Appliances tax -free this weekend
KENS 5 San Antonio Fri, 22 May 2009 10:43 AM PDT
If you have been looking to buy a big ticket item this weekend is for you. Between Saturday and Monday any appliance that has the "Energy Star" logo on it will be tax-free. |
Concrete And Global Warming: A Mixed Bag
NPR Fri, 22 May 2009 10:40 AM PDT
Concrete may be responsible for as much as five percent of the global carbon footprint, taking into account the energy required to make it and the CO2 emitted by the kilning process. But a new study by engineer Liv Haselbach finds that concrete may also be an important CO2 sink. |
Labor board charges Covanta with violating union laws
Baltimore Sun Fri, 22 May 2009 10:39 AM PDT
A Massachusetts-based incinerator operator, Covanta Energy of Braintree, has been charged by the National Labor Relations Board with violating labor laws at 46 locations across the U. S., including its Dickerson subsidiary in western Montgomery County, Md. |
NRG Energy President & Chief Executive Officer, David Crane, to Present at the 2009 Deutsche Bank Energy, Utilities & ...
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance Fri, 22 May 2009 10:38 AM PDT
PRINCETON, N.J.----NRG Energy, Inc. announced that David Crane, President and Chief Executive Officer, will present at the 2009 Deutsche Bank Energy, Utilities & Power Conference on Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at 9:10am eastern. |
Nuclear fuel bank plans get push as three are plans tabled - Summary
EARTHtimes.org Fri, 22 May 2009 10:37 AM PDT
Berlin/Vienna - Efforts by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to keep countries from acquiring nuclear technology by offering them alternatives got a boost this week as three plans for nuclear fuel banks and multinational fuel factories we... |
Energy efficiency emphasized at UC Santa Barbara summit
San Fernando Valley Business Journal Fri, 22 May 2009 10:37 AM PDT
SANTA BARBARA รข€" New strides are being made in energy-saving technologies, but future gains will depend on how consumers put those technologies to use in their lives. |
TNB to boost hydro power
Business Times (Malaysia) Fri, 22 May 2009 10:36 AM PDT
Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB)( 5347 ) plans to build two hydro-power plants in Kelantan that may cost as much as RM2.8 billion as it seeks to increase its renewable energy capacity, a senior company official said. |
Ohio businesses pushing for passage of American Clean Energy and Security Act
WKSU Kent State University Fri, 22 May 2009 10:36 AM PDT
Some Ohio businesses are pushing for Congress to pass the American Clean Energy and Security Act. That would force car companies to make more fuel efficient cars. Shawn Grimes is with Cobasys, a Dayton area company that makes batteries for three hybrid General Motors cars. He says business is down right now but it wouldn't stay that way if Congress passed the environmental measure. WKSU's Jo ... |
Perpetual Power Installs a 416kW Solar Electric System on Budweiser Cold-Storage Facility
Renewable Energy World Fri, 22 May 2009 10:35 AM PDT
Perpetual Power has announced the completion of a 416kW DC solar installation on a Budweiser cold beer storage building in Contra Costa County, Calif. The Markstein Sales Company, a family owned business operating since 1919, and a distributor of Budweiser and other beverages, decided to install solar power on its facility to reduce its energy costs while contributing to the protection of the ... |
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