TOSHIBA PUSHES FORWARD WITHOUT TEPCO ON TEXAS NUKE: Toshiba seeks nuclear license to build in Texas" MarketWatch article by Ryan Tracy (April 21, 2011)

" MASSACHUSETTS CCA CAPE LIGHT COMPACT & COOPERATIVE SOLAR: Cape and Vineyard Electric Co-op awards solar project contract" The Martha's Vineyard Times article (April 21, 2011)

" PG&E'S DARBEE RESIGNS AFTER 'A CHALLENGING YEAR': PG&E CEO Peter Darbee stepping down" San Francisco Bay Guardian article (April 21, 2011)

" DARBEE RESIGNS: Embattled PG&E President Resigns" KQED News article (April 21, 2011)

" CALIF. REGULATORS ALLOW PG&E RATE INCREASE: PUC ignores public in granting PG&E rate increase" San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa Times editorial (April 20, 2011)

" PG&E DIABLO NUKE ACTION ITEM: Californians: Act now to halt relicensing of Diablo Canyon!" Nuclear Information and Resource Service sign-on letter (April 19, 2011)

" NEW YORK GAS FRACKING & WATER: NY AG Demands Environmental Review of Fracking" Reuters article (April 19, 2011)

" INDIA NUCLEAR PROTEST AT PROPOSED MEGA-NUKE: Protests against India nuclear plant turn violent’" Reuters article (April 19, 2011)

" PG&E NUCLEAR THREAT: Who would pay if nuclear disaster happened here?’" San Francisco Chronicle opinion by Rochelle Becker (April 19, 2011)

" NUCLEAR REVIVALISTS PUSH FORWARD: Nuclear Resolve Tested Around Country-Battle of Wills Ahead’" Energy Biz story by Ken Silverstein (April 18, 2011)

" FUKUSHIMA GAS RUSH: Japan needs more LNG, buys to push up long-term price’" Reuters Africa story by Osamu Tsukimori (April 18, 2011)

" MT. VERNON OHIO CCA?: Electric aggregate program possible for city residents" Mount Vernon News story by Fred Main (April 16, 2011)

" VAN JONES: Van Jones At Power Shift 2011: ‘While They’re Stuck On Stupid In DC, Your Generation Is Rising’" Alternet story by Brad Johnson (April 16, 2011)

" PG&E NUCLEAR PROTEST: Activists Protest At Local Nuclear Plant" KEYT (Santa Barbara/San Luis Obispo) report (April 16, 2011)

" VIRTUAL POWER PLANTS - CHULA VISTA: Home energy upgrades are latest shade of green" San Diego Union Tribune article by Mike Lee (April 16, 2011)

" CHEVRON'S PG&E-STYLE PROP 16 ATTACK ON BAY AREA LOCAL GOVERNMENTS : Chevron claims appeals board member unable to make fair decisions’" Contra Costa Times story by Lisa Vorderbrueggen (April 15, 2011)

" LEST YOU FORGOT: A Year After BP Oil Spill Began, No Easy Answers on Gulf Coast's Future" PBS News Hour report by Judy Woodruff (April 15, 2011)

" GAS FRENZY: China's first-quarter natural-gas imports double’" Market Watch story (April 15, 2011)

" JAPAN NUKE SUICIDE WORKERS: Meet the Nuclear Gypsies" Alternet article by Russ Baker (April 15, 2011)

" 200K VICTIMS DOWNWIND?: Three Mile Island expert says Fukushima could kill 200,000 - Interview with Arnold Gundersen" Global Post article by David Case (April 15, 2011)

" GOT GAS?: PG&E - Your Gas Bill Is Going Up" The Bay Citizen article by Katharine Mieszkowski (April 15, 2011)

" JAPANESE NUCLEAR RESIGNATION: Local governments reluctant to scrap nuclear power generation despite Fukushima crisis" The Mainichi Daily News article (April 15, 2011)

 

MID-APRIL

 

" PG&E PRESIDENT SAYS COMPANY WILL NOT BLOCK SONOMA CCA: PG&E pledges to regain trust" Santa Rosa Press Democrat article by Brett Wilkenson (April 13, 2011)

" CENTRAL VALLEY PUBLIC POWER: SSJID puts its money on the table for 15% lower rates" Manteca Bulletin article by Dennis Wyatt (April 13, 2011)

" GERMAN PUBLIC POWER - URSULA SLADEK: Ursula Sladek: Taking Back The Grid [Video]" Fast Company article by David Zax (April 13, 2011)

" PG&E CHANGES ITS MIND, PUSHED AHEAD WITH DIABLO NUKE RENEWAL: PG&E says it is not asking for delay in Diablo Canyon renewal process" KSBY (San Luis Obispo) report by Nancy Chen (April 12, 2011)

" FUKUSHIMA BAD AS CHERNOBYL: Japan equates nuclear crisis severity to Chernobyl" Gazette Times article by Associated Press (April 12, 2011)

" BUT TRITIUM IS GOOD FOR YOU: Duke Energy says no health threat from tritium released by Oconee reactors into SC waterways" Greenfield Daily Reporter article by Associated Press (April 11, 2011)

" NATURAL GAS FRACKING WORSE THAN COAL?: Study - Gas from ‘fracking’ worse than coal on climate" The Hill article by Ben Geman (April 11, 2011)

" NATURAL GAS DESTROYS U.S. WATER: Trailer Talk's Frack Talk: Can New York's Water Be Protected From Gas Drilling? Here's the threats that New York's water faces from fracking and what residents are doing to try and protect it" Alternet article by Sabrina Artel (April 11, 2011)

" CLEAN NATURAL GAS? GET FRACKED!: Deteriorating Oil and Gas Wells Threaten Drinking Water, Homes Across the Country - There's been warnings for decades that abandoned wells can provide pathways for oil, gas or brine-laden water to contaminate groundwater supplies or to travel up to the surface" Alternet article by Nicholas Kusnetz (April 11, 2011)

" RENEWABLE LEADERSHIP: Which US States Are Leading the Clean Energy Charge? There's Some Shockers on the List - Index of Clean Energy Leadership finds Midwestern upstarts mixed among the usual suspects" Alternet article by Oakley Brooks (April 11, 2011)

 

EARLY APRIL

 

" PG&E PULLS DIABLO NUKE RENEWAL: TPCG Asks to Delay License Renewal" Zacks Equity Research article (April 10, 2011)

" CHICAGOLAND CCA!: Electricity Aggregation: With Voter OK, Oak Park Pursues Electricity Aggregation - Referendum victory paves way for energy purchasing program." Oak Park Patch article by Casey Cora (April 10, 2011)

" 18 OF 23 ILLINOIS COMMUNITIES VOTE FOR CCA PROGRAMS: Electricity Aggregation: What Comes Next- Residents passed a referendum to allow the village to seek lower electricity rates, but action in Springfield could hold up the process" New Lenox Patch article by Michael Sewall (April 8, 2011)

" SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY SUPES TO VOTE ON PG&E NUKE: Officials may seek Diablo license delay - After Japan quake, supervisors to vote on asking PG&E to wait for seismic studies" San Luis Obispo Tribune article by David Sneed (April 8, 2011)

" MARIN ENERGY AUTHORITY/CHARLES MCGLASHAN: Marin Energy Authority looks to future as it bids farewell to fallen leader" Marin Independent Journal article by Richard Halstead (April 8, 2011)

" ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK IN CA?: California’s renewables target to be undermined by weaker Senate bill?" Environmental Finance article by Felicity Carus (April 7, 2011)

" PG&E SCAPEGOATS: 2 top execs will resign as PG&E reorganizes" San Francisco Chronicle article by David R. Baker (April 7, 2011)

" CASH IS KING: Former Hill stars add muscle to nuclear industry's post-Japan push" E&E Greenwire article by Anne C. Milkern (April 7, 2011)

" NATIONAL CCA NETWORK ANNOUNCED: McGlashan's vision of a nationwide community power network goes live" article by Peter Seidman (April 6, 2011)

" TERRA VERDE LIKES SONOMA CCA: Local power - Thursday's Letters to the Editor" letter to the editor by Rick Brown, President of Terra Verde (April 6, 2011)

" NOT JUST DIABLO - EDISON'S SAN ONOFRE NUKE WHISTLEBLOWER SAYS FIRED FOR SAFETY REPORT: Whistleblower files suit against nuclear plant - Manager says he was fired for reporting safety issues" Ottawa Citizen article by Marty Graham (April 6, 2011)

" INTEREST IN FAILURE: Meltdown: not just a metaphor - Vested interests cause both our financial system and the nuclear industry to compulsively underestimate risk" UK Guardian article by Joseph Stiglitz (April 6, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA-OAK PARK VOTERS SAY YES: Power referendum wins easily in Oak Park" Wednesday Journal (Oak Park and River Forest, Illinois) article by Marty Stempniak (April 5, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA - GRAYSLAKE VOTERS APPROVE CCA: Voters in Grayslake approved and North Chicago rejected the proposed Opt-Out Aggregation program" Chicago Sun-Times/News-Sun article by Frank Aberholden (April 5, 2011)

"LPI IN SONOMA CCA: First Marin, now Sonoma moves on energy program" North Bay Busines Journal article by Loralee Stevens (April 4, 2011)

" SONOMA CCA: Board of Supes Approves Study of Plan to Sell Energy Directly to Consumers" Rohnert Park Patch article (April 4, 2011)

"TEPCO'S PG&E-STYLE MEDIA CAMPAIGN: Takashi Uesugi - Time Out meets the journalist who TEPCO love to hate" Time Out Tokyo interview by James Hadfield (April 2, 2011)

"SORRY ABOUT YOUR COUNTRY: Reactor Pit Found Leaking Radioactive Water Into Sea" New York Times article by Ken Belson and Hiroko Tabuchi (April 2, 2011)

"PERMANENT CRISIS: Japan nuclear struggle focuses on cracked reactor pit" Reuters article by Kiyoshi Takenaka and Chisa Fujioka (April 2, 2011)

"COLLAPSE ORGY: State Legislatures Pile Onto Anti-EPA Climate Rule Effort" New York Times/ClimateWire article by Christa Marshall (April 1, 2011)

"GOT FALLOUT?: First Fukushima Plume Brought Sharply Increading Levels of Radiation To West Coast Cities" Independent Media Center article by Michael Steinberg (April 1, 2011)

"SELF-HATING GREENS: Nuclear's green cheerleaders forget Chernobyl at our peril - Pundits who downplay the risks of radiation are ignoring the casualities of the past, and Fukushima's meltdown may be worse" UK Guardian article by John Vidal (April 1, 2011)

"OHIO CCA: Voters consider electric program" News and Sentinel (Ohio) article by Sam Shawver (April 1, 2011)

"CHINA LEARNS FROM JAPAN - WILL OBAMA?: China to Cut Nuclear Goal After Japan Reactor Crisis" Bloomberg article (April 1, 2011)

"ROBOCORP FAILURE: Japan plant - who is in charge?" BBC News article by Yuki Tatsumi (April 1, 2011)

"GERMAN NUKE CO REFUSES TO BE SHUT: Utility sues German state over nuclear closure" Bloomberg/Business Week article by Associated Press (April 1, 2011)

 

MARCH

 

"LPI IN BOULDER: Eves: Xcel wants to help Boulder reach energy goals" Boulder County Business Report article by Michael Davidson (March 31, 2011)

"THE NATURAL GAS MYTH: There's Nothing Natural About Natural Gas - It's not a choice between coal and natural gas. We are facing a choice between a truly clean energy future or more of the same" Alternet article by Jennifer Krill (March 31, 2011)

"PG&E GAS PLANT FIGHT - HAYWARD: Power play in the East Bay over greenhouse gases" Capitol Weekly article by Greg Lucas (March 31, 2011)

"OHIO CCA: City sees shades of green with newest NOPEC grant for energy efficiency" Twinsburg Bulletin article by Andrew Schunk (March 31, 2011)

"MERKEL HOBBLED FOR PRO-NUKE-ISM - OBAMA NEXT?: Chancellor Merkel’s Shellacking" New York Times editorial (March 31, 2011)

"TRUST US: Plutonium and Mickey Mouse - Japan’s nuclear crisis drags on, exposing profound failures both at the company and in national energy policy" The Economist article (March 31, 2011)

"JAPAN PLUTONIUM ALERT: Japan should widen exclusion zone: IAEA" Business Spectator article by Reuters (March 31, 2011)

"STRANDED U.S. NUKE: Entergy unable to sell VY - But offers deal to northern Vt. utility" Brattleboro Reformer (VT) article by Bob Audette (March 31, 2011)

"TOKYO ELECTRIC IN TEXAS?: Tepco: Work on Texas NRG nuclear power plant "difficult" to continue" Power-Gen Worldwide article (March 31, 2011)

"SAN DIEGO NUKE WHISTEBLOWER FIRED FOR SAFETY REPORT: Ex-San Onofre manager files whistleblower suit" Sign on San Diego article by Onell R. Soto (March 30, 2011)

"ILLINOIS CCA: Vote yes for Oak Park's energy referendum" Wednesday Journal (Oak Park, IL) blog by Amie Casson (March 30, 2011)

"ILLINOIS NUCLEAR HAZARD: Durbin Questions Nuclear Experts at Senate Hearing - Questions follow Durbin/Kirk hearing on Illinois nuclear power plants" WIFR (Rockford, IL) article (March 30, 2011)

"LOSE-LOSE SCENARIO: Can Japan's disaster help prepare the world for climate change? - Nobody expected that a tsunami would affect Japan's nuclear plants. And climate change will raise the possibility of such awful, unlikely happenings around the world" The Christian Science Monitor blog by Matthew E. Kahn (March 30, 2011)

"NUCLEAR MARTYRS: 'Suicide squads' paid huge sums to stabilise nuclear reactor" UK Independent story by David McNeill (March 30, 2011)

"PENNSYLVANIA NUCLEAR HAZARD: Extended blackouts could pose risk to Pennsylvania reactors, others in US" Associated Press/CB Online article (March 30, 2011)

"VIRTUAL POWER PLANTS: Virtual Power Plant Revenues to Reach $7.4 Billion by 2015" Green Economy article by Pike Research (March 29, 2011)

"PG&E PIPELINE DISASTER: PG&E fine over pipeline safety records comes under increased scrutiny" San Jose Mercury News story by Steve Johnson (March 29, 2011)

"PG&E NUKE OPPOSED: Supervisors to request halt to Diablo relicensing" Santa Maria Times story by April Charlton (March 29, 2011)

"GOT EARTHQUAKES?: State Sen. Sam Blakeslee turns seismic background into platform for nuclear critique" San Jose Mercury News story by Jason Hoppin (March 29, 2011)

"US NUCLEAR HAZARD: Records Show 56 Safety Violations at U.S. Nuclear Power Plants in Past 4 Years - Mishandled Radioactive Material and Failing Backup Generators Among the Violations" ABC News report by Pierre Thomas, Jack Cloherty and Andrew Dubbins (March 29, 2011)

"OBAMA'S NON-POLICY: 'All of the above' is no energy policy" Climate Progress blog by Bill Becker (March 29, 2011)

"U.S. NUCLEAR HAZARD: Congressman Markey (D-Mass) wants feds to hand out iodide pills to communities living near nuclear reactors" CNN story (March 29, 2011)

"OHIO CCA: Energy-saving initiatives getting boost with grants" iStockAnalyst/News-Herald (Ohio) story by Jean Bonchak (March 28, 2011)

"MARIN ENERGY AUTHORITY LEADER DIES: McGlashan mourned" Twin Cities Times article (March 27, 2011)

"10,000,000 X RADIATION LEVELS AT FUKUSHIMA: Japanese Nuclear Workers Struggle With Radioactive Water" Wall Street Journal(UK) article by Andrew Morse (March 27, 2011)

"LOCAL SENATOR - PG&E NUKE SAFETY, EARTHQUAKE FAULTS DON'T ADD UP: Nuclear power - Seismic data first, then make key decisions" San Diego Union Tribune article by Senator Sam Blakeslee (March 27, 2011)

"MERCURY NEWS CALLS ON PG&E CEO TO RESIGN: Mercury News editorial - PG&E needs new leadership to rebuild trust" San jose Mercury News editorial (March 26, 2011)

"CHINA IGNORES FUKUSHIMA: China Sticks with Nuclear Power" Daily Express(UK) report (March 26, 2011)

"BLAND ASSURANCES: Gaps in US radiation monitoring system revealed" Associated Press/KHOU Houston report (March 26, 2011)

"GOT FISH?: Radioactive seawater in Japan raises new fears of reactor crack - Levels of radioactive iodine reached 1,250 times above normal in seawater off the coast of Japan's stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, raising concerns about a containment crack" Christian Science Monitor article by Patrik Jonsson (March 26, 2011)

"VIRTUAL POWER PLANTS: Virtual Power Plants Aren't Just Virtual -- They're Real" Renewable Energy World Stephen Lacey (March 25, 2011)

"THINK YOU'RE SAFE?: 28 percent US nuclear power plants fail to report defective parts: Nuclear Regulatory Commission report" SIFY News report (March 25, 2011)

"PG&E NUCLEAR SAFETY: Blakeslee and Rachel Maddow discuss Diablo reactor license renewal" California Coast News (San Luis Obispo) report and link (March 25, 2011)

"MARIN GROUP FORMS NATIONAL CCA NETWORK: New nonprofit to take clean energy national " Pacific Sun article by Jason Walsh (March 25, 2011)

"SAN FRANCISCO CCA: San Francisco solar back on track?" San Francisco Bay View by Joshua Arce (March 25, 2011)

"OHIO CCA-ENERGY EFFICIENCY: NOPEC grants to improve energy efficiency in local communities" The News-Herald (Northern Ohio) by Jean Bonchak (March 25, 2011)

"TOKYO ELECTRIC NUCLEAR BAILOUT: Bankers at Sumitomo Mitsui were returning a 14-year-old favour to Tokyo Electric Power" Financial Times article by Michiyo Nakamoto (March 25, 2011)

"JAPAN' S CONTAMINATED AGRICULTURE: Global food scare from Japan nuclear plant leak widens - While countries moved to restrict imports from Japan, three UN agencies praised Tokyo for taking the right actions to ensure food safety" Taipei Times article by AFP/Tokyo (March 25, 2011)

"PG&E SAN BRUNO DISASTER - FAILS TO PROVIDE PIPELINE RECORDS TO REGULATOR DEMANDS: CPUC could vote to impose record fines on PG&E" ABC News report by Assocaited Press (March 24, 2011)

"PG&E SAN BRUNO RECORDS SCANDAL - PG&E STILL FAILS TO PROVIDE PIPELINE RECORDS, BUT CPUC DECIDES TO SLASH ITS FINE" San Jose Mercury News reort by Janelle Wang (March 24, 2011)

"THINK IT'S OVER?: Neutron beam observed 13 times" The Japan Times article by Kyodo News (March 24, 2011)

"PG&E NUCLEAR PLANT: Senator Blakeslee goes nuclear on PG&E, says Diablo Canyon plant puts people at risk" Monterey County Weekly article by Sara Rubin (March 24, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA-OAK PARK: Oak Park Officials Look to Electrify the 'Other Referendum'" Oak Park-River Forest Patch article by Casey Cora (March 24, 2011)

" ILLINOIS CCA-POLO, MT. MORRIS, OREGON:Voters to decide local issues at April 5 election'" Ogle County News article by Vinde Wells (March 24, 2011)

" SONOMA COUNTY CCA: Sonoma County may launch public power agency" Santa Rosa Press Democrat article by Brett Wilkison (March 23, 2011)

"GERMANY GETS WISE RE NUKES, NOW U.S.?: Germany set to abandon nuclear power for good" St. Louis Today article by Associated Press (March 23, 2011)

 

LATE MARCH

 

" SONOMA COUNTY CCA:Supes Okay Study Of Public Power Agency " KSRO Newstalk 1350AM report (March 23, 2011)

" MARIN COUNTY CCA: Marin Energy Authority negotiating with three companies for energy projects" Marin Independent Journal article by Richard Halstead (March 23, 2011)

" OHIO CCA: Waterville enters accord to save on power" Toledo Blade article by Janet Romaker (March 23, 2011)

" OHIO CCA: Swanton to offer opt-out of electricity aggregation plan" iStockAnalyst/Toledo Blade report (March 23, 2011)

" OHIO CCA GAS AGGREGATION: City Strikes Lower, Fixed Rate for Gas Aggregation Program - Stow has contracted rates for residents and businesses through the same company since 2004" Stow Patch article by Tess Wolfe (March 22, 2011)

" NUCLEAR PLANT SAFETY - PG&E: Capps calls for halt of Diablo Canyon renewal" Business Coast Business Times staff report (March 22, 2011)

" PG&E NUCLEAR PLANT DANGER: Diablo Canyon & PG&E: Just how safe is it?" Manteca Bulletin article by Dennis Wyatt (March 22, 2011)

" GOT WATER?: Tokyo tap water declared unsafe for infants" The Australian article by Rick Wallace (March 22, 2011)

" SONOMA CCA: Sonoma County to study community renewable-energy program" North Bay Business Journal press announcement by Sonoma County Water Agency (March 22, 2011)

" JAPAN-GOT MILK?: FDA halts imports of dairy, produce from Japan - Seafood will still be sold, but will be screened first" MSNBC report (March 22, 2011)

" CCA NEW YORK - MICROGRIDS: Sorting Through the Confusing, Competitive Landscape of the Microgrid Market" Clean Techies story by Matter Network (March 22, 2011)

" GOT MILK?: Radioactive food fears grow in Japan" ABC News story by Hayden Cooper (March 21, 2011)

" DIABLO REACTOR UNSAFE: Multiple failures exposed Diablo Canyon to higher risk" UC Berkeley Blog by Steve Weissman (March 21, 2011)

" AND DUMBER AND DUMBER...: Entergy's Vermont Nuclear Plant Gets NRC Extension" Wall Street Journal Naureen S. Malik (March 21, 2011)

"OHIO NUKE OPPOSED: Ohio's 2 nuclear plants face critics of safety - Critics cite Japan, Ohio's past flaws" The Columbus Dispatch article by Spencer Hunt (March 21, 2011)

" FALLOUT IN JAPAN?: Food contamination fears spread beyond Japan's borders" Los Angeles Times article by Victoria Kim (March 21, 2011)

" IS IT OVER YET?: Workers flee Japan nuclear plant as smoke rises" Associated Press/Google article (March 21, 2011)

" TRUST PG&E WITH YOUR LIFE?: Calls heat up for reviews of California nuclear plants" Sacramento Bee/Los Angeles Times article by Ken Besinger and David Sarno (March 20, 2011)

" CORPORATE PSYCHOPATH: PG&E's stumblings should raise calls for change" Marin Independent Journal column by Dick Spotswood (March 20, 2011)

" GOT FALLOUT?: Time Lapse Rainfall on Bay Area Day 3 of CA FALLOUT" Unisys Precipitation Map map of rainfall on California coastline (March 20, 2011)

" FALLOUT IN PARADISE: Letter from Sendai" Ode Magazine /Allen L Roland's Weblog posted letter written from Japan by Anne Thomas (March 19, 2011)

" OBAMA'S NON-ENERGY POLICY: Renewables or nuclear: maybe we do have to choose" Grist article by David Roberts (March 18, 2011)

" PG&E NUKE HAD NO WATER BACKUP: Diablo Canyon nuclear plant 'near miss' in report" San Francisco Chronicle article by David Baker (March 18, 2011)

" FEEL SAFE OBAMA SAID JAPAN NUCLEAR WILL NOT IMPACT CALIFORNIA? - 3MI KILLED 40,000 BIRDS: Landbird productivity in central coastal California to Annual Rainfall, and a reproductive failure in 1986" Cooper Ornithological Soeiety / Ecological Options Network posted report on Chernobyl impacts on ecology in Point Reyes, California posted (March 18, 2011)

" PENNSYLVANIA CCA?: Regulators vote against savings for Meadville businesses" Meadville Tribune article by Mary Spicer (March 18, 2011)

" FLICKER OF LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS?: Equal Pay for Negawatts and Megawatts Thanks to FERC" Clean Technica blog by Susan Kraemer (March 18, 2011)

" PG&E NUKE EXTENSION HEARING CANCELLED: Seismic Uncertainty at Diablo Canyon - PG&E wants to extend nuclear plant's life despite incomplete earthquake analysis" The Bay Citizen article by John Upton (March 17, 2011)

" SAN BRUNO AND DIABLO CANYON: Are PG&E's Nukes as Risky as Its Gas Lines?" Pacific Sun opinion by Ed Mainland (March 17, 2011)

" PG&E NUKE NOT EARTHQUAKE-SAFE: At California Nuclear Plant, Earthquake Response Plan Not Required " Huffington Post article by Chris Kirkham (March 17, 2011)

" US NUCLEAR CHEERLEADER WEEPS: Official warns of worsening Japanese disaster as Democrats chide U.S. precautions " Environment and Energy Daily article by Katie Howell (March 17, 2011)

" CALIFORNIA FALLOUT: Nuclear Crisis -- Report: Diluted Radiation Plumes Will Reach California in Days; Japanese Efforts See Little Reward " Alternet report (March 17, 2011)

