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Can Louisiana afford renewable energy? Yes.

July 23 - BP has spent more than $3 billion to contain the oil disaster so far. And Goldman Sachs estimates that the total for cleanup and compensation will top $70 billion. Whatever the final price tag (it will be years or decades before we can calculate it), it is certain to fall far short of the cost of this crisis to the Gulf Coast.

We’re Not Ready

July 19 - (New York Times).  We were told by oil industry executives and their acolytes and enablers in government that deep-water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico would not cause the kind of catastrophe that we’ve been watching with an acute and painful sense of helplessness for the past three months. Advances in technology, they said, would ward off the worst-case scenarios. Fail-safe systems like the blowout preventer a mile below the surface at the Deepwater Horizon rig site would keep wildlife and the environment safe.

Energy Star: Camille Ching, Legal Intern

July 18-The Alliance for Affordable Energy would like to recognize the great work of Camille Ching, our summer legal intern as this month’s Energy Star.

Doing it! The Herzog family

July 22 - If you thought it was impossible to turn a drafty, 100-year old, classic New Orleans style home into a clean and energy efficient sanctuary – it’s time you met the Herzog Family.

Continuing the Conversation: Energy Policy in the Aftermath of the BP Oil Spill

July 22 - Last Thursday, July 15, a sense of relief and excitement flowed through the minds of millions of people across the United States when they received news that oil was no longer gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. As part of BP's "well integrity test,” a new cap was placed over the oil-leaking well which successfully closed all valves and suppressed the oil leak.

Solar research facility planned for Nevada Test Site

(See the original article in The Las Vegas Sun.)

By Stephanie Tavares (contact)
Published Thursday, July 8, 2010 | 11:37 a.m.
Updated Thursday, July 8, 2010 | 12:57 p.m.

Renewable energy sources look like a bargain: A letter to the editor

June 27- This spill is not just about Louisiana and the environmental, cultural and economic harm we will endure as a result of the ongoing BP Deepwater Horizon wellhead disaster. This spill is about how our nation is to move forward when it comes to securing the energy that will power us in the next decades.

There is something we can do. We can commit, loudly without apology, to a renewable energy future for Louisiana and the nation.

Louisiana citizens call for action on oil disaster, clean energy

June 25 - On June 18th, a sweltering Friday in Baton Rouge, a small but dedicated group gathered on the steps of the State Capitol. For the second day in a row, these residents, students, and activists met to express their distress with the growing oil disaster, and demand clean energy alternatives for Louisiana.

Press Release: Expansion in renewable energy generation announced at LPSC - public opinion poll shows strong support for more renewable energy

June 24 - On Wednesday, June 23rd, the Louisiana Public Service Commission (LPSC) voted unanimously in support of a pilot program creating up to 350 megawatts of new renewable energy generation for LA over the next 3 years. This represents approximately 2% of Louisiana's total energy supply. The commission ordered that final details of the program be worked out in the next 90 days.

In the midst of a dark cloud: oil spill solutions

June 22 - People across the country are saying: “Why can’t New Orleans just get a break?” As we steadily climb back five years after Katrina, the greatest environmental catastrophe of American history suddenly rocks our coast. And what’s worse is that we are at the beginning of what scientists claim to be the most intense hurricane season yet, potentially creating a colossal combination of our two biggest fears: a city flooded by oil.