energy
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Neo-Feudalism: Your Piedmont Property? It Might Get Seized via Eminent Doman for Power Lines. Eric and CM Dawn Luedtke’s 2 Acre Ashton Estate? In the Clear.
Read more: Neo-Feudalism: Your Piedmont Property? It Might Get Seized via Eminent Doman for Power Lines. Eric and CM Dawn Luedtke’s 2 Acre Ashton Estate? In the Clear.A new post by WJLA ABC7 local news and Fox45 local news reporter Gary Collins entitled ‘Clean energy’ goals forcing Maryland to double size of electric grid, Moore official says is showcasing perfectly the limits of “clean energy” virtue signaling ideology in Annapolis… and also the way local Maryland politicians will always exempt their lands, their labor…
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Fake News Alert: CM Evan Glass’s “Glass Gazette” Promotes Untruths About EVs, MoCo’s Role in “Fighting Climate Change”
Read more: Fake News Alert: CM Evan Glass’s “Glass Gazette” Promotes Untruths About EVs, MoCo’s Role in “Fighting Climate Change”Councilmember Evan Glass is out with his “Earth Day Edition” of the “Glass Gazette” — his e-newsletter to MoCo residents (those who subscribe). In it, the Councilmember, re-elected “At Large” for MoCo in 2022 (and who kept his “At-Large” designation by adding a spoiler ballot question in 2020 to defend against a sensible ballot initiative…
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Wealth Transfer to the Wealthy: How CE Marc Elrich & MoCo’s State House Politicians are Fleecing Poorer Electric Rate Payers
Read more: Wealth Transfer to the Wealthy: How CE Marc Elrich & MoCo’s State House Politicians are Fleecing Poorer Electric Rate PayersMarc Elrich likes to brag about being a firm believer in “equity” and “fairness” Particularly with regard to wages and the County mandated minimum wage, County Exec Elrich is quick to brag about being on the side of “the little guy”. Never mind that the regressive policies he advocates for and pushes into law dramatically…
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Another Quick Reminder: MoCo’s EV Promotion Isn’t Saving the Environment — In Fact It Is Damaging the Local Ecosystem
Read more: Another Quick Reminder: MoCo’s EV Promotion Isn’t Saving the Environment — In Fact It Is Damaging the Local EcosystemA quick follow-up to our May, 2023 post entitled “More Tire Toxicity in MoCo?” , because another report in the Miami Herald by Ashley Miznazi confirms what we published just a few months ago: Ah, yes, “getting away from gasoline” — just like MoCo’s Executive, the “green fiend” himself, Marc Elrich, wants you to do! Be…
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A Mere Five Months After Touting the “POWER” Act for Offshore Wind in Maryland, MoCo Politicians Prove To Be Poor Economic Forecasters
Read more: A Mere Five Months After Touting the “POWER” Act for Offshore Wind in Maryland, MoCo Politicians Prove To Be Poor Economic ForecastersWhich way does the (economic) wind blow? Can politicians in Montgomery County predict it with any accuracy? Less than five months after touting the “Promoting Offshore Wind Energy Resources” or “POWER” Act in Annapolis, MoCo-based Maryland politicians like Delegate Lorig Charkoudian (Democrat, District 20) are re-discovering (or perhaps learning) that it is easy to pass…
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They Criminalized Leaf Blowers; What About the Rest?
Read more: They Criminalized Leaf Blowers; What About the Rest?Gas-powered leaf blowers are super annoying. I recently woke up 7:30 one beautiful Saturday morning to the NASCAR-like grinding of a leaf blower. My initial reaction was to confront my neighbor for working on his lawn during my prime snooze time, but it turned out is was my gardener cleaning up my lawn! Gas blowers…
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On Top of Higher WSSC (Water) Rates, Higher Property Tax Rates, Montgomery County Residents Will See Electricity Rate Hikes Come October 1st
Read more: On Top of Higher WSSC (Water) Rates, Higher Property Tax Rates, Montgomery County Residents Will See Electricity Rate Hikes Come October 1stIn another whack to the old wallet, Montgomery County residents can (likely) expect higher electric bills this fall and winter as a higher per kilowatt hour (kWh) price rate goes live October 1st for Pepco’s “electricity supply rate, class R and class R-AE” (this is for properties / customers deemed residential and residential-all electric). An…
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Investigating the Montgomery County “Green Bank” – Part 1
Read more: Investigating the Montgomery County “Green Bank” – Part 1This is part one of an investigative series taking a closer look at the Montgomery County Green Bank, a government institution/financing arm with many interesting connections to politics and politicians. Is it public? Is it “sorta” private? Is it a not-for-profit organization? A corporation? Such questions should continue to surround the Montgomery County “Green Bank”,…
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More Tire Toxicity in MoCo? Why the “EV Push” by MoCo is a Push for More Toxic Tire Pollutants in Our Local Ecosystem
Read more: More Tire Toxicity in MoCo? Why the “EV Push” by MoCo is a Push for More Toxic Tire Pollutants in Our Local EcosystemAs we pointed out in January of this year, Montgomery County’s Department of Environmental Protection is obsessed with promoting “electric vehicles” (EVs) as a means to “reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and build confidence in ecofriendly transportation options among the public.” County Executive Marc Elrich is also obsessed with “EVs” and electric / battery-powered busses. He tweeted…
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Maryland’s Sky-High Regressive Gas Tax Set To Increase Yet Again, July 1, 2023
Read more: Maryland’s Sky-High Regressive Gas Tax Set To Increase Yet Again, July 1, 2023Maryland residents will experience another crushing increase in cost of gasoline at the pump this summer drive season across Maryland. This is all courtesy of a Martin O’Malley-era law passed by Maryland Democrats in Annapolis that insanely ties gasoline tax rate increases to the rate of inflation. Energy costs themselves are a main driver of…