" APPROACHING CHERNOBYL: Japan's latest videos from nuclear crisis, earthquake and tsunami" Vancouver Sun article by Wendy Nordvik-Carr (March 16, 2011)

" SOUND FAMILIAR?: Lax oversight, 'greed' preceded Japan nuclear crisis - Reports suggest that greed within the worldwide nuclear industry, combined with an insufficient UN watchdog and lax oversight of Japan's nuclear plants, contributed to the Japan nuclear crisis." Christian Science Monitor article by Stevphen Kurczy (March 16, 2011)

 

MID-MARCH

 

" PG&E - SOUND FAMILIAR?: Reports: Lax oversight, Tokyo Electric Corp. 'greed' preceded Japan nuclear crisis" Christian Science Monitor article by Stephen Kurczy (March 16, 2011)

" BUT YOU CAN TRUST PG&E WITH YOUR LIFE: PG&E says Diablo Canyon not as vulnerable to tsunamis as Japan's nuclear plants" San Luis Obispo Tribune article by David Sneed (March 15, 2011)

" MINI NIGHTMARES: Reacting to Smaller Nuclear Units - Less Risks, More Doable" Energy Biz article by Ken Silverstein (March 15, 2011)

" DEFINITION OF STUPID: U.S. remains committed to developing nuclear power -- DOE official" E&E News article by John McArdle (March 14, 2011)

" COMING NEAR YOU?: Japan's quake could have irradiated the entire US" The Free Press article by Harvey Wasserman (March 13, 2011)

" PG&E'S DIABLO REACTOR ALSO ON EARTHQUAKE FAULT: Post Nuclear Japan, Pre Disaster United States" The Economic Populist article by Michael Collins (March 13, 2011)

" YOU CAN TRUST MY ENERGY COMPANY WITH YOUR LIFE!: Edison: San Onofre could handle 7.0 quakeOrange County Register article by Michael Mello (March 13, 2011)

" DO SOMETHING ABOUT JAPAN NUCLEAR DISASTER: Tell Congress: Heed the public and END the nuclear loan programNuclear Information and Resource Service letter form generator (March 13, 2011)

" WORST CASE SCENARIO: Expert: Nuclear Radiation Could Spread Far Beyond JapanVoice of America article (March 13, 2011)

" MAKE THAT SIX NUCLEAR REACTORS DAMAGED IN JAPAN EARTHQUAKE: In Japan plant, frantic efforts to avoid meltdownAssociated Press article (March 12, 2011)

" IS THE NUCLEAR REVIVAL WORTH IT?: Japan's fears of nuclear mayhem recede as nuclear reactor starts to cool - Physicists feared second explosion would create radioactive cloud as residents panicked, jamming city's exit roadsUK Guardian article by Jonathan Watts (March 12, 2011)

" 'MODERN' NUCLEAR REACTORS SAFE?: Japan issues atomic energy emergency after earthquake Yahoo News article by Laura Rozen (March 11, 2011)

" GERMANS SAY NO: German nuclear dispute sharpened by Japan mishapAssociated Press article (March 11, 2011)

" US SENATORS SAY YES!: Sen. Jim Risch: Nuclear Power Touted in Bipartisan Bill - Nuclear Power 2021 ActThe State Column article (March 12, 2011)

" OHIO COAL LOBBY: Anti-green campaign iStockAnalyst article by the Toledo Blade (March 9, 2011)

" SENATOR STRANGELOVE: Senators float bill to promote modular reactors Environment & Energy Daily article by Hannah M. Northey (March 9, 2011)

" MASS CCA: Hampshire County CCA pitches aggregation program to South Hadley town board The Republican article by Pat Cahill (March 8, 2011)

" STRANGELOVE'S NUCLEAR MANIFESTO: An Energy Roadmap- 200 Nuclear Plants by 2050 Energy Biz article by Rep. Devin Nunes (March 8, 2011)

"CALIFORNIA GHOST TOWN?: Public safety, jobs a concern for bankrupt California city Public Radio article by Kelley Weiss (March 7, 2011)

"GOT ECONOMY?: John Boehner: We're Broke; Broke Going on Bankrupt Benzinga article by Michael J. Zerinskas (March 7, 2011)

"LIBYA REVOLT DRIVES GAS PUMP PRICES BACK UP TO $4: Gas prices continue climb, up 34 cents in 13 days Bloomberg article by Barbara Powell (March 7, 2011)

"AND YOUR HEATING OIL: Heating Oil Reaches 29-Month High as Libya Conflict Escalates CNN report by Ben Rooney (March 7, 2011)

"ITALIAN FEED-IN TARIFF IN TROUBLE: Italy Announces Feed-In Tariff Reductions, But No Solar Market Cap Solar Industry Magazine report (March 7, 2011)

 

EARLY MARCH

 

" BOULDER LOCAL POWER: Boulder leaders: Decision on energy future will be historic - Staffers work to launch outreach campaign Boulder Daily Camera article by Laura Snider (March 6, 2011)

"STONE AGE BILLIONAIRES - SAN BRUNO DISASTER: PG&E using Cow Palace to check documents San Jose Mercury News article by Associated Press (March 6, 2011)

"GET FRACKED: House Dem: EPA not doing good enough job monitoring 'fracking' The Hill by Andrew Restuccia (March 6, 2011)

"NATURAL GAS CLEAN?: New threat to the Bay: Hydraulic fracking The Baltimore Sun article by Sidney M. Levy (March 5, 2011)

"OAKLAND CCA: Oakland Groups Demand Strong Energy & Climate Plan Bay Localize announcement (March 4, 2011)

"PETRO-MARTYR: Activist Tim DeChristopher Found Guilty, Faces 10 Years in Prison After Trying to Save Public Lands From Oil and Gas Companies Alternet article by Tina Gerhardt (March 4, 2011)

"PG&E PIPELINE SINK: PG&E Faces High Costs on Pipelines The New York Times by by John Upton (March 3, 2011)

"CLIMATE COLLAPSE: Grim climate forecasts now a reality Sydney Morning Herald article by Deborah Smith (March 3, 2011)

"OBAMA'S NUCLEAR BENDER: As U.S. Moves Ahead with Nuclear Power, No Solution for Radioactive Waste Solve Climate News article (March 3, 2011)

"PG&E MISSES RENEWABLE STANDARD, AGAIN: PG&E missed California's renewable mandate Sustainble Business Oregon article (March 3, 2011)

"EUROPEAN POWER CRISIS: Europe's Power Sector At a Crossroad Renewable Energy World article by Stefan Schurig/World Future Council (March 3, 2011)

"BOULDER ENERGY FUTURE- XCEL DROPS SOLAR: Boulder: Xcel's proposed cuts would prevent more solar installations Boulder Daily Camera article (March 3, 2011)

"CARBON TRADING DEAD: Slim pickings in "dead" carbon market - Carbon trading was once hailed the next trillion-dollar market, but risks of another criminal scandal, plus falling demand following recession and new watchdog limits threaten the once darling industry Reuters article by Gerard Wynn and Ivana Sekularac (March 2, 2011)

"FISCAL COLLAPSE TO HIT GREEN POWER?: Tighter Government Budgets Challenge Global Renewables Market - Report Sustainable Business article (March 2, 2011)

"CALIF. ELECTRIC VEHICLES: With Calif. likely to set U.S. sales pace, questions arise about grid capacity Greenwire article by Colin Sullivan (March 2, 2011)

"GOT GAS?: The American Empire Is Collapsing Before Our Eyes in the Mideast - As the sun peeks over the horizon of the Arab world, dusk is descending on America Alternet article by Tom Engelhardt (March 2, 2011)

"CCA TOP ISSUE IN SAN FRANCISCO MAYOR'S RACE: Editorial: The mayor's race: beyond compromise San Francisco Bay Guardian editorial (March 1, 2011)

"ILLINOIS CCA: Oak Park makes pitch for electricity choice - First meeting on 'Community Choice Aggregation' last week Oak Park Review/Wednesday Journal article by Marty Stempniak (March 1, 2011)

"SIGN UP FOR OAKLAND CONFERENCE ON CA COMMUNITY CHOICE & ENERGY LOCALIZATION: The Local Clean Energy Alliance Presents The Second Annual Clean Power, Healthy Communities Conference - March 17th & 18th, 2011 Local Clean Energy Alliance announcement (February 28, 2011)

 

END OF FEBRUARY

 

"MASSACHUSETTS CCA CONSERVATION: Breaking Bad Energy Habits A behavior-modification program has preliminary success in getting people to cut consumption The Wall Street Journal article by Yuliya Chernova (February 28, 2011)

"UTILITIES VS. DISTRIBUTED POWER: Will Distributed Solar Drive Utilities into Bankruptcy? - Electric utilities today look a lot like newspapers in 2000: Too much debt in an industry primed for disruptionRenewable Energy World announcement (February 28, 2011)

"SEMPRA IGNORES GOV. ORDER TO TURN OFF LNG TERMINAL: Sempra Energy's Mexican LNG, Unit "Energia Costa Azul", Defy Mexican Authorities By Continuing to Operate Despite Government Action Associated Press article (February 28, 2011)

"BOULDER SMART GRID: Pomerance: 'Your response is required' Boulder Daily Camera Op Ed by Steve Pomerance (February 27, 2011)

"LIBYA REVOLT AND GLOBAL OIL CRISIS: Libyan chaos stirs global panic over oil suppliesAssociated Press article (February 27, 2011)

"CLEAN BURNING NATURAL GAS?: Regulation Lax as Gas Wells’ Tainted Water Hits RiversNew York Times article by Ian Urbina (February 27, 2011)

"SOUTH SAN JOAQUIN: Thanks PG&E for proving SSJID can lower rates 15%Manteca Bulletin article by Dennis Wyatt (February 27, 2011)

"KOCH BROTHERS' WISCONSIN POWER GRAB: Labor Fight Contains a Power Plant Grab in Wisconsin - This might explain why Koch Industries is so interestedGreen Tech article by Michael Kanellos (February 26, 2011)

"GOT ECONOMY?: States fear U.S. budget cuts, shutdown threatsReuters article by Lisa Lambert (February 26, 2011)

"MASSACHUSETTS CCA-SMART GRID: Smart Grid InteractionsConnected World Magazine article (February 26, 2011)

"TWILIGHT OF THE IDIOTOCRACY: Could A Small Nuclear War Reverse Global Warming?Huffington Post article by Dean Praetorius (February 26, 2011)

 

LATE FEBRUARY

 

"LOCAL POWER INC TO SPEAK AT CALIF. PUBLIC FINANCE CONFERENCE IN MARCH: 16th Annual Public Funds Summit"Information Management Network event web page (February 26, 2011)

"NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION IN IRAN: In setback, Iran to unload fuel from nuclear plant"Associated Press article (February 26, 2011)

"NUCLEAR PUTSCH-BACK: German Opposition to Challenge Nuclear Law,"Bloomberg article by Patrick Donahue (February 26, 2011)

"TAILING THE WAG: Tim Geithner Speaks Well of the Economy, Look Out BelowSeeking Alpha Kevin McElroy (February 25, 2011)

"SAN JOAQUIN CCA: State's utilities need local controlBakersfield Californian opinion by Ken Mettler (February 25, 2011)

"HOME PV BEATS GRID-CONNECTED SOLAR CONCENTRATORS IN PRICE: Home Solar PV Cheaper Than Concentrating Solar PowerRenewable Energy World event web page (February 25, 2011)

"U.S. COAL RETRENCHMENT: Legislators Are Going to Unbelievable Lengths to Gouge Clean Water Laws and Cozy Up to Big Coal "Alternet article by Jeff Biggers (February 25, 2011)

"WISCONSIN GOV. WALKER'S PUBLIC POWER PLANT GIVEAWAY: Budget-repair bill would enable no-bid sales of power plants "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article by Thomas Content (February 25, 2011)

"UTAH A EUROPEAN NUCLEAR WASTE DUMP: EnergySolutions fined for radioactive waste breach "Bloomberg article by Chi-Chi-Zhang (February 25, 2011)

"LPI IN BOULDER: Boulder Energy Future"City of Boulder web site (February 24, 2011)

"ILLINOIS CCA: Community Aggregation Info Session Thursday - Information campaign underway before April 5 ballot question."Oak Park-River Forest Patch article by Casey Cora (February 24, 2011)

"SAN LUIS OBISPO SOLAR: Major SunPower plant gets local approval" San Luis Obispo County approves 250 MW article by Nichola Groom (February 24, 2011)

"CAP AND TRADE JETTISONED IN NEW HAMPSHIRE: Future bleak for NH’s part in cap-trade"Nashua Telegraph article by Kevin Landrigan (February 24, 2011)

"PETROLEUM CANDIDATE: Big Oil Lobby Announces it Will Start Donating Directly to Candidates"Alternet aricle by Pat Garofalo/Think Progress (February 24, 2011)

"CLIMATE REFUGEES: Climate change will compound woes of human migration, UC Davis study finds"Daily Democrat aricle by Sylvia Wright (February 24, 2011)

"PG&E RATE INCREASES COMING SOON: California Closer To Decision On PG&E Rate Increases"Wall Street Journal article by Dow Jones (February 23, 2011)

"ROBOCORP - ANOTHER PG&E-LED TREND?: Robot Wars - Online astroturfing is more advanced and more automated than we’d imagined"Monbiot.org blog by George Monbiot (February 23, 2011)

"MARIN LOCAL POWER: Bottom-up energy innovation takes off in Marin"San Francisco Chronicle opinion by Peter Asmus (February 22, 2011)

"GOT DENIAL?: Market Crash 2011- It will hit by Christmas; The S&P 500 is worth only 910. Get out or lose big commentary by Paul B. Farrell (February 22, 2011)

"GAS INDUSTRY CENSORSHIP: Oscar-Nominated 'Gasland' Director Calls Latest Attack on His Film 'Outlandish' and Tells Why the Industry Is Getting Desperate - Josh Fox talks about why the gas industry is losing control of the message and how it has underestimated the power of citizens affected by gas drilling. Alternet article by Brad Jacobson (February 22, 2011)

"ILLINOIS CCA: Villages asking residents if they want to seek alternative to ComEd"The Beacon News article by Matt Brennan (February 21, 2011)

"FOX GUARDING HENHOUSE: Jerry Hill's Bill Would Curtail Donations from Utilities to CPUC"Foster City Patch article by Sarah Yokubaitis (February 21, 2011)

"BAY AREA COMMUNITY CHOICE EVENT IN MARCH: The Local Clean Energy Alliance Presents The Second Annual Clean Power, Healthy Communities Conference"Local Clean Energy Alliance announcement (February 20, 2011)

"BLOOM BOX'S FAKE GREEN SHEEN PAYS: Green energy firm finds gold in the halls of power"Sacramento Bee article by Dan Morain (February 20, 2011)

"CHU ON THIS: U.S. Dept of Energy Provides $36B Nuclear Plant Loan Guarantees and $65B in Nuclear Missiles in Federal Budget"Energy.gov announcement (February 18, 2011)

"NUCLEAR PORK ORGY: Obama's $36 Billion Nuke-Powered Giveaway"Huffington Post article by Harvey Wasserman (February 18, 2011)

"UNTOUCHABLES?: PG&E may ask to pass San Bruno cost to consumers"San Francisco Chronicle article by David Baker (February 18, 2011)

"ILLINOIS CCA: Residents, business operators invited to learn about electricity aggregation option"Tribune article by David Powers (February 17, 2011)

"OAK PARK CCA WEBSITE:City of Oak Park fact sheet and video (February 17, 2011)

"UK GREEN - NEW LOCAL GOVERNMENT REVENUE?: Renewables could raise £12 billion for cash-strapped local UK councils"Energy Efficiency News study announcement (February 17, 2011)

"MAKE MY DAY: 'Anonymous' Hacker Group Teaches Shady Cyber-Security Companies a Lesson They'll Never Forget"Alternet article by Scott Thill (February 17, 2011)

"PG&E NUCLEAR LAWSUIT: Mothers for Peace loses legal round"Times Press Recorder article (February 17, 2011)

"NEW JERSEY: Electricity-buying co-op saving Passaic County, local governments $500G a year"North Jersey Record article by Deena Yellin (February 16, 2011)

 

MID-FEBRUARY

 

"PETROLIGARCHY: PG&E still sailing along smoothly - but why?"Santa Rosa Press Democrat article by Jonathan Weber (February 15, 2011)

"PETROTALITARIANS: Revealed: How Energy Firms Spy on Environmental Activists - Leaked documents show how three large British companies have been paying private security firm to monitor activists"UK Guardian article by Rob Evans and Paul Lewis (February 14, 2011)

"NEW JERSEY COMMUNITY ENERGY...IN NAME: Community Energy to sell N.J. solar project to Constellation" Philadelphia Business Journal article by Peter Key (February 14, 2011)

"OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY: PG&E's political strategy flawed and costly"Marin Independent Journal editorial (February 14, 2011)

"DUMB AND DUMBER: Republicans Gut EPA Climate Rules, Slash Deeply Into Climate Research, Aid and Technology Programs"New York Times article by Lauren Morello, Dina Fine Maron, Lisa Friedman and Saqib Rahim / ClimateWire (February 14, 2011)

"LPI IN BOULDER: Power to the People!"Boulder Blue Line article by Alan Boles (February 11, 2011)

"BOULDER ENERGY - WIND?: Boulder official pushes wind energy"Boulder County Business Report article by Beth Potter (February 10, 2011)

"GOT GAS?: Are We Headed For Massive Oil Price Spikes? Leaked Cables Claim Saudi Oil Reserves Grossly Overstated"Alternet article by Jeremy Leggett (February 10, 2011)

"CCA MARIN: MEA To Cut Rates in Battle with PG&E Over Customers - Marin Clean Energy customers would get 14 percent decrease on bills, but PG&E's hike of its own transmission and distribution could cancel out the savings"Mill Valley Patch article by Nancy Isles Nation (February 9, 2011)

"OBAMA WHO?: Utilities, cool to Obama's clean energy standard, are redefining it "E&E News article by Eval Lehmann (February 9, 2011)

"ASK YOUR BARBER: How Climate Change Became a 'Liberal Hoax'"The Nation video by Noam Chomsky (February 9, 2011)

"LOCAL IS GLOBAL: The Clean Energy Road to 2035 Paved by the Hard Work of Local Governments"Huffington article by Richard Halstead (February 8, 2011)

 

EARLY FEBRUARY

 

"MARIN CCA: Marin Energy Authority to cut rates by 14 percent"Power-Gen Worldwide article by Richard Halstead (February 7, 2011)

"WHY PG&E IS LIKE MURABAK: PG&E Still Sails Smooth, and That’s the Rub"New York Times article by Jonathan Weber (February 6, 2011)

"PG&E ANTI-CCA SPENDING CLIMBS TOWARD $100M: PG&E spends more than $4.1 million to fight Marin Clean Energy"San Jose Mercury News Marin IJ article by Richard Halstead (February 5, 2011)

"CLIMATE FAMINE: How extreme weather could create a global food crisis"Business Recorder report (February 5, 2011)

"GREEN JOBS IN COAL COUNTRY: New Green Jobs Come to West Virginia’s “Billion Dollar Coalfield”"Clean Technica article by Tina Casey (February 5, 2011)

"APPALACHIA 'JOBS PROJECT' INFORMATION: Sustainable Development in the Coalfields of Appalachia"Parthersnip for Sustainable Communities press release (February 5, 2011)

"CLIMATE FAMINE: Mexico freeze threatens vegetable crops"The Packer article by Andy Nelson (February 4, 2011)

"MASSACHUSETTS CCA & SMART GRID: Smart Grid Interactions"Connected World article (February 4, 2011)

"CLIMATE COLLAPSE: Perfect storm is cooking for wheat"Wall Street Journal article by Liam Denning (February 3, 2011)

"PG&E NUKE ON EARTHQUAKE FAULT: Reactor reaction - A judge calls for hearings over PG&E's re-licensing funding"New Times (San Luis Obispo) article by Matt Fountain (February 3, 2011)

"LOCAL POWER IN BOULDER: 'Slam' serves up 2-minute pitches for Boulder's energy future"Boulder Daily Camera article by Courtney Holden (February 2, 2011)

"OHIO CCA: Swanton council selects discount power supplier"Trading Markets article by David Patch/Blade-McClatchy-Tribune (February 2, 2011)

"GROUNDHOG DAY ECOPALYPSE: Catastrophic Weather Events Are Becoming the New Normal -- Are You Ready for Life on Our Planet Circa 2011?"Alternet article by Bill McKibben (February 2, 2011)

"WHAT ME WORRY?: Yes, Virginia, This Dirty Coal Bill is a Bad Bar Room Romance–and the Nation is Watching"Alternet article by Jeff Biggers (February 2, 2011)

"KOCH HEADS: The Rage Against Billionaires "Wall Street Journal article by Robert Frank (February 1, 2011)

"CLIMATE FAMINE EGYPT: Global warming turns Egyptians into democrats "Herand Sun (Australia) article by Andrew Bolt (February 1, 2011)

 

LATE JANUARY

 

"PROP 23 CONSPIRATORS EMBARASSED AT DESERT GATHERING: Twenty-Five Arrested, Thousands Converge on Koch Brothers Billionaire's Caucus in the California Desert "Alternet article by David Dayen (January 31, 2011)

"EGYPT REVOLT AS CLIMATE CHANGE BLOWBACK: Global warming blamed for Egyptian riots "Daily News Trends article by Keith Savage (January 31, 2011)

"CARBON TRADING A FRAUD?: Europe's carbon emissions trading -- growing pains or wholesale theft? "EE News article by Nathanial Gronewold (January 31, 2011)

"CLEAN BURNING NATURAL GAS?: House panel: Drilling companies still use diesel - injected 32M Gallons for Fracking"Associated Press article (January 31, 2011)

"DAVOS-TROPHE: Beyond the gabfest in Davos, stark disparities in global growth"Washington Post article by Steven Pearlstein (January 30, 2011)

"PG&E NUKE BORN AGAIN?: Diablo Canyon upgrade to be discussed by PG&E, nuclear regulators"SanLuisObisop.com article by David Sneed (January 30, 2011)

"SHALL WE RE-LOCALIZE?: More in U.S. grow wary of globalization"Washington Post article by Jon Cohen and Peyton M. Craighill (January 29, 2011)

"RODNEY DANGERFIELD OF INVESTOR-OWNED UTILITIES: PG&E's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week"KQED blog by Jon Brooks (January 28, 2011)

"LOS ANGELES MUNI GOES GREEN: Los Angeles Quadruples Clean Power to 20%, Cuts Carbon 22% Below 1990 Levels"Clean technica article by Susan Kraemer (January 28, 2011)

"MARIN CCA: Marin Clean Energy Secures Power for Future Customers - Consumer aggregate will purchase 680,000 megawatts of clean electricity"Patch article by Nancy Isles Nation (January 28, 2011)

"ILLINOIS CCA: Chicago Suburb to Realize a City-Wide, Energy-Efficient Smart Grid"Calico press release (January 26, 2011)

"MARIN CCA: MCE to receive renewable power supply from G2 Energy"iStockAnalyst article by Datamonitor (January 26, 2011)

"OUT WITH THE BATHWATER: What Does Carol Browner's Departure from the White House Mean? - Browner's exit reinforces concerns Obama is preparing compromises on his once-ambitious green agenda to try to build working arrangement with Republicans."Alternet article by Suzanne Goldenberg (January 25, 2011)

"BOULDER SMART GRID XCEL: For Electricity 2.0, a Short Circuit in Boulder"Time article by Amy Feldman (January 25, 2011)

"GOT JOB?: Green Energy and American Jobs - What is government's role?"EnergyBiz article by Ken Silverstein (January 25, 2011)

"MARIN CCA: Marin Energy Authority signs deals to buy more power as it prepares to expand"Marin Independent Journal article by Richard Halstead (January 24, 2011)

"COMMUNITY SOLAR: Can Community Solar Programs Bring Solar Ownership to the Masses?"Americans for Energy Leadership opinion by McKenna Morrigan (January 24, 2011)

"DUSK OF THE DEAD: Amid growth of renewables, coal fights to keep its share"Philadelphia Enquirer article by Diane Mastrull (January 23, 2011)

"CORPO-CULPA: PG&E chief puts himself on the hook: Keep him there"Fresno Bee article by Bill McEwen (January 22, 2011)

"I AM A NEW MAN: PG&E exec visits Fresno, addresses 'horrific' 2010"Fresno Bee article by Eunice Kwon (January 22, 2011)

"PG&E GASOHOLIC: Rehearing sought for PG&E California Oakley Power Plant"Reuters article by Scott DiSavino (January 21, 2011)

"AMERICA IN DECLINE: Why Is the U.S. Losing the Clean Energy Race to China? Blame the Climate Cranks"Alternet article by Sarah Laskow/Media Consortium (January 21, 2011)

"COLORADO CCA?: Bring the electrons home"High Mountain News article by Nathan Rice (January 20, 2011)

"LOCAL POWER IN UK?: Will the localism bill deliver power to the UK's older people?"UK Guardian Blog by Joe Public (January 20, 2011)

"MASS CCA OPPORTUNITY?: Lancaster seeks cheapest rates for electricity"Sentinel and Enterprise article by Hunter Amabile (January 20, 2011)

