Delaware
updated
11:00 a.m.
Contains only posts that are ID'd as local content. An explanation. Want to help improve our local content filter? Add keywords here.
They’re ba-a-a-a-ck. For three weeks…before they break for Easter. The ‘honorables’ (shout out to Ralph Moyed) return to Dover with expansion of casino gambling apparently at the top of the ‘to-do, or not to-do’ list. I support expansion beyond the current race-track sites, not b/c I was a strong advocate for casino gambling in the first [...]...
DelawareLiberal.Net - 6:41 a.m.
Jack Markell yesterday presented a new proposal to boost and extend the renewable portfolio standard and promote the development of green energy jobs in Delaware. Markell went to the Motech Americas solar panel plant in Newark to announce the Delaware Clean Energy Jobs Act. The proposal would extend and expand the renewable portfolio standard (RPS) to 30 percent by 2029 and for the first time ...
TommyWonk - Thu 5:42 a.m. - 6 clicks 
The story of how Delaware is leading the country on weatherization made the front page of DailyKos this morning with a hat tip to this blog. Kos diarist Meteor Blades reviews the weak results from most states , ending with this note: Meanwhile, states who are still having trouble getting their act into gear might take a gander at how Delaware did it . As I noted on Frida...
TommyWonk - Mar 8 - 10 clicks
The Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Energy has released a report lamenting the slow pace of deployment of funds for weatherization . The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) allocated $4.73 billion for weathering homes over a three year period. Of that, only $368.2 million (less than 8 percent) has actually been used. The good news is that Delaware leads the country ...
TommyWonk - Mar 5 - 5 clicks
As I noted yesterday, Dr. Chad Tolman had this op-ed published in Saturday's News Journal . Dr. Tolman and I will speak tomorrow night at the Green Matters program at the United Universalist Fellowship of Newark . Carper backs up EPA on emissions DELAWARE VOICE • By CHAD TOLMAN • February 27, 2010 In Delaware's amicus curiae in support of Massachusetts, filed in August 2006 in the Su...
TommyWonk - Mar 2 - 6 clicks
Dr. Chad Tolman and I will be on the program at the United Universalist Fellowship of Newark this Wednesday night at 7:00 p.m. to talk about climate change. Chad knows as much about climate science as anyone in Delaware. I will talk about the economics. The News Journal published Chad's op-ed on Tom Carper, Ted Kaufman and the EPA's endangerment finding on carbon emissions. Carper...
TommyWonk - Mar 1 - 8 clicks
TommyWonk first went live five years ago with a post about this famous conceptual art parody : Not that anyone was paying attention at the time. Since then I have published 1,615 posts and I don't know how many words. My posts have gotten longer and my focus more narrow: climate change, the economics of renewable energy and most notably the Delaware wind power saga. While I ha...
TommyWonk - Feb 23 - 3 clicks
New Castle County residents have been diverting their leaves and grass clippings from the Cherry Island Landfill for two years now. Now, as the News Journal reports, the ban is being extended to the rest of the state . The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has issued a secretary’s order barring the landfilling of yard waste as part of a new operating permit f...
TommyWonk - Feb 19 - 3 clicks
I have been thinking about how several feet of snow changes the balance of economic forces governing parking in city neighborhoods. Any city resident has seen the phenomenon of reserving parking spaces with trash cans and lawn chairs over the last ten days. Normally, the price of parking in a residential neighborhood is stable. Most Wilmington residents can park in their neighborhoods for free, ...
TommyWonk - Feb 15
