http://www.greenrising.com/2008/04/07/renew-missouri/ a life more sustainable Sun, 09 May 2010 02:54:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.greenrising.com/2008/04/07/renew-missouri/comment-page-1/#comment-24060 St. Louis Earth Day 2008 - Renew Missouri SURGE | green | rising Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:16:43 +0000 http://www.greenrising.com/?p=350#comment-24060 [...] wrote about the effort two posts ago but I don’t think enough attention can be given to the issue.  Accordingly, I was happy to [...] [...] wrote about the effort two posts ago but I don’t think enough attention can be given to the issue.  Accordingly, I was happy to [...]

]]> http://www.greenrising.com/2008/04/07/renew-missouri/comment-page-1/#comment-24052 Vihar Sheth Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:13:35 +0000 http://www.greenrising.com/?p=350#comment-24052 Let's hope we can get this on the ballot. Of course, this is only half the battle . . . I'm sure the coal interests will bad-mouth the legislation to voters as the November elections approach. My hope is that the presidential election will take up most of the air time and people's attention so the naysayers won't get too much of an audience. Let’s hope we can get this on the ballot. Of course, this is only half the battle . . . I’m sure the coal interests will bad-mouth the legislation to voters as the November elections approach. My hope is that the presidential election will take up most of the air time and people’s attention so the naysayers won’t get too much of an audience.

]]> http://www.greenrising.com/2008/04/07/renew-missouri/comment-page-1/#comment-24051 GreenGrl Mon, 14 Apr 2008 03:56:46 +0000 http://www.greenrising.com/?p=350#comment-24051 Good on ya for volunteering. Given that 86% of Missouri's electricity comes from coal, and given that that coal is imported from Wyoming at the cost of $9 billion annually, with costs going up each year, now's the time to diversify our energy portfolio. Setting even a modest, 15% renewable energy standard will give green energy--wind, solar, biomass and small hydropower sources--a fighting chance in our state. Good on ya for volunteering. Given that 86% of Missouri’s electricity comes from coal, and given that that coal is imported from Wyoming at the cost of $9 billion annually, with costs going up each year, now’s the time to diversify our energy portfolio. Setting even a modest, 15% renewable energy standard will give green energy–wind, solar, biomass and small hydropower sources–a fighting chance in our state.

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