"GOT AN ECONOMY?: Debt crosses $14 trillion mark"CNN report (January 20, 2011)

"BAIL THIS: A Path Is Sought for States to Escape Their Debt Burdens"New York Times article by Mary Williams Walsh (January 20, 2011)

"CAN WE REALLY?: Obama's Deregulation Dance with Wall Street"Alternet Op Ed (January 19, 2011)

"PG&E NUKE ON EARTHQUAKE FAULT: PG&E shares results of study about the shoreline fault at Diablo Canyon"KSBY News - San Luis Obispo article by Danielle Lerner (February 2, 2011)

"CLIMATE COLLAPSE IN CALI: California's 'Big One' Could Be Massive 'Superstorm' That Floods State: Scientists"Alternet article by Daniel Tencer (January 18, 2011)

"CITY SMART GRID ILLINOIS: Council to vote on smart grid bill of rights"Naperville Sun article by Jenette Sturges (January 18, 2011)

"COLORADO CCA?: (CCA) as a possible policy goal of the city of Boulder"The Colorado Independent article by Taran Volckhausen (January 18, 2011)

"OHIO CCA: Township trustees could place energy-saving issue on ballot"Wilmington News Journal article by Rose Cooper (January 17, 2011)

 

MID-JANUARY

 

"LOCAL POWER IN BOULDER: Pomerance: Boulder`s energy future - what`s your vision?"Boulder Daily Camera Op Ed by Steve Pomerance (January 16, 2011)

"E-TITANIC: PG&E chief tries to rebound from a disastrous year"Fresno Bee article by Bill McEwan (January 15, 2011)

"BELIEVE IT YET?: Drowning in a hothouse"The Age article by Ian Lowe (January 14, 2011)

"BOILED FROG REPORT: Science stunner: On our current emissions path, CO2 levels in 2100 will hit levels last seen when the Earth was 29°F (16°C) hotter"Center for American Progress Action Fund article by Climate Progress (January 13, 2011)

"FORGET WASHINGTON: Frustration on global warming deepens for supporters of climate change bill"The Hill article by Andrew Restuccia (January 13, 2011)

"LOOK TO IRRIGATION DISTRICTS?: Huge solar array planned on West Side - South state utility to buy power from proposed plant near Santa Nella"The Modesto Bee article by John Holland (January 12, 2011)

"QUEENSLAND FLOODS UNPRECEDENTED: Climate Change May Be Making Australia's Floods Worse"Fast Company article by Jenara Nerenberg (January 12, 2011)

"Amherst eyes purchasing electricity through Hampshire Council of Governments"Daily Hampshire Gazette article by Scott Merzbach (January 12, 2011)

"GET IT?: Flood warnings: hottest year confirms global warming say experts - Last year was the joint warmest on record, according to new figures from Nasa, that experts say confirm the case for man made climate change"The Telegraph article by Louise Gray (January 13, 2011)

"BRAZIL TOO: Brazil floods kill at least 369"Financial Times article by Joe Leahy (January 13, 2011)

"OHIO CCA: Council works to put levy renewals on May ballot"Record Herald article by Lance Cranmer (January 13, 2011)

"TOLEDO CCA OPPORTUNITY?: Owens unveils new alternative energy degree program"WTVG-TV (ABC) report (January 13, 2011)

"OHIO CCA: Pay freeze for mayor, auditor, law director - But CCA program goes on"Marietta Times article by Sam Shawver (January 12, 2011)

"CLIMATE COLLAPSE: NASA Research Finds 2010 Tied for Warmest Year on Record"NASA/Goddard announcement (January 12, 2011)

"CA CCA - MUSICAL CHAIRS IN THE PG&E-PLEX: Nancy McFadden to keep only one state job"Los Angeles Times article by Shane Goldmacher (January 11, 2011)

"ILLINOIS CCA - 11 COMMUNITIES: Trustees OK referendum for energy plan"Sun-Times Media article by Todd Shields (January 11, 2011)

"CAPE COD CCA: Wind power projects losing steam on Cape"Boston Herald article by Doug Fraser/Cape Cod Times (January 11, 2011)

"PG&E LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS IMPORT ANNOUNCEMENT: The Oregon Department of State Lands is now accepting public comments on the application by the Port of Coos Bay for a slip dock at the Port to accommodate the proposed Jordan Cove LNG terminal"Pacific Environment announcement and letter sign-on (January 11, 2011)

"CUSTOMER-OWNED SMART GRID HITS MARKET: CES - Smart grid outshines green tech at CES"CNET article by Martin LaMonica (January 9, 2011)

"REVENUE BONDS THE LAST FUTURE: Gauging Those Tremors in Municipal Bonds"The New York TImes article by Carla Fried (January 8, 2011)

"FEDERAL POLICY COLLAPSE: Republicans attempt to stifle action on climate change - After first day in Congress, Republicans have outlined three bills aimed at limiting power of the Environmental Protection Agency"U.K. Guardian article by Suzanne Goldenberg (January 7, 2011)

"PG&E RUNNING THE NEW GOVERNOR?:PG&E's Nancy McFadden named Brown's executive secretary"San Francisco Bay Guardianarticle by Rebecca Bowe (January 6, 2011)

"PG&E SENIOR VP & PROP 16 PROPONENT APPOINTED TO BROWN ADMINISTRATION: Gov. Brown appointee was brains behind PG&E's Prop. 16"San Francisco Chronicle Politics Blog (January 6, 2011)

"ILLINOIS CCA: Oak Park OKs ballot question: Should residents buy energy in bulk?"Sun-Times Media article by Todd Shields (January 6, 2011)

"CALIFORNIA LOCALIZATION - JERRY BROWN: Brown meets with counties about shifting programs"San Jose Mercury News article by Juliet Williams (January 4, 2011)

"BOULDER LOCAL POWER VIDEO: LPI Presents Localization Strategy With City Staff to City Council Study Session "City of Boulder, Colorado youtube video post (January 4, 2011)

"CALIFORNIA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES TO END?: Hands off our redevelopment funds, Sonoma County officials say"Santa Rosa Press Democrat article by Brett Wilkison & Kevin McCallum (January 3, 2011)

"MARIN CCA: Top 10 Stories of 2010: Venture capital flows for energy, other technologies; big boost for Napa tourism"North Bay Business Journal staff report (January 3, 2011)

"OHIO CCA: Oak Park considers plan to purchase own power"Trib Local (Oak Park/Rober Forest, Ohio) article by Jim Jaworski (January 4, 2011)

"OHIO CCA: Broadview Heights receives NOPEC grant for energy-saving upgrades"Sun Star Courier (Cleveland) article by Eric Sandy (January 3, 2011)

"PENNSYLVANIA CCA: As electric rates go up, consumers consider alternatives"Meadville Tribune article by Keith Gushard (January 3, 2011)

"SOLAR CITY: Arizona solar tower could give city renewable energy"The Press-Enterprise article by Alicia Robinson (January 2, 2011)

"BUY MUNI BONDS: Gonze: It's time to buy munis"Investment News article by Jeff Benjamin (January 2, 2011)

"RHODE ISLAND FISCAL COLLAPSE: Municipal deficits set to be next big"Providence Journal article by John Kostrzewa (January 2, 2011)

"NEW JERSEY FISCAL COLLAPSE: Public Workers Facing Outrage as Budget Crises Grow"Star News article by Michael Powell (January 2, 2011)

"OHIO FISCAL COLLAPSE - CINCINNATI: Cincinnati city budget faces reality check - Council does 'mathematically impossible'"Cincinnati Enquirer article by Jane Prendergast (January 1, 2011)

"CALIF FISCAL COLLAPSE - OCEANSIDE: City finances a big challenge for 2011"North County Times (San Diego/Riverside) article by Ray Huard (January 1, 2011)

 

FINAL WEEKS OF 2010

 

"GROUNDHOG DECADE: Oil Surges to Highest Year-End Price Since 2007 on Dollar"Bloomberg article by Margot Habiby (December 31, 2010)

"ECOCALYPSE NOW: Tornadoes Touch Down with Deadly Force in New Year's Eve Tragedy - Record Number of New Year's Twisters Strike Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois"ABC News article by Chris Bury (December 31, 2010)

"CALIF. FISCAL COLLAPSE - HALF MOON BAY: Half Moon Bay Faces Financial Brink - New City Manager Leads Effort to Prepare Residents for Likelihood of Steep Budget Cuts; Policing Could Be Outsourced"Wall Street Journal article by Bobby White (December 30, 2010)

"BANKING ON CHEAP NATURAL GAS?: Look for Natural Gas Prices to Double"The Street article by Kevin McElroy (December 30, 2010)

"CALIF. FISCAL COLLAPSE - SAN MATEO: Mayor readies for tough budget decisions"The Daily Journal (San Mateo County) article by Bill Silverfarb (December 29, 2010)

"ESCAPE FROM COPENHAGEN: Green Jobs--Not Just for Blue States"Renewable Energy World article by Kristin Tracz (December 29, 2010)

"SAN FRANCISCO CCA/POLITICS: Editor's Notes - If you want to be mayor, you need to get out there"San Francisco Bay Guardian article by Tim Redmond (December 28, 2010, 2011)

"WHAT LEADERSHIP LOOKS LIKE: Scotland on Track to Get 80% Renewable Energy by 2020"CleanTechnica article by Susan Kraemer (December 28, 2010)

"WHAT RETRO-SHIP LOOKS LIKE: PG&E 660MW Colusa gas-fired power station begins commercial operation"PG&E press release (December 28, 2010)

"TAIWAN'S GREEN NEW DEAL: EPA-Launched Low-Carbon Society in Place"Benzinga staff article (December 28, 2010)

"FREE TRADE?: Where are the jobs? Overseas, of course - American consumers have little to do with the big profits many top American corporations are now racking up"Salon article by Pallavi Gogoi (December 28, 2010)

"XMAS HANGOVER: Consumer Confidence Unexpectedly Falls on Jobs Outlook"Reuters article by Timothy R. Homan and Bob Willis (December 28, 2010)

"CALIFORNIA RARE EARTH MINE TO REOPEN: California to Mine Rare Earth Materials Again"CleanTechnica article by Susan Kraemer (December 28, 2010)

"CLIMATE CHAOS: The Northeast Blizzard: One More Sign of Global Warming"Time blog by Bryan Walsh (December 28, 2010)

"TEXAS GREEN JOBS STRUGGLING: Moving to 'green jobs' proves tough - San Antonio has faced snags in getting workers hired."My San Antonio article by Melissa Ludwig (December 27, 2010)

"PENNSYLVANIA CCA OPPORTUNITY?: The future looks green at Allegheny College"iStockAnalyst article by Mary Spicer (December 27, 2010)

"OHIO CCA GRANT RECEIVED: Grants will help city reduce North Ridgeville energy costs"Cleveland.com blog by Alison Meaney/Sun News (December 27, 2010)

"CALIF CCA - MARIN ENERGY AUTHORITY PROFITABLE: Marin County's fiscal star shines through gloom and doom"Marin Independent Journal article by Jels Johnson (December 26, 2010)

"PROP 16 'WORST BALLOT INITIATIVE': The Worst of 2010"Sacramento Bee editorial (December 26, 2010)

"CLIMATE DESTABLIZATION: Heavy snow strands Christmas travellers in Europe"Reuters article by Justyna Pawlak (December 24, 2010)

" CANADIAN GREEN - BRANT COUNTY LEADS ONTARIO EFFORT: New Utility Division to Encourage Renewable Energy and Create Jobs"Renewable Energy World article by Ontario Solar News (December 24, 2010)

"LOCAL POWER IN BOULDER: Boulder City Council takes on 'energy future'"Boulder Daily Camera article by Heath Urie (December 21, 2010)

"FEDS APPROVE INTERSTATE CHARGES FOR NEW TRANSMISSION: Ruling: Wind transmission line costs can be passed on to states"The Des Moines Register article by Dan Piller (December 18, 2010)

 

MID-DECEMBER

 

"HUFFINGTON POST ON LPI: Local Power for Boulder and Beyond"The Huffington Post article by Anne Butterfield (December 18, 2010)

"LOCAL POWER IN THE UK?:Localism Bill to alter rules for renewable energy"IB Times (UK) article by Louise Bateman (December 17, 2010)

"XMAS BONUSES FOR FAILURE: Lame Duck CPUC opts to give PG&E $29.1M despite failing"Manteca Bulltein article by Dennis Wyatt (December 17, 2010)

"CARBON XMAS - LAME DUCK CPUC APPROVES UNNEEDED PG&E POWER PLANT IN CONTRA COSTA: Commission approves Oakley power plant"San Jose Mercury News article by Hannah Dreier/Contra Costa Times (December 16, 2010)

"RHODE ISLAND FISCAL COLLAPSE: Central Falls, RI, Needs State Aid To Avert Collapse - Official"Wall Street Journal article by Romy Varghese (January 2, 2011)

" CALIF. CARBON LAUNDERING: PG&E, Edison May Get Millions of Free California Carbon Permits"Bloomberg article by Simon Lomax and Mark Chediak (December 16, 2010)

"BOULDER LOCALIZATION: Report outlines Boulder's energy goals Boulder County Business Report article by Michael Davidson (December 16, 2010)

"FAILURE BONUS: PG&E may receive millions for unverified energy savings"San Francisco Bay Guardian article by Rebecca Bowe (December 15, 2010)

"OHIO CCA - HEAT: Local governments seek to lower heating bills Chagrin Valley Times (Ohio) article by Joan Demirjian (December 15, 2010)

"PG&E CEO SCANDAL: Zooming in with PG&E’s Peter Darbee"EON Blog article and video (December 14, 2010)

"HOW NOT TO IMPLEMENT THE SMART GRID: SmartMeter opponents stage San Rafael protest amid revelations PG&E monitored Marin critics on Internet"Marin Independent Journal article by Richard Halstead (December 14, 2010)

"PG&E PROPOSED FOSSIL POWER PLANT OPPOSED: Will CPUC Succumb to PG&E Pressure?"BeyondChron article by Mindy Spatt (December 14, 2010)

"PG&E'S SPOOK COMPANY CULTURE: PG&E executive's snooping widely shared"San Jose Mercury News article by Associated Press (December 14, 2010)

"PG&E CLAIMS SPYING 'LIMITED': PG&E says infiltration of online group was limited"San Francisco Chronicle article by David R. Baker (December 14, 2010)

"PG&E SPIES ON 'INSURGENT' CUSTOMERS: PG&E documents reveal that snooping executive widely shared his findings"San Jose Mercury News article by Dana Hull (December 13, 2010)

"PG&E SPYING SCANDAL: The spy who emailed me..."Pacific Sun article by Ronnie Cohen (December 13, 2010)

"CALIF CCA SOLAR - MARIN ENERGY AUTHORITY: Marin Energy to allow producers to sell it power"North Bay Business Journal article by Jenna Loceff (December 13, 2010)

"MAQUILADORA SUNRISE: Solar setbacks - Sunrise Powerlink Breaks Ground as Solar Promise Dissolves"High Country News blog by Judith Lewis Mernit (December 13, 2010)

"CALIF CCA - SAN DIEGO COUNTY: When Good is Bad"East County Magazine article by Jim Bell (December 12, 2010)

"GREEN NEW DEAL IN UK BOROUGH: Green call for local energy plan"Get Reading article (December 9, 2010)

"CALIF CCA - MARIN ENERGY AUTHORITY SOLAR GARAGE: San Rafael Parking Garage to Get Charged Up - City to have first two electric vehicle charging stations installed in the new year as part of new Marin Clean Energy program"San Rafael Patch article by Jim Staats (December 9, 2010)

"U.S. POLICY COLLAPSE - CLIMATE: E.P.A. Delays Tougher Rules on Emissions"New York Times article by John M. Broder and Sheryl Gay Stolberg (December 9, 2010)

"U.S. POLICY COLLAPSE - NUCLEAR: Obama Tax Deal Leaving Out Clean Energy, Putting Jobs at Risk"Solve Climate News article by Elizabeth McGowan (December 8, 2010)

"SAN FRANCISCO CCA - SOLAR PROJECT: San Francisco completes massive solar project"Bloomberg article by the Associated Press (December 8, 2010)

"SAN FRANCISCO CCA - NEW MAYOR: No PG&E caretaker"San Francisco Bay Guardian editorial (December 7, 2010)

"ACTION AGAINST NUCLEAR PORK: Tell Congress Now: Stop $9 Billion in New Nuke Loans - No More Taxpayer Bailouts for Giant Corporations!"Nuclear Information and Resource Service sign-on letter (December 7, 2010)

"OHIO CCA - NOPEC: NOPEC gives $472K to Lorain"The Morning Journal article by Richard Payerchin (December 7, 2010)

"THANK YOU VERY MUCH: Why Cities Hold the Solutions to Fighting Climate Change"Reuters article by Bruno Berthon (December 6, 2010)

"NIMBYS BLOCK THE WIND IN FRISCO: Home wind power faces roadblocks in San Francisco"San Francisco Chronicle article by Jessica Kwong (December 6, 2010)

"CLIMATE FAMINE: Egypt: Rice production withers as water supply diverted"Zawya.com blog (December 6, 2010)

"BANKRUPT STATES?: Analysts: Debt could drown states, cities"New York Times article (December 5, 2010)

"CALIFORNIA UTILITIES TO BUILD NEW NUKE PLANT IN UTAH: Utah is quietly going to start taking California’s nuclear waste"Salt Lake Tribune article by Jay Seegmiller, TNN (December 4, 2010)

"AS WE GO NUCLEAR: NRC gives environmental green light to Indian Point license renewal"Mid-Hudson News story (December 4, 2010)

"SO GOES THE WORLD: Indo-French connection goes nuclear"Times of India article by Indrani Bagchi, TNN (December 4, 2010)

"EVEN IF THEY DON'T WANT TO: Protest against Jaitapur nuclear plant"The Hindu (India) story by Vinaya Deshpande (December 4, 2010)

"GULF STREAM TREMOR: Europe Jolted by Extremes of Weather"New York Times article by Sarah Lyall (December 3, 2010)

"APOCALPYSE NOW?: Catastrophic Blizzards, Heat Waves and Floods: Global Warming or Just Crazy Weather?"Alternet article by Stan Cox (December 3, 2010)

"MARIN CCA GREEN POWER: Marin Energy Authority sets plans for local energy purchases"Marin Independent Journal article by Richard Halstead (December 3, 2010)

"US CARBON COLLAPSE: WikiLeaks cables reveal how US manipulated climate accord Embassy dispatches show America used spying, threats and promises of aid to get support for Copenhagen accord "UK Guardian article by Damian Carrington (December 3, 2010)

"CCA CAPE LIGHT COMPACT CO-FOUNDER RETIRES: Cape Sen. O'Leary bids farewell to Senate colleagues"Cape Cod Times article by Caroline Hailey (December 3, 2010)

"CCA CAPE COD TO GET QUEBEC HYDRO: Proposal Would Pipe Hydro-Electric Power From Quebec to You"Vineyard Gazette article by Petter Brannen (December 3, 2010)

"FISCAL COLLAPSE: Will States, such as California, File Chapter 9?"Benzinga article by Larry Doyle (December 3, 2010)

"CCA IN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY?: Bulk purchases eyed for electricity"The Republican article by John Appleton (December 2, 2010)

"NAVAJO GREEN POWER: Desmurger: Tribal energy an opportunity not to be missed"Indian Country Today article by Marion Desmurger (December 2, 2010)

"CLIMATE CRISIS: World Temperatures May Post Hottest Year on Record in 2010, UN Agency Says"Bloomberg article by Alex Morales (December 2, 2010)

"BOULDER POWER: Boulder moves on studying energy baseline"Boulder Daily Camera article by Heath Urie (December 1, 2010)

"SEMPRA FIRES BRIBERY WHISTLEBLOWER: Sempra denies firing whistleblower executive over bribery accusation"La Jolla Light article by City News Service (December 1, 2010)

"DUMB AND DUMBER: Republicans to shut down House select committee on climate and energy"Boston.com article by Stephanie Vallejo (December 1, 2010)

"OHIO CCA: Swanton officials weigh electricity pacts"Trading Markets article by The Blade (December 1, 2010)

"PROP 16 REFLECTIONS: The Defeat of Proposition 16 California Voters Reject Move by PG&E"Energy Biz article by Bill Slaton (December 1, 2010)

 

LATE NOVEMBER

 

"OHIO CCA - TOLEDO WIND: Toledo needs full debate on renewable energy"Toledo Blade article by Joe McNamara (November 30, 2010)

"MASSACHUSETTS CCA - LUNENBERG: Voters to decide on cruisers, power"News Telegram article by Paula J. Owen (November 30, 2010)

"THE REAL 'END OF HISTORY': Islands See ‘End of History’ as Goals Slip at UN Climate Talks"Bloomberg article by Alex Morales and Kim Chipman (November 30, 2010)

"SAN FRANCISCO CABLE COMPLETED: Construction on California's Trans Bay Cable Complete"Energy Online story (November 30, 2010)

"FLYWHEELS AT FERC: Proposed New Market Rule Broadens Opportunities for Beacon Power Flywheel Plants"Market Watch press release by Beacon Power (November 30, 2010)

"APPALACHIA ON BIG COAL CHOP BLOCK: EPA's Choice This Week: Crucify Appalachia or Stand Up to Big Coal Lobby"Alternet article by Jeff Biggers (November 29, 2010)

"BURNED IN CHINA: Energy Companies' Big Plans to Exploit the American West to Feed China's Insatiable Appetite for Coal"Alternet article by Joshua Frank (November 27, 2010)

"CITIES DECLARE INDEPENDENCE FROM THE FAILURES OF NATIONS: As nations dither on climate change, big cities step up"McClatchy Newspapers article by Tim Johnson (November 27, 2010)

"BOULDER GREENER POWER: Boulder plows forward with energy planningp"Boulder Daily Camera article by Laura Snider (November 27, 2010)

"CAPE LIGHT COMPACT, ISLANDS GO FOR SOLAR: Towns Speed Ahead With Solar Plans"Martha's Vineyard Gazette article by Mike Seccombe (November 26, 2010)

"GERMAN GREEN CITY: Solar-powered city sees a bright future in renewables"Financial Times article by Gerrit Wiesmann (November 26, 2010)

"NAVAJO WIND: Navajo lawmakers override wind energy project veto"Bloomberg article by Associated Press (November 24, 2010)

"MARIN CCA LEADERS WIN INDUSTRY PRIZE: MEA's McGlashan, Weisz Nab Trade Group Honor - Power Association of Northern California picks pair as co-recipients of "Persons of the Year – 2010," to be awarded in JanuaryMill Valley Patch article by Jim Welte (November 23, 2010)

"EGYPT RICE SHORTAGES FROM CLIMATE CHANGEChanges In Water Policies, Treaties Force Egypt's Rice Cultivation Area Down By Half" Democratic Underground blog (November 23, 2010)

"OHIO CITY GREEN JOBS?: Council Talks Jobs, Wind Energy" The Evening Leader article by Mike Burkholder (November 23, 2010)

"BOSTON CLIMATE LEADERSHIP: USA: City of Boston chosen for inaugural climate change pilot programme," Prevention Web press release by City of Boston (November 22, 2010)

"CCA IN COLORADO?: A second look?" Bouler Daily camera article by Bob Greenlee (November 21, 2010)

"CHEVRON ENRAGES RICHMOND VOTERS: Readers' Forum: Richmond proves this California city has turned a corner" Contra Costa Times article by Cindy Beitmen (November 20, 2010)

"OHIO CCA: Bay Village residents to get discounts on electric bills"Cleveland.com blog by Bruce Geiselman, Sun News (November 18, 2010)

"OHIO CCA ENERGY EFFICIENCY: Heritage House seeks NOPEC funding" The News Herald article by Betsy Scott (November 18, 2010)

"BOULDER'S CLEAN ENERGY: Boulder group hosts discussion on city's energy future on Thursday" Boulder Daily Camera staff article (November 17, 2010)

 

MID-NOVEMBER

 

"PG&E FIGHTS DIRTY IN SAN FRANCISCO CCA: Fighting dirty As Clean Power SF gets underway, public officials and renewal energy advocates brace for PG&E "thuggery"San Francisco Bay Guardian article by Rebecca Bowe (November 16, 2010)

"BP SPILL KEEPS KILLING: Illness Plagues Gulf Residents in BP's AftermathIPS News article by Dahr Jamail (November 15, 2010)

"SAN ANTONIO GREEN POWER: 'Green revolution' in the cityMy San Antonio article by Tracy Idell Hamilton (November 15, 2010)

"LOSING GROUND IN THE EAST AND WEST: What Beijing's horrendous traffic jams say about green energy" Salon article by Andrew Leonard (November 15, 2010)

"LPI IN BOULDER: Local power for Boulder and beyond,"Boulder Daily Camera article by Anne B. Butterfield (November 14, 2010)

"OHIO CCA VOTE: Sardinia looks to save on utilities,"News Democrat article by Michael Arthur (November 14, 2010)

"GLOBALIZATION TWIST: New Zealand negotiating a free trade deal with Russia,"Invest in New Zealand article (November 14, 2010)

