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Chemical and Engineering News (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
A Ph.D. chemical engineer, Jackson is no stranger to ACS governance. She served on the society's board of directors for a three-year term beginning in 2004 and on numerous committees and task forces. Since joining the society in 1980, she has been chair of the Committee on Minority Affairs, the Younger Chemists Committee, and the Division of Industrial & Engineering Chemistry, as well as secretary...
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Climate and energy (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
CEP congratulates the Southwest Power Pool Board of Directors on their decision to re-include the proposed 765 kV transmission line from Wichita to Spearville as part of a package of six Priority Project lines to receive further study, and to be reconsidered by the SPP Board in January. Kansas needs this transmission line. It will serve [...]
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Climate and energy (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
On Tuesday, the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) hosted a roundtable on net metering and interconnection standards. The Kansas legislature passed these measures for investor-owned utilities last spring, and the KCC has twelve months to produce rules and regulations governing how the policies are implemented. They have already completed an informal comment period. They hope to have [...]
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Climate and energy (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
From opinion piece by Nancy Jackson in the Salina Journal: Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts recently stated he opposes cap-and-trade legislation because it would “limit our ability to compete, ration domestic energy and create a bigger bureaucracy.” So why isn’t Sen. Roberts joining Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback (both Republicans) in supporting an ambitious Renewable Electricity...
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Climate and energy (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
This past week, Washington Post reporter David Fahrenthold visited Manhattan and Lawrence to talk to Kansans about how climate and energy issues affect our state, and to explore the way we’re talking about these issues amongst ourselves. The Post profiled Nancy Jackson’s talk as part of K-State’s Lou Douglas Lecture Series, and CEP’s focus on the [...]
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Tom Nelson (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Climate [fraud] legislation is running into a chilly reception - washingtonpost.com On Tuesday night, climate activist Nancy Jackson was speaking to one of the most climate-skeptical audiences in the country: Kansans. She was speaking to college students here in Manhattan -- a town where one religious leader was able to draw congregants to screenings of "An Inconvenient Truth"...
