Traverse City Lawyer Eliminates Coal Power Plants

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Kudos to Chris for getting rid of dirty coal.

This week, the Sierra Club recognized Bzdok for his work in this area, calling it precedent-setting.

“In the past decade, Chris has helped Sierra Club retire thousands of megawatts of coal-fired power generation in Michigan, Ohio and Oregon,” said Allison Chin, president of the Sierra Club Board of Directors, during a virtual awards ceremony where Bzdok received the William O. Douglas Award.

Bzdok got involved with climate and energy law in the late 2000s, when Michigan utilities were considering new coal plants even as the state began requiring more renewable energy and efficiency programs.

He has argued these cases before public utility commissions across the country as part of the Sierra Club’s long-running Beyond Coal campaign and on behalf of groups like Earthjustice and the Natural Resources Defense Council.

It’s not flashy work; these cases can be long, complicated and wonky. But it’s delivered results for those involved.

“From my own experience, I think it’s really difficult to drive change just solely on environmental policy. And you see the places we’re making the best progress is where we can resonate from an economics perspective,” said Daniel Abrams, an attorney with the Environmental Law and Policy Center who has worked with Bzdok. He said one concern is that when utilities spend money on coal, ratepayers will end up paying for something that won’t be used much longer.

[Graham Wellington]

Excellent news indeed. I hope this opens the door for more wind farms and solar fields. Grand Traverse Bay could host hundreds of turbines, capturing that strong wind and reducing our dependence further on unclean sources.

[TC Talks]

Excellent news indeed. I hope this opens the door for more wind farms and solar fields. Grand Traverse Bay could host hundreds of turbines, capturing that strong wind and reducing our dependence further on unclean sources.

Actually our bay is too deep. In general, water based wind has proven to be much more expensive than field based wind farms. What about the beet farms in the Thumb? Nothing but domestic terrorists and inbred farmers there...

The real opportunity is solar. Think about solar covered parking at the grocery store, and all those rooftops at the big box stores. It's already happening successfully in the Southwest and many parts of Michigan have proven capable of year round solar.

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Excellent news indeed. I hope this opens the door for more wind farms and solar fields. Grand Traverse Bay could host hundreds of turbines, capturing that strong wind and reducing our dependence further on unclean sources.

I see what you did there...

Nimby's gonna be mad!

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You know… when diesels replaced steam on the railroad people said they would never work either.

[TC Talks]

You know… when diesels replaced steam on the railroad people said they would never work either.

There really hasn't been very much pushback. Natural Gas is much more efficient to deliver than Coal. Thanks to new companies (many owned by Oil and Gas operators) Solar and Wind are proving to be cost effective. New plants do cost a pretty penny.

I have opted for a battery wall rather than a generator as a power back up at my house. My old generator was at end of life, and it cost about the same to go battery with solar (I already had a bunch of commercial panels). DYI is so easy these days. We also bought a tesla

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You know… when diesels replaced steam on the railroad people said they would never work either.

There really hasn't been very much pushback. Natural Gas is much more efficient to deliver than Coal. Thanks to new companies (many owned by Oil and Gas operators) Solar and Wind are proving to be cost effective. New plants do cost a pretty penny.

I have opted for a battery wall rather than a generator as a power back up at my house. My old generator was at end of life, and it cost about the same to go battery with solar (I already had a bunch of commercial panels). DYI is so easy these days. We also bought a tesla

The electric cars… wind turbines… solar panels… all get made fun of by certain people. That was the analogy I was trying to draw.

[TC Talks]

You know… when diesels replaced steam on the railroad people said they would never work either.

There really hasn't been very much pushback. Natural Gas is much more efficient to deliver than Coal. Thanks to new companies (many owned by Oil and Gas operators) Solar and Wind are proving to be cost effective. New plants do cost a pretty penny.

I have opted for a battery wall rather than a generator as a power back up at my house. My old generator was at end of life, and it cost about the same to go battery with solar (I already had a bunch of commercial panels). DYI is so easy these days. We also bought a tesla

The electric cars… wind turbines… solar panels… all get made fun of by certain people. That was the analogy I was trying to draw.

Some lament that we no longer use whale oil...

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You know… when diesels replaced steam on the railroad people said they would never work either.

There really hasn't been very much pushback. Natural Gas is much more efficient to deliver than Coal. Thanks to new companies (many owned by Oil and Gas operators) Solar and Wind are proving to be cost effective. New plants do cost a pretty penny.

I have opted for a battery wall rather than a generator as a power back up at my house. My old generator was at end of life, and it cost about the same to go battery with solar (I already had a bunch of commercial panels). DYI is so easy these days. We also bought a tesla

The electric cars… wind turbines… solar panels… all get made fun of by certain people. That was the analogy I was trying to draw.

Some lament that we no longer use whale oil...

Some lament that we figured out the earth is round.

[teetoppz28]

You know… when diesels replaced steam on the railroad people said they would never work either.

There really hasn't been very much pushback. Natural Gas is much more efficient to deliver than Coal. Thanks to new companies (many owned by Oil and Gas operators) Solar and Wind are proving to be cost effective. New plants do cost a pretty penny.

I have opted for a battery wall rather than a generator as a power back up at my house. My old generator was at end of life, and it cost about the same to go battery with solar (I already had a bunch of commercial panels). DYI is so easy these days. We also bought a tesla

The electric cars… wind turbines… solar panels… all get made fun of by certain people. That was the analogy I was trying to draw.

Some lament that we no longer use whale oil...

Some lament that we figured out the earth is round.

Some (especially on this forum) lament that the nation ratified the 14th Amendment...

[Matt]

You know… when diesels replaced steam on the railroad people said they would never work either.

There really hasn't been very much pushback. Natural Gas is much more efficient to deliver than Coal. Thanks to new companies (many owned by Oil and Gas operators) Solar and Wind are proving to be cost effective. New plants do cost a pretty penny.

I have opted for a battery wall rather than a generator as a power back up at my house. My old generator was at end of life, and it cost about the same to go battery with solar (I already had a bunch of commercial panels). DYI is so easy these days. We also bought a tesla

The electric cars… wind turbines… solar panels… all get made fun of by certain people. That was the analogy I was trying to draw.

Some lament that we no longer use whale oil...

Some lament that we figured out the earth is round.

Some (especially on this forum) lament that the nation ratified the 14th Amendment...

Idiotphile hates 13, 14, and 19 the most.