"SEMPRA BRIBES?: Whisteblower Claims Sempra Energy Bribed Mexicans,"Beverly Hills Courier article by CNS (November 14, 2010)

"NASHUA WATER MUNICIPALIZATION: Pennichuck Corporation Agrees to Be Acquired by City of Nashua,"Market Watch press release (November 12, 2010)

"PG&E STILL BLOCKING COMMUNITY CHOICE: Energy hearing draws litany of complaints about PG&E tactics,"San Jose Mercury News article by Richard Halstead, Marin Indepedent Journal (November 11, 2010)

"PG&E EXECUTIVE CAUGHT SPYING ON ACTIVISTS: PG&E exec who snooped on SmartMeter foes resigns,"San Jose Mercury News article (November 11, 2010)

"SPIES, LIES AND RATECASE: The PG&E Blunders Just Keep Coming,"Gary Hunt's Business Blog article (November 11, 2010)

"STRATEGIC METALS RACE THREATENS RENEWABLES, EVS: Rare earth conflicts to continue,"Asia Times article by Jianjun Tu (November 10, 2010)

"NAVAJO COAL: As Utilities Move Toward Solar Power, New Mexico Coal Plant Scaling Back"Solar Home & Business Journal (November 9, 2010)

"MASSACHUSETTS CCA CO-FOUNDER DEPARTS LEGISLATURE: Matt Patrick seeks to redirect advocacy,"Cape Cod Times article by Heather Wysocki and Aaron Gouveia (November 8, 2010)

"LOSING PROP 16, PG&E PROPOSES SHELL GAME TO BLOCK CCA: Proposed PG&E billing change puts pressure on Marin Energy Authority,"Marin Independent Journal article by Richard Halstead (November 8, 2010)

" 50,000 DEMONSTRATE AGAINST GERMAN NUCLEAR POLICY, CLASH WITH POLICE : "German police battle nuclear train protesters,"The Independent article by Tony Patterson (November 8, 2010)

" IRAN'S URANIUM ENRICHMENT PLANT MEAN WAR?: "Israeli PM Netanyahu: 'Only credible military threat will stop Iran nuclear race',"Jerusalem Post article by Tovah Lazaroff (November 8, 2010)

" IRAN URANIUM ENRICHMENT & PROLIFERATION: "Iran Rejects New Uranium Exchange Terms,"Global Security Newswire article (November 8, 2010)

" IRAN BOASTS OF ENRICHED URANIUM: "Iran Reports Higher Amount of Enriched Uranium,"FOX NEWS article (November 8, 2010)

" SMUGGLERS SELL ENRICHED URANIUM IN RUSSIAN BLACK MARKET: "Nuclear material on sale in ex-Soviet states, trial reveals,"Irish Times article by Julian Borger (November 8, 2010)

" AS UNITED STATES OPENS ITS NEW URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACLITY IN NEW MEXICO: "URENCO inaugurates uranium enrichment facility in Eunice, New Mexico,"Urenco announcement (November 8, 2010)

" PENNSYLVANIA CCA: "Local plan to bundle electricity rates being challenged,"Meadville Tribune article by Keith Gushard (November 8, 2010)

" SHARON CCA: "Ordinance establishing CCA,"City of Sharon ordiance (November 8, 2010)

 

EARLY NOVEMBER

 

" LOCAL POWER INC. GOES TO BOULDER: "Expert on local government access to renewable energy gives Monday talk,"Boulder Daily Camera staff report (November 6, 2010)

" LOCAL V GLOBAL: "Small-scale solar plan clashes with big energy,"San Francisco Chronicle article by David R. Baker (November 6, 2010)

" NEW MARIN TALIBAN: "Is Stewart Brand The New Ian Plimer? - Despite challenging the environmental movement to admit when it gets things wrong, he seems unable to do so himself,"Monbiot.com blog by George Monbiot (November 5, 2010)

" THE ICEMAN COMETH: "3 Republican Climate Change Deniers Angling to Take Over House Energy Committee,"Alternet article by Fred Upton(November 5, 2010)

" NUCLEAR WASTE NOT A SECURITY PROBLEM?: "French nuclear waste heads to Germany,"Aljazeera article (November 5, 2010)

" MONBIOT ON U.S. GREEN REVISIONISTS: "Deep Peace In Techno-Utopia,"Monbiot.com blog by George Monbiot (November 5, 2010)

" PG&E LNG PROJECT IN OREGON DEAD?: "Court decision may complicate LNG efforts in Coos Bay, Warrenton,"The Oregonian article by Dan Evon (November 5, 2010)

" PROLIFERATION FARCE OR NIGHTMARE?: "Radioactive Rabbit Trapped at Nuclear Reservation in Washington,"Associated Press article by Ted Sickinger (November 5, 2010)

" OBAMA DROPPING US CLIMATE ACTION?: "Obama Quits on Climate Change,"Frum Forum article by David Jenkins (November 5, 2010)

" MAYORS TALK UP CLIMATE ACTION AT UN C40 TALKS IN HONG KONG: "World mayors vow to fight climate change ,"AFP article by Beh Lih Yi (November 5, 2010)

" CHEVRON WINS PROP 26, LOSES RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL: "Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) Backs Losing Politicians ,"Stockbriefings.com article Michael Pena (November 5, 2010)

" CHEVRON SCANS THE DEAD GULF: "Chevron's Undersea Imaging - Parsing seismic data with high-powered computing, Chevron geologists are finding new oil deep under the Gulf of Mexico,"Forbes article by Christopher Helman (November 4, 2010)

" WHAT CATASTROPHE?: "A Spill From Chevron's New Well Could Be Worse Than Gulf,"Care2.com article by Beth Buczynski (November 4, 2010)

" A BOULDER COLORADO CCA?: "Boulder votes to keep energy options open?,"The Colorado Independent article by Taran Volckhausen (November 4, 2010)

" MASSACHUSETTS CCA STAFFER ON ENERGY EFFICIENCY: "Energy efficiency is a no-brainer,"Cape Cod Times column by Kevin Galligan (November 4, 2010)

" WILL MARIN CCA GO LOCAL?: "Marin Energy Authority -- Whither Local, Community Power?,"Pacific Sun column by Ed Mainland (November 3, 2010)

" JERRY BROWN'S ENERGY LOCALIZATION: "California Votes In Democrats, Rejects Proposition 23,"Environment News Service article (November 3, 2010)

" GREEN TECH WINS CALIFORNIA VOTERS : "Greentech Vote Victories!: Prop 23 Defeated, Brown in as Governor,"Reuters article by Kate Fehrenbacher/Earth2Tech (November 3, 2010)

" JERRY BROWN, RENEWABLE DISTRIBUTED GENERATION WIN GOVERNORSHIP: "Election Winners: California's economy and environment,"San Francisco Chronicle column by Wade Crowfoot (November 3, 2010)

" KOCH BROTHERS JOIN PG&E'S HALL OF FAILED BIG SPENDERS: "Corporations, wealthy dominating politics,"San Jose Mercury News editorial (November 3, 2010)

" CHEVRON REVOLT IN RICHMOND CA: "Chevron Shut-Out in Richmond"East bay Express article by Robert Gammon (November 3, 2010)

" PROP 23 IN THE PROP 16 TRASH BIN: "California says no to the Koch Brothers: Proposition 23 fails,"Examiner.com column by Patrick Patterson (November 2, 2010)

" CHEVRON'S SLEEPER PROP 26 WINS: "Prop. 26 Election Results: Environmentalists Foiled, Big Oil Gloating As Prop. 23's Evil Twin Sneaks Up, Takes The Lead ,"LA Weekly blog by Simone Wilson (November 3, 2010)

" BUT CHEVRON IS WHOOPED AT HOME IN RICHMOND CA: "People Power Wins Richmond -- Chevron & Old Power Elite Whooped!,"East Bay Indy Media article by RPA (November 3, 2010)

" OHIO TOWN VOTES FOR CCA: "Jackson electric aggregation vote passes by large margin,"The Independent Massillon, Ohio) staff report (November 3, 2010)

" CAPE LIGHT COMPACT FEATURED IN ACEEE REPORT: "Ten programs show how to prod people to save energy,"USA Today article (November 2, 2010)

" READ ACEEE REPORT: "Visible and Concrete Savings: Case STudies of Effective Behavioral Approaches to Improving Customer Energy Efficiency,"American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy article (November 2, 2010)

" BOULDER VOTERS VOTE FOR XCEL FRANCHISE TAX: "Boulder Issue 2B: Voters overwhelmingly support Xcel tax,"Boulder Daily Cameras article by Heath Urie (November 2, 2010)

 

OCTOBER

 

" PG&E TURNS BACK ON THE WAVES: "PG&E suspends northern Calif. wave energy project,"San Jose Mercury News article by Associated Press (October 31, 2010)

" OHIO CCA UPDATE: "Bronson, Lyme voters consider aggregation,"iStockAnalyst article by Scott Seitz, Norfolk (Ohio) Reflector (October 30, 2010)

" GERMAN POLITICIANS CAVE ON NUCLEAR DECOMMISSIONING: "German MPs green light nuclear revival,"UPI article (October 29, 2010)

" NUCLEAR REVIVAL?: "Nuclear power: New dawn for a former sunset industry,"Financial Times article by Sylvia Pfeifer (October 29, 2010)

" MADISON OHIO CCA: "Madison Township residents can save money on electric bills,"Mansfield News Journal article (October 29, 2010)

" CHEVRON'S PROP 26 A PG&E COPYCAT: "Mercury News editorial: One more time, vote no on Prop. 26,"San Jose Mercury News Editorial (October 29, 2010)

" SAN BRUNO EXPLOSION KILLS PG&E'S LNG PLANS?: "San Bruno Blast Should Be Final Nail in LNG Coffin,"Santa Monica Mirror column by Tom Elias (October 28, 2010)

" CHEVRON 'WE AGREE' BECOMES FARCE: "Funny Or Die: Chevron 'We Agree' Ad Spoofed For 'Chevron Thinks We're Stupid' Campaign (VIDEO),"The Huffington Post article by Travis Walter Donovan (October 28, 2010)

" CHEVRON THINKS WE'RE STUPID: "They think we'll fall for their ridiculous attempts to greenwash the company's image, even while Chevron refuses to clean up its oily mess in Ecuador and around the globe,"The Yes Men videos by The Yes Men (October 28, 2010)

" BUT NOT US: "Companies want EPA to keep some global warming information secret in first-ever inventory,"The Canadian Press article by Dina Cappiello (October 28, 2010)

" UTILITY SMART GRID RATEBASE QUESTION: "Xcel wins right to charge for SmartGrid City,"Boulder Daily Camera article by Cathy Proctor (October 28, 2010)

" CHEVRON BULLIES UPPITY POLS IN REFINERY GHETTO: "Chevron Pours $1 Million into Richmond Political Races,"East Bay Express article by Robert Gammon (October 27, 2010)

" DEJA VOUX 2B: "Boulder County: 'Human error' caused ballot language mix-up,"Boulder Daily Camera article by Jonathan Aguilar (October 27, 2010)

" LNG TO ADD 5% TO ENTIRE AUSTRALIA EMISSIONS: "Greens accuse gas industry of hiding real effect of carbon emissions,"Sydney Morning Herald article by Bureau Chief Tim Lester (October 27, 2010)

" SOLAR WITHOUT SMART GRID: "Too much solar power could overload national grid, warns expert,"UK Daily Mail article (October 27, 2010)

" DR. STRANGELOVE SPEAKS AT UN: "Futuristic climate schemes to get U.N. hearing,"Reuters article by Alister Doyle (October 27, 2010)

" OHIO CCA NEWS: "Port Clinton to get $100K from First Energy in agreement,"Port Clinton News Herald article by Catharine Hadley (October 27, 2010)

" CA PROP 26 SLEEPER BACKED BY CHEVRON: "As Prop. 23's Prospects Dim, Focus Turns to Lesser Known 26 - Measure is backed by big oil and could limit revenue-raising effort,"The San Francisco Bay Citizen article by Katharine Mieszkowski (October 26, 2010)

" CCA IN BERKELEY CITY COUNCIL DEBATE: "They're Running Against Teley--Again...,"The Berkeley Daily Planet article by Becky O'Malley (October 26, 2010)

" PG&E 'APPROVES' CHOICE: "Fortune Data Centers Receives Approval From PG&E for Direct Access to Competitive Energy Choices; Announces Expansion of San Jose Facility,"PR Newswire article (October 26, 2010)

" CA DEBATES NUCLEAR: "State panel to debate nuclear power,"Los Angeles Times article (October 26, 2010)

" WINDMILLS IN MARIN?: "Marin planners cautious on windmill research,"Marin Independent Journal article by Nels Johnson (October 25, 2010)

" DEMONSTRATION AGAINST MOUNTAIN-TOP REMOVAL: "‘Environmentalists plant trees on Kayford Mountain mine site in protest of MTR,"Examiner.com article by Tammy Rose (October 25, 2010)

" FRANKLIN VIRGINIA A SOLAR CITY?: "‘Solar City’ is a long shot but possible, experts say,"Tidewater News article by Nicholas Langhorne (October 23, 2010)

" CHEVRON'S PROP 26 BAD FOR CLIMATE PROTECTION: "Think Prop 23 Is Bad? So Is Prop 26,"Huffington Post blog by Mike Sandler (October 22, 2010)

" CHEVRON DRILLS THE GULF ONCE MORE WITH U.S. NOD: "For Chevron, 2 Giant Gulf Drilling Ventures,"New York Times article by Clifford Krauss (October 21, 2010)

" CHEVRON FAUX-MANITY BACKFIRES: "Chevron Can't Handle the Truth,"Earth Justice article by Jessica Knoblauch (October 21, 2010)

" OHIO CCA VOTE: "Greenhills voters face levies, aggregation issues,"Cincinatti Enquirer article by Heidi Fallon (October 21, 2010)

" BERKELEY CCA?: "Berkeley City Council Takes Up Energy, Gardens and Housing,"Berkeley Daily Planet article by Charlotte Perry-Houts (October 21, 2010)

" MASSACHUSETTS CCA WINS GREEN AWARD: "Mashpee reaps 'green' accolades from state,"Cape Cod Times article by Heather Wysocki (October 20, 2010)

" OHIO TOWNSHIPS VOTE ON CCA: "Q&A on electric aggregation,"The Suburbanite Q & A (October 20, 2010)

" CAPE LIGHT COMPACT SUPPLIER MERGES WITH HUGE UTILITY: "NStar vows merger won't increase rates,"Cape Cod Times article by Doug Fraser (October 19, 2010)

 

LATE OCTOBER

 

" REDWOOD COAST CCA?: "Building a community for all of us,"Eureka Times-Standard column by Dan Meserve (October 19, 2010)

" CARBON DROUGHT: "Extreme Drought Ahead, Scientists Predict,"Live Science article by Jeanna Bryner (October 19, 2010)

" GOT SHAME?: "Natural Gas Industry Shills Use the Media to Mislead the Public -- Here's How to Spot Them - Learn to decode the messages of the gas industry, its shills, the politicians in its pocket, and lazy journalists,"Alternet article by Maura Stephens (October 19, 2010)

" GREEN FRAUD: "PG&E Wants $40 Million More in Green Bonuses - Judge says extra energy-savings payments unnecessary, but CPUC may approve them anyway,"Alternet article by John Upton (October 18, 2010)

" CONSUMER-CONTROLLED SMART METERS?: "Energy Dept. report: Make smart-grid data sharing opt in,"CNET News article by Elinor Mills (October 18, 2010)

" JAPAN'S SMART GRID CITIES: "Japan Pioneers Smart Energy Four cities pledge to better manage overall energy use and cut greenhouse emissions.","MIT Technology Review web site (October 18, 2010)

" CHEVRON FAKES CORPORATE HUMANITY: "We Agree. Do You? You Might be surprised to see how many things we can agree on","Chevron Human Energy Public Relations web site (October 18, 2010)

" ONLY TO BE MOCKED BY POLITICAL ARTISTS: "Oil Companies Should Clean Up Their Mess - We Agree","Yes Men political art web site by activists Rex Northern and Desmond King (October 18, 2010)

" WHO WROTE THIS?: "Radical Chevron Ad Campaign Highlights Industry Problems - By honestly featuring oil industry problems, Chevron "We Agree" campaign scores ad industry first","Yes Men political art web site faux Chevron Press Release by artists Rex Northern, Desmond King and Guiles Vechny (October 18, 2010)

" PG&E'S OREGON LNG, 234 MILE PIPELINE AND MORE GAS PLANTS: "PG&E’s Push for Imported Fossil Fuels","Pacific Environment announcement (October 18, 2010)

" PROPOSITION 26 - CHEVRON's PROP 16: "Prop 26: Chevron-backed initiative can create hurdles for AB 32","Southern California Public Radio blog by Siel Ju (October 18, 2010)

" BOULDER CCA?: "Boulder's 2B Means Progress Toward Clean Energy","Huffington Post article by Anne Butterfield/Boulder Daily Camera (October 18, 2010)

" CALIFORNIA TRANSMISSION OPERATOR KILLING LOCALIZATION?: "Viewpoints: ISO proposals threaten local clean energy projects","The Sacramento Bee Opinion by Craig Lewis and Terry Tamminen (October 18, 2010)

" PG&E DRESSED DOWN: "Death and profits: The utility protection racket","Online Journal article by Michael Parenti (October 18, 2010)

" ONE LESS CUSTOMER: "Bloomberg: San Bruno Disaster Could Enrich PG&E Shareholders","San Francico Bay Citizen article (October 18, 2010)

" PG&E WOULD CHARGE CUSTOMERS FOR BURNING SAN BRUNO: "Erroneous Wildfire Expenses in CPUC Filing","San Diego Reader article (October 17, 2010)

" BOULDER'S GREEN POWER OPTION VOTE: "Councilmen: Support for city issues,"Boulder Daily Camera opinion by Councilmen Matthew Appelbaum and George Karakehian (October 17, 2010)

" MAKING US LOOK BAD: "China rejects US clean energy probe, says Washington may unfairly help own industry","Los Angeles Times article by Joe McDonald/AP (October 17, 2010)

" OIL SPILL OF THE MIND: "Does Big Oil Have Too Much Influence Over Academic Research?","GreenBiz article (October 16, 2010)

" BECAUSE YOU HAVE BRAINWASHED US: "Is new global warming poll cause for despair? - Poll points way ahead for climate change communication","The Washington Post article by Andrew Freedman (October 16, 2010)

" AMERICAN PROLIFERATION - AH SO PEACEFUL: "Advanced Nuclear Non-Proliferation: Peaceful Uses Initiative ","News Blaze announcement by U.S. State Department (October 16, 2010)

" IRANIAN PROLIFERATION - UH SO OPEN: "Iran optimistic about outcome of uranium enrichment talks with 5+1 in November ","Tehran Times article by (October 16, 2010)

" RUSSIAN PROLIFERATION - OH SO OPTIMISTIC: "Russia Plans Nuclear Plant in Venezuela ","The New York times article by Andrew E. Kramer (October 15, 2010)

" EW, AND DON'T FORGET TO FLUSH: "Nuclear waste shipment could be headed to Nevada","KTVN Channel 2 - CBS report by Associated Press (October 16, 2010)

" FAILURE CAPITALISM: "PG&E, Atmos Energy Benefit From $50 Billion Pipeline Upgrades","Bloomberg report by Associated Press (October 15, 2010)

" POSTMODERN COLLAPSE: "PG&E considers cutting gas service to large customers","San Jose Mercury News report by Steve Johnson and Joshua Melvin (October 15, 2010)

" PROPOSITION 26 - CA SLEEPER INITIATIVE?: "Byron Williams: Proposition 26 is a deceptive and duplicitous boondoggle","San Jose Mercury News Column by Byron Williams (October 15, 2010)

 

MID-OCTOBER

 

" SAN FRANCISCO CCA GOES TO MARKET: "SF Courts Bidders for New, Greener Power Company - The city lowers credit rating requirement to jumpstart creation of an alternative to PG&E ","The Bay Citizen article by John Upton (October 14, 2010)

" GOOGLE NOT OOGLED ON U.S. ATLANTIC COAST: "New Jersey companies object to offshore power grid ","Atlantic City Press article by Michael Miller (October 13, 2010)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES MAKE SOLAR POWER'S DAY: "Rising Hopes that Electric Cars Can Play a Key Role on the Grid,"Environment 360 (Yale University) article by Dave Levitan (October 14, 2010)

" PG&E'S NEW 235 MILE LNG PIPELINE PROJECT DISCREDITED BY SAN BRUNO EXPLOSION: "LNG pipeline project faces hurdles ","Mail Tribune (Southern Oregon) article by Winston Ross/ Eugene Register-Guard (October 13, 2010)

" GOOGLE'S (GREEN?) ATLANTIC OCEAN TRANSMISSION LINE: "Google to change Canadian power landscape? ","The Globe and Mail article by Robert Silver (October 13, 2010)

" MASSACHUSETTS CCA NEWS - CAPE LIGHT COMPACT: "Sustainability begins at home: Falmouth homes rely on wind and solar power","Wicked Local (Falmouth) article by Robert Silver (October 13, 2010)

" GOOGLE SERVING WIND POWER TO EASTERN SEABOARD CITIES?: "The wind cries transmission ","Official Google Blog announcement (October 11, 2010)

" NUCLEAR REVIVALISTS PROSELYTIZE FOR CONVERTS IN CALIFORNIA: "Agency Schedules Presentation on Big Nuclear Complex Proposed in Californi","Sunpluggers article (October 12, 2010)

" CALIFORNIA TRIES TO BOOST FROZEN SOLAR LOAN PROGRAM: "California Governor Signs Measure to Enhance State's PACE Programs","Sunpluggers article (October 12, 2010)

" CA FIRE SALE WINNER: "Hines' $2.33 Billion Offer Wins California Offices ","Bloomberg article by Michael B. Barois and Christopher Palmeri (October 12, 2010)

" WHAT, ME LEARN?: "Obama aide: Oil drilling moratorium may end 'very soon'","The Oval post by David Jackson (October 12, 2010)

" VERMONT NUKE LEAK: "Vermont gubernatorial rivals at odds on nuclear plant","Boston.com article by Dave Gram/AP (October 12, 2010)

" TRUTH AND BEAUTY: "I Have No Enemies - Read 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo's final statement, issued just two days before he was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Christmas Day, 2009","Foreign Policy article by Liu Xiaobo (October 11, 2010)

" SMARTER THAN US - ECO-CITY IN PORTUGAL: "Planned Portuguese Eco-City Is Controlled By A Central Computer Brain","Popular Science article by rebecca Boyle (October 11, 2010)

" MASSACHUSETTS CCA RETROFITS HOMES: "Cape Light Compact funds home energy overhaul","Cape Cod Times article by Patrick Cassidy (October 11, 2010)

" SILICON V. BIG OILY: "Foes Outspend Backers of Proposition 23","Top News article by Amandeep Dhaliwal (October 11, 2010)

" CARBON COLLAPSE WARNING: "Environmental campaigners participate in 10/10/10 event to combat global warming","The New York Times blog by Todd Woody (October 11, 2010)

" MARKET FUNDAMENTALISM, CONSUMER FETISHISM AND CARBON MISANTHROPY: "VIEW Controversial 10 10 10 Climate Crisis Pulled Video","10 10 10 video reposted on youtube (October 11, 2010)

" REBRANDING THE APOCALYPSE: "Q/A with a natural gas executive: Utility rebranding as clean energy","Charlotte Observer article by Bruce Henderson (October 10, 2010)

" BOULDER LOOKS TO CCA: "Looking at how others power up","Denver Post article by Mark Jaffe (October 10, 2010)

" MARIN CCA INSTALLS ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGERS: "Marin Energy Authority OKs charging stations, energy rebates","Contra Costa Times report by Richard Halstead (October 9, 2010)

" AN ICE AGE ALREADY?: "Scientists: Winter could be the coldest Europe has seen in the last 1,000 years","ABC News 5 (Cleveland) report by Mark Johnson (October 9, 2010)

" VICIOUS CYCLE: "South African Coal Prices Rise as Cold Weather in Europe May Boost Demand","Bloomberg report by Mark Johnson (October 9, 2010)

" GOT WATER?: "Tritium found in well water at Vt. Yankee nuclear plant","Burlington Free Press article by Terri Hallenbeck (October 9, 2010)

" NUKE DROPPED: "Constellation pulls plug on nuke reactor and $7.5 billion DOE loan","The Hill article by Darren Goode (October 9, 2010)

" GET LOCAL: "Small, local power projects wave of the future","Canada.com report by The Citizen (October 8, 2010)

 

EARLY OCTOBER

 

" FAILED STATE FIRE SALE: "California to sell off office buildings to generate cash","KGO TV - ABC News 7 report by David Louie (October 8, 2010)

" CLIMATE FAMINE: "Food prices may soar due to global warming","The Economic Times article (October 8, 2010)

" CHEVRON ECUADOR SLAPP SUIT: "Court Dismisses Chevron’s Lawsuit Against Human Rights Lawyer","Kansas City Star announcement (October 8, 2010)

" SMART HACK: "440 million new hackable smart grid points","Computerworld article by Darlene Storm (October 7, 2010)

