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Obama’s smart grid funding leaves California out in the cold

Oct 27, 2009 Object

President Barack Obama announced today that he is pushing out $3.4 billion in stimulus spending to fund the development and construction of the much vaunted “smart grid.” Significant portions of the funding will go toward subsidizing so-called smart electrical meters for large utilities. Utilities in Florida and Maryland are set to get multi-hundred million dollar grants to underwrite smart meters and other infrastructure upgrades.

But a quick read of the stimulus list implies that the government will inadvertently penalize some utilities that have already moved quickly to build smart meter programs. The biggest loser of all? California. Big utilities in the Golden State got more or less shut of funding awards from Washington D.C. on this round, according to blog Earth2Tech.

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Political pollution: The true cost of petroleum

Sep 13, 2009 Object

Filed under: Energy, Economy

Despite all the well-reasoned arguments and scientific studies, the decades of debate and the disappearing ice caps, the fate of gas conservation seems to rise and falls with the thermometer. For much of the public, sweltering summers and balmy winters offer evidence of global warming, while chilly summers and frigid winters suggest that ozone depletion, greenhouse gases, and smog are not as important as various climatologists and Al Gore would have us believe.

Ironically, conservation’s Achilles’ heel comes from its staunchest defenders. The environmentalism movement has put most of its eggs in the global warming basket, pushing the notion that the dangers of petroleum consumption can be more or less boiled down to climate change. Of course, if global warming isn’t really happening, or if climate change can be reversed — as a recent Scientific American article suggests — then the argument against Hummers falls apart, suggesting that humanity can continue its locust-like consumption of resources.

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Confirmed: BusinessWeek on the block

Jul 13, 2009 Object, news

Filed under: Company News, Media

It’s no rumor: McGraw-Hill is definitely shopping BusinessWeek. Now who wants to buy it?

The news-and-information conglomerate just issued a statement more or less confirming this morning’s report by Bloomberg that it is ready to part ways with the 80-year-old business magazine. This was the company’s statement:

The McGraw-Hill Companies (MHP) today announced that it is exploring strategic options for BusinessWeek. BusinessWeek is a globally respected brand and one of the world’s leading sources of essential and trusted content that informs and inspires business leaders to make smarter decisions in their professional and personal lives.

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