Thu, Dec 29, 2011
When you flip the light switch, you expect the power to flow. That simple expectation guides many complex and difficult decisions the leaders of your electric cooperative must make in the coming weeks and months if you are to have the electricity you need in the future. Over the years, it has become increasingly clear […]
Thu, Dec 22, 2011
The Obama administration on Wednesday announced landmark new rules requiring power plants to sharply reduce emissions of mercury and other toxic pollutants. The regulations, first proposed in March, were finalized last week by the Environmental Protection Agency under a court deadline, and have been subject to heavy lobbying and vigorous debate between the electric industry […]
Tue, Dec 20, 2011
Sometime during the spring semester, Crowder College students will start walking into the future on a daily basis. Their doorway will be the front entrance of the Missouri Alternative Renewable Energy Technology Center, which officials say will be the only one of its kind on a college campus in the country. Final touches on the […]
Mon, Dec 19, 2011
A coalition of big industrial corporations and environmental groups filed language late last week for a proposed ballot initiative that would revise the state’s plan for developing renewable energy sources while shifting the costs of developing these sources off of big corporations and onto families and small businesses. The proposal, submitted to the Missouri Secretary […]
Tue, Dec 13, 2011
Ever since the government banned its use in the recycling of used nuclear fuel nearly 35 years ago, “reprocessing” has been a dirty word. Many nuclear scientists and engineers, however, believe a new commitment to reprocessing is the key to solving the nuclear waste problem and ushering in a new generation of advanced power reactors. Hundreds of […]
Tue, Dec 13, 2011
There’s never a shortage of things for Americans to worry about — housing foreclosures, the teetering European economy, even bedbugs — so it’s no wonder the Japanese nuclear power plant catastrophe that transfixed the world in March has dropped down the list of things to lose sleep over. But new reports suggest that the meltdown […]
