Imagine an electricity meter that can pinpoint power outages, automatically turn household appliances off when wholesale electricity gets too expensive and – with enough of them in use – possibly reduce the need for new power plants. All rank among the potential benefits of so-called smart meters, which are fast becoming the darling of the utility industry as state and federal regulators push power providers to cut energyย costs.
First Nations are furious, environmentalists feel betrayed, oil companies are demanding more, and the clock is ticking.
The Mailโs events business in the Middle East provides a quarter of its revenue. A previous Telegraph bid was rejected over petrostate influence fears.
โIโve never seen anything like this,โ longtime denier Marc Morano said recently of Democrats, billionaires, activists and reporters going โsilentโ on the issue.
In exclusive interview with DeSmog, Haisla leader explains that an oil โspill on our waterway would be catastrophic.โ
