BDN & PPH - Senate confirms Perry as energy secretary, Carson for HUD
BDN
Democratic lawmakers expressed worry Perry would weaken the department’s functions and potentially target its army of scientists focused on climate and clean energy research......
Democratic Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden, a senior Democrat on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, said Perry had failed to persuade him he would push back against Trump administration plans to cut the department’s budget and focus on clean energy R&D.
“As Trump is threatening to slash DOE’s budget, Gov. Perry hasn’t convinced me he’s up to the task of creating those jobs and putting points on the board in the fight against climate change,” Wyden said.
http://bangordailynews.com/2017/03/03/news/nation/senate-confirms-p...
PPH - Senate confirms Carson, Perry for housing, energy posts
Democrats and environmental groups have derided Perry’s nomination, calling him a steep drop-off from the two renowned physicists who preceded him as energy chief, Steven Chu and Ernest Moniz.
http://www.pressherald.com/2017/03/02/rick-perry-confirmed-as-energ...
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Comment by Barbara Durkin on March 3, 2017 at 2:43pm
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Sorry about that format problem all characters on left- hope this works-
How Enron Did Texas
Enron, maker of big promises and big donations, stands revealed as a four-flusher.
By Nate Blakeslee
February 14, 2002
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I'm concerned about Perry- Don't know if he'd now blow the whistle on ENRON issues present, like SunEdison.
This is from the first link below-
[ENRON]-Governor Rick Perry has taken more than $227,075 from the company, including a $25,000 check from Ken Lay delivered the day after Perry appointed a former Enron executive, Max Yzaguirre, to head the Texas Public Utility Commission.
Read article in its entirety
https://www.thenation.com/article/how-enron-did-texas/
Google: Rick Perry Enron
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m.dailykos.com/.../-Rick-Perry-selected-to-head-agency-he-can-t-remember-the-name...Dec 13, 2016 - Rick Perry lost traction in his 2012 presidential bid when, during a debate ... Perhaps it's the Enron connection that sealed the deal (from a 2002 ...May 21, 2015 - It's significant because, like former Texas governor Rick Perry, Flores used to be ... It is a modern day “Enron” of the federal government. Take ...Rick Perry. Max Yzaguirre, who held various positions at Enron including head of its Mexican operations, said he was stepping down because of "politically ...
Maine as Third World Country:
CMP Transmission Rate Skyrockets 19.6% Due to Wind Power
Click here to read how the Maine ratepayer has been sold down the river by the Angus King cabal.
Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting – Three Part Series: A CRITICAL LOOK AT MAINE’S WIND ACT
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(excerpts) From Part 1 – On Maine’s Wind Law “Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine if the law’s goals were met." . – Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, August 2010 https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/From Part 2 – On Wind and Oil Yet using wind energy doesn’t lower dependence on imported foreign oil. That’s because the majority of imported oil in Maine is used for heating and transportation. And switching our dependence from foreign oil to Maine-produced electricity isn’t likely to happen very soon, says Bartlett. “Right now, people can’t switch to electric cars and heating – if they did, we’d be in trouble.” So was one of the fundamental premises of the task force false, or at least misleading?" https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-swept-task-force-set-the-rules/From Part 3 – On Wind-Required New Transmission Lines Finally, the building of enormous, high-voltage transmission lines that the regional electricity system operator says are required to move substantial amounts of wind power to markets south of Maine was never even discussed by the task force – an omission that Mills said will come to haunt the state.“If you try to put 2,500 or 3,000 megawatts in northern or eastern Maine – oh, my god, try to build the transmission!” said Mills. “It’s not just the towers, it’s the lines – that’s when I begin to think that the goal is a little farfetched.” https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/flaws-in-bill-like-skating-with-dull-skates/
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Hannah Pingree on the Maine expedited wind law
Hannah Pingree - Director of Maine's Office of Innovation and the Future
"Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine."
https://pinetreewatch.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/
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