Wind energy advocates came out in force to express dismay that the offshore project didn’t make the cut. Peter Gollon, chair of the local Sierra Club’s energy committee, gave LIPA an “F” for failing to make good on its plan to issue 280 megawatts of green energy. Heres an F for you Pete! Read the rest here 16:24
NILS STOLPE: The New England groundfish debacle (Part IV): Is cutting back harvest really the answer?
While it’s a fact that’s hardly ever acknowledged, the assumption in fisheries management is that if the population of a stock of fish isn’t at some arbitrary level, it’s because of too much fishing. Hence the term “overfished.” Hence the mandated knee jerk reaction of the fisheries managers to not enough fish; cut back on fishing. What of other factors? They don’t count. It’s all about fishing, because fishing is all that the managers can control; it’s their Maslow’s Hammer. When it comes to the oceans it seems as if it’s about all that the industry connected mega-foundations that support the anti-fishing ENGOs with hundreds of millions of dollars a year in “donations” are interested in controlling. Read the article here
Yea! for LIPA! Not one of my favorite institutions; but seems they’re showing some sense here. Solar is the way to go!
PS- and where did you get that photo of me and Jeannie on our last beach outing for the summer? (It is kinda’ personal, you know.)
Its great news, eh? This is the third one shot down, although Fishermen’s Energy is still trying. There was another one south of there in Maryland that was shut down. Small victory’s, but still wins. I knew you wouldn’t mind the photo for this auspicious occasion!