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VIEW POST: Salazar Hears Wampanoag Worries on Cape Wind

Salazar Hears Wampanoag Worries on Cape Wind

By Joe_Walsh
February 4, 2010   |   3 Comments
It is an absurdly paradoxical photo, and a perfect fit in the tragicomic nine-years-and-counting Cape Wind narrative. A Coloradoan in a cowboy hat aboard a vessel in windswept Nantucket Sound, meets a...
VIEW POST: All I Really Needed to Know about Renewable Energy Development...I Learned in the Cold War

All I Really Needed to Know about Renewable Energy Development...I Learned in the Cold War

By Joe_Walsh
November 23, 2009   |   3 Comments
We all know that kindergarten rules don't always apply in life. One that becomes victim to reality somewhere around first grade is the "it is ALWAYS a tie" fallacy. No winners or losers? Well, not qui...
VIEW POST: Innovation Drives Policy Drives Innovation. But No Chicken or Egg Without a Benefactor

Innovation Drives Policy Drives Innovation. But No Chicken or Egg Without a Benefactor

By Joe_Walsh
November 2, 2009   |   8 Comments
Industry observers and renewable energy insiders may have mixed opinions about how well the new admininstration is progressing on renewable energy policy, but they can all agree on one change: in the ...
VIEW POST: Empowering Engagement by Saying "No" to NIMBY

Empowering Engagement by Saying "No" to NIMBY

By Joe_Walsh
October 22, 2009   |   4 Comments
While much (though not enough) of the engagement between developers and communities takes an informal context, the fact remains that all discussions about project planning and possible alter...
VIEW POST: "Mad Men" Star Slattery Reads NIMBY Script on Sanitation Building

"Mad Men" Star Slattery Reads NIMBY Script on Sanitation Building

By Joe_Walsh
October 12, 2009   |   Post Your Comment
One of the most frequent dynamics in developer-community interactions is "David versus Goliath". Like developers who wheel out the same old transparent tactics, local opponents have a wealth of w...
VIEW POST: Engaging Third Voices to Avoid the "Nuclear Option"

Engaging Third Voices to Avoid the "Nuclear Option"

By Joe_Walsh
October 5, 2009   |   Post Your Comment
Nuclear power may be on the way back into vogue, but the nuclear option is something you want to stay away from in your public engagement. Like many other cities, Boston struggles with homelessn...
VIEW POST: No Need for Astroturf Where Natural Allies are in the Grassroots

No Need for Astroturf Where Natural Allies are in the Grassroots

By Joe_Walsh
September 30, 2009   |   Post Your Comment
In Sunday's New York Times, Clifford Levy educated Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov about the community-based opposition that he is facing as he takes over ownership of the New Jersey Nets a...

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