The Piedmont Environmental Council has the scoop on legislation proposed by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV):
If legislation circulating on the Hill is adopted, transmission lines will soon be relabeled “green”. Even if the new lines would be used to ship dirty, coal-fired generation. Even if cheaper, cleaner alternatives like energy efficiency haven’t been pursued. Even if thousands of acres of forests would have to be clear-cut.
This is a terrible way to plan for our energy future.
Blatant Hypocrisy
I was listening to a free radio program earlier this week (I cannot find remember the station or find reference to it on the Internet) and they made the point that some have charged Senator Harry Reid with hypocrisy. He wants to strip away state’s control over siting new transmission lines because he says they are for the good of the nation. However, when it comes to a long term solution to our nation’s nuclear waste storage, he is against storing the waste deep underground in Nevada’s Yucca Mountain even if that is the best solution for the nation as a whole.
What do you think?