" EV CHARGERS GO TO CCA: "Coulomb Technologies Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Provided to Marin Clean Energy Cities","Kansas City Star article (October 7, 2010)

" NUKE BOMBS IN KANSAS: "Anti-nuclear protesters go to court, then city hall","Kansas City Star article (October 8, 2010)

" ROUTINE NUCLEAR ACCIDENT: "Nuclear Fuel Facility Cited","Enviro article (October 8, 2010)

" GREENWASHING PG&E NUKES AT DOW JONES: "Nuclear Reactors Don Dow Jones Sustainability Criteria","In-Depth News article by Birode Masson (October 7, 2010)

" GREENPEACE CONFRONTS NUCLEAR REVIVALISTS IN BRUSSELS: "Greenpeace delivers radioactive waste to EU,"Reuters article by Emily Coleman (October 7, 2010)

" SMARTER GRID NOT THE UTILITIES?: "How to Hack the Power Grid for Fun and Profit - Attackers could manipulate poorly protected data to make money or cause blackouts.","MIT Technology Review article by Kevin Bullis (October 7, 2010)

" TENNESSEEANS FEAR TVA NUCLEAR REVIVAL: "TVA's plans for more nuclear reactors concern speakers at public hearing","The Tennessean article by Anne Paine (October 7, 2010)

" AL QAEDA INFILTRATES NEW JERSEY NUKE: "Al Qaeda suspect at nuke plants leads to promise of improved security","CNN U.S. article (October 6, 2010)

" PG&E PUSHES NEW GAS-FIRED POWER PLANTS ON BAY AREA NEIGHBORHOODS: "PG&E still hoping to bring plant to Oakley","Contra Costa Times article (October 6, 2010)

" COOS BAY OREGONIAN SAYS NO TO PG&E'S GAS PIPELINE TO CA: "Don't like LNG? Let your rep know","News-Review (Douglas County, Oregon) letter by Suzy Evans (October 6, 2010)

" RELOCALIZE OR BUST: "How Globalization Is Bad for the World Economy - Evolutionary theory predicts that globalization should increase the risk of recession and slow recovery rates, a phenomenon borne out by real data, say econophysicists","MIT Technology Review blog (October 6, 2010)

" OUR FOSSIL FUTURE IN BANGLADESH: "Angry protesters take to streets for electricity","BD News 24 (Bangladesh) article (October 5, 2010)

" GEOTHERMAL IN SONOMA "The Geysers at 50 - Small power plant evolves into world's largest geothermal energy complex, with times of boom and bust along the way","Santa Rosa Press Democrat article by Steve Hart (October 3, 2010)

" YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING: "Self-inflicted wounds make PG&E's effort to rebuild trust a tall order","San Jose Mercury News article by Paul Rogers (October 2, 2010)

" BLACK CROSS MOVEMENT VISITS COAL MINES: "Imminent Danger: Black Cross Movement Hits Big Coal Giants and Global Forum in St. Louis and Midwest","The Huffington Post column by Jeff Biggers (October 2, 2010)

" ENERGY RE-DEPENDENCE IN THE DEAD GULF: "Sempra Energy Seeks OK To Export Up Tp 250 Billion Cubic Feet Of LNG","NASDAQ DOW JONES NEWSWIRE (October 1, 2010)

" A CROSS OF COAL: "Bredesen wants Cumberland Mountain ridgetops protected","The Tennessean article by Anne Paine (October 2, 2010)

" CHERNOBYL INSURANCE IN INDIA?: " India wants to sign compensation treaty on nuclear disasters","Business Standard (New Delhi) article (October 2, 2010)

" PG&E PIPELINE BLOWBACK: "Pipeline foes file state appeal","The World article by Gail Elber (October 1, 2010)

" HELLO?: " PG&E silent on power line connected to Bodega blaze","Santa Rosa Press Democrat article (October 1, 2010)

" BASKET CASE: "PG&E electric grid has problems, too","San Francisco Chronicle article by David R. Baker (October 1, 2010)

" JAPANESE NUKE IN TEXAS?: " Japan Plans First Overseas State Loan for $10 Billion U.S. Nuclear Project","Bloomberg article by Shigeru Sato, Takako Taniguchi and Tsuyoshi Inajima (October 1, 2010)

" COMPUTER VIRUS HITS IRAN NUKE PLANT: "Virus hits Iran nuclear power plant,","IT Pro article by Alan Lu (October 1, 2010)

" OHIO COMMUNITY CHOICE NEWS: "Communities awarded energy conservation grants,","The Morning Journal (Northern Ohio) article (October 1, 2010)

 

SEPTEMBER

 

" OREGON COMMUNITIES FIGHT PG&E'S PIPELINE: "Citizens Against LNG put up a fight,","KCBY 11 (Coos Bay/North Bend, Oregon) article by Brie Thiele (Septebmer 30, 2010)

" GREEN TECH COMMUNITIES IN OLD ITALY?: "Ancient Italian Town Has Wind at Its Back","New York Times article by Elisabeth Rosenthal (September 28, 2010)

" DOE SAYS SOLAR POWER RELIABLE: "DOE: Big Utilities Can Get Reliable Power from Small Solar PV Arrays","Reuters article by Sara Stroud/SolveClimate (September 28, 2010)

" MERKEL'S NUCLEAR PUTSCH: "Germany extends nuclear energy running times","Monster and Critics article (September 28, 2010)

" PG&E SUES OREGON TO FORCE GAS IMPORT PIPELINE: "Suit charges state with delaying gas pipeline","iStockAnalyst article by By Paul Fattig/Medford Mail Tribune (September 27, 2010)

" PG&E'S DIRTY LAUNDRY AIRED IN LNG PIPELINE LAWSUIT: "Pipeline Company Files Suit for LNG Project Delays","ABC NEWS 9 KEZI report (September 27, 2010)

" IS CPUC A PG&E LAPDOG?: "San Bruno blast throws spotlight on state regulators","San Jose Mercury News article by TMCnet (September 26, 2010)

" THE BLOOD ON MY HANDS: Kansas taking more comments on coal-fired plant,"News on News article by the Associated Press (September 25, 2010)

" O'Brien: Will PG&E ratepayers or shareholders pay for San Bruno? Here are some clues,"San Jose Mercury News column by Chris O'Brien (September 25, 2010)

" ANALYSIS-Cal. alternative energy goal leaves industry glum,"Forexyard article by Sarah McBride (September 24, 2010)

" CLIMATE CLOWN: Chevron Aims For LNG Dominance,"Bezinga article by Gordon Wilcox (September 23, 2010)

" UK LIFESIGNS: Lib Dem Conference Backs Localism Motion - Liberal Democrat Autumn Conference reiterated its commitment to devolving power to local people and called for the Government to be ambitious in its plans for decentralisation.,"News on News article by the UK Liberal Democrat Party (September 23, 2010)

" PATHETIC AMBITION: Chevron May Pass Rivals to Become Fourth-Largest LNG Producer,"Bloomberg article by Dinakar Sethuraman (September 21, 2010)

" WHILE WE SLEPT: Nuclear's Biggest Boom,"Energy Biz column by Ken Silverstein (September 21, 2010)

" We Shouldn’t Have to Pay for PG&E’s Mistakes,"BeyondChron column by Paul Hogarth (September 21, 2010)

" SEMPRA GOES TO HONG KONG: Noble Group to Buy R.B.S. Sempra Electricity Unit,"New York Times article (September 21, 2010)

" SEMPRA SOLUTIONS SOLD: Sempra, RBS to Sell Electricity Retail Unit,"Wall Street Journal article by Nathan Becker (September 21, 2010)

" ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND ANNOUNCEMENT: Sale of Sempra Energy Solutions Business Line,"RBSpress release (September 20, 2010)

" COLORADO CCA?: Boulderites launch 2B campaign to replace city revenue, explore clean energy options,"The Colorado Independent article by Taran Volckhausen (September 20, 2010)

" DID I SAY THAT?: PG&E tells San Jose and other cities they have high-risk gas line segments,"San Jose Mercury News article by Steve Johnson, Sandra Gonzales and Joshue Melvin (September 20, 2010)

" POLICY COLLAPSE: Climate change enlightenment was fun while it lasted. But now it's dead - The collapse of the talks at Copenhagen took away all momentum for change and the lobbyists are back in control. So what next?,"UK Guardian column by George Monbiot (September 20, 2010)

" LOOK EAST: Should Portugal’s energy policy inspire the UK?,"Greenfudge post by Graham Land (September 20, 2010)

"COMMUNITY WIND DATA: Tower takes step toward community project," Watertwn Daily Times article by Nancy Madsen (September 20, 2010)

" M.I.T NUCLEAR INDUSTRY FLACK?: MIT Study Funded by Nuclear Industry Fantasies says Nuclear Information Service," Examiner.com article by Karen Hansen (September 19, 2010)

" DARBEE, SAN BRUNO AND PROP 16: San Bruno gives the lie to PG&E's commitment to safety," Los Angeles Times column by Michael Hiltzik (September 19, 2010)

" FIRE, LIES AND GREENWASHING: PG&E lives down to its reputation," Los Angeles Times column by Michael Hiltzik (September 19, 2010)

 

MID-SEPTEMBER

 

" Just who is protecting us from PG&E?," Manteca Bulletin story by Dennis Wyatt (September 17, 2010)

" EPA grants water discharge permit for Ariz. mine," News West 9 (West Texas) story by Associated Press (September 17, 2010)

" Utility shareholders would pay for disasters," San Jose Mercury News story by Associated Press (September 16, 2010)

" CLAY FEET?: PG&E remains powerful despite rough year," San Francisco Chronicle story by David R. Baker (September 16, 2010)

" Evening Buzz: Documents show PG&E knew about pipeline problem," AC360 report by Kate Vojdik (September 15, 2010)

" Herhold: Time for PG&E's boss to go," San Jose Mercury News column by Scott Herhold (September 14, 2010)

" PG&E's deadly failures," San Francisco Bay Guardian editorial (September 14, 2010)

" PG&E Won't Disclose Riskiest Pipelines - Legislators vow to obtain list; ruptured pipe unde," The Bay Citizen story by Shoshana Walter (September 14, 2010)

" San Bruno blast: PG&E backs bid to bill public," San Francisco Chronicle story by Bob Egelko (September 14, 2010)

" South Carolina: Nuclear Cleanup Underestimated by $1.5. Billion," New York Times story by Associated Press (September 14, 2010)

" Officials Say Automatic Gas Shutoff Valves Needed - PG&E says valves too hot to approach until nearly 2 hours after San Bruno blast," The Bay Citizen article by Shoshana Walter (September 14, 2010)

" Officials Say Automatic Gas Shutoff Valves Needed - PG&E says valves too hot to approach until nearly 2 hours after San Bruno blast," The Bay Citizen article by Shoshana Walter (September 14, 2010)

" The Valley of Death: Why Energy Is Not Like IT - We can draw parallels between energy technologies and information technologies all we want. But the simple fact is that ET is not IT.," Renewable Energy World article by Stephen Lacey (September 14, 2010)

" Republican hopefuls deny global warming - Report reveals all bar one of party's 48 mid-term election candidates are sceptical about climate change," UK Guardian story by Suzanne Goldenberg (September 14, 2010)

" COMING SOON NEAR YOU: San Bruno Gas Explosion Sends Ripples to Southern Oregon," Pacific Environment story by Rory Cox (September 13, 2010)

" Merkel's Nuclear Plans Are Legally Sound, German Minister Says," Bloomberg report (September 13, 2010)

" Proposition Breakdown: Prop 23," Examiner.com article by Elizabeth Fehr (September 12, 2010)

" Researchers: Thick Coat of Oil on Gulf Sea Floor," ABC NEWS report (September 13, 2010)

" Deadly Priorities: Why Did PG&E Spend Millions on Politics, Instead of Pipelines?," The Huffington Post article by Christine Pelosi (September 12, 2010)

" NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION: Kuwait Goes Nuclear," The Media Line article by Kalindi O'Brien (September 12, 2010)

"Readers on PG&E: Skewed priorities," San Francisco Chronicle editorial by Vicki Leidner (September 11, 2010)

"PG&E 2007 Report: Risk of Pipeline Failure 'Unacceptably High' - The utility's own risk assessment of gas main just north of section that exploded called for repairs--in 2013," The Bay Citizen article by Zusha Elinson, Gerry Shih (September 11, 2010)

"CPUC can’t be trusted to investigate PG&E explosion in San Bruno," The Manteca Bulletin article by Dennis Wyatt (September 11, 2010)

"Poll: Germans oppose nuclear power extension," Business Week article by Associated Press (September 10, 2010)

"Contra Costa Times editorial: Vote no on Proposition 26's unfair requirements - no on proposition 26: Measure would make it too difficult for governments to raise revenues," Contra Costa Times editorial (September 10, 2010)

"No on California Prop 23: Reversing Course on Climate Policy Is the Real Job Killer," The Huffington Post article by Van Jones (September 10, 2010)

"Feds Faulted PG&E for Shoddy Work in Earlier Blast," AOL News article by Deborah Hastings (September 10, 2010)

"NATURAL GAS EXTRACTION DESTROYS WATER TABLES: Fireball tragedy in California suburb brings gas industry under scrutiny - The deadly explosion has increased pressure on the government to regulate the extraction method hydraulic fracturing," UK Guardian article by Suzanne Goldenberg (September 10, 2010)

"CLEAN BURNING NATURAL GAS?: PG&E did poor job inspecting gas pipes, advocacy group says," Los Angeles Times article by Marc Lifsher (September 10, 2010)

"350.ORG REBUFFED: The White House Says No Thanks to Solar Panels,"Time article by Bryan Walsh (September 10, 2010)

"PG&E pipeline safety record called into question following San Bruno explosion," San Jose mercury News article by Paul Rogers and Steve Johnson (September 10, 2010)

"PG&E GAS EXPLOSION: San Bruno, Calif., neighborhood explodes in flames, destroying 53 homes," Seattle Post Intelligencer article by Marisa Lagos, Kevin Fagan, Michael Cabanatuan and Justin Berton - San Francisco Chronicle (September 9, 2010)

"Utility to investigate reports of natural gas odors in San Bruno neighborhood before blast," Los Angeles Times article by Marisa Lagos, Kevin Fagan, Michael Cabanatuan and Justin Berton - San Francisco Chronicle (September 9, 2010)

"MARIN CCA VINDICATED: Marin Clean Energy's initial numbers look good," Marin Independent Journal staff report (September 9, 2010)

"MISSED THE BOAT: Steelworkers Launch War With Chinese Green Energy," The Street article by Eric Rosenbaum (September 9, 2010)

"Seismic safety at Diablo Canyon discussed - After 2 days of presentations on how quakes might affect plant, some attendees are still uneasy," San Luis Obispo Tribune article by David Sneed (September 9, 2010)

"In the Matter of Pacific Gas & Electric Company (Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2); Notice of Hearing ," TradingMarkets.com notice (September 9, 2010)

"PG&E FIASCO: High-Tech Utility Meters Spark a Fight," Wall Street Journal article by Rebecca Smith (September 9, 2010)

"SORRY SUCKER: BP spreads blame for deadly blowout," Houston Chronicle article by Brett Clanton and Jennifer Dlouhy (September 9, 2010)

"The BP Report: An Exercise in Rebutting Gross Negligence Claims?," Wall Street Journal Law Blog by Ashby Jones (September 9, 2010)

"Energy Commission Licenses Abengoa Mojave Solar Project,"California Energy Commission press release (September 8, 2010)

"KLEEN COAL? Chu says carbon capture 'will save coal',"Charleston Gazette article by Ken Ward Jr. (September 8, 2010)

"Environmental lobbying group shuts down after climate bill stall Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0910/41904.html#ixzz0z2zC1uT5,"Politico article by Darren Samuelson (September 8, 2010)

"GAS VOLATILTY: Low natural gas prices mean NOPEC's fixed rates are not as competitive,"Cleveland Plain Dealer article by John Funk(September 8, 2010)

 

EARLY SEPTEMBER

 

"ON THE RESERVATION: Chevron may seek environmental law exemption,"San Jose Mercury News article by Associated Press (September 8, 2010)

"Sacramento chamber bucks trend, opposes Prop. 23," Sacramento Bee article by Foon Rhee (September 8, 2010)

"Green energy gains popularity among Marin County, California residents," Coller Planet article by Nate law (September 7, 2010)

"No smart meters in SF ," San Francisco Bay Guardian editorial (September 7, 2010)

"Chevron executive urges end to Gulf moratorium," Market Watch article by Isabel Ordonez (September 7, 2010)

"In Alaska, Louisianans learn from Exxon spill," Boston.com article by Theresa Vargas (September 7, 2010)

"Ann Arbor Installs More Solar Energy Projects," Just Means article by Robert Moskowitz (September 7, 2010)

"Marin Clean Energy secures 80 percent of customers sought in initial rollout," Contra Costa Times article by Richard Halstead (September 6, 2010)

"Prop 23, So-Called 'California Jobs Initiative', A Scam That Would Destroy Jobs and Environment," Brad Blog post by Earnest A. Canning (September 6, 2010)

"PG&E CRITIC COLUMN: With friends like PG&E who needs enemies?," Bakersfield Californian column by Lois Henry (September 4, 2010)

"BILLION DOLLAR BABIES: Koch Brothers Money Goes to Prop 23," Southern California Public Radio Madeleine Brand Show story by Kristen Muller (September 4, 2010)

"APOCALYPSE SOON: 100 Months 'Spiderman' Scales Highrise to Protest Climate Inaction," The Sydney Morning Herald story (September 3, 2010)

"MARIN CCA FOCUS Editorial: Windmill test should provide needed answers ," Marin Independent Journal story (September 3, 2010)

"CARBON VOTE: Santa Cruz's climate action plan up for review Tuesday: Report says local jobs, solar technology would cut greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent," San Jose Mercury News article by J.M. Brown (September 3, 2010)

"SENATE HOPELESS?: Carly Fiorina fumbles on Prop 23 issue during California Senate debate," Grist article by Joseph Romm (September 3, 2010)

"SMART GRID NEWS: Cisco to buy wireless smart grid firm," Reuters article by Poornima Gupta (September 2, 2010)

"DEJA FOO: Oil rig in Gulf of Mexico explodes: reports," Market Watch article by Sue Chang (September 2, 2010)

"Oil settles above $75 a barrel as rig fire casts pall," Market Watch article by Claudia Assis (September 2, 2010)

"BP spent $94M on ads during sp,"Politico article by Jonathan Allen (September 1, 2010)

"Boxer: Nation needs more green jobs,"SF Pubic Press article by Alison Hawkes (September 1, 2010)

"100 MONTHS POST: 75 months and counting ...Quarter of the way in, we are perhaps further from holding back the warming tide than when we began. But there is still time," UK Guardian article by Andrew Simms (September 1, 2010)

"California Fails to Pass 33 Percent Renewable Standard, But Arnold May Intervene: At midnight, one of the most ambitious plans for renewable energy turned into a pumpkin," Green Tech Media article by Michael Kanellos (September 1, 2010)

"NEMESIS NOISE: San Francisco's Clean Power Program Collapses, Starts Over," San Francisco Weekly article by Zack Kaldveer (September 1, 2010)

 

AUGUST

 

"CFC's November Ballot Recs: Corporate Interests vs. The Public Good," California Progress Report article by Zack Kaldveer (August 31, 2010)

"CCA WINS CA GREEN RACE BY A MILE: Marin Clean Energy Outpaces Utilities: Reaches state targets before publicly traded companies," San Rafael Patch article by Nancy Isles Nation (August 31, 2010)

"OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY: PG&E Throws Down $44M On Lobbying," San Francisco Business Times article by Lindsay Riddell (August 31, 2010)

"U.S. FEDERAL POWER SYSTEM TO CLOSE 9 COAL PLANTS FOR RENEWABLES: TVA Outlines Plans for Idling Coal-Fired Units," Reuters article by GreenBiz/Greener World Media (August 30, 2010)

"SICK OF YOU: Californian Leader Slams Proposal to Scrap Climate Legislation," The Huffington Post article by Alison van Diggelen (August 29, 2010)

"SOUND LIKE PROGRESS? - China's nuclear power capacity to increase 7-fold by 2020," MySinchew (China) article (August 28, 2010)

"ON THE RESERVATION: Readers' Forum: Is Chevron above the law?," Contra Costa Times Op Ed by Kay Wallis (August 28, 2010)

"PG&E OFFSHORE NEWS: Coos County Oregon Documents PG&E Gas Pipeline Project for Importing Foreign Gas into California," Coos County website (August 28, 2010)

"SMART METERS IN MARBLEHEAD: Home Electricity Usage To Be Under Scrutiny Smart meters will give U.S. Department of Energy experts close look at Marblehead residents’ use of electricity," Marblehead Patch article by Stewart Lytle (August 27, 2010)

"Study: Drinking water polluted by coal-ash dump sites," USA Today article (August 27, 2010)

"Administration backs utilities in climate case," The Washington Post article by Steve Mufson (August 27, 2010)

"CRIMINAL HAIKU: Pay it Back (avoid the double dip) ," off-grid article by Nick Rosen (August 26, 2010)

"PG&E PIPELINE SAGA: PG&E's LNG PIPELINE HIKE: Rogue Riverkeeper Plans Hike Along proposed Jordan Cove/Pacific Connector LNG terminal and pipeline through Coos, Coquille, Umpqua, Rogue and Klamath Watersheds," Southern Oregon Mail Tribune announcement (August 26, 2010)

"SANTA CRUZ SMART METERS: Santa Cruz County asks state officials to do more to stop PG&E SmartMeters," San Jose Mercury News article by Kurtis Alexander, Santa Cruz Sentinel (August 26, 2010)

"NSTAR Planning Expanded Rollout Of GE Smart Grid Technologies," RenewGrid reprint of NSTAR press release (August 26, 2010)

"1,000-Megawatt Plant in Calif. Marks New Milestone in Solar Expan," The New York Times article by Scott Streater/Greenwire (August 26, 2010)

"REVENUE JUGGLER: PG&E is area's biggest taxpayer," Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal Economic Snapshot (August 26, 2010)

"Resource concerns transcend tribal boundaries," Indian Country Today article by Carol Berry (August 25, 2010)

"PG&E WANNA-BE: Prop 26 Pits Corporate Interest “Goliaths” Against Public Interest “Davids”," California Progress Report article by Artem Raskin (August 25, 2010)

"FAILED CORPORATE MORALITY: The Case Against Corporate Social Responsibility: The idea that companies have a duty to address social ills is not just flawed - It also makes it more likely that we'll ignore the real solutions to these problems.," Wall Street Journal article by Aneel Karnani (August 23, 2010)

"Are Munis and Co-ops Leading in Smart Grid? The projects might be smaller, but municipal and cooperative utilities are making the business case for smart grid.," Green Tech Media article by Katherine Tweed (August 23, 2010)

"Scientist Accuses Obama Administration and BP of Underestimating Amount Of Oil Left in Gulf Of Mexico," Democracy Now story (August 23, 2010)

"Demand Will Exceed Supply Of Electric Cars," Forbes article by Jim Motavalli (August 23, 2010)

"Weather-related disasters: The new normal?," Des Moines Register article by Richard Doak (August 22, 2010)

"Coal plants built in face of green-energy movement," Associated Press article by Matthew Brown (August 22, 2010)

"North Kingsville will spend $39,500 on 'green' projects," iStockAnalyst (Toledo, Ohio) article by Mark Tower (August 20, 2010)

"Electric aggregation program hearings start in Sandusky County," The News Messenger article by Mark Todd, Star Beacon-Ashtabula (August 20, 2010)

"Congressmen have plan to kill Mass. LNG terminal article by Michelle Smith (August 20, 2010)

"The Green Party: Part 1, Local Leadership," Ground Report interview of Larry Robinson by Dean Walker (August 18, 2010)

"Climate of change on White House site," Politico article by Darren Samuelsohn (August 18, 2010)

"U.S. goes local for green energy plans," United Press International article (August 18, 2010)

"Lear to produce chargers, parts for Chevy Volt," Auto Blog Green article by Sam Abuelsamid (August 18, 2010)

"A (Load) Balancing Act: The Challenge Of Clean Power," National Public Radio article by Lauren Sommer (August 18, 2010)

"Chula Vista to begin construction on natural gas-fired peaker plant," San Diego News Room article by Albert H. Fulcher (August 18, 2010)

"BP Oil Spill Health Risks May Linger for Years,"NewsInferno article (August 18, 2010)

"Windsor residents fight PG&E sub-station plan," Santa Rosa Press Democrat article by Clark Mason (August 17, 2010)

"'Big Solar' Struggles To Find Home In California," National Public Radio article by Andrea Kissack (August 17, 2010)

"Some PG&E customers want choice on SmartMeters," San Francisco Chroncile article by David R. Baker (August 16, 2010)

"Calif. Leads In Clean Energy, But Challenges Loom," National Public Radio article by Lauren Sommer (August 16, 2010)

"Oil companies trying to block California clean air law," People's World article by Juan Lopez (August 16, 2010)

 

MID AUGUST

 

"PG&E CEO paints a rosy picture for CPUC," San Francisco Bay Guardian article by Alex Emslie (August 13, 2010)

