Gilbert considering power from pet waste
FOX 11 Tucson Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:44 AM PDT
GILBERT, Ariz. (AP) â€" Pet waste as a power source could soon be developed at a Gilbert dog park. The town is weighing whether to approve a project that would use dog waste collected from the Cosmo Dog Park and turn it into an energy source to power a street lamp first, and possibly other uses later. The Arizona Republic reports students from Arizona State University's Polytechnic campus in Mesa ... |
Oak Park trustees urge air quality studies
River Forest Forest Leaves Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:42 AM PDT
Oak Park trustees adopted a 10-year plan Tuesday to evaluate local energy consumption, but they wanted a stronger measure of air quality. Oak Park River Forest Community Foundation Communityworks rolled out PlanItGreen June 23 and identified conservation goals for governments, residents and businesses in Oak Park and River Forest. While trustees agreed that monitoring energy consumption and ... |
Midday Glance: Utilities companies
AP via Yahoo! Finance Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:41 AM PDT
NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top utilities companies are mixed at 1 p.m.: AEP fell $.16 or .4 percent, to $38.34. ConEd rose $.07 or .1 percent, to $53.93. Duke Energy fell $.01 or .1 percent, to $19.06. Pepco Holdings rose $.03 or .1 percent, to $19.90. Southern Co. fell $.19 or .5 percent, to $40.46. |
Midday Glance: Coal companies
AP via Yahoo! Finance Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:40 AM PDT
NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top coal companies are up at 1 p.m.: Arch Coal rose $.53 or 2.0 percent, to $27.15. Consol Energy rose $1.56 or 3.2 percent, to $50.51. Peabody Energy rose $.55 or .9 percent, to $61.01. |
Ofcom warns npower and HomeServe
Evening Standard Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:37 AM PDT
A major energy company and a home maintenance business have been accused by the communications watchdog of plaguing households with annoying cold calls. |
TWISI and shout
The Coast Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:37 AM PDT
Amanda Campbell has passion, energy and expertise, and shes positioning herself so that the Canadian theatre community can benefit from that. The 27-year-old founder of the blog The Way I See It (TWISI) has been writing about theatre in her native Halifax and her adopted Toronto since 2004 when she was completing her MA in Drama Studies at U of T and penning a theatre column for the university ... |
Wind turbine proposal going to City Council
The Naperville Sun Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:36 AM PDT
Jason Morin, owner of Brighton Car Wash at 952 W. 75th St., will get his chance to take his plan to erect a 32.5-foot wind turbine on the property to the full Naperville City Council. The Naperville Plan Commission approved sending his plan to the City Council, but not without serious dissent.“This is not sustainable energy,†Commissioner John Herzog said before the vote, stressing that ... |
Monahan named winner of HG Albee Wind Energy Scholarship Award
Logan Herald-Observer & Woodbine Twiner Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:33 AM PDT
The HG Albee Memorial Scholarship has benefitted many Iowa Lakes Community College students since 1975. Albee, a former Estherville area resident, left his trust to the care of the Iowa Lakes Scholarship Foundation to administer for the betterment of the college and its students. Requirement is full-time enrollment at the Estherville campus. Award amount varies and must be used for tuition ... |
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