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Frontline PBS HEAT - Boone Interview

Recently Frontline (PBS) did an episode (HEAT) on climate change and interviewed T. Boone Pickens on alternative energy sources. If you have the tile it is really worth watching the whole program (about one hour). But if you can't I attached a link to Pickens' interview. 1) Frontline HEAT - Interview with T. Boone Pickens 2) Frontl… Continue

Added by Matt Gilbert on October 23, 2008 at 11:00am — No Comments

Tips for Communicating with Congress

I found this bit of info on Govtrack.US When the Congress was created, communication was not as easy as it is today. Technology has been a major force behind increasing citizen engagement with civics. Over the last decade or so, the number of letters to Congress has nearly quadrupled, with more than 200 million emails now received by Congress each year (that's around one email per adult!). Unfortunately, Congress… Continue

Added by Matt Gilbert on October 8, 2008 at 11:30pm — 2 Comments

Housing and Economic Recovery Act Cashes in on Clean Energy

Fellow Picken Planners, Recently the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 was signed into law. One thing most people might have missed with this Act is the H.Amdt. 748 Amendment that requires electric suppliers, other than governmental entities and rural electric cooperatives, to provide 15 percent of their electricity using renewable energy resources by the year 2020. So what does that mean?? Well in a… Continue

Added by Matt Gilbert on October 8, 2008 at 11:14pm — 2 Comments