A protest on the Patullo
CKNW News Talk 980 Sat, 04 Aug 2012 02:42 AM PDT
If you're travelling along the Patullo Bridge Saturday morning, you might see a few dozen people holding hands. They won't be blocking traffic, but on the sidewalk, linking up to protest offshore drilling and promote clean energy. Organizer Bernadette Keenan says it's part of an international event with residents from mostly Surrey and New Westminster. "The game plan is to hold hands for 15 ... |
Natural resource battle only beginning
Saskatoon StarPhoenix Sat, 04 Aug 2012 02:31 AM PDT
British Columbia's brawl with Alberta over the Northern Gateway pipeline and refusal to sign a national energy strategy may be harbingers of battles to come over natural resource developments that are driving the Canadian economy but drawing unprecedented criticism for their environmental impacts. |
India needs strict controls to avoid blackouts: Reliance Infra
Business Standard India Sat, 04 Aug 2012 02:30 AM PDT
India needs a more cohesive energy policy and stringent grid management to avoid a recurrence of the power outages that hit hundreds of millions of people this week, the chief executive of Reliance Infrastructure Ltd said in an interview. |
Recycling program reaches milestone
Coeur d'Alene Press Sat, 04 Aug 2012 02:15 AM PDT
COEUR d'ALENE - A refrigerator and freezer recycling program offered by Avista recently celebrated an important milestone - saving more than 5 million kilowatt-hours of energy. That's enough energy to power the homes of almost 450 Avista customers for a year. |
How not to master a garden
Montgomery Advertiser Sat, 04 Aug 2012 02:14 AM PDT
I have at least two friends who are master gardeners, which means they devoted time and energy to actual learning about plants. They took the trouble to study horticultural truths with people who knew what they were talking about. |
BGR Energy confident of bagging new orders
New Kerala Sat, 04 Aug 2012 02:14 AM PDT
City based engineering-procurement-construction (EPC) company, BGR Energy Systems Ltd., targeting a revenue of Rs.3,750 crore this fiscal, is confident of beefing up its order book position when several tenders are set to be opened soon, said the company chairman here. |
Huge security shakeup at Y-12; Energy Secretary Chu says 'no tolerance' for breaches
Knoxville News Sentinel Sat, 04 Aug 2012 02:00 AM PDT
A huge security shake-up is under way at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant, underscored Friday evening with a statement from Energy Secretary Steven Chu regarding the "unacceptable and deeply troubling breach" that occurred last weekend when antiwar protesters infiltrated the Oak Ridge plant's high-security core. |
Projects get wind taken out of sails
The Chronicle Herald Sat, 04 Aug 2012 01:57 AM PDT
The majority of large-scale wind farms proposed across Nova Scotia won’t be going ahead any time soon, the Energy Department confirmed Friday. Only three of 19 were approved. |
$200 million in upgrades planned at idle Crystal River nuclear power plant
St. Petersburg Times Sat, 04 Aug 2012 01:41 AM PDT
By Ivan Penn, Times Staff Writer Friday, August 3, 2012 In a move that flabbergasts its critics, Progress Energy Florida plans to spend more than $200 million of its customers' money to upgrade the Crystal River nuclear power plant. This is the same plant that: • Broke three years ago during another upgrade project. • Has not produced a kilowatt of power since. • Would cost at least $3 billion ... |
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