…contribution of < $9,000, but … http://bit.ly/pR5Opm Bruce Behrhorst Ed Markey: The top campaign contribution to Markey in 2007-2008 was $36,800 from employees of GTCR Golder Rauner. Edward Markey’s net worth was between $783,021 and $2,070,000 in 2007, according to Markey’s mandated financial disclosure statements. (govtrack.us) Ok…but who’s GTCR Goler Rauner? Oh…just a equity firm with $8.5 billion in assets like Ironshore, Inc. [(“Ironsh…
…the Bloomberg article, titled U.S. Nuclear Agency Needs Independent Probe, Markey Says, Congressman Markey thinks that agency employees do not trust certain managers and do not trust the IG to be able to perform its assigned oversight role. Markey said NRC employees wrote him to say the agency failed to take appropriate steps to deal with safety issues at the Fort Calhoun plant operated by Omaha Public Power District, and DTE Energy Co. (DTE)’s Fe…
…hink that maybe you set the tone for your blog by starting out like this. “Markey is lying.” Brian Mays I don’t understand. Perhaps you object because, since Markey is a politician, Rod’s statement is a mere tautology? Joel Riddle Kit, what is wrong with calling a spade a spade? Would you suggest a more gentle way of indicating that Markey was lying in saying that the AP1000’s design certification was fast-tracked? Kit P Brian and Joel I agree. I…
…gh and more profitable for the players already in the business. http://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/markey-natural-gas-export-approvals-may-be-unlawful I suspect that Markey is by now a wealthy man with a very specific, long-term patron. Rod Adams @poa Religion is not the issue; tribalism is. There are numerous exceptions, but my general position with regard to organized religion is that it is more about cliques, clubs and tribes than…
…November 2013 to Ms. Diane Curran. 5. I’m not sure exactly which document Markey was quoting when he kept saying that it was the NRC’s conclusion that the consequences of used pool fires would be significant. 6. Contrary to Markey’s assertion, the longer that decommissioned plants sit there with spent fuel rods in place, the safer those spent fuel rods become. They get cooler and produce less decay heat with every passing minute that increases th…
…emission generation. Some climate change advocates believe that the Waxman-Markey bill is a good compromise and the best deal that could pass. They dispute the notion that there will be significant benefit accrued to utilities like Exelon, Dominion, FPL, Constellation, Southern Company and Entergy, with their large portfolios of nuclear generation. According to Joe Romm at ClimateProgress.org any windfall profits have been prevented by the ruse of…
…ence and Global Warming” who apparently worked directly for Congressman Ed Markey. Both speakers came through admirably and completely met my expectations – as skilled lawyers and political types they managed to present more than 50 minutes of ideas, programs and concepts about what to do about the challenges of energy and climate change as related to the need for environmental protection, national security and economic growth WITHOUT SAYING A SIN…
…ly minted PhD in imaginary particle physics.) Knowing a bit about how both Markey and the GAO work, I noted the words that Markey emphasized and compared them to the findings as written by the professional investigators. It is an interesting contrast. Here is what Markey thought was the most important take away: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and licensees “cannot be assured that underground safety-related pipes remain structurally sound with…
Lisa Hymas at Grist.org has provided an important first step in understanding some of the heat associated with efforts to craft a climate change mitigation bill with her post titled Gore vs. Hansen: Enviros take sides in debate over House climate bill. She lists a number of organizations that have long standing membership in the “Environmental Community” along with their position on the current version of the legislation. She posits that the “sid…
…ave forgotten is that Jaczko is not just a Harry Reid protege, he is an Ed Markey protege. Reid’s plan to stymie the rest of the nation with regard to Yucca Mountain was obvious, but what is far more important to me is the strategy that Jaczko’s first boss had in mind. Markey has been fighting nuclear energy development for the better part of four decades; placing a carefully trained antinuclear activist right inside the technology’s official gate…
…one that no longer operates and competes with the natural gas that some of Markey’s financial supporters prefer to sell. Markey has been serving in Congress since 1976, the same year that Jimmy Carter was elected. One of the most important and valuable industrial facilities in his congressional district is the Distrigas of Massachusetts Liquified Natural Gas terminal that started operations in 1971, just before the Arab Oil Embargo and while the f…
…outhern California a little less safe; the situation has given people like Markey and Boxer another reason to battle against the use of nuclear energy (despite the fact that there was no public health risk or impact); and decisions made in the wake of the leak have put an important area of my home country at risk of severe power disruptions in the near future. Most of this could have been avoided if there was not such a culture of nuclear exceptio…
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