Wind Energy, Wildlife, and the New Rules of Rural Zoning
How Rural America Is Balancing Clean Energy, Conservation, and Community This is the second installment in JCShepard.com’s October energy series, exploring how the clean energy transition is reshaping rural communities. Last week, we examined global energy trends and how data centers and AI are driving unprecedented electricity demand in America’s heartland. In this post, we […]
Diary of Orrin Brown—March 15, 1865
Diary of Orrin Brown, Kyle’s Landing on the road toward Raleigh, North Carolina Wednesday–Mar. 15th We had orders to be ready to march at 9 AM and we had company inspection at 7 AM. We started out on the road about 10 AM and I was so bad that the Dr. gave me a ticket […]
Diary of Orrin Brown—Jan 23, 1865
Diary of Orrin Brown, Savannah, Georgia Monday–Jan. 23rd It rained all night but the weather has been a little fairer today. The company was detailed this AM to clean up the street and we have orders to be ready for Dress Parade at 4.30 PM. I have written a letter home today. There was 25 […]
Diary of Orrin Brown—Jan 10, 1865
Diary of Orrin Brown, Savannah, Georgia Tuesday–Jan. 10th It rained considerable this forepart of the night and is still cloudy, this morning we were relieved about 10 AM and started for camp it began to rain when we got within about three miles of camp and the last mile and a half it rained very […]
Diary of Orrin Brown—Dec 19, 1864
Diary of Orrin Brown, outside Savannah, Georgia Monday–Dec. 19th We had a nice warm night to stand Picket and it is so warm today that the boys all feel like hunting for a shady place to sit down in. I borrowed a V. B. C. Advocate of a fellow in our Company last night and […]
Back to the Buffalo Commons
After years of outmigration, people are moving back to the Great Plains, the vast dry expanse of prairie once discounted as the Great American Desert. Today our desert is giving Middle East deserts a run for their oil money with fast-moving shale plays opening up new opportunities in the heart of North America. The US […]
Downtown the Metro Place To Be
US Census Bureau reports: Populations Increasing in Many Downtowns A U.S. Census Bureau report released today shows that in many of the largest cities of the most-populous metro areas, downtown is becoming a place not only to work but also to live. Between the 2000 and 2010 censuses, metro areas with 5 million or more […]
Solyndra’s Broken Windows
In the spirit of broken windows posing as “economic development,” lets take a peek at the recent disaster named Solyndra. Solyndra was a California company founded in 2005, that designed, manufactured and sold rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) panels. The company’s solar panels featured a unique design with racks of cylindrical tubes and a mounting system […]
On Reagan on HBO
Ronald Reagan is getting the HBO treatment for his 100th birthday. Eugene Jarecki‘s new documentary “Reagan” debuts on HBO Monday night (7 Feb 2011). The Wall Street Journal is hopeful, asking “Can HBO Get ‘Reagan’ Right?” Fox News suggests that many of us will be surprised to learn more about the man behind the myth: […]
Wind Energy Looking Up For 2011
Press Release U.S. wind energy industry finishes 2010 with half the installations of 2009, activity up in 2011, now cost-competitive with natural gas Industry weathers latest boom-bust cycle as utilities move to lock in more wind power at favorable long-term rates Washington, D.C. – America’s wind industry built 5,115 megawatts of wind power last year, […]