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  • Needed: Local Advocacy and Action on Climate Change

    There were three great letters in the Wichita Eagle recently. The first describes how renewable energy is growing and may soon meet much of our energy needs; the second describes the advantage of using a Carbon Fee and Dividend system to reduce pollution; and the third describes how cities may use electric vehicles in their transit… Read more

  • Westar Energy’s Proposal to Increase Rates on Solar Customers

    Westar Energy is proposing a rate increase for customers who install solar panels or other distributive energy sources. Those Net Energy Metering (NEM) customers would have to choose between an additional $50 a month energy charge, or a $15 fixed fee plus a per-kilowatt rate demand charge based on the previous month’s maximum usage. If… Read more

  • Carbon Fee and Dividend: Legislative Action Needed

    Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., was certainly right when he told a group of energy executives that cheap energy was necessary for our economy to be competitive and that legislation is needed to keep energy costs low (Wichita Eagle, Oct. 1 Business). Fossil fuels provide cheap energy because they do not pay their external costs, which include… Read more

  • We Must Switch to Renewable Energy

    We must switch to renewable energy for health reasons, economic reasons, and environmental reasons. It will also help keep your electric rates lower. Read more

  • Climate Change: Science and Solutions

    This PowerPoint presentation presents the evidence for climate change and explains the urgency for taking action. It also explains the carbon fee and dividend as proposed by the Citizens Climate Lobby. The plan, with broad bipartisan support in US, would place a fee on carbon at the source and allow market forces to encourage reduced… Read more

  • Who Wants to Kill the Electric Car?*

    Who wants to kill the electric car? Apparently, a lot of people do. Based on a flawed economic analysis, John Peterson makes a case that it is a house of cards that must fall. However, this article points out the flaws in his analysis. Read more

  • Dr. Heidi Cullen: The Weather of the Future

    Dr. Heidi Cullen, noted climatologist and author of The Weather of the Future, explains how we are changing our climate and how climate change is making our current weather more extreme. She explained that we will not like the weather of the future as it will become increasingly extreme if we do not reduce our… Read more

  • Have Republicans Abandoned Conservative Values?

    Conservation has always been a core Republican value but recently the Republican leadership has abandoned the idea. Read more

  • The Republican Flip/Flop on Cap-and-Trade

    Republicans who once endorsed cap-and-trade have flip flopped on their support, putting the economy and the environment at risk. Republican leaders flopped by trying to mislead voters on the cost and need to flip back to cooperating on the cap-and-trade bill. Read more