Jim Pierobon is Founder and principal writer of The Energy Fix. He is a policy, marketing and social media strategist who has reported on, testified and consulted about smarter grids, cyber-security as it affects the power grid, fossil fuel shortages, price spikes, energy efficiency and the rise and fall -- and the rise again of nuclear and renewable energy sources.FAST FIX: Score a win for Supermodel Elle Macpherson over OK Sen. James Inhofe
The Senate has voted 53-46 to defeat Republican Oklahoma Senator James Inhofe’s bid to halt the U.S. EPA restrictions of mercury and air toxic emissions standards (aka MATS) from coal-fired power plants. While not all, or even most of the credit goes to celebrities such as supermodel Elle Macpherson (photo), it certainly didn’t hurt that [...]
First Big Oil, now ethanol – are wind, solar, nuclear subsidies next to come under fire?
The answer to THAT question determines how much life subsidies for corn-based ethanol have in the U.S. And the clock may be ticking on other subsidies. As fiscal pressures mount, both politically and financially, it is becoming increasingly difficult to defend the 45-cent-a-gallon subsidy to refiners and a 54-cent-per-gallon tariff on imported sugarcane ethanol. Together, [...]