Climate Deal Likely to Bear Big Price Tag
New York Times - Wed Dec 9, 4:12 am ETIf negotiators reach an accord at climate talks in Copenhagen, the global changes required will cost trillions of dollars over the next few decades.
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If negotiators reach an accord at climate talks in Copenhagen, the global changes required will cost trillions of dollars over the next few decades.
PLAINSBORO — Princeton HealthCare System’s goal to make its new University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro a model of sustainability for health-care facilities received a boost with the announcement of a $7 million incentive package from PSE&G.
A pipeline project to supply two north Baton Rouge industries with landfill gas will be built by a new company, Sustainable Energy Solutions LLC, which has bought the original development company.
It read like a Christmas wish list: A pothole free parking lot at Memorial Stadium, new locker rooms at two athletic fields, and a heavy-duty resurfacing to the Barwise track and all three high school tracks.Those improvements — and more like them — are “projects for consideration” on a new list written by Wichita Falls Independent School District’s administration and submitted Tuesday to WFISD ...
Wind energy was the topic of discussion during the joint meeting this week of the Rowlett City Council and Planning and Zoning Commission. The city currently has no ordinance to specifically govern the use of small wind energy systems.
Kerry Whipple Bean | The Brewton Standard Citation’s Brewton facility received a new $50 million contract to make parts for hybrid vehicles.
Bordentown Regional School District voters narrowly approved a solar panel and athletic fields ballot question at the polls Tuesday.
Voters in three local school districts will decide on referendums Tuesday.
As a courtesy to their “opposite numbers” in Benzie County, members of the Leelanau County Planning Commission reviewed a draft Master Plan presented last week by Benzie County’s Lake Township. “County planning commissions do this periodically to bette read more
Tim Johnson and his wife, Jan Frazee, of Centerville Township celebrate Christmas, but try to avoid excesses of the season. The couple already uses solar - and wind-generated energy to reduce their use of electricity produced through less environmenta read more
With the increasing demand for woody biomass, global trade of particularly wood pellets has gone up substantially the past few years as reported in the latest issue of the Wood Resource Quarterly. Global trade of wood pellets reached over three million tons in 2007. [PR.com - June 07, 2008]
>Episcopal Life Daily >December 8, 2009 Episcopal Life Online is available at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/elife . >Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes: * TOP STORY - Unity, Faith and Order commission develops vision, urges 'gracious restraint' following L.A. election * TOP STORY - Ecumenism provides trickle-up effect * DIOCESAN DIGEST - LOS ANGELES: Convention ...
The Windmill City has decided against wind energy for now. "It's not the right time to get involved in it," said Alderman Eldon Frydendall, chairman of the City Council's Public Utilities Committee.
Let's assume for a moment, despite the recently revealed book-cooking and data-dumping, that the anthropogenic global-warming crowd is on to something. If we're really going to cook within 20 years, we better do more than commit economic suicide at the upcoming Copenhagen speechfest. Instead, let's use the threat of imminent roastage to institute a full-throttle, all-hands-on-deck, no-holds ...
Sales and property taxes are both down, leading to some tough choices ahead for officials.
General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt said Tuesday he hopes the Copenhagen conference on climate change leads the United States to develop a green energy policy to grow the economy.