[GWSG] Energy democracy; CCA as utility; conversion popular; energy justice; wind vs. Agenda 21; Jesus's waters troubled; EVs near inflection; batteries too?

[Tilley, Al]

1. The energy transformation proposed in the Green New Deal would bring energy democracy by taking control away from the relatively few people in wealthy countries who profit from the access to fossil fuels. https://phys.org/news/2019-02-green-focus-renewable-energy-global.html
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Green New Deal's focus on renewable energy could fight global warming, create healthier communities, says expert - phys.org<https://phys.org/news/2019-02-green-focus-renewable-energy-global.html>
phys.org
The Green New Deal, a proposal taken up by scores of members of Congress this month, aims to use "clean, renewable, and zero-emission energy sources" to provide 100 percent of the power used in ...



2. Community choice aggregation (CCA) is an association of ratepayers to demand more renewable energy from a utility. Seven CCAs account for 44% of the retail customers for Pacific Gas and Electric, now in the process of going bankrupt following California’s recent fires. The CCAs are proposing that they contract for their own energy, leaving PG&E to manage the infrastructure and safety issues. Their intention is to convert from natural gas to electricity and to supply that electricity renewably. Energy democracy in action. https://cleantechnica.com/2019/02/22/as-pge-goes-up-in-flames-renewable-energy-steps-in/
[https://cleantechnica.com/files/2019/02/renewable-energy-CCA-California.jpg]<https://cleantechnica.com/2019/02/22/as-pge-goes-up-in-flames-renewable-energy-steps-in/>

As PG&E Goes Up In Flames, Renewable Energy Steps In | CleanTechnica<https://cleantechnica.com/2019/02/22/as-pge-goes-up-in-flames-renewable-energy-steps-in/>
cleantechnica.com
Wow, community choice aggregation sure is getting ambitious. CCA is an arrangement that entitles groups of ratepayers to band together and demand more renewable energy from their local utility ...



3. With 81% of the electorate supporting a transition to renewable energy, conservative as well as progressive candidates are likely to make conversion a part of their platform. https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/431025-renewable-energy-is-not-the-political-wedge-it-once-was
[https://thehill.com/sites/default/files/renewable_energy_05222018_1.jpg]<https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/431025-renewable-energy-is-not-the-political-wedge-it-once-was>

Renewable energy is not the political wedge it once was | TheHill<https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/431025-renewable-energy-is-not-the-political-wedge-it-once-was>
thehill.com
The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Hill As the 2020 election ramps up, renewable energy simply isn’t the wedge issue it once was — a trend that’s borne ...



4. The transition to renewable energy will bring challenges—for example, the just treatment of disabled coal miners abandoned by their failing companies. https://thinkprogress.org/coal-miners-benefits-green-new-deal-ocasio-cortez-just-transition-westmoreland-726bb083b340/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tp-letters
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Coal company’s bankruptcy heightens pressure on Green New Deal’s ‘just transition’ component – ThinkProgress<https://thinkprogress.org/coal-miners-benefits-green-new-deal-ocasio-cortez-just-transition-westmoreland-726bb083b340/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tp-letters>
thinkprogress.org
Retired coal miners stand to lose their benefits following a company’s bankruptcy, leaving the future of union contracts at other mines across the country in doubt as the industry continues to ...



5. In Michigan Peter Sinclair found citizens responsive to real info to counter the propaganda and ignorant Agenda 21 paranoia surrounding wind power. https://climatecrocks.com/2019/02/23/citizens-hungry-for-real-info-on-renewable-energy/
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Citizens Hungry for Real Info on Renewable Energy | Climate Denial Crock of the Week<https://climatecrocks.com/2019/02/23/citizens-hungry-for-real-info-on-renewable-energy/>
climatecrocks.com
In North Branch, MI, residents crowded into Deerfield Township Hall for a rousing dose of desperately needed real info on renewables - my Wind101 presentation. They've been subjected to a steady stream of disinformation, abuse and trolling at the hands of a small but screechy band of local anti-renewable conspiracy theorists. I've had a busy…



6. Agenda 21 is an innocuous UN resolution and the occasion for a cultivated conviction that there is a left-wing environmentalist conspiracy to undermine national sovereignty with sustainability planning. Energy democracy will require some educational effort. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/14/agenda-21-is-conspiracy-theory-but-dont-dismiss-malcolm-roberts-as-a-harmless-kook
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Agenda 21 is conspiracy theory. But don't dismiss Malcolm Roberts as a harmless kook | Jason Wilson | Opinion | The Guardian - News, sport and opinion from the Guardian's US edition | The Guardian<https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/14/agenda-21-is-conspiracy-theory-but-dont-dismiss-malcolm-roberts-as-a-harmless-kook>
www.theguardian.com
For these and other reasons, Roberts wants Australia to leave the UN. What is he talking about? In reality, the Rio Declaration is an entirely nonbinding and voluntary agreement which 178 ...



7. The river Jordan has become polluted and stagnant; the Sea of Galilee is drying up to the point that it could lose its status as a freshwater body. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/23/israel-where-jesus-preached-holy-waters-draining-away-sea-of-galilee-river-jordan
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Where Jesus once preached, the holy waters are draining away | World news | The Guardian<https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/23/israel-where-jesus-preached-holy-waters-draining-away-sea-of-galilee-river-jordan>
www.theguardian.com
Climate change and conflict have left the river Jordan a stagnant stream and the Sea of Galilee critically low



8. Technical innovations—color TVs, home washing machines, personal computers—reach an inflection point and jump into wide adoption. Electric vehicles appear to be approaching that point. https://cleantechnica.com/2019/02/23/electric-cars-are-about-to-absolutely-demolish-gasmobiles/
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Electric Cars Are About To Absolutely Demolish Gasmobiles | CleanTechnica<https://cleantechnica.com/2019/02/23/electric-cars-are-about-to-absolutely-demolish-gasmobiles/>
cleantechnica.com
We have other, much longer, much more detailed articles coming about this, and I have to recommend those over this one. But there’s also something useful about a short, simple message. While ...



9. Solar power with battery storage is now the cheapest way to provide people in the US Southwest with electricity. The six-minute video is packed with info on commercial energy storage. https://climatecrocks.com/2019/02/23/more-progress-on-battery-storage/
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More Progress on Battery Storage | Climate Denial Crock of the Week<https://climatecrocks.com/2019/02/23/more-progress-on-battery-storage/>
climatecrocks.com
The energy market in the Southwest has hit a turning point, with battery prices falling so low that the technology is now the least expensive way to provide customers electricity, according to officials from Arizona Public Service Co. To take advantage of the historic shift, the state’s biggest ...



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