"Alabama sues BP for "catastrophic" Gulf oil spill," Reuters update (August 13, 2010)

"NJ Dems plan to push spill proposal, despite waning public attention," Central Jersey article (August 13, 2010)

"Chevron, Conoco, Bush Brother's Company May Get Caspian Natural Gas Exploration Rights," Bloomberg article by Stephan Bierman (August 13, 2010)

"Protesters to hand ‘dumb meter’ to PG&E’s Darbee" San Francisco Examiner article by John Upton (August 12, 2010)

"PG&E customers question big bill increase," Appeal-Democrat article by Ben van der Meer (August 12, 2010)

"New report impugns Texas oil companies funding California Prop 23" San Francisco Examiner article by Matthew Roth (August 11, 2010)

"Jerry Brown Proposes a Renewable Energy Jobs Plan for California" Green Energy News article (August 11, 2010)

"Races put climate pacts in jeopardy" Politico article by Darren Samuelsohn (August 11, 2010)

"Only 16 electric cars sold in Spain despite government push" USA Today article (August 10, 2010)

"Marin Energy Authority receives EPA award; looks to next steps" North Bay Business Journal article by Loralee Stevens (August 9, 2010)

"Feds block Marin solar plan over funding issues" Contra Costa Times article by Richard Halstead (August 8, 2010)

"Jerry Brown emphasizes green energy in jobs plan The Democrat says investment in renewable energy should create 500,000 new jobs in the state in the next 10 years. He would consider tax breaks to encourage creation of manufacturing jobs." Los Angeles Times article by Seema Mehta (August 8, 2010)

 

EARLY AUGUST

 

"San Francisco Bay Area Municipalities Get Thumbs up from the Federal Government for Fighting Climate Change" U.S. Environmental Protection Agency press release (August 6, 2010)

"NO on PROPOSITION 16 CAMPAIGN VICTORY WORKSHOP, VOLUNTEER HERO AWARDS And CELEBRATION PARTY AUGUST 5, 2010 - Merchants Exchange Building, Julia Morgan Ballroom - 465 California Street San Francisco," No onProp 16 campaign announcement (August 5, 2010)

"CALIFORNIA NUKE REVIVAL - Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hear Mothers for Peace protests on Diablo Reactor: Four out of five protests filed against PG&E will be reviewed; however, it does not stop renewal process," San Luis Obispo Tribune article by David Sneed (August 5, 2010)

"COST OF PROP 16: PG&E 2Q Profit Down 14% On Prop 16 Charges; Gas Results Boost Revenue," Wall Street Journal article (August 4, 2010)

"WORTH NOTING: PG&E earnings down, other business news," Bakersfield Californian article (August 4, 2010)

"PG&E GAS PROJECT HITS OREGON COMMUNITY: As pipeline moves forward, concerns remain," KPIC Channel 4 story by Erica Rush (August 5, 2010)

"PG&E (PCG) Downgraded at RBC Capital," Smart Trend article (August 5, 2010)

"PG&E 2Q net income slips on ballot charge," Business Week article by the Associated Press (August 4, 2010)

"OFFSHORING GREEN JOBS: East Penn to produce batteries for Volt: EnerSys makes lithium-ion batteries, but not in Berks," Reading Eagle article by Tony ucia (August 4, 2010)

"Boulder Dumps Franchise With Xcel Energy" ABC News 7 Denver report by Dayle Cedars (August 3, 2010)

"How Marin County Delivers 75% Renewable Energy at Competitive Prices," triplepundit article by Bill Roth (August 3, 2010)

"CCA WINS US RECOGNITION: Marin Energy Authority makes EPA green power list ," San Francisco Chronicle blog by Pam Gould (August 3, 2010)

"VICTORY PARTY: Celebrate popped 16 article by Rebecca Bowe (August 2, 2010)

"NO DEMAND FOR GREEN POWER? - Clean Energy Too Popular in Marin: Demand for renewable power outstripped new program's supply," The Bay Citizen article (August 2, 2010)

"PROP 23 COUP LEADER TO PAY FINE: Tesoro agrees to settlement with BAAQMD," Martinez News-Gazette article by Greta Mart (August 2, 2010)

"76 months and counting ...Why is the 'greenest government ever' slashing environmental bodies instead of pursuing tax avoiders to raise funds?," UK Guardian article by Andrew Simms (August 1, 2010)

 

LATE JULY

 

" Marin Voice: Realizing our clean energy promise," Marin Independent Journal Op Ed by Shawn Marshall and Damon Connolly (July 29, 2010)

" CPUC: EV Charging Services Not Utilities," Earth Techling article by Nino Marchetti (July 29, 2010)

" High school gets help going green," The Barnstable Patriot article by Kathleen Szmit (July 29, 2010)

" Legislative Analyst Says Prop 26 Increases Budget Deficit By $1 Billion," California Progress Report article by Artem Raskin (July 29, 2010)

"Clean Energy in the Bay: Come out to the SF Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo) on Friday (Community Voices)," Oakland Local announcement by Bay Localize (July 28, 2010)

"San Francisco’s clean-power program meets economic reality," SF Public Press article (July 26, 2010)

"U.S. Cities, Counties Poised to Cut 500,000 Jobs, Report Finds," Bloomberg article by William Selway (July 27, 2010)

"New Survey Shows Significant Local Government Jobs Losses," National League of Cities announcement (July 27, 2010)

"California's climate change law backer donates $5 million to fight Prop 23," Miami Herald article by Rick Daysog (July 27, 2010)

"Nuclear Energy Loses Cost Advantage," New York Times article by Diana S. Powers (July 26, 2010)

"Democrats Call Off Climate Bill Effort; Cape Cod Times article by Patrick Cassidy (July 23, 2010)

"NOPEC and NOAC Sign Agreement To Support FirstEnergy Ohio Utilities' Electric Security Plan: Groups Represent Nearly 600,000 Residential and Small Commercial Customers," PR Newswire article (July 22, 2010)

"Editorial : What's the deal on electricity costs?; The Martha's Vineyard Times article by Patrick Cassidy (July 22, 2010)

"NOPEC and NOAC Sign Agreement To Support FirstEnergy Ohio Utilities' Electric Security Plan; PR NEwswire press release by FirstEnergy (July 22, 2010)

"Democrats Call Off Climate Bill Effort; New York Times article by Carl Hulse and David M. Herszenhorn (July 22, 2010)

"Digi and GroundedPower Announce Extended Grid Partnership to Help Consumers Reduce Energy Consumption," Market Watch press release by Digi (July 21, 2010)

"Boulder council paints clearer picture of Xcel franchise options," Daily Camera article by Heath Urie (July 20, 2010)

"The Source of Our Despair in the Gulf," Truthout article by Dahr Jamail and Erika Blumenfeld (July 18, 2010)

"It's time to bring California's special interest train to a grinding halt," East county Magazine editorial by Ann Menasche (July 17, 2010)

 

MID-JULY

 

"Citizen Darbee: The Pricelessness of Leaderspeak," Local Power Blog article by Paul Fenn (July 15, 2010)

"Lead us not," Sacramento News & Review article by Cosmo Garvin (July 15, 2010)

"TODAY: Please help flood the Utilities Commission with Calls!!!!!," Independent Media East Bay article by Paul Seger (July 13, 2010)

"The Climate War's Western Front," The Atlantic article by Nicole Allan (July 9, 2010)

"Power plant backers will donate $1.6 million for Hayward park expansion," Oakland Tribune article by Kristofer Noceda (July 8, 2010)

"SF ready to resume search for public energy provider," San Francisco Examiner article by Joshua Sabatini (July 8, 2010)

"Community Resists Construction of Desert Rock Power Plant on Navajo Land," Santa Cruz Independent Media Center article by (July 8, 2010)

"Scotts Valley could ask for SmartMeter stop," Santa Cruz Sentinel article by Genevieve Bookwalter (July 8, 2010)

"Fairfax Says No To PG&E SmartMeters," CBS5/KCBS story (July 7, 2010)

 

EARLY JULY

 

"Fannie, Freddie freeze PACE energy-efficiency retrofit financing programs," Fast Company article by Tiffany Hsu (July 7, 2010)

"PG&E takes stand against anti-global warming bill," Fast Company article by Ariel Schwartz (July 7, 2010)

"PG&E installing SmartMeters across Marin; Fairfax balks," Marin Independent Journal article by Richard Halstead (July 6, 2010)

"Boulder on its way to a crowded ballot," The Daily Camera article by Heath Urie (July 6, 2010)

"Navajo Nation must move away from coal mining," The Arizona Republic opinion by Marshall Johnson (July 6, 2010)

"Why Gordon Campbell's 'Smart Meters' Are Dumb," The Tyee article by Jim Quail (July 6, 2010)

"PG&E knew Proposition 16 was losing," CalCoastNews.com blog (July 3, 2010)

"Since when is saving ratepayers money a 'dumb idea'?," Stockton Record article by Dave Kamper (July 3, 2010)

"Compact says investment pays off in less energy," Cape Cod times article by Patrick Cassidy (July 3, 2010)

"Boulder weighs exiting contract with Xcel," The Colorado Independent article by Taran Volckhausen (July 2, 2010)

"Cape Light Compact Saves Residents $20.7M on Electric Bills over Past 9 Years of Service  ,"Cape Light Compact/em> press release (July 1, 2010)

"Can "Emergency" New Nuke Loans Be Stopped Despite Cover of War?," Common Dreams article by Harvey Wasserman (July 1, 2010)

"Greening Martha : A case study: how to make a plan for energy efficiency at your house," Martha's Vineyeard Times article by Larry Helper (July 1, 2010)

"Exxon Valdez 'survivor' promotes ‘local power,' tells crowd not to buy into BP ‘reality'," The Walton Sun article by Jennie Hobbs (July 1, 2010)

"Local Power: Tapping Distributed Energy in 21st-Century Cities - Local energy sources coupled with widespread, inexpensive gadgetry will soon enable cities to become smarter, more sustainable and more self-reliant," Scientific American article by David Roberts (July 1, 2010)

"BP could be ripe for takeover," Solve Climate article by Aaron Smith (July 1, 2010)

 

JUNE

 

"PG&E Requests CPUC Rehearing on Commercial CCA Speech Rights," San Diego Reader article by a2zresource (June 30, 2010)

"Reuters Poll: California Voters Aren't Buying Texas-Sized Deception About AB 32, Job Loss," The California Majority Report article by Steven Maviglio (June 30, 2010)

"PG&E’s Muscle Not Enough to Lift Prop 16 in the Face of Anti-Smart-Grid Consumer Sentiment," Solve Climate article by Matthew Feinstein (June 29, 2010)

"Energy Co's Use Ballot Initiatives, Other Tools to Fight for Continued Market Dominance - California voters rejected one utility-sponsored ballot initiative, but fights are brewing across the country.," Solve Climate article by Leslie Berliant (June 28, 2010)

"Calif Regulators Approve Nearly $360 Million For PG&E Projects," Nasdaq.com article by Dow Jones Newswire (June 25, 2010)

"More green energy could be in Berkeley's future," Oakland Tribune (Berkeley Voice) article by Doug Oakley (June 25, 2010)

"Al Gedicks: Chevron should pay for its disaster, too," Wisconsin State Journal article by Al Gedicks (June 25, 2010)

"PG&E to charge more so it can upgrade system; San Francisco Chronicle article by David R. Baker (June 25, 2010)

"Can’t buy my love - PG&E learns $46.5 million isn’t enough to woo—and fool—the voters," Chico News & Review article by Robert Speer (June 24, 2010)

"PG&E spent $25.8M lobbying in 1st quarter," Business Week article by the Associated Press (June 22, 2010)

"San Francisco public power plan hits snag," San Francisco Chronicle article by David R. Baker (June 22, 2010)

"Solving Climate Change: Community Scale Low-Carbon Energy with Community Choice Aggregation," Low Carbon Energy blog by David Erickson (June 18, 2010)

"EDITORIAL ROUNDUP: Candidates, PG&E and pension," North County Times (San Diego/Riverside) editorial (June 18, 2010)

"A Tricky Balance for Oil-State Politicians," New York Times article by David M. Merszenhorn and Eric Lichtblau (June 18, 2010)

"Big Oil’s Hazardous Landscape on Repeal of AB 32-," The California Majority Report (Calbuzz) article by Warner Chabot (June 17, 2010)

"Political advocacy akin to Prop. 16 should be banned," Daily Breeze blog (June 17, 2010)

"Part-owner of Gulf well calls BP 'reckless'," USA Today blog by Jessica Durando (June 17, 2010)

"Lights out on PG&E, California Chamber," Silicon Valley Business Journal Editorial (June 16, 2010)

"Loan problem stalls public power program," San Francisco Examiner article by John Upton (June 16, 2010)

"Mirkarimi to PG&E: Pay up!," San Francisco Chronicle blog by Rachel Gordon (June 16, 2010)

"Open Forum: PG&E almost bought a piece of the Constitution," San Francisco Chronicle blog by Jack Twomey (June 16, 2010)

"Brown sets far-reaching renewable-energy goals," San Francisco Chronicle article by Joe Garofoli (June 16, 2010)

"A community divided over PG&E ," New Times (San Luis Obispo) article by Matt Fountain (June 16, 2010)

 

MID-JUNE

 

"Paying the IOU: Boulder and its Expiring Xcel Franchise," The Huffington Post article by Anne Butterfield (June 16, 2010)

"Exxon, Oil Companies Slammed for ‘Carbon-Copy’ Plans (Update1)," Bloomberg Businessweek article by Jim Efstathiou Jr. and Joe Carroll (June 15, 2010)

"Oil Companies Eclipse $3 Million Mark in Attempt to Kill AB 32," The California Majority Report article by Steven Maviglio (June 15, 2010)

"Gulf congressmen demand more offshore drilling," Sun-Sentinel (Florida) article by William Gibson (June 15, 2010)

"Local Power: Tapping Distributed Energy in 21st-Century Cities - Local energy sources coupled with widespread, inexpensive gadgetry will soon enable cities to become smarter, more sustainable and more self-reliant," Scientific American article by David Roberts (June 15, 2010)

"No easy choices on whether county should take over for PG&E," Bakersfield Californian article by John Cox (June 15, 2010)

"Editorial: PG&E's greed backfires," The San Francisco Bay Guardian Editorial (June 15, 2010)

"Democrats take aim at PG&E political spending with new bills," The San Francisco Chronicle article by Marisa Lagos (June 15, 2010)

"State Sen. Mark Leno takes aim at PG&E for bankrolling Prop. 16," The San Jose Mercury News article by Dana Hull (June 14, 2010)

"More Bad News for Valero's Dirty Energy Initiative: Poll on BP Oil Spill Shows Strong Support for Clean Energy," The California Majority Report article by Steven Maviglio (June 14, 2010)

"Americans Angry, Obama Frustrated With BP," LA News Monitor article (June 14, 2010)

"Contra Costa Times editorial: California voters defeat two threats to good public policy, initiative process," Contra Costa Times editorial (June 13, 2010)

"Leno bill would limit PG&E political spending," The San Francisco Bay Guardian article by Tim Redmond (June 14, 2010)

"Corporate power grabs on the California ballot: What do we learn?," The Los Angeles Times article by Michael Hiltzik (June 12, 2010)

"Republicans shouldn’t become the Dirty Energy Party," The Capitol Weekly article by William McLaughlin (June 10, 2010)

 

POST-ELECTION NEWS

 

"Sonoma County advocates push community-based power authority," The Santa Rosa Press Democrat article by Jeremy Hay (June 10, 2010)

"AP IMPACT: BP spill response plans severely flawed," The Press Democrat (Sonoma County, CA) article by Justin Pritchard, Tamara Lush and Holbrook Mohr, Associated Press Writers (June 11, 2010)

"Welcome to Peter Darbee’s world," The San Francisco Bay Guardian article by Rebecca Bowe (June 11, 2010)

"“One of the great progressive victories in California history”," The San Francisco Bay Guardian (noprop16) article by Tim Redmond (June 11, 2010)

"An All-Too-Rare Win for the Good Guys -- No on California's Prop 16," Renewable Energy World blog (June 11, 2010)

"Prop 16 and Ratepayer Rage," Mother Jones article by Kevin Drum (June 10, 2010)

"Power Grab: How PG&E Killed Its Profit Machine With Its Own $46M Campaign" BNET article by Kirsten Korosec (June 10, 2010)

"PG&E loses its $46M Prop. 16 battle in California: A win for grid innovation," Venture Beat article by Camille Ricketts (June 10, 2010)

"California Voters Stand Up for Community Choice and Vote Down Proposition 16," PR Newswire article by Melanie Turner (June 10, 2010)

"PG&E's customers vote down Prop. 16 - Voters in counties less familiar with California's largest electric utility supported the measure, which was sponsored and funded by the company. But it was rejected by 52.5% of voters," Los Angeles Times article by Mark Lifsher and Dianne Klein (June 10, 2010)

 

ELECTION DAY NEWS

 

"Prop 16 opponents celebrate," The San Francisco Bay Guardian article by Rebecca Bowe (June 9, 2010)

"Power program may start soon," The San Francisco Examiner article by John Upton (June 9, 2010)

"GUEST OPINION: The best response to defeat of Prop. 16," The Santa Rosa Press Democrat opinion by Dick Dowd and Ann Hancock (June 9, 2010)

"Where greed lost," San Francisco Chronicle Editorial (June 9, 2010)

"PG&E Customers Killed Prop 16," California Progress Report article by Richard Holober (June 9, 2010)

"Voters pull the plug on PG&E-backed Proposition," Sacramento Business Journal article by Melanie Turner (June 9, 2010)

"Voters reject corporate-backed ballot measure," Sacramento Bee blog by Mark Glover (June 9, 2010)

"UPDATE:PG&E-Backed Ballot Initiative To Limit Public Power Fails," The Wall Street Journal article by Cassandra Sweet (June 9, 2010)

"PG&E-backed Prop. 16 loses," The Oakland Tribune article by Denis C. Theriault and Dana Hull (June 9, 2010)

"Despite Spending $50 Million, California Rejects PG&E," BeyondChron article by Paul Hogarth (June 9, 2010)

"Now: full-speed ahead with CCA City officials at every level also have to make a concerted effort to counter PG&E's lies," San Francisco Bay Guardian Editorial (June 9, 2010)

"California election results: Insurance, electricity initiatives backed by major corporations are rejected," The Los Angeles Times blog by Phil Willon (June 9, 2010)

"PG&E-backed Prop. 16 loses," The Santa Cruz Sentinel article by Denis C. Theriault and Dana Hull (June 9, 2010)

"PG&E-backed measure fails," The San Francisco Chronicle article by David R. Baker (June 9, 2010)

"Voters Defeat Controversial Proposition 16 in California," Sunpluggers.com article (June 9, 2010)

"Voters turn down PG&E-backed Prop. 16," San Francisco Business Times article by Lindsay Riddell (June 9, 2010)

"Election Results: Prop 16 Fails, Whitman, Fiorina Win," earth2tech article by Katie Fehrenbacker (June 9, 2010)

"Props 16 and 17 Lose," Mother Jones blog by Kevin Drum (June 9, 2010)

"Proposition 16 Fizzles - PG&E's costly power play loses at the polls," The Bay Citizen article by Katharine Mieszkowski (June 9, 2010)

 

NEWS JUST PRIOR TO VOTING

 

"Locals give thumbs down on 16 and 1," Press Democrat (Santa Rosa) by Paul Gullixson and Jim Sweeney (June 8, 2010)

"California ballot battle pits Pacific Gas and Electric against consumer groups - Campaigners warn against electricity giant's 'outrageous' bid to enshrine business advantage in state constitution," The Guardian (United Kingdom) by Ewen MacAskill (June 8, 2010)

"The Dishonesty of PG&E and Prop. 16," The East Bay Express article by Robert Gammon (June 8, 2010)

"S.F. rushes to complete power pact before vote," The San Francisco Chronicle article by Will Kane (June 8, 2010)

"Power Plays for Public Power? ," KCBS 740AM (SF Bay Area) report by Holly Quan (June 8, 2010)

"Prop 16 Vote Will Test the Power of the Press," Media Bistro article by Matthew Fleischer (June 7, 2010)

"More Customers Than Expected Stay with Marin Public Power Program," San Francisco Weekly article by Peter Jamison (June 7, 2010)

"Props. 16, 17 should get you to vote ," Fresno Bee article by Bill McEwen (June 7, 2010)

"California Primary Preview: Proposition 16 should really be titled the "Pacific Gas and Electric Company's Monopoly Protection Act"," The Huffington Post article by Chris Weigant (June 7, 2010)

"Fact check: ‘Yes on Prop 16’ ads don’t convey PG&E’s huge fingerprints," SF Public Press by Dana Sherne (June 7, 2010)

"California's rules set the stage for bad policy," Marin Independent Journal article by Dick Spotswood (June 7, 2010)

"16 percent opt out of Marin Clean Energy, below agency forecast," North Bay Business Journal article by Jenna V. Loceff (June 7, 2010)

"Pelosi announces opposition to Prop 16," ABC News KGO TV-7 report (June 6, 2010)

"In charge of public power," San Francisco Chronicle interview of Marin Energy Authority Chairman Charles McGlashan (June 6, 2010)

"On June 8, No on Prop 16 - The Times' endorsements in selected races in the June 8 primary," Los Angeles Times Editorial (June 6, 2010)

"Dan Morain: PG&E earns return on its investment," San Francisco Bee article by Dan Morain (June 6, 2010)

"'Democracy hijacked' as California goes to polls," Agence France-Presse/Inquirer Global Nation article by Rob Wollard (June 6, 2010)

"San Diego Business ELECTION: Corporations Back Propositions 16, 17 - Both have sought to be portrayed as 'grassroots' efforts," SanDiego.com article by Eilene Zimmerman (June 6, 2010)

"SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS EDITORIAL: No on Prop 16 - Some of the most important choices are here at home," San Jose Mercury News Editorial (June 6, 2010)

"PG&E’s self-serving campaign," Lompoc Record opinion by Pastor Chuck Arnold (June 5, 2010)

"A Ballot Battle Over Power Electrifies California Voters," Sunpluggers article by Erin Milnes (June 5, 2010)

"CCA Plans Include Renewables, But Solar's Role Small at First," Sunpluggers article by Erin Milnes (June 5, 2010)

"Red Bluff Protest - Flyer called the 'Voter Information Guide for Democrats' has been circulating, a guide which endorses Prop. 16 but includes a disclaimer that it is not from an official party organization and an acknowledgement that Prop. 16 backers paid for its endorsement on the guide," The Contra Costa Times article by Geoff Johnson(June 5, 2010)

"PG&E 30% rate increase hearings being held in Woodland," The Daily Democrat (Woodland) article (June 4, 2010)

"CPUC officially recognizes CleanPowerSF as community choice aggregator," San Francisco Examiner article by Andrea Koskey (June 4, 2010)

"Corporate Psychopath: PG&E’s RoboCorp Attack on California," Local Power Blog article by Paul Fenn (June 4, 2010)

"Marin Clean Energy clears another hurdle; Facebook becomes Prop. 16 battlefield," Marin Independent Journal article by Richard Halstead (June 4, 2010)

"Deal reached for San Francisco CCA to use PG&E infrastructure," San Francisco Examiner article by John Upton (June 4, 2010)

"Bill Bogaard: Proposition 16 would be shock to ratepayers," Pasadena Star-News opinion by Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard (June 4, 2010)

"Propositions 16 and 17 could pave the way for more company-backed initiatives - If the proposals pushed by utility PG&E and insurer Mercury succeed, individual corporations could turn to the ballot box as an easier way to change laws," Los Angeles Times article by Mark Lifsher (June 4, 2010)

"Misleading Prop 16 Ads Popping Up Across California Media Spectrum," mediabistro.com article by Matthew Fleischer (June 4, 2010)

"No on Proposition 16," The Stockton Record Editorial (June 4, 2010)

"PG&E Commits Facebook Identity Theft for Prop 16 ," BeyondChron article by Paul Hogarth (June 4, 2010)

"Utilities' market strategies reflected in Prop 16's political debate," Southern California Public Radio 89.3FM KUOR report by Molly Peterson (June 4, 2010)

"Smith: Paying, gouging and eviscerating local power efforts," Daily Democrat article by Jim Smith (June 4, 2010)

"No on Prop 16," The Pine Tree (Calaveras County) opinion by Shaelyn Strattan (June 4, 2010)

"Don't be fooled by Prop. 16," Times Herald (Napa-Sonoma) Editorial (June 4, 2010)

"June Ballot Propositions," Taft Independent (Kern County) Editorial (June 4, 2010)

 

EARLY JUNE

 

"Shock and awful: behind PG&E's plans to unplug Community Choice once and for all," Pacific Sun article by Peter Seidman (June 3, 2010)

"PG&E's $50M sucker bet," PublicCEO.com article by Peter Schrag (June 3, 2010)

"Political Letter: Vote no on Prop. 16," Appeal Democrat (Yuba City) opinion by Larry Ozeran (June 3, 2010)

"Revived gas coalition is offering lower rates Customers to save $10-$15 annually on bills," Toledo Blade article by Larry Ozeran (June 3, 2010)

