Principal Lundberg retires after 38 years in education
Marysville Globe Tue, 26 May 2009 10:38 AM PDT
In his 38 years as an educator, Pete Lundberg has always looked forward to coming into work in the morning, and eight years ago when he was eligible for retirement, he promised himself that as long as he had the energy level to keep on going, he’d just keep on going. |
DTE Energy hands out $270,000 in green grants
The Bay City Times Tue, 26 May 2009 10:34 AM PDT
The DTE Energy Foundation has awarded $270,000 in grants to five northern lower Michigan nonprofits. Those include Grayling-based Huron Pines, which received a $50,000 grant for its AmeriCorps Program, which supports the organization's efforts to improve and protect natural resources... |
Nellis power plant backdrop for Obama speech
Air Force Times Tue, 26 May 2009 10:31 AM PDT
President Barack Obama will travel Wednesday to Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., to tour the country’s largest solar energy farm before giving a speech in the Thunderbird’s hangar on economic stimulus funding, said base spokeswoman 1st Lt. Jennifer Richard. |
Quest Announces Settlement Agreements
GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance Tue, 26 May 2009 10:30 AM PDT
OKLAHOMA CITY, May 26, 2009 -- As previously announced, Quest Resource Corporation and Quest Energy Partners, L.P. have jointly conducted an investigation into certain questionable transfers of funds totaling $10 million by QRCP and its affiliates to an entity controlled by Jerry Cash, the former Chief Executive Officer of QRCP and QELP. |
Gas prices soar in central Indiana
WTHR Indianapolis Tue, 26 May 2009 10:29 AM PDT
Gas prices soared on Tuesday, but the U.S. Department of Energy says gas was $3.96 a gallon one year ago. |
World's First Active House Produces More Energy Than It Consumes
Fast Company Magazine Tue, 26 May 2009 10:29 AM PDT
Passive homes are built to use as little energy as possible, but the future of green housing might be active homes -- houses designed to capture more energy than they use. The world's first active house, located in Lystrup, Denmark, contains 50 square meters of solar cells and solar panels to warm underfloor heating. The whole system is controlled by a computer that monitors the temperature and ... |
CPS Energy trying to save sinking lakes
KENS 5 San Antonio Tue, 26 May 2009 10:28 AM PDT
The waters are churning at two area lakes owned by CPS Energy. Park management at Braunig Lake and Lake Calaveras is about to change. |
Permit sought for S. Indiana biomass-energy plant
FOX 19 Cincinnati Tue, 26 May 2009 10:28 AM PDT
MILLTOWN, Ind. (AP) - The developers of a proposed $90 million biomass power plant in southern Indiana say it would release hundreds of tons of nitrogen oxide and carbon dioxide, as well as some hazardous air pollutants by burning wood waste to generate electricity. |
NWFPA President Takes Energy Efficiency Initiative to U.S. Senate
AG Weekly Tue, 26 May 2009 10:26 AM PDT
WASHINGTON, D.C. n David Zepponi, President of the Northwest Food Processors Association (NWFPA), today told the U.S. Senate’s Energy and Natural Resources Committee that Northwest food processors strongly support proposed legislation that would create a revolving loan program to fund increased energy efficiency implementation for U.S. industries. |
Green Geek-Out: Energy Vs. Power
The Huffington Post Tue, 26 May 2009 10:23 AM PDT
The distinction between kilowatts and kilowatt-hours is critically important. Knowing the difference can keep you from being confused by a wind turbine's size in kilowatts (or for very small wind turbines, watts), and how much energy, in kilowatt-hours, it will actually produce. |
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