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Energy and Environment Potpourri: Subsidies, Solar, Mining, and Haze

Time to clear the queue! Here are some energy and environment notes from all the tabs crowding the top of my browser:

  1. If we can get rid of direct payments to farmers, surely we can get rid of $24 billion in corporate welfare handed to rich and successful energy companies.
  2. Solar panels on every family's roof in America would save us all $144 billion in electric bills each year. That would free up a lot of cash to buy groceries.
  3. The South Dakota Water Alliance is raising red flags about proposals for increased rare-earths mining in the Bear Lodge Mountains, just across the border from Spearfish.
  4. In response to industry efforts to protect hazy skies and corporate profit through environmental externalities from EPA regulation, a whole bunch of our environmentally minded neighbors are launching "Health Not Haze." Remember, reducing emissions from our western coal plants isn't just good for the eyes; it's good for the lungs!

2 Comments

  1. Michael Black 2011.11.12

    We can spend huge amounts of money or we can turn the thermostat down, combine trips or drive a little slower putting money into our pockets and able to spend it on other things. Conservation should be our first priority.

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