The project is awaiting a verdict on a Department of Energy loan guarantee and is working its way through a lawsuit (ClimateWire, Nov. 1).

Pence does not have the same "personal connection" to the initiative as outgoing Gov. Mitch Daniels, said Kerwin Olson, executive director of the environmental advocacy group Citizens Action Coalition. That raises the question of whether he will push for the Indiana gasification project with the Legislature or let things stall, according to Olson.

There were 11 governors' races in total last night.

Sitting governors -- who were in six of the contests -- won all of their races. They included Govs. Peter Shumlin (D) in Vermont, Jay Nixon (D) in Missouri, Jack Markell (D) in Delaware, Gary Herbert (R) in Utah, Jack Dalrymple (R) in North Dakota and Earl Ray Tomblin (D) in West Virginia.

As of press time, the governor's race in Montana between Democrat Steve Bullock and Republican Rick Hill remained too close to call.

Reprinted from Climatewire with permission from Environment & Energy Publishing, LLC. www.eenews.net, 202-628-6500

7 Comments

1. 1. dwbd 11:20 PM 11/7/12

   Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) subsidies - a particularly COWARDLY, DECEITFUL, DEVIOUS way to supply MASSIVE Wind & Solar subsidies hidden from public scrutiny, and MONEY-NO-OBJECT. Amazing not one of these slimy politicians will actually check to see whether these Wind & Solar scams actually reduce emissions and what is the carbon abatement cost of these scams. Answer Wind DOES NOT reduce emissions in most cases, and even in the odd case where it does the Carbon Abatement cost is at least 10X higher than other alternatives.

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2. 2. greenhome123 10:28 PM 11/8/12

   Regardless of climate change, I enjoy breathing air that is not polluted with fossil fuel exhaust, and swimming in oceans, lakes, and rivers that are not polluted with fossil fuel byproducts. I also like drinking tap water that doesn't have to be distilled or reverse osmosis. And, I like going outside without having to wear a breathing mask. Unfortunaetly, that is not going to be possible 100 years from now due to the large percentage of our population who simply don't care about the future of our planet.

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3. 3. Bird/tree/dinosaur/etc. geek in reply to dwbd 08:00 AM 11/9/12

   """Wind DOES NOT reduce emissions in most cases, """
   
   LIE!!! Wind power absolutely reduces CO2 emissions.
   
   """and even in the odd case where it does the Carbon Abatement cost is at least 10X higher than other alternatives."""
   
   Then use solar.
   
   """Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) subsidies - a particularly COWARDLY, DECEITFUL, DEVIOUS way to supply MASSIVE Wind & Solar subsidies hidden from public scrutiny, and MONEY-NO-OBJECT. """
   
   Yeah, right. What did they do, pay off the "National Enquirer"?

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4. 4. dwbd in reply to Bird/tree/dinosaur/etc. geek 11:17 PM 11/10/12

   Wind does not reduce emissions:
   
   Holland:
   
   tinyurl.com/apoop2v
   
   Ireland:
   
   tinyurl.com/bhyyfr5
   
   Colorado & Texas:
   
   tinyurl.com/5tr9g4h
   
   Ontario:
   
   tinyurl.com/b8twur4
   
   Retired Bell Labs Electrical Engineer's analysis showing Wind does not significantly reduce emissions:
   
   tinyurl.com/bx7ogh2
   
   "...Then use solar..."
   
   Solar is an effective energy source, unlike Wind. And is much more dependable and matches the first half of daily peak demand quite well in sunny areas, like Southern USA. But it is outrageously expensive, and you just can't even run southern sunny areas on energy that costs over 20 cents per kwh minimum, and that is stretching it. You are talking economic collapse and bankruptcy.

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5. 5. Bird/tree/dinosaur/etc. geek in reply to dwbd 07:36 AM 11/11/12

   I have a very hard time believing your sources. The data that I have seen shows that windpower reduces emissions.
   
   """But it is outrageously expensive,"""
   
   It's not, especially with some of the newer solar cell designs, like solar paint and multilayered solar cells.

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6. 6. dwbd in reply to Bird/tree/dinosaur/etc. geek 12:02 PM 11/11/12

   "..I have a very hard time believing your sources.."
   
   Whether you believe or not is of ZERO significance. Truth has no connection to your faith.
   
   "..It's not, especially with some of the newer solar cell designs, like solar paint and multilayered solar cells.."
   
   You're kidding right? Those new solar designs of yours haven't made it out of the laboratory, haven't even made it to the point of being outrageously expensive.

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7. 7. Bird/tree/dinosaur/etc. geek in reply to dwbd 08:20 PM 11/11/12

   First: true. Excellent point. I still don't trust your sources, though.
   
   Second: Meh. Multilayer cells were used on Spirit and Opportunity, and worked better than could have been hoped for. Solar paint should already be on the market, and is designed to be dirt-cheap (not that existing technology is prohibitively expensive for middle-class Americans).

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