"Stop the Unscrupulous Corporate Power Grab in California! Vote NO on 16!," Alternet article by Tim McMullen (June 3, 2010)

"PG&E's Lonely Fight - Why hasn't any other major utility endorsed Prop 16?," The Bay Citizen article by Katharine Mieszkowski (June 3, 2010)

"‘Green’ California utility PG&E attacks local renewables," Grist article by Jonathan Kiskes (June 3, 2010)

"OPINION: IT Leaders Need to Speak Out Against Prop 16," earth2tech article by Gary Cook (June 3, 2010)

"No on Prop. 16 - The PG&E initiative would block Community Choice option," Santa Barbara Independent opinion by Megan Birney (June 3, 2010)

"PG&E recruited speakers to state rate increase hearing," The Bakersfield Californian article by John Cox (June 1, 2010)

"Just Say No to PG&E's $6 Billion Rate Hike - Hearings this Week in Santa Rosa and Oakland," The Utility Reform Network announcement (June 2, 2010)

"Prop 16 Pays Off for PG&E, Not Voters," anewscafe opinion by Dugan Barr (June 2, 2010)

"PG&E Outspending Opponents $511 to $1 On Prop. 16 Campaign," The Huffington Post article by Lance WIlliams (June 2, 2010)

"Arcata City Council: No On Prop 16," The Arcata Eye article (June 1, 2010)

"A voters' guide to California's 5 ballot measures," Los Angeles Times article by George Skelton (June 2, 2010)

"Don't be bamboozled by Prop.16 - PG&E has commandeered the initiative process in a cynical, underhanded ploy to cement its monopoly," New Times (San Luis Obispo) opinion by Ken McCalip (June 1, 2010)

"Valley Residents Fighting PG&E Rate Increase," CBS TV 47 (Fresno) report by Ken Malloy (June 1, 2010)

"Sacramento chamber stands up for SMUD, against Prop. 16," The Sacramento Bee blog by Foon Rhee (June 1, 2010)

"In our opinion - Vote no on Prop. 16," The Ukiah Daily Journal Editorial (June 1, 2010)

"Brown Announces Clean Energy Jobs Plan," Jerry Brown for Governor Campaign Announcement (June 1, 2010)

"Marin Voice: Prop. 16 is PG&E's power play," Marin Independent Journal opinion by Larry Fahn (June 1, 2010)

"Propositions 16 and 17: Welcome to the corpocracy," True/Slant article by Paul Tullis (June 1, 2010)

"Poll: PG&E is in trouble," San Francisco Bay Guardian article by Tim Redmond (June 1, 2010)

"Editorial: One more time: Vote no on Proposition 16," San Jose Mercury News Editoral (June 1, 2010)

"Erin Brockvich's Daughter on Prop. 16: PG&E Abuses Power to Create Monopoly," Daily Californian article by Katie Brown (June 1, 2010)

"Political ads are tough sell for image-conscious corporations," Washington Post article by Carol D. Leonnig (June 1, 2010)

 

MAY

 

"PG&E defends backing Prop. 16 -- The utility based in San Francisco says requiring a two-thirds vote to approve a municipal power service is fair - It would also make it easier for the company to defeat such public competition," Los Angeles Times article by Mark Lifsher (May 31, 2010)

"PG&E power grab? Area officials don't like Proposition 16," Contra Costa Times article by James Rufus Koren (May 31, 2010)

"Seeking more flexibility in providing power to its residents, Benicia joins Prop. 16 opposition," Times-Herald (Solano-Napa) article by Tony Burchyns (May 31, 2010)

"Richard Mazzucchi - Positive Point: Prop 16 - An improper proposition," Tehama Daily News opinion by Richard Mazzucchi (May 31, 2010)

"Steve Figueroa and Colin Miller: Prop. 16 is bad for all Californian," Los Angeles Daily News opinion by Steve Figueroa and Colin Miller (May 30, 2010)

"California: ruined by the supermajority - Requiring two-thirds approval to pass budgets and other legislation has not made California more democratic," Los Angeles Times opinion by Joe Mathews (May 30, 2010)

"Reader Rebuttal: Prop. 16," Orange County Register opinion by Norma Jeanne Strobel and Ralph Shaffer (May 30, 2010)

"Vote NO on Prop 16 (Remember Tehachapi?)," Chino Hills opinion by Joe A. (May 30, 2010)

"CPUC Scolding of PG&E Regarding Anti-CCA Advertising & Prop. 16," San Diego Reader bkog by a2zresource - Encanto Gas Holder (May 29, 2010)

"Rising costs mean more money for PG&E," Bakersfield Californian article by John Cox (May 29, 2010)

"PG&E Shareholders Apologize for Prop 16 ," PG&E Shareholders Press Release (May 28, 2010)

"CPUC hearing on PG&E's $4.2 billion revenue increase request," KGET 17 NBC TV Bakersfield report (May 28, 2010)

"Byron Williams: Props. 16 and 17 are deceptive perversions of California's initiative process," San Jose Mercury News column by Byron Williams (May 28, 2010)

"Fight over Prop 16 a David vs. Goliath battle," San Jose mercury News article by Dana Hull (May 28, 2010)

"Solano County supervisors formally oppose Prop. 16," The Reporter article (May 28, 2010)

"Prop 16 Takes Away Our Community's Right to Choose Clean Energy,"Oakland Local article by David Room (May 28, 2010)

"Local customers take on PG&E's proposed rate increases,"Bakersfield Californian article by John Cox (May 27, 2010)

"SSJID Calls For Effective and Necessary Oversight of PG&E - CPUC Hearings Open to the Public: $4 Billion in Rate Increases on the Table ," Business Wire press release by South San Joaquin Irrigation District (May 27, 2010)

"CleanPowerSF promoted to nearly 100 groups," San Francisco Examiner article by John Upton (May 27, 2010)

 

LATE MAY

 

"Beating the reaper S.F.'s clean energy program clears a key milestone in its race against Prop. 16," San Francisco Bay Guardian article by Rebecca Bowe (May 25, 2010)

"A public power landmark -- and the battle to come -- CCA allows communities to offer an alternative — to buy cleaner power in bulk and resell it at comparable or cheaper rates to residents and businesses," San Francisco Bay Guardian editorial (May 25, 2010)

"Battleground California," The Huffington Post article by Carl Pope (May 26, 2010)

"Mill Valley to buy electricity from public agency," San Jose Mercury News story by Associated Press (May 25, 2010)

"San Diego Chamber of Commerce Joins Labor, Consumer & Environmental Groups in opposing Prop 16 - Utility company spent $45 million to support measure that would make it harder for cities and counties to provide cheaper power alternatives to consumers," East County Magazine article (May 26, 2010)

"Prop 16 gets 'no' vote from San Luis Obispo County Board of Supevisors," KVEC News Talk 920 (San Luis Obispo) report by King Harris (May 26, 2010)

"Propositions 16 and 17 corporate power grabs," Modesto Progressive Examiner opinion by Patrick Patterson (May 26, 2010)

"VENTURA COUNTY STAR EDITORIAL: Prop. 16: no Prop. 17: no," Ventura County Star Editorial (May 25, 2010)

"PG&E Asks for a $4 BILLION Rate Hike - Largest in History," BeyondChron article by Paul Hogarth (May 25, 2010)

"California Division of Ratepayer Advocates (DRA) Urges CPUC to Clamp Down on PG&E’s Request to Raise Rates by $4.2 Billion,"DRA Announcement on Electric Energy Online (May 25, 2010)

"Hearings to begin on electricity rate hikes for PG&E," California Farm Bureau Federation article by Christine Souza (May 25, 2010)

"Hearing on PG&E rate increase request," KGET - NBC17 (Bakersfield) story with video (May 25, 2010)

"PG&E spending for Proposition 16 reaches $44 million," Los Angeles Times article by Anthony York (May 25, 2010)

"The Monopoly Strikes Back: In a California Battle Over Clean Power, IT Companies Must Use Their Force," Greenpeace International blog (May 25, 2010)

"County officials call Prop. 16 ads misleading," Bakersfield Now - KBAK & KBFX (Bakersfield) article by Anthony Bailey (May 25, 2010)

"New Report shows that Proposed Power Plants Could Exacerbate Public Health Impacts in Contra Costa County," Pacific Environment Press Release (May 24, 2010)

"LA County Republicans Ain't Buying -- Demise of Prop 16 Among Conservative, Pro-Market Voters," PG&E Ballot Initiative Factsheet blog by former California Energy Commissioner John Geesman (May 24, 2010)

"Public can vent on prososed PG&E rate hikes," San Francisco Examiner (May 24, 2010)

"Opinion: PUC head: Reject Prop 16's outrageous bid for monopoly power," San Jose Mercury News opinion by Michael R. Peevey, President, California Public Utilities Commission (May 23, 2010)

"Corporate Bucks Behind 'Citizens' Initiatives In Calif.," National Public Radio story by Ina Jaffe (May 24, 2010)

"Prop. 16: David v Goliath," Times-Herald (Sonoma and Napa) opinion by Michael H. McCoy (May 24, 2010)

"Marin County presents possible model for beefing up clean energy in Boulder: Marin Energy Authority flipped switch on 78 percent renewables this month," Colorado Daily article by Laura Snider (May 22, 2010)

"Power program given jolt before critical date," San Francisco Examiner article by Joshua Sabatini (May 21, 2010)

 

MID-LATE MAY

 

"Who's fighting PG&E on Prop 16?," San Francisco Bay Guardian article by Rebecca Bowe (May 21, 2010)

"$30 group fights PG&E over Prop 16," ABC Local 7 (San Francisco) story by Mark Matthews (May 21, 2010)

"Attorney gives Mill Valley the green light on 'clean energy' purchase," Marin Independent Journal article by Richard Halstead (May 21, 2010)

"Proposition 16 Part Two: Is two-thirds too high a bar?," KHSLTV12 (Chico-Redding) story by Alan Marsden (May 21, 2010)

"City officials blast PG&E," San Francisco Examiner article by Joshua Sabatini (May 20, 2010)

"Proposition 16 hurtful to Lodi Electric Utility?," Lodi News article by Maggie Creamer (May 22, 2010)

"Vote no on Proposition 16," Times-Standard (Eureka and North Coast) letter to the editor by Susana Munzell (May 20, 2010)

"CPUC limits what utilities can say about community electric power efforts," San Francisco Business Times article by Lindsay Riddell (May 20, 2010)

"Editorial: Companies hijack initiative process," The Monterey County Herald Editorial (May 20, 2010)

"BUSINESS CASUAL: Prop. 16 would solidify PG&E's power over market," Daily Breeze (Los Angeles) article by Muhammed El-Hasan (May 20, 2010)

"Asymmetrical warfare rules in initiative campaigns," Capitol Weekly article by Malcolm Maclachlan (May 20, 2010)

"SF’s power program gains state approval," San Francisco Examiner article by John Upton (May 19, 2010)

"Yet another deceptive slate mailer," The Signal (Santa Clarita Valley) column by Lynne Plambeck (May 19, 2010)

"Your view: Rule of Thumb: Say no to propositions," The Desert Trail (Joshua Tree) letter to the editor by Susan Grigsby (May 19, 2010)

"Herdt: Prop. 16 returns PG&E to 'bad old days'," Ventura County Star article by Timm Herdt (May 19, 2010)

"Prop. 16 would require two-thirds vote to create municipal utilitie," Ventura County Star article by Timm Herdt (May 19, 2010)

"Sacramento supervisors oppose PG&E's Prop. 16 ballot measure," The Modesto bee article by Robert Lewis (May 18, 2010)

"Prop 16: Good idea, bad initiative," Paradise Post Editorial (May 18, 2010)

"PG&E's Audacious Attempt to Enshrine Its Energy Monopoly In the California Constitution," Alternet article by Yasha Levine (May 18, 2010)

"$30 vs. $30 Million -- How Social Media Will Bring a Corporate Giant to its Knees," The Huffington Post blog by Ben Zolno (May 18, 2010)

"Ben Zolno Launches 'One Million Strong Against Prop 16 Video Blog," No on 16 Blogspot videos by Ben Zolno (May 18, 2010)

"Public meeting tomorrow on Prop 16 & a proposed initiative to overturn AB32," East County Magazine (San Diego County) announcement (May 17, 2010)

"PG&E transfers $ billions out of state for SmartMeter program," Stop PG&E Power Grab blog by Local Power Inc. Senior Carbon Analyst David Erickson (May 16, 2010)

"Prop 16 drafting error would spew pestilence across 48 real estate markets in California," PG&E Ballot Initiative Factsheet blog by former California Energy Commissioner John Geesman (May 16, 2010)

"Measure’s money comes from PG&E: New power agencies would be hard to form,"San Diego Union Tribune article by Jason Dearen (May 17, 2010)

"A California battle over power to the people," People's World article by Juan Lopez (May 17, 2010)

"No on 16 and 17," Napa Valley Register Editorial (May 17, 2010)

"Editorial: Proposition 16 is PG&E power grab," Visalia Times-Delta Editorial (May 17, 2010)

"PG&E’s style of doing business: Break the rules & then apologize," Manteca Bulletin article by Dennis Wyatt (May 17, 2010)

"PG&E spends $30 million and counting to pass Prop. 16," Sacramento Bee article by Mark Glover (May 15, 2010)

"Wil Hunter: PG&E's Prop. 16 is deceptive," Merced Sun-Star opinion by Wil Hunter (May 15, 2010)

"PG&E apologizes for Marin power program mailer," San Jose Mercury News article by Associated Press (May 15, 2010)

 

MID-MAY

 

"PG&E-city agreement stalls," San Francisco Examiner article by John Uptonr (May 14, 2010)

"State threatens PG&E with fines for Marin letter," San Francisco Chronicle article by David R. Baker (May 14, 2010)

"PG&E threatened with fines over Marin Clean Energy 'opt out' letter," Marin Independent Journal article by Richard Halstead (May 14, 2010)

"Political ads can be amusing, but Prop. 16 deceit isn't funny," Fresno Bee article by Bill McEwen (May 14, 2010)

"EDITORIAL: Pull plug on PG&E power grab," Vacaville Reporter editorial (May 14, 2010)

"PG&E’s Proposition 16 not winning any early support," The Healdsburg Tribune article by Rollie Atkinson (May 14, 2010)

"Proposition 16 changes rules on public power," San Francisco Chronicle article by David R. Baker (May 13, 2010)

"Farmers, water interests oppose California's Proposition 16," Capital Press article by Wes Sander (May 13, 2010)

"Who Won: Richmond or Chevron?," East Bay Express article by Taran Volckhausen (May 12, 2010)

"As We See It: Vote no on Prop. 16: choice over monopoly," Santa Cruz Sentinel Editorial (May 9, 2010)

"Vote no on PG&E's sham initiative," The Record Searchlight editorial (May 9, 2010)

"PG&E's Proposition 16 undermines communities," Napa Valley Register article by Chris Craiker (May 8, 2010)

"Is California's Proposition 16 a PG&E Power Grab?," Treehugger article by Bonnie Hulkower (May 9, 2010)

"Prop. 16 is Pacific Gas & Electric's ploy for more profit," The Desert Sun opinion by Will Osborn and Bermuda Dunes (May 9, 2010)

 

EARLY MAY

 

"Pioneer public power program launches in Marin," San Francisco Chronicle article by David Baker (May 7, 2010)

"Prop. 16 protects energy utilities' monopoly status, says UC Berkeley report by the Center for Law Energy & the Environment," Physorg.com article with link to the report (May 7, 2010)

"Chambers of Commerce Coalition of Santa Clara County Opposes Prop 16," No on Prop 16 Campaign Announcement (May 7, 2010)

"Say ‘no’ to manipulative Proposition 16," Napa Valley Register article by Ritchie Austin (May 7, 2010)

"No! on Proposition 16," Topanga Messenger article by Woody Hastings (May 6, 2010)

"California Needs The FCC To Restore The Fairness Doctrine ," California Progress Report article by Roy Ulrich and Richard Holober (May 6, 2010)

"Legislation that made Marin Clean Energy possible emerged from chaos of deregulation," Marin Independent Journal article by Richard Halstead (May 5, 2010)

"Utilities do battle on California Ballot," Wall Street Journal article by Rebecca Smith (May 3, 2010)

"Power Play: PG&E Charges Up to Fight Off Rolling Customer Revolts," California Lawyer article by Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist Katherine Ellison (May, 2010)

"Independent UC Berkeley study finds Prop 16 would protect energy monopolies, may slow development of renewable energy," UC Berkeley School of Law Center for Law, Energy & the Environment press release with link to white paper by the Center's Associate Director Steven Weissman (May 5, 2010)

"Our View: Prop. 16 - the right to vote NO ," Pasadena Star-News Editorial (May 5, 2010)

"Prop 16: A PG&E Power Grab or Taxpayer Protection?," New America Media article by Anja Seth (May 5, 2010)

"PG&E Slammed for Illegal Efforts to Stifle Competition: California Public Utilities Commission warns utility company's actions are illegal," NBC Bay Area article by Jackson West (May 4, 2010)

"P.G.&E. in Hot Water With Public Utilities Commission," The New York Times article by Katharine Mieszkowski (May 4, 2010)

"PG&E's campaign tactics are illegal, California regulators warn: Pacific Gas & Electric is told to stop using phone and direct-mail tactics that could derail competition from the state's first nonprofit group to offer electric service.," Los Angeles Times article by Marc Lifsher (May 4, 2010)

"Woodland City Council opposes PG&E's Prop. 16: Soon-to-be-mayor Pimentel believes utility wants stranglehold on Woodland, Yolo County," Woodland Daily Democrat article by James Noonan (May 6, 2010)

"Prop. 16 isn't about taxpayers, it's about profits," Bakersfield Californian Editorial (May 4, 2010)

"Here’s a shocker: CPUC says PG&E isn’t playing by the rules in Marin ," Manteca Bulletin article by Dennis Wyatt (May 4, 2010)

"Utility warned about violating rules on Community Choice," Sunpluggers article by Michael Balchunas (May 4, 2010)

"Prop 16 Could Turn the Light Out on California Energy Market," California Independent Voter Network article by Mytheos Holt (May 3, 2010)

"Herhold: Vote No on Proposition 16," San Jose Mercury News Column by Scott Herhold (May 2, 2010)

 

APRIL

 

"Marin says 78% of its power is renewable," San Francisco Business Journal article by Lindsay Riddell (April 23, 2010)

" Power by the People," Bates Magazine article by Bryce Hubner (April 21, 2010)

" Chronicle recommends: No on Proposition 16," San Francisco Chronicle Editorial (April 18, 2010)

"Your Voice: Vote no on power-grab proposition," Tracy Press opinion by Earl Jess (April 16, 2010)

"PG&E strategy: exploit voter angst to pass Prop 16 under 'voter's rights' guise," California Progress Report article by Dan Aiello (April 15, 2010)

"PG&E's Energy Empire," Mother Jones article by Taylor Wiles (April 14, 2010)

"Power outrage - PG&E’s Proposition 16 would protect the company from public-power rivals Sacramento News & Review article by Cosmo Garvin (April 15, 2010)

"MORAIN: PG&E: From bankruptcy to bully - utility is bankrolling initiative to keep competitors off its turf," Modesto Bee Opinion by Dan Morain (April 14, 2010)

"Proposition 16 is no bargain for Californians," Gustine Press Standard article by Bill Mattos (April 13, 2010)

"Regulators Slap PG&E on the Wrist: California Public Utilities Commission puts stop to some "hardball" tactics," NBC Bay Area report by Jackson West (April 12, 2010)

"PG&E Proposes Farm Rate Hikes," California Farmer article (April 12, 2010)

"Dan Morain: PG&E flips the switch on a ballot power play," Sacramento Bee opinion by Bee Senior Editor Dan Morain (April 11, 2010)

"'We Are Appalled,' Declared CPUC About 2004 PG&E Executive Bonus Scandal -- 'Give it Back'," PG&E Ballot Initiative Factsheet blog by former California Energy Commissioner John Geesman (April 11, 2010)

"PG&E is paying good money for its endorsements," Sacramento Bee blog post by Bee Senior Editor Dan Morain (April 11, 2010)

"PG&E's new rates could help Marin green power," San Jose Mercury News staff report by Dick Spotswood (April 11, 2010)

"Calif regulators issue new rules on public power," San Jose Mercury News article by Jason Dearen (April 9, 2010)

"PG&E confusing calls and what to do about them," San Francisco Chronicle Marin Blog post by Denise Castelucci (April 9, 2010)

"Special Districts Support Community Choice; Oppose Prop 16," PublicCEO announcement by the California Special Districts Association (April 9, 2010)

"Is PG&E Killing the Smart Grid?," Smart Grid Library article (April 9, 2010)

"PG&E must stop threats to public power agencies," San Francisco Chronicle article by David Baker (April 8, 2010)

"PG&E told to stop contacting Marin energy customers," Marin Independent Journal article by Mark Prado(April 8, 2010)

"CPUC reins in PG&E's advertising blitz in Marin," KGO-TV 7 ABC story by Heather Ishimaru (April 8, 2010)

"Larkspur council opposes Prop. 16," Contra Costa Times article by Jennifer Upshaw Swartz (April 8, 2010)

"Pacific Gas and Electric powers Proposition 16," The California Aggie, Davis article by Michael Stepanoc (April 8, 2010)

"Power to PG&E: Firm turns initative process into way to protect their profits,"The Manteca Bulletin article by Dennis Wyatt (April 8, 2010)

"10 Biggest Bankruptcies in History - PG&E," Wall Street Cheat Sheet, by Derek Hoffman (April 7, 2010)

"PG&E proxy filing reveals corner-cutting effort to feed Darbee's compensation gluttony," PG&E Ballot Initiative Factsheet Blog post by former California Energy Commissioner John Gessman (April 4, 2010)

"Marin Voice: Leno doesn't flinch when it comes to opposing 2/3-vote rule," Marin Independent Journal article by Richard Rubin (April 4, 2010)

"Power Mad: Orwell fans take note: PG&E's war on public utilities goes to ballot as the 'Right to Vote Act,'" North Bay Bohemian cover story by Kylie Mendonca (April 1, 2010)

"Democracy and Its Foes: from the Legislature to PG&E," Pacific Free Press story by Norman Solomon (April 1, 2010)

"Prop 16 only potects PG&E's incompetence," Woodland Daily Democrat opinion by William B. Marcus (April 1, 2010)

 

LATE MARCH

"Power Mad," Metro Santa Cruz article by Kylie Mendonca (March 31, 2010)

"McGlashan, Nation duel over Marin energy plan," Contra Costa Times article by Richard Halstead (March 31, 2010)

"Climate action is the focus at City Council, rally," Oakland North article by Melanie Mason (March 31, 2010)

"Proposition 16 and Local Electricity," KRCV TV 22 Sonoma story (March 30, 2010)

"Local cities gang up against Proposition 16," Santa Rosa Press Democrat blog by Paul Gullixson (March 29, 2010)

"PG&E: California's Fossil Fuel War Lords - Lies, Distortions & Dirty Tricks," Green Chip Stocks article by Chris Nelder (March 26, 2010)

"The Shame of Proposition 16," PublicCEO article by Richmond City Councilmember Tom Butt (March 31, 2010)

"Supes officially oppose PG&E measure," by the San Francisco Examiner (March 30, 2010)

"EDITORIAL: CCA: Get it done by the deadline," by the San Francisco Bay Guardian (March 30, 2010)

"Public utilities sue to disqualify Prop. 16," Merced Sun-Star report (March 29, 2010)

There's a pony somewhere in PG&E's pile of state rate-distribution manure, Bakersfield Californian Opinion by John Geesman (March 25, 2010)

"CA Prop. 16: PG&E and the Buying of Democracy," Daily Kos blog (March 23, 2010)

"Cities’ Suit May Clarify Potential Impact of Proposition 16 on Central Valley Irrigation District's Plan to Provide Electric Service," Press Release by the South San Joaquin Irrigation District (March 20, 2010)

"Several Energy Experts Call on the CPUC to Demand PG&E Return of Ratepayer Money to Rightful Owners: Central Valley Irrigation District Vows to Make Its Case in PG&E’s CPUC General Rate Case Proceeding," Press Release by the South San Joaquin Irrigation District (March 19, 2010)

"Deadline looms for San Francisco’s green power program,"San Francisco Bay Guardian article by Rebecca Bowe (March 29, 2010)

"You Are Now Paying for the Next 3 Mile Island," Solve Climate article by author and historian Harvey Wasserman (March 29, 2010)

"Roomful of Supes Slam PG&E; Utility Giant Elects To Stay Home," San Francisco Appeal article by Chris Roberts (March 29, 2010)

"Darbee's Shaky Finger on the Trigger of PG&E's Rate Design Begins to Terrify the Customers" PG&E Ballot Initiative Factsheet blog by former Caliornia Energy Commissioner John Geesman (March 28, 2010)

"PG&E's Prop 16: Stalking Horse for Monopoly's Higher Rates?" Pacific Sun opinion by Ed Mainland (March 28, 2010)

"A California Ballot Initiative Could Spell Trouble for Renewable Energy," Solve Climate article by Amy Westervelt (March 28, 2010)

"Why greens oppose Prop 16 Santa Rosa Press Democrat," article by Pete Golis (March 27, 2010)

