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ALEC again: GA HB 176 for higher cell towers with less local government...
After massive public opposition just fought off a subdivision near Moody’s gate, do we want telephone cell towers popping up in Moody’s flight lines? Trying to outlaw municipal broadband isn’t the...
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Scorecard on Internet and Energy at the Bird Supper
On the 27th of February I posted Internet and Energy at the Bird Supper and Gretchen and I went to the Bird Supper in Atlanta and discussed those four bills with legislators. Our local elected...
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Renewable Portfolio Standards: GA, NC, and ALEC
Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards (RPS) are being proposed in Georgia and ALEC is trying to do away with them in North Carolina. If ALEC doesn’t like them, there must be something good about RPS....
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How can we get Georgia to move ahead in solar power?
If we can’t expect Georgia Power or Southern Company to change their tune about solar power, what can we do? Legislate and raise public pressure, while getting on with installing what solar power we...
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Georgia’s ALEC local cheap labor law
Did you know in 2005 Georgia passed a cheap labor law even more draconian than its ALEC model Local Minimum Wage Preemption Act? Here’s the law, 2005-2006 Regular Session – HB 59 Minimum wage mandates...
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Bloomberg discovers mandated prison beds for CCA profit
The feds also fell for CCA’s prison snakeoil; it’s not just for states like Georgia. William Selway & Margaret Newkirk wrote for Bloomberg 24 September 2013, Congress Mandates Jail Beds for 34,000...
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ALEC solar tax
Arizona, Virginia, and now they’re trying in Georgia: ALEC wants to tax your solar panels. ALEC is trying to legislate buggy whip requirements in an age of affordable electric cars. Suzanne Goldenberg...
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Utilities can’t take the solar heat
Utilities are trying increasingly desperate tactics in their losing battle against distributed rooftop solar power. It’s time for them to get out in front and lead instead. Clare Foran wrote for...
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Solar benefits outweigh costs in NC
And the same is true in Georgia, despite Georgia Power and Southern Company. John Downey wrote for Charlotte Business Journal 23 October 2013, Study: Solar benefits outweigh costs in NC An independent...
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Solar Power Hot Topic on LAKE blog
Some like pithy posts, and others like long historical summaries: see the Solar Hot Topic for the latter. I’ve just added links about solar parking lots, Oakland, CA, Dublin, GA and Lowndes High...
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Atlanta TV station exposes ALEC lobbyists in Savannah
Caught on-camera: ALEC’s off-duty sheriff’s deputies getting TV reporters thrown out of their own hotel for “taking pictures in the hotel”, after ALEC’s marketing droid denied any lobbying going on,...
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Moratorium on Palmetto Pipeline goes to GA Gov. for signature on HB 1036
We all won twice against invading pipelines this week in the Georgia legislature. A smashing 34-128 defeat of Spectra Energy’s invading Sabal “Sinkhole” Trail natural gas pipeline, by WWALS, Flint...
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Sen. John Barrasso predicted China emissions wrong
See the power behind FERC get it very wrong. About China emissions, about energy and economy, about solar power, and all in one speech. American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), YouTube, 3...
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