energy

City Council

AREG and Aberdeen City Council partner to propel offshore wind renewables | #citycouncil

AREG has launched its latest innovative project, the Enhancing Offshore Wind Renewables through Digital Innovation initiative, in partnership with Aberdeen City Council. The project focuses on delivering tailored expert advice, leadership support, and networking opportunities to help digital technology SMEs transition seamlessly into the offshore wind sector. The project unveils a new approach to revolutionise […]

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City Council

Letters to the Editor — Dallas bond, Hong Kong, group homes, Alzheimer’s, Ukraine | #citycouncil

Delay bond vote Re: “Dallas Botching Bond Package Vote — City wants to borrow the maximum $1.25 billion but so far hasn’t spelled out what it’s for,” Thursday editorial You are correct in calling the planning of the bond program botched. I was skeptical about the late addition of $250 million in unspecified funds to […]

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Arkansas

Energy regulator nominees face Senate committee • Arkansas Advocate

President Joe Biden’s three nominees to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission faced questions from a U.S. Senate committee Thursday, with senators probing their views on fossil fuels and climate policy, the reliability of the nation’s electric grid and gas delivery system and how to handle the pressing need for new electric transmission lines, among other […]

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Arkansas

Arkansas’s former oil fields may become the forefront of sustainable lithium extraction

Southern Arkansas’s Smackover Formation, known for its oil production history, is now a hopeful ground for lithium mining. Boyce Upholt reports for Yale E360. In short: The Smackover Formation, historically an oil production site, may soon aid in the clean energy transition with its rich lithium brines suitable for direct lithium extraction (DLE). DLE allegedly […]

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City Council

Napa City Council chambers needs a facelift | #citycouncil

CHRIS D. CRAIKER Craiker Jennifer Huffman I wish I could take credit for the Napa City Council moving forward on using drones for the next Fourth of July Night display…. But I can’t. My little Feb. 3 Architex Angle article about how lasers and drones should replace the traditional Fourth fireworks was simply alerting everyone […]

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Mayor

Letters to the Editor – Child care, Dallas mayor, electric grid, Taylor Swift

Better ways to do this Re: “Restrictions eased in residential zones — Dallas City Council clears path for more centers to be opened,” Thursday Metro & Business story. The city can do better to increase child care. The best idea Dallas can come up with is to remove the special-use permit requirement for a child […]

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Mayor

Power Cuts In Kyiv After Explosions: Mayor

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said Wednesday that part of the city was without electricity after power lines were damaged during a Russian missile attack. “As a result of an enemy attack, two high-voltage lines were damaged by missile fragments in the capital. Some consumers on the left bank are currently without electricity,” Klitschko wrote on social […]

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Alaska

Kassie Andrews: Alaska ‘Green New Deal’ lurks as a camel’s nose under the tent | #alaska | #politics

By KASSIE ANDREWS | MASTER RESOURCE  “Senator Jesse Bjorkman is up against an army of eco-activists and lobbyists. We Alaskans have the responsibility to hand down the legacy of an affordable and reliable energy system. A Renewable Portfolio Standard is not that.” The “camel’s nose under the tent” metaphor is: “Don’t allow even small malpractices, because […]

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Alabama

Voting rights decision may curb push to diversify Georgia, Alabama utility commissions | #elections | #alabama

This story was produced by Floodlight, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the powerful interests stalling climate action. It also appeared on Georgia Recorder. Brionte´ McCorkle was “furious” when a federal appeals court ruled in late November that Georgia could keep its current method of electing its powerful utility regulators. She punched her kickboxing heavy bag so […]

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City Council

Greenville City Council approves GUC solar project | Local News | #citycouncil

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