"Committee recommends against Prop. 16," Bakersfield Californian article by John Cox (March 26, 2010)

"David vs. Goliath in the Energy Revolution - The War for Renewables Has Begun," GetRealList article by Chris Nelder (March 26, 2010)

"Proposition 16 - Who's Really Behind It?," CBS TV 47 story (March 25, 2010)

"EDITORIAL: PG&E's rate schange a bad idea," San Francisco Chronicle (March 25, 2010)

"California Counties Say “No” to Prop. 16," California Association of Counties Website Announcement (March 25, 2010)

"Prop 16 is June's priciest ballot initiative, with PG&E coughing up big money," Santa Cruz Sentinel article by Kurtis Alexander (March 25, 2010)

"Calif Officials Blast PG&E Move To Sideline Competition," Wall Street Journal article by Cassandra Sweet (March 24, 2010)

"When do we get to vote on PG&E's latest rate hike?" San Francisco Bay Guardian article by Rebecca Bowe (March 24, 2010)

"Schoolyard Bully," Bakersfield Californian Letter to the Editor by Dayle-Lynn Decker (March 24, 2010)

"Supe Mar Says PG&E Spreading 'A Bunch Of Bullshit'," abc news - KGO story (March 24, 2010)

"San Francisco Rallies to Support CCA, Against PG&E Misinformation Campaign," Fog City Journal article by Michael J. Acosta (March 24, 2010)

"San Francisco City Hall Press Conference Denounces PG&E's Prop 16 Lies and Manipulations," IndyMedia.org stofy by Marisa Lagos (March 25, 2010)

"Supe Mar Says PG&E Spreading 'A Bunch Of Bullshit', San Francisco Appeal," article (March 24, 2010)

"Here's your opportunity to be the face of clean energy in California!," Oakland Local article by Dave Room (March 24, 2010)

"Opponents to PG&E ballot measure demand ads pulled from airwaves," San Francisco Chronicle blog by Marisa Lagos (March 24, 2010)

OPINION: "Vote No on Prop 16," Long Beach Press Telegram Editorial (March 22, 2010)

"GOLIS: Proposition 16, the $35 million question," Santa Rosa Press Democrat article by Pete Golis (March 21, 2010)

"MERCURY NEWS EDITORIAL: Vote no on Prop. 16" by The San Jose Mercury News (March 20, 2010)

"Bad Timing: Darbee's $10.559 Million Paypalooza Faces Advisory Shareholder Vote May 12," by former California Energy Commissioner John Geesman (March 21, 2010)

 

MID MARCH

"California Manufacturers & Technology Association," California Manufacturers & Technology Association Website announcement on California ballot propositions (March 19, 2010)

"Marin energy battle plays out before state commission Marin Independent Journalarticle by Richard Halstead (March 18, 2010)

"San Francisco Sues to Block PGE-Funded Ballot Measure," Business Week article by Karen Gullo (March 18, 2010)

"S.F. sues over PG&E-backed ballot measure," San Francisco Chronicle article by Bob Egelko (March 19, 2010)

"PUC listens to Proposition 16 debate," San Francisco Chronicle article by David R. Baker (March 18, 2010)

"Prop. 16, bankrolled by PG&E, subject of lively debate," San Jose Mercury News article by Dana Hull (March 18, 2010)

"Merced Irrigation District joins suit seeking to stop Proposition 16," Merced Sun-Star article by Danielle E. Gaines (March 18, 2010)

"Suit seeks to have Proposition 16 taken off ballot," San Francisco Chronicle article by Associated Press (March 18, 2010)

"Race to start SF power provider begins," San Francisco Examiner article by John Upton (March 17, 2010)

"Healdsburg opposes Prop. 16 power intiative," Santa Rosa Press Democrat article by Clark Mason (March 16, 2010)

"PG&E boss: Prop 16 all about the shareholders," Sacramento News & Review blog by Cosmo Garvin (March 15, 2010)

"How is PG&E like Tonya Harding? blog by Dave Room (March 15, 2010)

Associated Press article by Jason Dearen and Tracie Cone (March 22, 2010)

CONTRA COSTA TIMES: "California Voters Should Reject Prop. 16," the Contra Costa Times (March 20, 2010)

"Marin Energy Authority files complaint against PG&E," North Bay Business Journal article by Jenna V. Loceff (March 12, 2010)

 

EARLY MARCH

"EDITORIAL: California voters should reject Proposition 16," Oakland Tribune (March 8, 2010)

"Top PG&E executive gets $9.4M in 2009 compensation," Business Week article (March 8, 2010)

"PG&E’s $9.8M care package for CEO Darbee," Manteca Bulletin article by Dennis Wyatt (March 10, 2010)

"PG&E CEO Darbee sees '09 compensation rise nearly 9 percent to $9.4 million, AP says," Los Angeles Times article by the Associated Press (March 8, 2010)

"Does PG&E Fully Understand the Recklessness of Peter Darbee's Proposition 16 Gamble?," PG&E Ballot Initiative Factsheet article by former California Energy Commissioner John Geesman (March 7, 2010)

"PG&E’s Prop. 16 Turns 100-Year Old Initiative Process on Its Head," Kersten Communications report by the public policy and research and analysis firm (March 9, 2010)

"Municipal utility vote set for November," iStockAnalyst article by James Burger (March 9, 2010)

"Board Grills PG&E, Moves Forward with Election Question - Supervisors Will Ask Voters Whether to Look for PG&E Alternatives," ABC News 23, Bakersfield article and video (March 9, 2010)

"PG&E spending millions on Prop 16," Cal Coast News article (March 8, 2010)

"PG&E prepared to spend $35 million on June ballot measure"Los Angeles Times article by Anthony York (March 9, 2010)

"Vote no on Proposition 16 - PG&E's attack on competition," Sierra Club Yodeler article by John Rizzo (March 6, 2010)

"PG&E Wants Complete Control of Your Electricity," Conducive Chronicle article by Corey Hill (March 7, 2010)

"PG&E SETS NEW ROBOCORP BALLOT TREND - Texas Refiners Mum About Funding Push to Halt Calif. Climate Law," New York Times article by Colin Sullivan (March 3 2010)

"Silicon Valley cities fear PG&E power play," Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal article by David Goll (March, 5 2010)

"Former president of coalition opposing Marin Clean Energy says he supports local initiative," Marin Independent Journal article by Richard Halstead (March 5, 2010)

"California voters to choose: PG&E and refineries or clean energy and the climate," Huffington Post article by Mike Sandler (March 4, 2010)

"PG&E plans to spend $7 Billion To $10 Billion on projects over next 2 years," Down Jones Newswires story (March 3, 2010)

"Keep corporations out of government power choice," Sacramento State Hornet article by Julia Baum (March 1, 2010)

"Are we really going to let ourselves be duped into this solar panel rip-off? - Plans for the grid feed-in tariff suggest we live in southern California. And at £8.6bn, this is a pricey conceit with little benefit," UK Guardian column by George Monbiot (March 1, 2010)

 

FEBRUARY

"Ballot initiative may alter power business - Public utilities critical of effort funded by PG&E," Stockton Record article by Daniel Thigpen (February 26, 2010)

"PG&E’s laughable Prop 16: Who needs friends when you’ve got $35 million?," San Francisco Bay Guardian article by Rebecca Bowe (February 26, 2010)

"PG&E has long history of battling competitors," Fresno Bee article by Dan Walters (February 25, 2010)

"Peter Darbee's dog of an initiative: 3 tapeworms eating away at the internal logic of Prop 16," PG&E Ballot Initiative Factsheet Blog article by former California Energy Commissioner John Geesman (February 25, 2010)

"PG&E alert: Join the campaign to fight the PG&E's Prop 16 attack on public power and community choice aggregation,"San Francisco Bay Guardian article by Bruce Brugman (February 25, 2010)

"EDITORIAL: Initiative process just as infected by money as the rest of politics," San Jose Mercury News (February 20, 2010)

"EDITORIAL: No more silence on PG&E's statewide power grab," San Francisco Bay Guardian (February 23, 2010)

"A sign of California's dysfunction," San Francisco Chronicle article by John Diaz (February 21, 2010)

"PG&E Expects to Spend Up to $35 Million on Ballot Initiative," Business Week article by Mark Chediak (February 19, 2010)

"City of Gridley opposing PG&E initiative," The Gridley Herald article by Lisa Van De Hey (February 19, 2010)

"PG&E to spend millions to pass Prop. 16," San Francisco Chronicle article by David R. Baker (February 19, 2010)

"Mayor Bates Shoves Protester During PG&E Prop 16 Advisory Meeting," Fog City Journal article by Luke Thomas (February 19, 2010)

"Prop 16: Worst Measure on June Ballot," Los Angeles City Watch article by Paul Hogarth (February 17, 2010)

"PG&E Funds Anti-Green Measure," East Bay Express article by Robert Gammon (February 16, 2010)

"ENERGY: PG&E spends to keep out competitors, local utilities stay on sidelines," San Diego and Riverside North County Times article by Jason Dearen (February 15, 2010)

"Prop 16 is Worst Measure on June Ballot," East (San Diego) County Magazine article (February 17, 2010)

"Public power backers cry foul over utility effort," Associated Press article by Jason Dearen (February 15, 2010)

"Prop 16 is Worst Measure on June Ballot," Beyond Chron column by Paul Hogarth (February 16, 2010)

"What do California Realtors Know About Prop. 16 that the State Chamber of Commerce Doesn't?,"PG&E Ballot Initiative Factsheet article by former California Energy Commissioner John Geesman (February 15, 2010)

"PG&E funding Prop. 16 to keep its stranglehold," Fresno Bee column by Bill McEwen (February 13, 2010)

"PG & E amps up bid for power," Los Angeles Times column by Michael Hiltzik (February 10, 2010)

"Money Starts to Flow for Initiatives," Fox & Hounds Daily article by John Wildermuth (February 10, 2010)

"The Protect PG&E's Gold Mine Act," The Manteca Bulletin column by Dennis Wyatt (February 10, 2010)

 

JANUARY


"Upfront: Will Marin flip the switch? - PG&E gets down and dirty in attempts to thwart Marin Clean Energy," Pacific Sun article by Peter Seidman (January 29, 2010)

"PG&E spending millions to block local utilities," San Jose Mercury News article by Dana Hull (January 31, 2010)

"Large Marin energy users face choice: PG&E or more renewable energy," Contra Costa Times article by Richard Halstead (February 8, 2010)

"PG&E customers feel sticker shock from rising rates," Fresno Bee (Feb 07, 2010)

"Palo Alto votes to oppose PG&E-backed ballot measure," San Jose Mercury News article by Will Oremus (February 4, 2010)

"Community Bids to Bypass Utilities Facing Hurdles in Calif.," New York Times article by Debra Kahn (January 7, 2010)

"Marin County to provide power, oust PG&E," San Francisco Chronicle article by David R. Baker (February 4, 2010)

"Marin County to bypass PG&E with power agency," San Francisco Chronicle article by David R. Baker (February 5, 2010)

"Marin County kicks PG&E to the curb," abc7news.com article by Lilian Kim (February 4, 2010)

"Why PG&E fears SSJID as well as Marin County," Manteca Bulletin article by Dennis Wyatt, Managing Editor (February 5, 2010)

"Manteca, Ripon & Escalon say ‘yes’ to SSJID, ‘no’ to PG&E," Manteca Bulletin article by Dennis Wyatt, Managing Editor (February 3, 2010)

"PG&E threatens to sue Marin water district over 'clean energy' loan," Contra Costa times article by Richard Halstead (January 29, 2010)

"What Does the PG&E Ballot Initiative Claim to Do?," PG&E Ballot Initiative Factsheet: The Trojan Horse in California's June 8, 2010 Election& by former 2002-2008 California Energy Commissioner John Geesman (January 23, 2010)

"PG&E Going to Ballot to Maintain Power Control," KMJN News Talk Radio with audio clips of radio interview (Jan 20, 2009)

"EDITORIAL: PG&E makes a new power grab: Innocuous-sounding initiative would amend constitution to protect utility's monopoly," iStockAnalyst and Merced Sun-Star (Jan 20, 2009)

"EDITORIAL: PG&E makes a new power grab," Sacramento Bee (January 20, 2010)

"EDITORIAL: Don't vote for PG&E's newest power grab," Fresno Bee (January 20, 2010)

"EDITORIAL: PG&E measure is a bad idea," Modesto Bee (January 21, 2010)

"EDITORIAL: Measure would protect PG&E, not taxpayers," Redding Record-Searchlight (Jan 16, 2010)

"PG&E initiative on power suppliers on ballot," San Francisco Chronicle article by David Baker (Jan 14, 2010)

"County of Marin reaffirms support for Marin Clean Energy," Contra Costa Times article by Richard Halstead (Jan 12, 2010)

"San Francisco City Attorney Slams PG&E: Argues utility monopoly using your money to try to stifle competition," NBC Bay Area (Jan 12, 2010)

"San Francisco City Attorney Slams PG&E: Argues utility monopoly using your money to try to stifle competition," by journalist Peter Seldman of the Pacific Sun (Jan 14, 2010)

"San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera Accuses PG&E Of Undermining City's Clean Power Effort," KTVU Channel 2 (Jan 11, 2010)

 

DECEMBER, 2009 2009

 

"New Group Seeks to Bring Greener Power to Marin," New York Times article by Katharine Mieszkowski (Dec 22, 2009)

"PG&E ballot measure is a stealthy power play:" Los Angeles Times column by Michael Hiltzik (Dec 28, 2009)

"Paul Fenn vs. PG&E - Activist-turned-entrepreneur Paul Fenn's effort to bring affordable sustainable energy to California could be revolutionary -- and electricity giant PG&E isn't happy about it at all." Fast Company feature article by Pulitzer-nominated Author Anya Kamenetz

"City Budget Shortfalls and Responses: Projections for 2010-2012 " National League of Cities brief by Christopher W. Hoene

"NOAC's Contract Extension With FirstEnergy Solutions Provides Communities With Grants Totaling $5.4 Million" Examiner.com press release

"PG&E attack mailer puts City Hall on defensive - SF officials are investigating whether PG&E broke the law with these misleading mailers" by Rebecca Bowe (San Francisco Bay Guardian - Dec 22, 2009)

"The Two Faces of PG&E" by Columnist Robert Speer (Chico News & Review, (Sep 22, 2009)

"Monopoly Money - Can One Utility Block Marin's Climate Protection Efforts?" by Juliane Poirier (MetroActive - San Jose, New Bohemian - Oct 21, 2009)

"How to Earn a Black Eye: PG&E's Orwellian Misnomer" (San Diego Daily Transcript - Oct 8, 2009)

"The PG&E Plan: Trick the Voters and Make them Cry," by Sierra Club California (The Santa Lucian, San Luis Obispo, October, 2009)

"PG&E Wields Power" (Golden Gate XPress, October, 2009)

"Mirkarimi Warns Northern California Power Authority Against Monopoly-Protecting Ballot Initiative" (Fog City Journal - Sep 24, 2009)

"PG&E Initiative Clears Hurdle" (San Francisco Bay Guardian, Oct 27, 2009)

"Why PG&E's Monopoly Protection Ballot Initiative is a Bad Idea" (Pacific Sun, Sep 28, 2009)

"Stopping PG&E's Fraudulent Initiative" (TURN - The Utility Reform Network, Sep 22, 2009)

"PG&E Backs Measure to Tighten Grip on Cities" (San Francisco Chronicle - Aug 18, 2009)

"PG&E Fights Marin Power Push" (Contra Costa Times - Aug 5, 2009)

"Marin Voice: Energy Indendence for Marin" (Marin Independent Journal - Nov 22, 2009)

"Debate Over Marin Plan To Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions Heats Up" (Marin Independent Journal - Nov 18, 2009)

"Power Grab in Hot Tubistan:"San Francisco Chronicle article by Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist Katherine Ellison (May 29, 2009)

 

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Energy Aggregation Could Widen Renewable Choices, by Daniel Mintz, The Arcata Eye

San Francisco company aims to localize renewable energy in Evanston, by Audrey Cheng, The Daily Northwestern - Chicago

Credits where credit is due? MCE is leading the green-energy way—thanks in part to RECs, by Peter Seidman, The Pacific Sun

Voltage & Violets - How a public power agency in Sonoma County could revolutionize the grid, by Darwin Bond-Graham, The Bohemian

The New(er) Kids on the Block: Community Choice Aggregators

Utilities Do Battle on California Ballot, Wall Street Journal article by award-winning journalist Rebecca Smith

Upfront: Shock and awful Behind PG&E's plan to unplug community choice once and for all, by Peter Seidman, The Pacific Sun

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Green Scheme, San Francisco Weekly
WHo;'s Fighting PG&E on Prop 16? by Rebecca Bowe, San Francisco Bay Guardian
View Paul Fenn Blog - Citizen Darbee: The Pricelessness of Leaderspeak
Legislation that made Marin Clean Energy possible emerged from chaos of deregulation, by Richard Halstead, Marin Independent Journal
Power to the People, by Elly Hopper, Terrain Magazine
Community Bids to Bypass Utilities Facing Hurdles in Calif., New York Times article by Debra Kahn
California ballot battle pits Pacific Gas and Electric against consumer groups - Campaigners warn against electricity giant's 'outrageous' bid to enshrine business advantage in state constitution
PG&E spending millions to block local utilities, by Dana Hull, San Jose Mercury News
MORAIN: PG&E, from bankruptcy to bully - Utility is bankrolling initiative to keep competitors off its turf, Modesto Bee article by Sacramento Bee Senior Editor Dan Morain


PG&E gets down and dirty in attempts to thwart Marin Clean Energy, by Peters Seidman, Pacific Sun
PG&E amps up bid for power, by columnist Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times
Power by the People, Bates Magazine Feature Article on CCA Creator Paul Fenn, by Bryce Bubner
EDITORIAL: Don't vote for PG&E's newest power grab, Fresno Bee
PG&E flips the switch on a ballot power play, by Senior Editor Dan Morain, Sacramento Bee
Marin County to provide power, oust PG&E, by David R. Baker, San Francisco Chronicle
PG&E Expects to Spend Up to $35 Million on Ballot Initiative, Business Week article by Mark Chediak
New group Seeks to Bring Greener Power to Marin., New York Times article by Katharine Mieszkowski

Power Mad - Orwell Fans Take Note: PG&E's war on public utilities goes to ballot as the 'Right to Vote Act', by the North Bay Bohemian
Ballot initiative may alter power business - Public utilities critical of effort funded by PG&E, Stockton Record article by Daniel Thigpen
Prop 16 is Worst Measure on June Ballot, by East County Magazine (San Diego County)

The Protect PG&E's Gold Mine Act, Mantece Bulletin article by Dennis Wyatt
Public power backers cry foul over utility effort, Associated Press article by Jason Dearen








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Newspaper Editorials

THE LOS ANGELES TIMES: No on Prop 16 - On June 8, the Times' endorsements in selected races," Los Angeles Times Editorial (June 6, 2010)

THE SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS: No on Prop 16 - Some of hte most important choices are here at hom," San Jose Mercury News Editorial (June 6, 2010)

THE STOCKTON RECORD: No on Proposition 16," Stockton Record Editorial (June 4, 2010)

THE TIMES-HERALD: Don't be fooled by Prop. 16," Times-Herald (Napa-Solano) Editorial (June 4, 2010)

THE MERCED SUN-STAR: Vote no on self-serving measures," Merced Sun-Star Editorial (June 1, 2010)

THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL: In our opinion - Vote no on Prop. 16," Ukiah Daily Journal Editorial (June 1, 2010)

SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS: One more time: Vote no on Proposition 16," San Jose Mercury News Editorial (June 1, 2010)

THE MODESTO BEE: Prop. 16: No way, never, uh-uh, no," Modesto Bee Editorial (May 30, 2010)

THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN: A public power landmark -- and the battle to come -- CCA allows communities to offer an alternative — to buy cleaner power in bulk and resell it at comparable or cheaper rates to residents and businesses," San Francisco Bay Guardian Editorial (May 25, 2010)

THE VENTURA COUNTY STAR: : Prop. 16: no Prop. 17: no," Ventura County Star Editorial (May 25, 2010)

THE MONTEREY COUNTY HERALD: Companies hijack initiative process," Monterey County Herald Editorial (May 20, 2010)

PARADISE POST: Prop 16: Good idea, bad initiative," Paradise Post Editorial (May 18, 2010)

NAPA VALLEY REGISTER: No on 16 and 17," Napa Valley Register Editorial (May 17, 2010)

VISALIA TIMES-DELTA: " Editorial: Proposition 16 is PG&E power grab," Visalia Times-Delta Editorial (May 17, 2010)

VACAVILLE REPORTER: " Editorial: Pull plug on PG&E power grab," Vacaville Reporter Editorial (May 14, 2010)

FRESNO BEE: " Vote 'no' on Proposition 16, PG&E's power grab - It shows how special interests manipulate the system," The Fresno Bee Editorial (May 10, 2010)

REDDING RECORD SEARCHLIGHT: "Vote no on PG&E's sham initiative," The Record Searchlight Editorial (May 9, 2010)

SANTA CRUZ SENTINAL: "As We See It: Vote no on Prop. 16: choice over monopoly," Santa Cruz Sentinel Editorial (May 9, 2010)

PASADENA STAR-NEWS: "Our View: Prop. 16 - the right to vote NO," Pasadena Star-News Editorial (May 5, 2010)

BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIAN: "Prop. 16 isn't about taxpayers, it's about profits," Bakersfield Californian Editorial (May 4, 2010)

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE: "Vote No on Prop 16," San Francisco Chronicle Editorial (April 18, 2010)

LONG BEACH PRESS TELEGRAM: "Vote No on Prop 16," Long Beach Press Telegram Editorial (March 22, 2010)

"SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS: Vote no on Prop. 16," the San Jose Mercury News (March 20, 2010)

CONTRA COSTA TIMES: "California Voters Should Reject Prop. 16," the Contra Costa Times (March 20, 2010)

OAKLAND TRIBUNE: "California voters should reject Proposition 16,"The Oakland Tribune (March 8, 2010)

SACRAMENTO BEE: "PG&E makes a new power grab," Sacramento Bee Editorial (Jan 20, 2010)

SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS: "Initiative process just as infected by money as the rest of politics," San Jose Mercury News Editorial (February 20, 2010)

SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN: "No more silence on PG&E's statewide power grab," San Francisco Bay Guardian Editorial (February 23, 2010)

FRESNO BEE: "Don't vote for PG&E's newest power grab," Fresno Bee Editorial (February 1, 2010)

MODESTO BEE: "PG&E measure is a bad idea," Modesto Bee Editorial (Jan 21, 2010)

REDDING RECORD-SEARCHLIGHT: "Measure would protect PG&E, not taxpayers," Redding Record-Searchlight Editorial (Jan 16, 2010)

Op Eds

"No on Prop. 16 - The PG&E initiative would block Community Choice option," Santa Barbara Independent opinion by Megan Birney (June 3, 2010)

"Don't be bamboozled by Prop.16 - PG&E has commandeered the initiative process in a cynical, underhanded ploy to cement its monopoly," New Times (San Luis Obispo) opinion by Ken McCalip (June 2, 2010)

"California: ruined by the supermajority - Requiring two-thirds approval to pass budgets and other legislation has not made California more democratic.," Los Angeles Times (Solano-Napa) opinion by Joe Matthews (May 30, 2010)

"Proposition 16 nothing but a PG&E scam," Bakersfield Californian opinion by James Resseguie (May 30, 2010)

"Prop. 16 is a scheme," Times-Herald (Solano-Napa) opinion by Kathy Kerridge (May 30, 2010)

"Opinion: PUC head: Reject Prop 16's outrageous bid for monopoly power," San Jose Mercury News opinion by California Public Utilities Commission President Michael R. Peevey (May 23, 2010)

"Political ads can be amusing, but Prop. 16 deceit isn't funny," Fresno Bee article by Bill McEwen (May 14, 2010)

"PG&E ballot measure is a stealthy power play," Los Angeles Times column by Michael Hiltzik (Dec 28, 2009)

"Love is Hate, PG&E is Green, and Community Choice Threatens Taxpayers - PG&E's filed, funded referendum invites Californians to vote to block their own choice," Solar Times Op Ed by CCA creator Paul Fenn (November, 2009)

"PG&E vs. democracy," Sacramento News & Review Op Ed by Cosmo Garvin (February 4, 2010)

"The PG&E stealth measure," Cal Coast News (Dec 27, 2009)

"The two faces of PG&E," by columnist Robert Speer, Chico News & Review, (Sep 22, 2009)

"Monopoly Money - Can one utility block Marin's climate protection efforts?," by Juliane Poirier, MetroActive - San Jose New Bohemian (Oct 21, 2009)

"How to Earn a Black Eye: PG&E's Orwellian Misnomer," San Diego Daily Transcript - (Oct 8, 2009)

"The PG&E Plan: Trick the Voters and Make them Cry," by Sierra Club California, The Santa Lucian, San Luis Obispo (Oct, 2009)

"The Population Myth," by George Monbiot, Monbiot.com, San Luis Obispo (September 29, 2009)

or any other official political action or campaign committees related to Prop 16 or other ballot initiatives.