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Just like last week with education, John Kasich’s woeful ignorance on matters of policy—supposedly what was his strength—is helping show a stark contrast in this election. This time, it’s Strickland’s push for renewable energy.
Here’s what Kasich said at his CSI (Copying Strickland’s Ideas) regulatory reform package on Strickland’s announced plan to build the largest freshwater wind farm in the nation.
This has to be the first time a Republican has opposed using our national resources for our energy needs because it threatens a non-endangered species of fish.
Hypothetically, what if it was oil under Lake Erie? What would the [...]
Full Story... →Okay, so I think you might recall I wrote a few weeks ago that I really wanted to see the flip side of the coin in the Strickland campaign’s media strategy and get them to start running positive ads on Strickland’s records. And I know I wasn’t alone in saying it.
Today, the Strickland campaign announced that they are running two new ads into their rotation. Both have business leaders talking about what Ted Strickland has done about jobs. One of the ads highlights the Administrations commitment to green energy.
Pop the popcorn, take a gander, and tell me what [...]
Full Story... →Steve Stivers is having a little problem… Steve Stivers’ record.
Last week, Steve Stivers claimed he was FOR embryonic stem cell research despite his vote in the State Senate to ban funding for it.
Today, Stivers attacked Kilroy over her support for cap-and-trade:
“Liberal special interest groups are at it again. Rahm Emanuel’s little brother and his Hollywood friends think they know what is best for the voters of Ohio’s 15th District. They had the audacity to run an ad in the Columbus Dispatch that leads people to believe that Cap and Trade is good for [...]
Full Story... →Governor Ted Strickland and OSU President Gordon Gee were on hand for the official dedication of the currently largest solar farm in Ohio located in Wyandot. The solar panels were all manufactured in Ohio.
According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the alternative energy mandate that passed as part of Governor Strickland’s energy regulation plan will require “at least 300 megawatts of solar power generation by 2025.”
Spokeswoman Terri Flora said AEP plans to add about 10 megawatts of solar power annually from 2011 through 2024. Those additions can come from big farms similar to Wyandot or from multiple [...]
Full Story... →The Washington Post’s editorial board writer Stephen Stromberg points out some problems with Portman’s anti-“cap and trade” ad he released today.
And by “some problems” I mean it’s full of crap.
His plan relies on “support” — read: subsidies and other government interventions — for things that he likes — corn ethanol, nuclear power, natural gas, coal.
Some of these things might become an essential part of weaning the country off fossil fuels. Or not. We don’t really know, and that’s the point of cap-and-trade and other carbon pricing proposals — take the decisions regarding which green [...]
Full Story... →Rob Portman is hitting the airwaves with this new ad opposing cap-and-trade.
It’s an interesting move in that given most of the electorate (including, purportedly, nearly half of Ohio Republicans) don’t know Portman, I’m surprised he didn’t start off with a soft biographical spot.
The ad really is pretty good. No distracting visuals. A crisp, clear message that is well delivered whatever you think of its merits. It’s a substantive ad that avoids even mentioning Fisher and doesn’t even come off as a negative ad.
Portman’s clearly banking that no viewer will go to his campaign website and read his [...]
Full Story... →One of the provisions in the state budget passed last year was the creation of renewable energy districts. WKYC in Cleveland notes that the City of Cleveland and sixteen suburbs are the first communities in the State to take advantage of the new program. In fact, it might be the first of its kind in the entire country.
As WKYC explains how the programs works and how it encourages the implementation of energy conserving technologies that would otherwise be cost prohibitive:
A Renewable Energy Special Improvement District is an mechanism which allows property owners in participating communities to [...]
Full Story... →When they weren’t busy end scientific practices that don’t seem to exist in Ohio anyways, the Republican-lead State Senate was able to reach an agreement with the Democratic House on restructuring the State’s tangible property tax credit so that it ceases to be a barrier to the development of renewable energy projects in the State.
As Dave Harding at ProgressOhio noted, the State’s tangible property tax was four to ten times higher than neighboring States taxes for renewable power projects.
From the Governor’s office:
Ohio Governor Ted Strickland released the following statement on the passage of Senate Bill [...]
Full Story... →Here’s a pro-tip, if you’re going to write a blog post titled “OH Sen. Brown’s Dimwitted Remarks Over Oil Spill,” then at least find something dim witted about Senator Brown’s remarks.
Instead, “One Oar in the Water” says in response:
Maybe we should explore the effects of big government on the environment and energy industry? Maybe we should explore the lack of oversight Congress failed to exhibit all these years over the energy industry?
These are just a few questions Senator Brown might want to ask, but surely the oil spill in the gulf points to too much [...]
Full Story... →Well, that didn’t take long. I now know why Rob Portman has been entirely silent about the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico– he’s been paid well to keep quiet about it.
Despite running in a Midwestern state not known for having a vibrant oil industry, Rob Portman has accepted over $125,000 from the oil and gas industries’ PACs. Specifically, Portman has already accepted several thousands of dollars from Halliburton’s PAC. In fact, Portman’s campaign most recently accepted $1,000 from Hailliburton’s PAC as recently as May 3rd when the national media began to question Halliburton’s role in [...]
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