Province offers green rebates for energy efficient appliances and homes
AM770 CHQR Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:43 AM PDT
Alberta has announced rebates of up to $600 for consumers who buy energy-efficient furnaces as part of a strategy to curb greenhouse gases. The program will also pay $100 towards the purchase of energy-efficient washing machines and up to $300 for hot water heaters that use less energy. People who buy new homes are eligible for rebates of up to $10,000 if they purchase energy-efficient homes, ... |
Waste Management Sees Growth Turning Trash to Energy (Update2)
Bloomberg Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:43 AM PDT
April 9 (Bloomberg) -- Waste Management Inc. , the largest U.S. trash hauler, is in talks to build waste-to-energy plants in China as part of an expansion that would double its revenue from power generation. |
Has your company gone green?
The Bakersfield Californian Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:41 AM PDT
With Earth Day approaching, The Californian would like to hear from local businesses and organizations that have invested in ways to reduce pollution, waste or energy and water use. It doesn't matter how big or small the change, as long as it has some noticeable impact on the environment. |
Oil prices rise sharply on new corporate data
AP via Yahoo! Finance Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:40 AM PDT
Oil prices rose Thursday despite more hints that energy use is way down, with traders focusing instead on a rising stock market and surprising news from retailers that suggests Americans are spending money. |
IIROC: Resume, Westcore Energy Ltd.
Marketwire Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:38 AM PDT
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - April 9, 2009) - The following issue(s) will resume trading on the TSXV today: /T/ Company / Compagnie Westcore Energy Ltd. TSXV Symbol / Symbole WTR.P Resumption Time / Reprise 14:00 ET /T/ |
Pekin-based ethanol producer Aventine files for bankruptcy protection
The Pantagraph Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:35 AM PDT
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Ethanol producer Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Wednesday, the latest victim in an industry stung by volatile commodity prices and shrinking profit margins. |
Utility payment assistance available
The Wickenburg Sun Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:34 AM PDT
People having trouble paying their energy bills may be eligible for assistance. Call the Community Action Program office (CAP) for an appointment to determine eligibility at 684-7894. (People who have received utility assistance in the past year may not be eligible at this time.) |
Duckweed: A biofuel and waste treatment
Moldova.org Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:33 AM PDT
U.S. scientists say duckweed -- a tiny aquatic plant -- can help clean up animal waste at industrial hog farms and may held solve the global energy crisis.North Carolina State University researchers said growing duckweed on hog wastewater can produce five to six times more starch per acre than corn. Professor Jay Cheng and Associate Professor Anne-Marie Stomp said their finding means ethanol ... |
'Iran has right to peaceful uses of nuclear energy'
New Kerala Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:33 AM PDT
New Delhi, April 9: Welcoming US' pledge to cut its nuclear arsenals, Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has said Iran too has full rights to the peaceful uses of atomic energy. |
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