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Washington Utilities Now Need to Consider Emissions
We were heard!! Great news for everyone who participated in PSE’s 20-year plan hearing in February. The Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) formally “acknowledge” the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), which means that PSE adhered to the letter of the law … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Climate, Energy
Tagged Avista, carbon, carbon cost, carbon emissions, climate, coal, colstrip, Eastside, emissions cost, environment, integrated resource plan, IRP, liquid natural gas, LNG, Pacific Power, PSE, Puget Sound Energy, regulators, Rosebud, Rosebud mine, social cost, Tacoma, transmisison, utc, utilities, utilities and transportation commission, WA, WA utilities
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PSE 20-Year Plan Hearing PACKED
Wednesday, February 21st, Renton, WA at Puget Sound Energy’s 20-year Integrated Resource Plan hearing before the Utilities and Transportation Commission — More than 250 people packed the room to protest PSE’s 20-year fossil fuel plan. 100s rallied outside in the … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Climate, Energy
Tagged 20-year plan, 350.org, bainbridge island city council, carbon-free, coal, coal plant, coal-generated energy, colstrip, Congresswoman Hayman, Dow Constantine, Energy Independence Act, fossil fuel, fossil fuels, gas, gas peaker plants, HB 2839, integrated resource plan, IRP, King County Executive, methane, Montana, Montana wind, noLNG, PSE, Puget Sound Energy, Puyallup Tribe, Re-define Tacoma, renewable energy, Renewable Portfolio Statndard, renewables, renton, SB 6424, sierra club, Students for the Salish Sea, Tacoma LNG, utc, utilities and transportation commission, Vashon Climate Action Group, washington state, wind energy
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Join Low Carbon Girl and Hundreds of Concerned Citizens
Ask for a Path to 100% Renewable Energy Join me and hundreds of other concerned citizens as well as groups such as 350.org, Backbone, Redefine Tacoma, Vashon Climate Action Group, Indigenous environmental activists, Puyallup Tribal Nation, Puyallup Water Warriors, Indivisible … Continue reading
Posted in Climate, Energy
Tagged 350, climate, coal, coal free pse, electric energy, energy, Feb 21st, fossil fuels, gas, gas plant, integrated resource plan, IRP, liquid natural gas, LNG, Olympia, PSE, Redefine tacoma, renewable energy, renewables, sierra club, Tacoma, Tacoma LNG, utc
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Your Choice Has Power
Supply and demand. The heart of our capitalist system. On one hand it’s great: our purchasing power can help to change the marketplace for the better. On the other hand: government regulations can interrupt our leverage as consumers. The image … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Shopping
Tagged bainbridge island, capitalism, choice, COBI, electric vehicles, electricity, EV, fossil fuels, government, Island Power, PSE, Puget Sound Energy, supply and demand, utc
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PSE Island
Welcome to Bainbridge Puget Sound Energy (PSE) Island. Its like Safeco Field or any other company-paid entity. You might not have noticed, because Madge, “you’re soaking in it.” It’s all around us like the Matrix. Oh, speaking of all around … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, My CO2 Footprint
Tagged bainbridge, bainbridge island, Bainbridge Review, electric utility, power, PSE, public power, Puget Sound Energy, Thurston County, utility
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Island Power – How to Cut Carbon Emissions Without a Lifestyle Overhaul
If you’ve been reading my blog over the past couple years or have just been trying to reduce your carbon footprint, you know how hard it is to make meaningful lifestyle changes and still be part of modern society. Or, … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Green Ideas, My CO2 Footprint
Tagged bainbridge, bainbridge island, BI, Bonneville Power Administration, BPA, carbon emission, coal-generated electricity, electricity, hydropower, Island Power, island voice, Jefferson County, JPUD, Montana colstrip, PSE, public power, public utility district, Puget Sound Energy, smart energy
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Time to Buy an Electric Car?
As you probably know, one of the basic tenets of living a low-carbon lifestyle is to use everything as long as possible. Then, if need be, reuse and then finally recycle or better yet, compost. Well, I don’t see myself … Continue reading
Posted in Fuel, Green Ideas, My CO2 Footprint
Tagged beyond coal, car emissions, carbon emissions, coal free pse, electric car, electric car carbon emissions, electric cars, Ford, powering electric cars with solar energy, PSE, Puget Sound Energy, sierra club, solar, solar energy, SunPower, The Guardian
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Win a Solar Power System
I don’t know about you, but when I get my electric bill, or any bill for that matter, if it is in paper form, I dump all the inserts into recycle and just focus on the bill itself. And, even … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, At Home, Green Ideas
Tagged City of Bainbridge Island, green power, green power challenge, green power program, PSE, Puget Sound Energy, renewable energy, solar power, sustainable bainbridge, win solar power
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