{"69219":{"#nid":"69219","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Brown on Untapped Energy Sources in Southeast","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStates across the country are gradually forcing or cajoling their electric companies into buying renewable energy, but the trend has fallen flat in the Southeast... .Marilyn Brown, a professor in Public Policy who studies renewable energy policies, said the Southeast has untapped energy at its disposal. She said local states could burn biomass in coal-fired power plants without changing much equipment. Policymakers could make it easier for manufacturers to install generators that convert heat produced by factories into electricity that can be sold to consumers. \u0022I do think there are some misunderstandings about the available resources,\u0022 she said. \u003Cem\u003ESource:\u0026nbsp;Associated Press story published in CBS Moneywatch, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/nation\/articles\/2011\/08\/06\/southeast_a_holdout_in_mandating_renewable_energy\/\u0022\u003EBoston Globe\u003C\/a\u003E, Seattle Post Intelligencer, Dalton Daily Citizen, August 6, 2011\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2011-08-08 11:30:47","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:25:03","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/nation\/articles\/2011\/08\/06\/southeast_a_holdout_in_mandating_renewable_energy\/","dateline":{"date":"2011-08-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-08-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"330","name":"Marilyn Brown"},{"id":"3163","name":"renewable energy"},{"id":"166890","name":"sustainability"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}