News — energy
Dirty Tricks by Florida Power and Light electric utility- to stop rooftop solar and get billions
great list of articles about corruption partly by FL Power and light from jason garcia's substack "Seeking Rents". He uncovers misdeeds and corruption by FPL, Gov DeSantis, and other politicians.
more good stuff by him:
Heat Pumps for Heating and Cooling
link They save money and reduce global warming.
Forests Being Sacrificed in Europe to Make Wood Pellets
NYT burning them up for wood pellets for energy- AND GETTING SUBSIDIES FROM GOVERNMENTS- PRETENDING THEY ARE A GREEN SOURCE OF ENERGY.
Battle Against Gas Companies to Change to Electric Heating and reduce Climate Change
link , Natural Gas cos. Lie and create fake social media posts to scare citizens to delay stopping the burning of natural gas for heating buildings
Fight Global Warming by Making Energy Publicly Owned
A Yes magazine article explains that making energy public is the answer: cities, counties, and states own the utility systems and build and operate the wind, solar, and efficiency programs. they keep the money local, and they increase efficiency instead of maximizing the profits to distant owners.
www.commondreams.org/views/2017/07/09/our-best-shot-meeting-paris-goals-make-energy-public
the study shows public is mostly better than privatization: https://www.tni.org/files/publication-downloads/reclaiming_public_services.pdf