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The Next Four Years to be Discussed at North American Largest All-Renewable Energy Conference and Exhibition (U.S.A.)

Renewable Energy World North America will begin 10 March 2009 and will be held at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The Keynote Session will be dedicated to offering the most current insights into what the next four years may hold for the industry. Leaders of the major ...

Grassroots Groups Urge President-Elect to Act Now on Clean Energy Promises (U.S.A.)

Ten major concepts include short-term investments, national electricity grid upgrade making it more 'renewable friendly,' and a moratorium on new coal-fired & nuclear power plants "The need to create a clean-energy economy in the United States" was campaigned for by Barack Obama. 67 organizations from 28 states sent a letter to ...

New Energy in America for 2008 Trumps Coal (U.S.A.)

This year's plans for 24 new coal-fired power plants were defeated or abandoned, laying the groundwork for fundamental change in the way the U.S. rebuilds and repowers itself. Had these 24 proposed coal plants been built they would have Related posts:Dynegy Decision to Pull Plug on Five Planned Coal-Fired Power Plants ...

Organization Suggestion to New Energy Secretary: Fix the Electrical Grid Now (U.S.A.)

Letter to Chu urges policies that raises grid upgrading priority to stimulate economy and foster a secure energy future Kurt Yeager, Galvin Electricity Initiative Executive Director, sent an open letter to Department of Energy Secretary-designate Steven Chu today, congratulating him on his cabinet nomination and calling for Chu to take immediate ...

Conservation Services Group Commends Picks for Energy and Environment (U.S.A.)

Conservation Services Group (CSG) praised President-Elect Obama for his selection of top energy and environmental officers. Stephen L. Cowell, CEO of CSG, said the appointments of Carol Browner, Stephen Chu, and Lisa Jackson underscore President-Elect Obama's commitment to solving the climate crisis. "Finally, the welfare of our planet will be ...

President-elect Obama and Congress Urged to Invest Economic Recovery Dollars into Local Climate Action (U.S.A.)

Green jobs, energy Independence, and emissions reductions benefits offered by initiatives Today, elected city and county leaders across America kicked off "Local Climate Action Week" to draw attention to innovative climate initiatives and to focus a spotlight on hundreds of clean energy projects that are ready-to-go and could quickly create ...

Climate Scientists’ Air Quality Warning (UK)

Scientists attending an annual United Nations conference on climate change in Poland this week declared that actions to improve air quality and reduce climate change need to be linked. By the 2090s close to one-fifth of the world's population will be exposed to ozone levels well above the World Health Organization ...

Coalition to Unmask the Clean Coal Myth

Challenges Coal Industry to Live up to the Promise of "Clean Coal" Today, the Alliance for Climate Protection, League of Conservation Voters, National Wildlife Federation, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Sierra Club launched the "Reality" Coalition, a national grassroots and advertising effort to tell a simple truth: in reality, there is ...

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April 13th 2009
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Replace Your HVAC Thermostat for Earth Day 2009

In celebration of Earth Day 2009, Service Experts, the HVAC installation and repair guys, are giving away 10,000 programmable thermostats.  This is actually a pretty cool thing that they're doing: the Service Experts' Earth Day promotion will create the same environmental effect as planting 14 trees for everyone who gets ...

The Next Four Years to be Discussed at North American Largest All-Renewable Energy Conference and Exhibition (U.S.A.)

Renewable Energy World North America will begin 10 March 2009 and will be held at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The Keynote Session will be dedicated to offering the most current insights into what the next four years may hold for the industry. Leaders of the major ...
February 10th 2009
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Researcher Finds Cheaper Way to Make Longer-Lasting Fuel Cells

Logo courtesy of The ACIN Camden Center for Entrepreneurship in Technology website. Last week, Science Magazine published the findings of Liming Dai, the University of Dayton's Wright Brothers Institute endowed chair in nanomaterials, and fellow scientists that have taken a step toward a more efficient fuel cell that can be affordably ...
January 26th 2009
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Green Building Alliance Announces Grants Totaling $240,000 for Product Innovation to Five Recipients (U.S.A.)

Logo courtesy of Diamond website. Third round brings total disbursements to $828,000; final grant proposal deadline announced Green Building Alliance (GBA) awarded a total of $240,000 in Product Innovation Grants for five Pennsylvania projects, which are expected to develop and introduce new and enhanced green building products. The GBA has now made ...

TUV Rheinland Group and Arizona State University Launch State-of-the-Art Solar Testing and Certification Facility (CN)

Emblem courtesy of ASU School of Sustainability. Establishment of world's most comprehensive and sophisticated facility for testing and certification of solar energy equipment Celebrating the launch of the much anticipated new clean-tech venture, TUV Rheinland Group and Arizona State University (ASU) jointly created TUV Rheinland PTL, LLC, the world's most comprehensive and ...

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