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Re: “Re-Invasion of the Spongetones”
Great interview, Pat! I love when CL includes video, too.
Re: “A coal ash history lesson from the Queen of Coal Ash”
Whoopsi. My bad. All fixed now. (See editor's note.)
Re: “Why I chose to cover Occupy Charlotte from the inside out”
Thank you. Wish you would have signed your real name, though. #justsayin'
Re: “Duke rate hike hearing tonight: Eight-year-old speaks out”
Thanks, John.
Re: “Duke rate hike hearing tonight: Eight-year-old speaks out”
Dear Pokeinthenose,
I write about energy issues, and aggregate energy news, quite frequently on the CLog and elsewhere, but assuming you're new here I'll share one post from Sept. 27, 2011, about how energy consumption is down: http://clclt.com/theclog/archives/2011/09/…
In my opinion, not every blog post has to be a dissertation. But, you're right, I could have linked to other stories. I'll keep that in mind for future posts.
And, you're correct: Several of Duke Energy's oldest coal plants are in North Carolina. The closest coal plant to Charlotte will be 82 years old on the 29th of this month. It was opened on Black Friday in 1929. It is quite possibly the oldest coal plant in the United States -- I'm working with a couple researchers to find out for sure.
All the same, the rate hike Duke Energy is proposing won't go toward upgrading that plant, which lacks modern air quality controls. It will go toward boosting shareholder takes and toward building a new coal plant, though ... which is why I'm hearing that people are concerned, or part of why.
If you're interested in reading some of the other stories I've written about that plant, here's a link to some of my clips: http://thewordtrade.com/?page_id=1212
Thank you -- and everyone else -- for reading and for your comments.
Best regards,
Rhiannon Fionn
Independent Journalist and frequent contributor to Creative Loafing
Re: “Creative Loafing has been sold, but not down the river”
The words "investigative journalism" made me very happy. And, if John Grooms is excited, well ... that says a lot to me.
Re: “Charlotte's air quality sucks”
No thank you.
I reject the idea that the media is unbiased, even and fair, and I openly flaunt my own biases and faults whenever possible. (See Twitter @RhiFionn) Humans aren't unbiased, and the corporate media's asinine attempts to portray even handedness only make things more uneven.
Thanks for your comment, BrickellPrincess. Next time I'll say it's fucking nasty. ;)
Rhi
