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WASHINGTON - The Senate has begun voting on whether to move ahead on a sweeping health care bill. The roll call began with many of the 100 members seated in their chairs and rising to vote. Such formal voting is common with Supreme Court nominations.
GOLDEN - Homes and office buildings consume three-quarters of U.S. electricity, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory wants to lower that figure by erecting what it believes will be the largest "net-zero" energy building in the world - one that produces as much power onsite as it uses. The Department of Energy, which runs the Golden-based lab nestled in the foothills west of Denver, and ...
A meeting discussing the opportunities and pitfalls of leasing land for wind energy facilities and the benefits of joining a landowners association is set for 6 p.m until 9 p.m. Monday in the Roosevelt County Community Development Corporation board...
Page County Republican Women hosted guest speaker, Monte Shaw, Nov. 14, 2009, at the Nodaway Valley Historical Museum. He began with background about himself, from growing up in Shenandoah, to working in several major Republican campaigns, to his employment with the National Renewable Fuels Association in Washington D.C. and his move back to Iowa. Currently he, his wife and daughter live near ...
Forests are a treasure trove of limbs and bark that can be made into alternative fuels and some worry the increasing trend of using that logging debris will make those materials too scarce, harming the woodlands.
In addition to teaching students how to help the environment, Patterson Joint Unified School District’s new commitment to energy conservation will allow schools to actively take part in “going green.”
The Mountain State is the third-most forested state in the U.S. and some say it could be a prime source of energy.
KITTITAS COUNTY- Ian Elliot wanted to raise the issue of turbine density in the state's review of the Desert Claim Wind Power Project, but couldn't.
KITTITAS COUNTY- Decisions on annual amendments to Kittitas County's comprehensive land-use plan are expected to be made by the county Planning Commission at a 7 p.m. Tuesday meeting.
At a time of budget cuts, Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter's administration last year paid employees and outside contractors $1.1 million to lobby Colorado lawmakers on legislation ranging from renewable energy tax credits to increasing motor vehicle license fees.
Unemployment rates climb, the stock market drags and the federal deficit hits record levels.
On Saturday, people around the world with gather on beaches and highways, in cities and churches and atop mountains in an effort to mobilize world leaders to find effective solutions to reverse climate change.
Teacher Matt Wade and a group of students from Ridgway High School had a big idea. They saw a need for renewable energy education in Ouray County and they wanted to learn in a hands-on, innovative way. Their vision: To study solar energy through the installation of a 10-watt solar panel on the school, and to generate enough energy to power a student-made iPod listening station in the student ...
ELK HORN, Iowa — Hoping to see the USA in your Chevrolet Volt or Nissan Leaf? The tiny Iowa town of Elk Horn will have plenty of electric charging stations and no wait — if you can get there.
The answer as to whether a combination wind turbine and cellular tower opposed by neighboring property owners is allowed to be built on a Franconia property is still blowing in the wind, but the town now has rules for any future plans to build windmills.
From the roof of his Eighth Street building, near Squirrel Lane on the border between Lansdale and Hatfield, Ernie DeLany can see the future.
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