Mon
Nov 5 2012
07:35 am
By: WhitesCreek
Fired after one day with Duke Power with an estimated $44 million dollar severance package...Looks like the perfect guy for us.
Duke lead director Ann Gray told the North Carolina Utilities Commission in July that the energy giant lost confidence in Johnson in part because he "had withheld information from the board about rising repair costs at Progress's troubled Crystal River, Fla., nuclear plant," according to the Journal's story.
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Eco warriors and politics
- Marjorie Taylor Greene to force vote next week on ousting U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (TN Lookout)
- John Cole’s Tennessee: Invasion! (TN Lookout)
- Environmental groups sue federal agency over Middle Tennessee pipeline approval (TN Lookout)
- Biden administration to greatly ease marijuana regulations (TN Lookout)
- Trump fined $9,000 for violating gag order in NY hush-money trial (TN Lookout)
- For $10 million a year, Tennessee Valley deserves better than TVA CEO Jeff Lyash (TN Lookout)
- Former Tennessee Rep. Scotty Campbell challenges dismissal of public records case (TN Lookout)
- End-of-session burnout enables East Bank bill passage (TN Lookout)
Science and stuff
- Scientists developed a sheet of gold that’s just one atom thick (Science News Daily)
- 50 years ago, margarine’s ‘healthy’ reputation began to melt away (Science News Daily)
- Scientists are getting closer to understanding the sun’s ‘campfire’ flares (Science News Daily)
- A new approach to fighting wildfires combines local knowledge and AI (Science News Daily)
- A ruinous hailstorm in Spain may have been supercharged by warming seas (Science News Daily)
- Ximena Velez-Liendo is saving Andean bears with honey (Science News Daily)
- Three reasons why the ocean’s record-breaking hot streak is devastating (Science News Daily)
- These Stone Age humans were more gatherer than hunter (Science News Daily)
- ‘Flavorama’ guides readers through the complex landscape of flavor (Science News Daily)
- Rain Bosworth studies how deaf children experience the world (Science News Daily)
Discussing
- The Constitution Won, Trump Lost in Colorado...Now What? (1 reply)
- Our Very Own George Santos, TN GOP Congressman Ogles is Pretty Much Insane (1 reply)
- Destroying Jim Jordan, All Without Mentioning Jordan's Support For Sexual Abusing Athletes (1 reply)
- Want to See Who Owns Your State Senators and Reps? (1 reply)
- 9-11 Strangest Uninvestigated Fact (2 replies)
- It's Gettin' Real, Now...Gloria Johnson Made Wonkette! (1 reply)
- Does Rep Fritts Want School Shooters to Have Access to AR 15s? (2 replies)
- How many Trees Died Trying Save Us From Global Warming? (1 reply)
- Feel Good Friday,,,From our "If Only" Dept. (1 reply)
- Tennessee Education Worsens Under Bill Lee and GOP (1 reply)
- The Most Important Thing You Will Read Today! (1 reply)
- Friday Toons (1 reply)
Lost Medicaid Funding
To date, the failure to expand Medicaid / TennCare has cost the State of Tennessee ? in lost federal funding.
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