Aspen spends millions to offset carbon
Colorado Springs Business Journal Tue, 26 Jun 2012 06:43 AM PDT
Aspen Skiing Company is investing $5.4 million to construct a plant that will capture methane from a coal mine at Somerset,and convert it into electricity, said the Aspen Daily Times. The company is paying 90 percent of construction costs. Skico formed a joint venture with Gunnison Energy and Vessels Coal Gas Inc., which put together the [...] |
New Super Plastic to Compete With Steel
Architect Magazine Tue, 26 Jun 2012 06:42 AM PDT
High-strength plastics are increasingly used in the place of steel, ceramics, and other heavy materials with high embodied energy. And researchers in Tel Aviv, Israel, have just discovered an even higher-strength plastic, reports Blaine Brownell. |
Plan to be aired for trimming city's climate impact
Baltimore Sun Tue, 26 Jun 2012 06:42 AM PDT
More renewable energy, efficiency top ideas for reducing greenhouse gas emissions With summer starting to heat up, city officials are floating a "climate action plan" this evening (Tuesday) that aims to curb Baltimore's greenhouse gas emissions 15 percent by decade's end. |
Md. Man Found Guilty In Renewable Energy Scheme
Manufacturing.net Tue, 26 Jun 2012 06:37 AM PDT
BALTIMORE (AP) â€" A Maryland man accused of selling millions of dollars in fraudulent renewable energy credits was convicted Monday on all 42 counts against him, including money laundering, wire fraud and violations of the Clean Air act. |
Summer cool program begins
The Michigan City News-Dispatch Tue, 26 Jun 2012 06:36 AM PDT
MICHIGAN CITY â€" North Central Community Action Agencies Inc. has started the summer cool program. The program provides an additional $65 towards the household’s electric utilities that signed up during the winter for regular energy assistance. The only requirement is that all currently approved households from the winter bring in a current utility bill if they have moved, the name has changed on ... |
Seagate Added To S&P 500 Stock Index; Shrs Rally
Forbes Tue, 26 Jun 2012 06:35 AM PDT
Seagate shares are trading higher Tuesday morning after Standard & Poor's late yesterday announced that the disk-drive maker's shares have been added to the S&P 500 stock index. The company replaces Progress Energy, which is being acquired by Duke Energy. |
€500m Real Asset Energy Fund (RAEF) to Offer Stable, Long Term Returns Through Investments in Renewable Energy Power ...
Business Wire Tue, 26 Jun 2012 06:32 AM PDT
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Solar Investment Group SIF, a Luxembourg-based regulated Fund, is planning a new, 25 year, Infrastructure Fund focused on acquiring renewable energy power plants. The Fund, called Real Asset Energy Fund (RAEF), will be the third Fund managed by the Team and, subject to regulatory approval, will begin investing in Q1 2013. RAEF will acquire power plants once the ... |
The Guardian's Terrible Factual Sloppiness on Russian Demographics and Economics
Forbes Tue, 26 Jun 2012 06:32 AM PDT
Alex Dryden's "Putin calls in Darth Vader to tighten his grip on Russia's energy assets," while quite entertainingly titled, is so fantastically wrong in both the particulars and its overall argument that it's truly amazing it was ever published. The Guardian must not have a great deal of respect for its readers, because the piece is actually negative value added: if you knew nothing about ... |
Nationals storm past Jock’s Nitch 15-5
The Morning Sun Tue, 26 Jun 2012 06:32 AM PDT
Watco Nationals head coach Brian Freeman gave his players a pep talk in the dugout Monday night before their Frank German League tournament game against the Jock’s Nitch Athletics. “Out of all these games, this is the most important of them all,†Freeman said. “We need to leave it all on the field, including energy.†|
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